The Old Schoolhouse Magazine - Homeschool Product Reviews - Cooking from Your Cupboard: Meals You Can Make With Ingredients You Stock in Your Kitchen (E-book)/TITLE> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-LANGUAGE" content="English"> <meta http-equiv="VW96.OBJECT TYPE" content="Document"> <meta name="RATING" content="General"> <link href="css/revised_header.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <script language=JavaScript>  </script> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">  </script> <style type="text/css"> .authorsname { font-family : Arial; font-weight : bold; font-size: 12px; font-style : italic; } .subtitle { font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight : bolder; font-size: 14px; font-style : italic; } .pageheader {font-family : Arial; font-weight : bold; font-size: 14px; font-style : italic; background-color:transparent; color:#800000; border:none; padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px; text-decoration:underline; line-height: 15px; } </style> </head> <body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="650" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px solid #000f6c;" > <TR> <td width="650" background="images/popupwindowheading.jpg" height="100"> <a href="index.php"><img src="images/blank.gif" alt="The Old Schoolhouse Magazine" border="0" width="650" height="101"></a> </td></TR> <tr><td width="100%" height="10" valign="middle" background="images/tostopmenubackground.gif" align="right"><a href="javascript:printPage()"><img src="images/fileprint.gif" alt="Print Page" hspace="10" border="0"></a><a href="javascript:self.close();"><img src="images/closewindow.gif" alt="Close Window" hspace="5" border="0"></a></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#800000" height="3"><img src="images/blank.gif" alt="The Old Schoolhouse Magazine" width="650" height="3" border="0"></td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top" align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="100%" height="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:3px;"><p><span class="pageheader"> Cooking from Your Cupboard:</span></p> <p><span class="pageheader"> Meals You Can Make With Ingredients You Stock in Your Kitchen (E-book)</span></p> <table width="97%" height="93%" border="0"> <tr><td valign="top" class="content"><span class="authorsname">by Heidi Johnson <br> <a href="http://www.hjresources.com/onhand/" target="_blank">http://www.hjresources.com/onhand/</a></span> <br> <br> <table width="95%" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>I love to cook! I like to save money by stocking up on staples when they go on sale. I want to use items I already have in my pantry or freezer whenever possible when planning meals. I enjoy trying out new recipes. I actually relish reading cookbooks and learning new tips, tricks, and easy ideas to improve my efficiency in the kitchen or ways to prepare healthier meals for my family. <br> <br> Thankfully, Heidi Johnson has covered all of this and lots more in <em>Cooking from Your Cupboard: Meals You Can Make With Ingredients You Stock in Your Kitchen</em>! And with forty-seven pages of ideas, advice, and mouth-watering recipes, Heidi's E-book provides readers with a culinary resource that is sure to become a favorite with the whole family. <br> <br> The Table of Contents includes: <br> Instructions and Assumptions<br> Tools Needed <br> Recipes:</p> <blockquote> <p>1.Beef <br> 2.Chicken <br> 3.Fish <br> 4.No Meat <br> 5.Side Dishes <br> 6.Ingredients to have on hand <br> 7.Meat to have on hand <br> 8.Dairy <br> 9.Vegetables <br> 10.Fruit <br> 11.Spices and Baking Supplies <br> 12.Canned Goods <br> 13.Other <br> 14.What Makes A Healthy Meal? <br> 15.Sneaky Ways to Add Vegetables <br> 16.Links to More Articles and Resources From Me </p> </blockquote> <p>You will notice that the author does not include pork recipes, as her family does not eat pork. And although she does include a few crock pot recipes, there aren't many. I thought, however, that her 'No Meat' section included some great recipes for moms who are trying to provide tasty meals, yet cut back on the more costly 'meat' ingredient. I especially liked the Tortilla Pockets! Another favorite recipe (from the Chicken Section) is Fiesta Salad, which utilizes fried tortilla strips atop a yummy Mexican style salad. <br> <br> The main idea behind this E-book is to encourage readers to plan menus and meals around what's already stocked in the pantry and freezer, and thus, buying fresh ingredients as needed. Mrs. Johnson has even color-coded the recipes to reflect this principle: red text for the names of staples and ingredients that have been stockpiled (preferably when they are on sale), blue text for ingredients from the freezer, and green text for foods that are fresh. <br> <br> The recipes are very visual, and it's amazing to 'see' of all the possibilities and opportunities a mom has to use what's already on hand to feed her family nutritious meals. Many of the 'blue' ingredients are things that can also be bought ahead of time, processed, and stored in the freezer such as bell peppers, onions, pureed vegetables, meat, etc. <br> <br> The cost for the E-book is $9.95, and you can find ordering information at <a href="http://www.hjresources.com/onhand/" target="_blank">http://www.hjresources.com/onhand/</a>. <br> <br> Overall, I found <em>Cooking From Your Cupboard</em> to be a very good cookbook, and I can't wait to try out all thirty recipes on my family. I have a feeling that most, if not all, the dishes will pass with flying 'colors'! <br> <br> </p> <center> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color:#900000;" align="center"><tr><td align="center" style="padding:3px;"> <script language="javascript"></script></td></tr></table> </center> <br><br> <span class="authorsname">Product Review by Amy M. 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