Comments on: CHEAP EATS http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/ Using your food storage doesn't have to be scary. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:39:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kristine http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 Kristine Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:46:13 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1946 While I was home today tending a cute little friend of ours, I decided to get the new salad recipe made. YUM! It reminds me of the pistachio salad but slightly different. I can't seem to keep my spoon out of it (i've gone through a lot of spoons today). For anyone who wants to give it a try, here ya go. Grandma's Wheat Pineapple Salad 2 to 3 cups cooked wheat (refer to "recipes" on this main blog page for making cooked wheat berries) 1 20oz. can crushed pineapple - drained 2 small pkgs. instant vanilla pudding 1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese - softened 1 12oz. tub cool whip 2 Tbs. bottled lemon juice 1/2 cup chopped walnuts Place drained pineapple in a large mixing bowl, sprinkle with pudding stirring until pudding dissolves. In a smaller mixing bowl cream the cream cheese then mix in the cool whip and the lemon juice. Stir the cool whip mixture into the pineapple mixture then stir in the cooked wheat berries and the nuts. Cover and let refrigerate at least a couple hours for the flavors to blend. Give it a try and let me know what you think! While I was home today tending a cute little friend of ours, I decided to get the new salad recipe made. YUM! It reminds me of the pistachio salad but slightly different. I can’t seem to keep my spoon out of it (i’ve gone through a lot of spoons today).

For anyone who wants to give it a try, here ya go.

Grandma’s Wheat Pineapple Salad

2 to 3 cups cooked wheat (refer to “recipes” on this main blog page for making cooked wheat berries)
1 20oz. can crushed pineapple – drained
2 small pkgs. instant vanilla pudding
1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese – softened
1 12oz. tub cool whip
2 Tbs. bottled lemon juice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Place drained pineapple in a large mixing bowl, sprinkle with pudding stirring until pudding dissolves.

In a smaller mixing bowl cream the cream cheese then mix in the cool whip and the lemon juice.

Stir the cool whip mixture into the pineapple mixture then stir in the cooked wheat berries and the nuts.

Cover and let refrigerate at least a couple hours for the flavors to blend.

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

]]> By: Liesa http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Liesa Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:32:30 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1945 Good suggestion Elizabeth. Thanks for thinking. And thank you for sharing the BYU research information. I don't know why the link in the post doesn't seem to work, but if you type it in yourself it does. ? Good suggestion Elizabeth. Thanks for thinking. And thank you for sharing the BYU research information. I don’t know why the link in the post doesn’t seem to work, but if you type it in yourself it does.
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]]> By: Kristine http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1944 Kristine Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:48:35 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1944 Okay, my husband and I have a dinner party tonight and I am making the salad to take and try. Wish me luck! I am also taking...fiesta wheat and bean salad!!! I love this stuff and I love sharing it even more because it shows other folks that wheat is wonderful. We have never eaten it as a salad but always as a salsa and everyone is always amazed at how yummy it is. Serve it with some tostisos scoops (i love the little bowl shapes and that you can really pile in the salsa) and I can garuntee that everyone will want the recipe. Thanks to Liesa this has become one of OUR FAVORITE RECIPES and it has changed our lives! Thanks Liesa ;) p.s. I will post the recipe later tonight or tomorrow...if it turns out. Okay, my husband and I have a dinner party tonight and I am making the salad to take and try. Wish me luck!

I am also taking…fiesta wheat and bean salad!!! I love this stuff and I love sharing it even more because it shows other folks that wheat is wonderful. We have never eaten it as a salad but always as a salsa and everyone is always amazed at how yummy it is. Serve it with some tostisos scoops (i love the little bowl shapes and that you can really pile in the salsa) and I can garuntee that everyone will want the recipe. Thanks to Liesa this has become one of OUR FAVORITE RECIPES and it has changed our lives!

Thanks Liesa ;)

p.s. I will post the recipe later tonight or tomorrow…if it turns out.

]]> By: mentalutopia/ElizabethJ http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 mentalutopia/ElizabethJ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:17:29 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1943 Even if there's not cannery near you, don't despair! The local LDS stake may have a portable canner available for use, so give the Relief Society president a call. I could see replacing acine de pepe (frog's eye pasta) with wheat berries in a pistachio salad. I want the recipe too! Even if there’s not cannery near you, don’t despair! The local LDS stake may have a portable canner available for use, so give the Relief Society president a call.

I could see replacing acine de pepe (frog’s eye pasta) with wheat berries in a pistachio salad. I want the recipe too!

]]> By: Liesa http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Liesa Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:06:02 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1942 Laura, you know who to call! Your RS president, darling what'shername, could hook you up. We're all just waiting for Kris to post her new wheat berry dessert/salad (wink) recipe. Open, open, open. Laura, you know who to call! Your RS president, darling what’shername, could hook you up.
We’re all just waiting for Kris to post her new wheat berry dessert/salad (wink) recipe.
Open, open, open.

]]> By: Laura http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1941 Laura Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:35:48 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1941 Wow. I have got to get myself to a cannery, just for the experience! That looks amazing. -Laura, who has an empty bowl waiting for some of that pistachio wheat berry jello salad stuff that Kristine mentioned! Wow. I have got to get myself to a cannery, just for the experience! That looks amazing.

-Laura, who has an empty bowl waiting for some of that pistachio wheat berry jello salad stuff that Kristine mentioned!

]]> By: Liesa http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 Liesa Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:16:31 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1940 That's great Nicole! (No shame.) Give your cannery a call, to make sure they're cool with your plan, and invite a friend. It's a super mommy-date, and I bet your kids will love it!!! It's like a day at the Discovery Museum. Please let us know~ That’s great Nicole! (No shame.) Give your cannery a call, to make sure they’re cool with your plan, and invite a friend. It’s a super mommy-date, and I bet your kids will love it!!! It’s like a day at the Discovery Museum. Please let us know~

]]> By: Liesa http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 Liesa Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:10:34 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1939 Check out the January Ensign article by President Boyd K. Packer. He begins by talking about the principles of self-reliance. "The welfare handbook instructs: "[We must] earnestly teach and urge Church members to be self-sustaining to the full extent of their powers. No true Latter-day Saint will ...voluntarily shift from himself the burden of his own support. So long as he can, under the inspiration of the Almighty and with his own labors, he will supply himself with the necessities of life" ([1952]), 2)... "When the Church welfare program was first announced in 1936, the First Presidency said: "...The aim of the Church is to help people help themselves" (in Conference Report, Oct. 1936, 3;) It is a self-help system, not a quick handout system. Check out the January Ensign article by President Boyd K. Packer. He begins by talking about the principles of self-reliance.

“The welfare handbook instructs: “[We must] earnestly teach and urge Church members to be self-sustaining to the full extent of their powers. No true Latter-day Saint will …voluntarily shift from himself the burden of his own support. So long as he can, under the inspiration of the Almighty and with his own labors, he will supply himself with the necessities of life” ([1952]), 2)…

“When the Church welfare program was first announced in 1936, the First Presidency said:
“…The aim of the Church is to help people help themselves” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1936, 3;) It is a self-help system, not a quick handout system.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 Nicole Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:05:22 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1938 Ummm.... ~raises hand~ I'm one of those who didn't know you could bring kids to the canneries. All this time I've felt like I couldn't get there because I couldn't find/afford a babysitter. Thank you so much! I might just plan a trip with the whole family next weekend. Ummm…. ~raises hand~ I’m one of those who didn’t know you could bring kids to the canneries. All this time I’ve felt like I couldn’t get there because I couldn’t find/afford a babysitter. Thank you so much! I might just plan a trip with the whole family next weekend.

]]> By: Liesa http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/2010/01/cheap-eats/comment-page-1/#comment-1937 Liesa Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:51:27 +0000 http://www.idareyoutoeatit.com/?p=2721#comment-1937 WE WANT TO HELP EAT THE PISTACHIO JELLO SALAD THING-E! Too bad we don't live across the street from you, Kris. I don't think enough families know that they can bring their children to help with the work at the cannery. It makes a big difference to have more hands on the job. Rules may vary slightly between locations/local leadership, but people can locate cannery phone numbers through www.providentliving.org, and call ahead to find out if they will allow young children to help with the tasks not related to the actual canning machine. My experience has been like Kris's. Children LOVE doing this work. It's a total kick! It's REAL, and serious enough that they know they're honestly contributing, and they get into that. Lizzie cleans up like no other! I seriously have to pull her away from the push broom, saying " That's fabulous and we're going home NOW." WE WANT TO HELP EAT THE PISTACHIO JELLO SALAD THING-E!
Too bad we don’t live across the street from you, Kris.

I don’t think enough families know that they can bring their children to help with the work at the cannery. It makes a big difference to have more hands on the job. Rules may vary slightly between locations/local leadership, but people can locate cannery phone numbers through http://www.providentliving.org, and call ahead to find out if they will allow young children to help with the tasks not related to the actual canning machine.

My experience has been like Kris’s. Children LOVE doing this work. It’s a total kick! It’s REAL, and serious enough that they know they’re honestly contributing, and they get into that. Lizzie cleans up like no other! I seriously have to pull her away from the push broom, saying ” That’s fabulous and we’re going home NOW.”

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