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Here is what we have access to almost always:
Whole Chickens Rice Dried Black Beans Brown sugar (molasses tasting)
Potatoes Cornmeal Dried Kidney Beans White Sugar
Onions Corn on the Cob Dried Canary Beans Vanilla Extract
Garlic Pineapple Dried White Beans Saltine Crackers
Cucumbers Bell Peppers Vinegar Canned Tuna in Oil
Tomatoes Oatmeal Tortillas Quinoa
Hot Peppers Milk Bananas Lentils
Carrots Lemons Apples
Vegetable Oil Salt Tangerines
Butter Pepper Oranges
Powdered Oregano Chili Powder Cilantro
Dried Basil Dried Thyme Eggs
Nutmeg Bread Coconut
Pasta Flour Chicken Bouillon
Soft White Cheese (similar to ricotta) Eggplant
Mozzarella
What we might can find or can get in limited quantities:
Parmesan Cheese Fresh Beets Celery (very small and skinny…has flavor of celery)
Honey Fresh Turnipish things Nutella
Sweet Potatoes Fresh Greens (Kale-ish) Pancake Syrup Italian Salad Dressing
What I cannot get that you might assume I could:
Canned Vegetables Frozen Vegetables
Stewed Tomatoes Peanut Butter
Spaghetti Sauce Ranch Powder
Cheddar Cheese Sour Cream
Ranch Dressing
Amy –
This is a recipe for homemade peanut butter for Elijah. Assuming you can get peanuts 🙂 This was recommended to me to try so thought I would pass it on. Let me know (honestly) how it turns out. If you don’t have a food processor 🙂 maybe try an old timey method of a mortar & pestle – fun activity for the kids. Hope this helps
http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/recipes/peanut_butter.html
Cindy,
No p-nuts to be found. We did, however, find Nutella. So we will adjust 🙂
Thank you for the recipes. Give the family our love. xoxo
We found Ecuadorian p-nut butter! Expensive, but it is here 🙂
What about Lentil and Quinoa stuffed peppers? Use the onions, white cheese, and tomato along with chili powder and cilantro for seasoning.
Also, eggplant lasagna. slice it no thicker than 8th inch pieces lengthwise and use as your pasta noodle. shred cooked chicken for meet or leave the meet out. Make pasta sauce with tomato, onion, basil and garlic. Layer with soft cheese (like ricotta) and mozzerella. bake 350.
Also, desert–bread pudding. 5 eggs to two cups of milk and 4 cups dried bread chunks. add nutmeg, 1/2 cup sugar 2tbsp. vanilla. if you can’t get milk, try coconut milk/water. bake 350.
I see chili and apple crisp ingredients on the list.
There is a white bean soup I love.
2 cups dry beans
2 cups carrots diced in long 1 1/2 inch sections (different than coins for fun)
garlic
tomato
(spinach or other green if you can get it.)
Soak and cook beans to tender. Drain. (save 2 cups liquid)
toast garlic powder in oil in skillet, add basil (to taste) and salt/pepper
Add carrots and let slightly carmelize.
Add beans, 2 cups tomato diced
and greens if you can find them.
Add reserved bean liquid and six cups water flavored with chicken flavoring (or if you have stock made from one of those whole chickens)
Cook ’til carrots are tender but not squishy.
We love this soup.
You can make stirfry with eggplant, pineapple, chicken, carrot, pepper, onion. use garlic and any other asian’ish seasoning you can locate. but, I don’t care if I leave out soy sauce. it is still yum with just garlic.
Sarah,
Thank you for the ideas. We will think of you multiple times next week 🙂 Yum!
Also, vegetable chowder.
Start with a bit of butter and onion. Add fave veggies that you can get including diced sweet potato if you can get it. Some chicken stock and lots of milk.
And potato soup with milk and the white cheese.
cornbread with the chili
add some hot peppers and beans and cheese.
Gong to try this potato soup later this week 🙂
http://southamericanfood.about.com/od/appetizersfirstcourses/r/locrodepapa.htm?r=facebook
Thanks for the ideas!
and chicken tortilla soup.
you have the makings for that also on the list.