Recipes For Meals In A Jar 7-30-12

The following recipes are shared with permission from Perbain and Chef Tess...Feel free to tweak them to make them your own...but if you do, you MUST share with the rest of us! :) This was too long to list all of them so see part 2..and maybe 3...LOL

Chef Tess' Double Cheeseburger Sauce Mix
(yield: 10, 1 oz sauce mixes)
2 1/2 cups Honeyville powdered cheese sauce
1 1/2 tsp granulated garlic
1T granulated onion
2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Bag Mix Directions:
Combine all ingredients well. Use 1 oz (1/4 cup mix) to 3 oz of macaroni noodles (about 2 cups). (Chef Tess puts the dry powder with the noodles in quart size storage bags with the label "cheeseburger helper". I just sealed the mix in a jar and will use fresh ground beef and noodles from storage to make this.)
Conventional Bag Mix preparation Directions: Brown one pound of hamburger in a large skillet. When hamburger is browned, I add 1 cup hot water and 1 1/2 cup milk (or reconstituted powdered milk). Bring to a boil and cover. Simmer 8-10 minutes until noodles are tender. Sauce will thicken a little more as it cools.

In a quart jar:
2 cups elbow macaroni (7 oz)
¼ cup mix
(in a separate baggie in the jar)
1 ½ cup Freeze Dried Ground Beef ( or TVP Beef )
Jar directions To prepare Cheeseburger Skillet Meal: Rehydrate meat with 1 ½ cups hot water, drain. Place in hot skillet. When hamburger is browned, I add 1 cup hot water and 1 1/2 cup milk. Bring to a boil and cover. Simmer 8-10 minutes until noodles are tender. Sauce will thicken a little more as it cools.


Chef Tess - Meals In A Jar
Country Style Hambuger Stew
(yield 12 one cup servings)
in a quart jar:
1 cup Honeyville instant red beans
1 cup Honeyville freeze dried mixed vegetables
1 cup Honeyville Freeze Dried Ground Beef (TVP Beef ) or Freeze Dried Diced Beef
1 Cup Honeyville dehydrated diced potatoes
¼ cup Honeyville dehydrated onion
Seasonings I shake down into the jar: ½ cup tomato powder,
1 tsp thyme, 1 tsp garlic, ¼ cup flour, and 1 T beef boullion.
It will fit if you shake it really well.
To prepare Country Style Hamburger Stew:
In a gallon pot, combine stew mix with 6 cups water and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 20-30 minutes.
Works great in a solar oven. Bake one hour.


Chef Tess' Stroganoff Skillet Meal Gravy Mix
(yield 7 mixes (with 1/3 cup gravy/seasoning mix) )
1/2 cup powdered buttermilk
1/2 cup powdered sour cream
1 cup flour
1/2 cup Dehydrated Sliced Onion
1T onion powder, 1 T granulated garlic (or garlic powder), 1T dry parsley, 1 tsp dry thyme, 2 tsp black pepper, 2T salt, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Combine all dry ingredients well.

In a quart Jar:
2 cups egg noodles
1/3 cup gravy mix
1/2 cup Freeze Dried Mushroom Slices
In a separate bag in the jar,
1 ½ cup Freeze Dried Ground Beef (TVP Beef )
To prepare Beef Stroganoff Skillet Meal:
1 cup water
2 cups milk (powdered is okay if you reconstitute it)
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In a bowl Rehydrate hamburger in 1 ½ cup hot water. Drain. Place in a skillet. Cook over high, and add gravy mix, noodles, water and milk. Simmer 8-10 minutes, stirring once or twice, but covering each time. When noodles are tender season with additional salt and pepper if needed


Chef Tess' (Turkey) Noodle Skillet Meal
In a quart Jar fit with a funnel:
2 cups egg noodles
1/2 cup Honeyville freeze dried mixed vegetables
1/3 cup powdered cheese sauce
1/3 cup Instant Non-fat Dry Milk
1/4 cup dehydrated powdered butter
1 cup Freeze Dried Turkey (I didn't buy any of this - I will use canned turkey or chicken and add it until heated through after the mix has cooked )
1/2 cup Freeze Dried Mushroom Slices
1 T Dehydrated Sliced Onion
1 tsp Chef Tess Romantic Italian Seasonings
To Prepare Turkey Noodle Skillet Meal:
In a large skillet, combine contents of jar with 3 ½ cups hot water over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10-12 minutes stir every few minutes. (At this point if you are using canned meat, drain and add to mix until heated) Turn off heat and let sit 3-5 minutes.