Good Eats at the TEOTWAWKI Café: Volume 3: Making the Most of Grains in Your Food Storage

Good Eats at the TEOTWAWKI Café, Volume 3: Making the Most of Grains in Your Food Storage elevates your food storage and preparedness game by sharing how to transform run-of-the-mill grains into savory and sweet dishes to nourish the body and soul. Budget-friendly basic recipes with modern twists feature easy-to-follow directions for flawless results in your daily bread.

Bread is the staff of life, the original fast food (once it’s baked, that is). And yet, as critical as bread and cooked cereals are, there is so much more we can do with grains to nourish our families before, during, and after a crisis. Exceptional for its range, the 201 recipes in this volume of Good Eats at the TEOTWAWKI Café transform the basic staples of rice, wheat, flour, oats, corn, and pasta into dishes appealing to young and old in their variety and also include ethnic flavors to ward off food fatigue.

The streamlined, family-friendly recipes include the following:

• Quick breads: Biscuits, Pancakes, Waffles
• Flatbreads: Naan, Pita, Tortillas, Mandarin Pancakes
• Pan Loaves: Basic White Sandwich Bread, Whole Wheat, French
• Sourdough: Basic, Whole Wheat, Jalapeno Cheddar, Cinnamon Rolls, Tortillas
• Muffins: Whole Wheat Blueberry, Pumpkin, Banana Chocolate Chip, Raspberry Lemon, English
• Rolls: Hamburger Buns, Cinnamon Rolls, Parmesan Bread Sticks, Soft Pretzels, Bagels
• Fried Breads: Donuts, Apple Fritters, Churros, Funnel Cakes, Navajo Fry Bread
• Beverages: Horchata, Rice Milk, Oat Milk, Oatmeal Smoothies
• Crackers: Wheat Thins, Pilot, Hardtack, Sourdough, Saltines, Graham
• Salads and Side Dishes: Macaroni and Cheese, Panzanella, Pizza Oatmeal, Italian Rice Balls, Black Beans and Rice
• Main Dishes: Hawaiian Haystacks, Oatmeal Breakfast Sausage, Black Bean and Rice Empanadas, Thai Peanut Noodles

In these inflationary times, building your food storage need not be put on the back burner. In fact, you’ll save money with these recipes for these other foods you (used to) buy at the store:

• Stove-Top Stuffing
• Cold Cereals like Wheaties, Grape-Nuts, Muesli, and Granola
• Hot Cereals like Cracked Wheat, Nigerian Kamu, and Instant Oatmeal (with flavor options!)
• Rice-a-Roni
• Croutons
• Horchata, Rice Milk, Oat Milk
• Hot Dog Buns
• Tortillas

Learn key tips for:

• Reducing the glycemic index of rice
• Keeping bread fresh and warding off mold as long as possible
• Stretching hamburger with whole wheat in sloppy joes, chili, taco meat, and more
• Incorporating sourdough discard in your own recipes
• Using whole grains even if you don’t have a mill
• Bread-baking alternatives, like the stovetop, barbecue, Instapot, and sun oven
• Building your own cookie, muffin, and granola recipes using ingredients you have on hand
• The best practices for long-term food storage

Compiled from articles at the Prep School Daily blog, Good Eats at the TEOTWAWKI Café, Volume 3: Making the Most of Grains in Your Food Storage continues the mission of helping families prepare to thrive in troubled times, demystifying these food storage staples with new and classic recipes that will instill confidence in any newbie while expanding the repertoire of veterans.