We are really broke right now and getting low on food. I was pretty proud of myself for actually coming up with a decent dinner the other night. We had a little bit of lentils, a little bit of barley, and I threw it into a pot with some broth, a potato, a carrot, and a little bit of frozen corn, to make soup. It was looking good but not looking like it was going to be enough. I wanted biscuits to go along with it, and was sad because I didn't have all the ingredients. I got inspired by Caroline Ingalls from the Little House series - I am reading The Long Winter to my daughter and when they ran out of food, they ground kernels of wheat in their coffee grinder to make flour for bread! So I figured if Caroline can make bread with kernels of wheat, surely I can come up with some biscuits.
Problem 1 - not enough flour. Found a box of cake flour left over from dd's birthday, and used half that and half regular flour.
Problem 2 - not enough butter. Found shortening in back of fridge, from frosting, also from dd's birthday. Used half shortening and half butter
Problem 3 - no milk. Watered down some heavy whipping cream. It's kind of like milk!
They were different tasting from my regular biscuits but not half bad!
I would love to hear other people's stories of coming up with decent meals from a pantry that looks pretty bare. Please share!
Problem 1 - not enough flour. Found a box of cake flour left over from dd's birthday, and used half that and half regular flour.
Problem 2 - not enough butter. Found shortening in back of fridge, from frosting, also from dd's birthday. Used half shortening and half butter
Problem 3 - no milk. Watered down some heavy whipping cream. It's kind of like milk!
They were different tasting from my regular biscuits but not half bad!
I would love to hear other people's stories of coming up with decent meals from a pantry that looks pretty bare. Please share!
