Food Storage Essentials: Food storage can contribute to great-tasting, economical breakfasts

Did you know if you can save just $5 a week by eating inexpensive food storage breakfasts, at the end of a year you would have enough money to buy a grain mill? You’ll be able to buy an electric mill or a good hand mill, like a Wonder Junior. Save for a second year and buy the other mill. That’s certainly simple.

Here’s a fun recipe for breakfast:

FLUFFY WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKES

2 cups whole wheat flour

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons dried whole egg, sifted (push through small sieve)*

4 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

2 cups reconstituted dry milk*

2 tablespoons oil

In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Add oil to milk; quickly whisk into dry ingredients just until combined, leaving a few lumps. Allow to stand 4 minutes (batter will rise). Gently drop by 1/3-cup amounts onto hot, oiled griddle. Makes 12 6-inch pancakes.

Coconut Pancakes: Add ½ cup shredded coconut to dry ingredients and ½ teaspoon almond or coconut extract to milk.

* Substitution: Add 2 fresh eggs in place of dried whole egg and reduce milk to 1 ¾ cups.

— “Emergency Food Storage in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition,” Leslie Probert and Lisa Harkness

Leslie Probert, a graduate in home economics from Brigham Young University, has been a popular speaker and is co-author of "Emergency Food Storage in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition" with over 400 fast, creative recipes. Email: foodstoragechick@gmail.com