Here are some ideas for things you may be able to make. Pancakes (apple or banana pancakes), potato pancakes (flour, eggs, oil), oven french fries (oil, salt), peanut butter, oatmeal, raisin cookies, corn bread, pigs in blankets (drop biscuits with pieces of hot dog), bread pudding, rice porridge, potato dumplings aka gnocchi (these are very easy, foodwishes.com has a good recipe you can serve them with cheese and/or tomato sauce), creamed corn (cut the corn off the cob then run a butter knife over the cob to get all of the milk, mix with mix and butter or margarine, cook.)

That said, nutrition in America is an elusive creature. For instance, think of the oils and saturated fats you are consuming in those skippy, wheat thins and corn flakes products.

I notice your current stock pile doesnt include any leafy greens or dark veggies. Why? In my daily life, I find these to be the single most beneficial (short and long term) and healthy foods I eat. I can buy a head of a interesting variety of lettuce at my co-op for less than 2 dollars. If I watch portions, I can get nearly 6 meals out of that! I like to season these with Olive oil (which I can buy in bulk at the co-op) and Braggs liquid aminos. very tasty. I like to make it a garden salad and add many different items to it like shredded carrots, radicchio, mushrooms, snap peas, tomatoes. etc.

Speaking of bulk buying at the co-op, I noticed all your food is heavily packaged and there for, probably more expensive – especially without coupons! Shopping at a consumer-owned co-op is the only way to profit from spending your money on things you would otherwise be purchasing anyways! Not to mention, bulk buying at a co-op doesn’t have to mean large quantities. You can buy as much or as little as you need. I bought 4 cups of oatmeal for less than $1 last month. Other grains and legumes as well as pastas can be purchased in dry bulk at almost every co-op in America. My co-op (The Wedge, in Minneapolis, MN) even has bulk liquids (from oils to vinegars and soy sauces) and refrigerated goods like flax seed as well as bulk personal care products like shampoo/conditioner, shea butter and soaps.

Anyways, I hope commend you for taking the massive leap of trying this experiment in the first place and then continuing it. If there is one thing I know, its that Im always learning. Information is always changing and what we think we know about health and nutrition this year may be different next. Jennette Turner, our co-op nutritionist says that the bottom line is that its important to get a serious MIX of foods.

Great work, keep it up!