Post by RosieKat on Jun 15, 2015 22:18:51 GMT
Yes, it's an odd request.
I work for a food pantry, and one thing that new research has shown is that even when people have access to food staples, many of them don't know what to do with them. We're looking to create a trial program I'm calling "home ec in a bag." When people get their bags of groceries, we're looking at including something like a plastic bag with some ingredients along with a simple recipe in English and Spanish that they can make using those ingredients. We're trying to see if we can come up with a few options using ONLY shelf-stable items, but if it needs a little of a cheap, basic product, that may be an option as well. (Think some butter or an onion or a little milk, meat only in very small quantities.) Our pantry provides only shelf-stable foods, so we don't want to seem like jerks saying - "Here, make this great recipe, but only after you hit the grocery store and spend another $10."
Our standard shelf items are canned meats and fish, cereal, veggies, pasta, tomato sauce, soups, chili, canned pasta meals, dry pasta, spaghetti sauce, canned fruit, peanut butter, jelly. However, we do get lots of random items, and there is no reason we can't allocate a portion of our spending to a particular item if we need it for some great recipe.
I'm happy to answer questions, but basically, any ideas?
I work for a food pantry, and one thing that new research has shown is that even when people have access to food staples, many of them don't know what to do with them. We're looking to create a trial program I'm calling "home ec in a bag." When people get their bags of groceries, we're looking at including something like a plastic bag with some ingredients along with a simple recipe in English and Spanish that they can make using those ingredients. We're trying to see if we can come up with a few options using ONLY shelf-stable items, but if it needs a little of a cheap, basic product, that may be an option as well. (Think some butter or an onion or a little milk, meat only in very small quantities.) Our pantry provides only shelf-stable foods, so we don't want to seem like jerks saying - "Here, make this great recipe, but only after you hit the grocery store and spend another $10."
Our standard shelf items are canned meats and fish, cereal, veggies, pasta, tomato sauce, soups, chili, canned pasta meals, dry pasta, spaghetti sauce, canned fruit, peanut butter, jelly. However, we do get lots of random items, and there is no reason we can't allocate a portion of our spending to a particular item if we need it for some great recipe.
I'm happy to answer questions, but basically, any ideas?
