Saving Good Food from the Dump and Giving it to The Community!!
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Come along as I work a shift volunteering at my local food bank! If you or someone you know needs food, please consider going …
Check out my local food bank here! https://missoulafoodbank.org/
You have an amazing food bank …the one I go to the produce is always bagged up in all rotten and what you can use its in terrible condition so just go thru it all and discard the bag
Your kinda doing virtue signaling by repeating yourself .
Your children seeing you volunteer is another lesson that they are learning. They are watching and growing in your steps. Way to go Mom!
I would assume pie base is just flour and a fat (shorting). I would assume you could use it to make flour tortillas. Meat pies or things like that would be nice easy premade meals. I would have taken 3 bags. lol but I am a baker (what i rather do in kitchen not a professional) so making a meal or a pastry would be simple for me to do.
I got moldy grapes twice. Not just a couple in it. The whole bag was moldy. The grapes were dropped off on a pallet so nobody even looks at it before the volunteers are told to give it out. We did get tons and tons of green beans. I was happy to get fresh green beans. 🙂
Our local food bank gives what you need if they have alot you can always get more and you cut the bad parts off. They use government money to buy from local stores but store's are running out of food so it's cut back to just a bag per car.
Grape pies and mango pie 🥧
I really like these videos. It's good to know that nothing is going to waste. I'm not sure what my food bank does but I know that they are finally building their own building for it. It's literally right down the street from me.
What an awesome food bank !!!
What a great way to give back by volunteering ❤
Folenteiring at the food bank is definitely a win winl
Can you Freeze Dry some of the Pie Mix. I’m pretty sure you can. You can for sure Freeze Dry some of the Bananas & Dehydrate some.
What a considerate food bank you have there Carolina. Love that even the spoiled produce doesn't go to waste… including those🫑peppers too… I know how much you like your peppers, that would've been difficult! Benefits all around!! Wonderful rewards for your help too. Great video my friend❤
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Wonderful to see the damaged produce go back into the food chain-out to the farms for the animals.
For the pie crust make up and freeze individual sheets or share.
Good information about the workings and organisation of your food bank.
Does the food bank give any recipe suggestions the boxes?
Great video and you have deserve the free food for your family. 🎉😊
This was a wonderful video, Mama Baird's
awesome haul this is the time of year for produce canning dehydrating all that oh ya
Can you make grape leather?
It's so nice that you're volunteering, Carolina. Looks like a satisfying job too, helping others! I'm sure you'll make a lot of friends too. You rock!
Use the pie base mix to make some homemade pop tarts, hand pies, savory pasties, and homemade toaster pastries!❤
You can freeze dry varanasi but be sure to spritz with lemon juice and it does not take much so they do not turn brown or you could make banana pudding out of them and freeze dry into freeze dried banana pudding bites or take the banana pudding and top with coolwhip or other topping and in the pans and use something to divide into serving sizes for a quick dessert or snack.
If you go to Costco ask a bakery associate about how they mix the pie crust mix.
Hi..Hi..Hi Mama Baird 🥰! Oh my 😮😮😮😮! That was SO much FUN!!! Holy CAC-COW that's a BIG bag of Pie Crust Mix 😂! Ya better put your Apron on & git Bakin' 🤣🤣🤣. I wish I lived closer to you, I would assist you in preserving all that food ♥️💙💜❤️💙💜! TYFS.
Lovely video. Great system for getting food to the peoples! 😊 and animals! 🐐
That’s really cool that y’all sort thru the produce, I don’t think they have enough volunteers to be able to do that here, so if we get a bag of something chances are at least one rotten item in it has caused the rest to be pretty iffy by the time we get it home. Ours is really lacking on good produce most of the time unfortunately, at least on the days and times I’ve gone so far, but next week I’m going on a different day than the first few times I’ve gone, so we’ll see how different it’ll be. I’ve got my fingers crossed! 💜
So great!
I was a volunteer paramedic for years. I worked full time in banking but went to school to get my paramedic so I could volunteer. I love helping people n that was my way of fulfilling that. Your food bank is great. I was thinking the same thing about the bell peppers that only had a spot on them lol. Thank you for sharing.
Carolina, just Google “how to use pie crust base mix”. It will tell you what to do. Happy you get out of the house, as well as the kids, and you are volunteering also. You got some great things for your household as well. Love your videos!
Wow that’s awsome that the bad stuff gets used!!
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It's great that you're volunteering at your local food bank. In our area in Virginia I have been to two different food banks. There were no choices,ya git whatcha got and ya don't throw a fit. Your food bank is amazing.