Mapleton 13th Emergency Preparedness blog

There is a lot of information available to help us prepare our families for the future. Unfortunately, they don't always fit in the Sacrament meeting bulletin or the monthly newsletter. So this blog is for those of you who might like a little more information, recipes and other preparedness tidbits. I will be posting new items on Wednesdays or Thursdays. If you have any information that you would like to share here, let me know and we'll include it in a post.
Here are a couple of recipes for this week.

Spicy Bean and Rice Casserole

1 tbsp oil

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 med onion, chopped

1 green pepper, seeded and diced

1 28 oz can crushed or diced tomatoes

1 ½ c cooked beans, black, kidney, pink, pinto

1 can corn

1 cup uncooked long grain rice

¼ c water or tomato juice

1 tbsp chili powder

1 tsp oregano

¾ c shredded mozza cheese

½ c shredded cheddar cheese

dash cayenne pepper

In large skillet, heat oil. Add garlic and onion and saute. Add pepper and cook a few minutes. Add remaining ingred except cheese. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 20 min or until rice is tender. Uncover, sprinkle cheese on the mix and heat in oven at 350 for 15 minutes until cheese melts.

Double Chocolate Popcorn Balls

½ c sugar ½ c corn syrup

¼ c margarine 2 tbsp cocoa

8 c popcorn 1 c m&m's

Combine sugar, corn syrup, margarine and cocoa in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add popcorn, stirring until evenly coated. Remove from heat. Stir in m&m's. Cool slightly. Shape into 2" balls. Makes 18.