It’s time to focus again for a moment on increasing your food storage by spending just ten dollars. Here are three things that are good to have on hand — mushrooms (pieces and stems), dark red kidney beans, and three 48oz. packages of thin spaghetti noodles.

Remember, do not let building your food storage become overwhelming. Take it one “bite” at a time so to speak. It is especially good to take advantage of case lot sales when they happen. If you pay close attention to sale ads, you can get these items at a good price.

After buying the Ottavio’s (a local restaurant) Extra Virgin Oil a couple of weeks ago, I went right home to try it to see if it was as good as I had hoped. It was. My family especially liked this recipe that I tried out of desperation to get out of a hot kitchen.

I boiled 1 box of the Farfalle (small bow tie) pasta, steamed a vegetable mix (broccoli, sugar snap peas and baby carrots), fried some mushrooms in the oil with a little bit of garlic, salt and pepper. I tossed everything together while it was still hot and drizzled a little more olive oil on it, tossed it again, salt and peppered it to taste and served it with Parmesan cheese. It was REALLY good. I hope that if you try it you will enjoy it as much as we did.

This week’s suggestion (prices may vary according to sale ad prices and location):

1 case mushrooms (stems and pieces) = $10.00

OR

12 cans kidney beans = $6.00
three 48oz. packages of spaghetti = $4.50

So, set aside ten dollars this week and go spend it on these suggested items to build up your food storage.