Food Storage for $5.00 a Week

Week 25: 50 lbs. wheat

This plan should be enough to sustain two people for one year. For every two people in your family add $5.00 more and double the amount of the item you are buying that week.

If you can not afford more than the $5.00 a week for the whole family at least do the $5.00, it's a start.

Remember to mark the date on an item when you buy it and use the oldest first.

Whole Wheat Italian Bread

• 2 cups warm water (105-115)
• 2 pkgs active dry yeast
• 3 TBSP sugar
• 2½ teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon dried sweet basil
• 2 TBSP bacon drippings
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1½ cups unsifted whole wheat flour
• 3¼ to 3¾ cups unsifted white flour
• ¼ cup crumbled cooked bacon (about 7 slices)

Measure warm water into large warm bowl, sprinkle in active dry yeast; stir until dissolved. Add sugar, salt, ground pepper, sweet basil, bacon drippings, egg, whole wheat flour and 1½ cups white flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in bacon and enough additional white flour to make a stiff batter. Cover; let rise in warm place, free from draft, until double in bulk, about 35 minutes. Stir batter down. Beat vigorously, about 30 seconds. Turn into 2 greased 1 quart casseroles. Cover, let rise in a warm place, free from draft, until double in bulk, about 30 minutes. Bake at 400° about 35 minutes or until done. Remove from casseroles and cool on racks. Makes 2 loaves. This bread makes a simple Italian meal special.

Becky Morris
Ward Preparedness Specialist

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