Seven Steps Week 5
Have a great week? I hope so. Ready for the next challenge? Here goes!
1. Purchase plastic sleeves for your binder.
2. Place a flashlight, batteries and glow sticks in your 72 hour kits. If you do not have backpacks for your kits purchase at least one this week.
3. As we did for electricity, make a list of every thing you do that uses water. Create a chart of what you will need to replace. Refer to the water article in your binder for ideas.
4. Purchase the items you need to replace your washer and dryer if the electricity goes out. Liquid detergent, a rope and clothes pins should do it.
5.Create a phone tree(s) for friends, neighbors and family. Assign everyone two or three people to call in case of an emergency. You will probably want a separate tree for family unless you all live in the same area. During the San Diego fires a few years ago an entire block of families survived, although their homes did not, because they had a phone tree and called each other to warn of the danger and advise their neighbors to get out. Be sure your out of the area contact person has phone numbers for every member of your family and extended family. Place a copy of your phone tree in the envelope to be mailed to your contact out of area contact, remember that envelope from week 3?
6. Purchase ingredients for 3 desserts. These can be brownie mixes, puddings, or the ingredients for cookies from scratch. Whatever your family decided on when you made your list of favorites.
7. Make 3 copies of all your family’s birth certificates and drivers licenses. Place one copy in each adult 72 hour kit and one copy in the envelope to be mailed to your contact.
There you go! Another week and another 7 steps to reach our goal to be Totally Ready for whatever comes!!
Does anyone have a suggestion as to what I can use to replace egg in a dessert recipe or brownie mix?
Just purchased this week a can of powdered eggs just for baking. Haven’t used them yet.
You can use unflavored gelatin or flax seed (ground).
Using Flax Seed:
For each egg needed, place in blender:
1 heaping tablespoon of whole organic flax seed, blend until it becomes a fine meal. Add 1/4 cup cold water blend 2-3 minutes until thickened and has the consistency of eggs. Each 1/4 cup of Flax seed mixture will replace one egg in baking
Using Gelatin:
Before starting recipe for cookies, cake etc… Combine 1 tsp unflavored gelatin with 3 tblsp cold water and 2 tblsp plus 1 tsp boiling water. This mixture will substitute for 1 egg in a recipe.
Thanks for the flax seed and gelatin suggestions. I think that I will try them this week. I am always looking for an excuse to bake! I had heard of the powdered egg, but I haven’t been able to find them locally. Thanks again for the suggestions.