More On Storage. + No-Crust,No Dishwashing, Deep Dish Pumpkin Pie

 More on Storage

These folding boxes are great for storage and when they are empty, you can fold them up so they don't take up space when they are not needed.  I use one for a laundry basket.  It will usually hold two loads of folded wash.  You can also use them when grocery shopping instead of bags, and they are easier to handle for transporting.  The earlier versions of these were pretty strong, but I have not been able to find that version anymore.  The current version is a little flimsy, Just don't overload them or they will come apart if you load them with heavy stuff, such as a bunch of canned goods.  I got these at Orchard Supply Hardware.

Folding Boxes

Usable Space

Lazy Daze has this flat, covered bin at the head of the cab over bunk.  I have never found much use for it as it is only 3" deep.

3" Deep Storage at Head of Cabover Queen Bunk

 It is, however, a great place to put four of these folding boxes full of paper items such as, plates, towels, bowls TP, etc.  This storage does not intrude into the sleeping space and makes a kind of "headboard".  The boxes are stackable and interlock, one on top of the other. 

Four Stacked Folding Storage Boxes as "Headboard"

Rubbermaid and Sterilite have many different sizes of plastic storage boxes.  Some fit the overhead cupboards in my Lazy Daze.  Know what your cabinet dimensions are and find boxes to fit.  Many will stack and you can, in many cases, double the storage amount per cabinet.  Much easier to find stuff, especially if you label the boxes.  This also goes for your outside compartments.  I have found one size that I can stack to fit.  Some of my compartments are deep and much wider than the access doors.  With labels, you don't have to empty the compartment to find what you are looking for.  I have increased the usable space in several of my outside compartments in this manner.  The outside access compartment that is under the dinette seat in a Lazy Daze Mid Bath will hold two of these boxes end to end.

Rubbermaid Shoe Box

Sterilite Storage Boxes

Sterilite Storage Boxes Stacked in Outside Compartment

No Crust, No Dishwashing, Deep Dish, Pumpkin Pie

A single portion of pie crust is around 100 calories.  A single portion of this pumpkin pie filling is 180 calories.  1/3 of the calories in a slice of pumpkin pie is the crust.  You can either take the savings OR eat a 1/3 larger piece, OR maybe add a little whipped cream!  I left out the crust both for calorie savings as well as no mess of making pie crust and no dish washing.

Roger's Adaptation of the Libby's Pumpkin Pie Recipe

1 29 oz. Can Libbys Pumpkin 280 Calories

1 1/2 cups Sugar  1161 Calories

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1 cup egg substitute  120 calories OR you can use 4 eggs 320 calories

2 cans fat-free evaporated milk  600 Calories

2161 total calories using egg substitute and the FF milk.  Divided by 12 servings = 180 calories each. It is pretty much fat-free.

1/12 serving, 5 0z, 180 Calories

This recipe is for two regular 9" pies.  I use a single 9 X 12 disposable aluminum baking pan.  Just thoroughly mix all of the ingredients together in the pan.  Because of the size and depth of the pan, these cooking times that are different from the recipe on the can.

Preheat oven to 425F.  Bake for 30 minutes.  Reduce temp to 350 and bake for about 1 hr. longer.  Top should start to brown and possibly have small cracks.  Let cool on a rack for about an hour.  I then cover and refrigerate overnight so it is good and firm for serving the next day.    Easy on the whipped cream.

Should only have to rinse one mixing spoon and possibly a measuring cup.