From: howard@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.food.veg
Subject: Re: Please help a community kitchen!
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:22:49 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <C0pDJr.3E4@acsu.buffalo.edu>, ztsindi@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (The Independents - SUNY Buffalo) writes:

>I need simple recipes that use primarily the following ingredients.
>    (we have large amounts of each)
>
>                canned corn, green beans, kidney beans, pumpkin pie filling,
>                        apple sauce, and tomato sauce;
>                government surplus raisins, peanut butter, corn meal, and
>                        wheat flour;
>                and bulk rigatoni.


Hmm, let's see what we can do-

1) Apple sauce/Raisin Crisp

Grease dish. Combine enough apple sauce and raisins together to fill the 
dish. In a bowl, mix flour, oatmeal (use all flour if you can't get it)
1/2 and 1/2. Add about 1 cup sugar (raw sugar or honey if you can get it)
to every 4 cups dry ingredients. Then add enough melted margarine to make
a crumb crust (about 1 stick for 4 cups flour/oatmeal). Bake at 350 
for 30 minutes. Cinnamon is nice to add to the apple sauce if you've got
it. 

2)  Corn Bread

Use equal portions of wheat flour and corn meal. You can use potato
starch or cornstarch instead of eggs, and add milk or soymilk (I think
cornbread would come out alright with water), and about 1 teaspoon salt. 

3) Corn/Pasta soup

Combine corn, pasta in water. Add vegetable broth seasoning, salt, 
and pepper, and chopped onion. Cook about 20 minutes. Combine milk
or soymilk with some cornstarch, stir out the lumps, and then add to 
the soup. Thicken a few minutes, then serve. 

4) Pumpkin Cobbler

Make a biscuit dough out of flour, salt, baking powder, and milk or 
soymilk. Grease a pan and put the pumpkin pie filling in it (check 
whether it needs sugar added, if so add it). Then top with the biscuit
dough and bake about 30 minutes. 

5) Bread

Make bread with yeast, warm water, and salt.  Check out "Beard on
Bread", by James Beard if you don't know how to start.  You could
also make biscuits using baking powder rather than yeast, but yeast
bread is healthier. 

6) Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Use your fresh bread in (5). Bananas or Jam goes good with these. 

7) Green Bean Pasta Sauce

Combine Green Beans with Tomato Sauce. Add salt and lots of pepper.
Add some chopped onion if you have some. Simmer
about 45 minutes. Serve over pasta. 

8) Corn and Kidney Bean Soup

Mix corn and beans with enough water to cover. Season with bay leaf,
cumin, onion, salt, and pepper. Simmer about 40 minutes. 

9) Kidney Beans with Rice or Pasta

Combine beans with onion, tomato sauce, cumin, salt, and pepper. Simmer
about 30 minutes. Serve over rice or pasta.

10) Kitchen Sink Stew

Mix corn, green beans, pumpkin pie filling, tomato sauce, a few cups
of water, and a few tablespoons of peanut butter. Add chili peppers if
you can get them, or cayenne pepper (not too much for your crowd, I'm
afraid) and some salt. Simmer about 40 minutes, adding water if it becomes
too dry. 


11) Corn and Green Bean casserole

Mix corn, green beans, and bread crumbs (or cut-up day old bread). Add enough
milk or soymilk to moisten. Season with salt, pepper. Put in a greased
loaf pan and bake about 1 hour. 

12) Peanut Butter/Raisin cookies

Mix peanut butter, raisins, flour, and sugar together. Add a little bit
of baking powder (about 1 teaspoon). Add enough milk  or soymilk to make
dough hold together. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a cookie sheet, and bake
about 15 minutes.