We are house sitting in Portugal (side note... omg amazing place) and the owners have left us a shit load of dry goods and when I say a shit load... I mean it. They run a retreat where they feed everyone and they have heaps left over from the year that they want us to use up.
There is at least 25 kgs of each of the following:
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Hazelnuts
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Peanuts
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Sunflower seeds
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Poppy seeds
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Walnuts
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Sesame seeds
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Brown lentils
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Red lentils
*Split mung beans
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Chickpeas
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Black beans
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Black rice
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Basmati rice
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Black rice noodles
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Seaweed
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Chia seeds
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Flax seeds
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Blackeyed peas
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Canellinni beans
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Cocoa powder
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White rice
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Brown rice
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Rye flour
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Wholemeal flour
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Spelt flour
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Polenta
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Arrowroot powder
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Oat flour
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Oats
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Muesli
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Dates
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Red quinoa
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Bulgur wheat
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Cous cous
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Desiccated coconut
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20+ packets of dried shitake mushrooms
Plus there's
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Coconut oil (10ish jars)
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Apricot, black cherry, blueberry and raspberry jams (20ish jars)
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Coconut milk (20ish cans)
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Mustards
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Litres of local olive oil
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Jars of homemade olives
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A few cans of tomatoes and home made tomato pasta sauce
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10 huge jars of sauerkraut
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A few kilos of onions
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A few kilos of potatoes
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Kilos of lemons
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Tubs of vegetable stock powder
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Plus too many herbs and spices to mention... many I've never even heard about.
We also have:
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A few figs left on the tree
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Dozens of olive trees that have ready fruit
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Two orange trees that have fruit starting to ripen
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Pear trees with almost ripe fruit
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Pomegranate tree with ripe fruit
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6 laying hens
I want to take the opportunity to try a heap of recipes while we are here and see if we like certain things without having to waste it if we don't.
We are looking forward to just being able to go to local markets and stores to get things like cheese, pork, chicken, seafood and veggies.
I feel so overwhelmed with all the things here... I have no idea where to start! All I've got so far in my head to make is dahl and wholemeal grain/seed bread.
So what would you make? Where do I even look to find good recipes?
We've got 7 weeks here, two kitchens to cook in and plenty of utensils and cooking pots etc. and things like blenders, food processors and a couple of vitamix things. But the closest town is 25 minutes away and the tiny supermarket there doesn't sell things like cows milk or mushrooms. The next town is 45 minutes away and sells more stuff but not much more eg. only 1 brand of cows milk and 2 brands of butter
November 14, 2018 at 08:50AM
