Cooking - bagged meal

Meal in a bag. Dump all ingredients into pan including liquids from cans.
Simmer til rice is finished. It is our favorite bagged meal made thus far. I love how easy it is to make and how yummy the product is once cooked.

(sorry picture from cellphone)

Recipe:

Chicken and Rice Stew
Serves 6 (or 2 for lunch and dinner)

Cans/Jars:
1 10-15 oz can of chicken, undrained
1 10oz can cream of mushroom soup
1 6oz can mushrooms, undrained
1 15oz can carrots, undrained
1 14oz can chicken broth

Grain:
1 cup rice

Seasonings:
2 tsp celery flakes
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Combine all and simmer until rice is done, stirring occasionally.
Recipe from: the book 100 day pantry. by Jan Jackson

Making Vanilla Extract!

Vanilla Beans from Amazon, Vodka made from grapes (not grain or potatoes), sharp knife, instructions from Surviving the Stores.

Slice vanilla bean lengthwise.

Make sure to open up the pod a bit.

Pour out some of the vodka, and begin placing cut beans into bottle.

New vanilla compared with 4 month old vanilla.


Place in a dark corner of your pantry. Shake every few days.

When ready (from 3 to 6 months) pour into old vanilla bottles. :)
Top off the bottle with more vodka. Some cooks have been topping their vanilla extract off with vodka for 10 years or more. We shall see.

Christmas preparing..

Jams and Jellies are made..
Baked brownies, bread, and cookies..
Made fudge, muddy buddies, and hot cocoa mix..
Packaged the above items and made them into beautiful gifts..
Delivered 29 packaged baskets..

Now it is time to breathe..

Merry Christmas Y'all!