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There are many everyday uses for powdered milk. Powdered reconstituted milk from your food storage can be used to make whole milk, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, butter milk and more. Powered milk is a real power house in your pantry! How Much Powdered Milk Should You Store? While 16 pounds of powdered milk for …
We are grab and go breakfast people at our house. Since my kids were little, the best way to make sure everyone got a good breakfast was to have ready made items stashed away in the freezer. Luckily, this Sausage and Cheese Egg Muffin Recipe is super easy to make in bulk. Consequently, the only …
Are you looking to stock a deep pantry? Do you like the idea of being able to have healthy, money saving food storage with up to a 25 year shelf life? Terrific! This post on How To Order Thrive Freeze Dried Food is for you! Why Order Thrive Freeze Dried Food? There is …
Commercial almond milk has become a mainstay on grocery store shelves. While I bought it for a while, once you start making your own, you never go back. Homemade nut milk doesn’t come with unnecessary additives known to mess with your gut. Plus, making your own nut milk allows you to add your own choice …
I love that Red Lobster cheese biscuit that makes you sigh with delight each bite you take. I wanted to make them at home, but I didn’t want to go to the work of making individual biscuits. Instead, I decided to try this recipe for Red Lobster Cheese Biscuit Bread. Baking this copycat bread in …
Find a great sale on frozen vegetables, but there’s no room in the freezer? No worries! Dehydrating frozen vegetables is a simple prep skill to master. Why You Should Dehydrate Frozen Vegetables Unless you have a really big garden, dehydrating frozen vegetables is much cheaper than buying fresh, and you can dehydrate frozen vegetables year …
Understanding the relationship between politics and the economy is an important Prepper skill to develop. It allows you to prepare in advance for the rising cost of produce items we rely on daily. Paying For A Wall Between The U.S. and Mexico Let’s take President Trump’s proposed wall between the U.S. and Mexico. You know, …
We are big stove popped popcorn eaters around here. I pretty much pop a pan a day. My kids grew up on it. Cheap and whole grain healthy, with a long term storage life and the added bonus of being quick and easy to make, popcorn is a food storage mainstay. Which Pot Should You …
Thrive Monthly Q Program reflects the understanding that often people hesitate in getting their food storage because they simply don’t know where to start, how to use it, and how to budget for it. To remedy this, Thrive Life has created the Monthly Q Program which offers a variety of ways to incorporate their products …
Yes! You can make your own brown sugar. When I show you how easy it is to combine the ingredients for brown sugar, you are going to wonder why nobody told you this sooner. Why Make Your Own Brown Sugar? Making your own brown sugar is much less expensive than purchasing brown sugar. November is …
I love to preserve blackberries. It’s so easy to insure the great taste of summer in your food preps with just a small amount of work. Rich in bioflavonoids, vitamin C and antioxidants, blackberries are nutritional power houses perfect for long term food storage pantries. Here are my favorite ways to preserve blackberries. How …
I received a bit of a jolt when entering a local food storage store in search of 5-gallon food grade buckets for several bags of rice and beans I recently purchased for emergency prepardedness. Over SEVEN dollars for a bucket and lid. And we aren’t talking gamma lids, here. Nope. We are talking just the …
“I bought these survival seeds so that I can grow all my own food when the SHTF”. I hear this a lot. Often from people who have never planted a seed in their entire lives. Experienced gardeners must be doing a terrific job of making their work look super easy for so many people to …
You are right in the middle of creating a culinary master piece. Your mouth is watering as you reach for the last ingredient your recipe requires. In your hand is a container of baking powder, recovered from way in the back of your cupboard. You find yourself wondering when you used this stuff last. Heck, …
Freeze Dried Meals in a Jar provide nutrition, convenience, and long term storage ability to your food storage plan. Boil a pot of water, dump in the ingredients, and viola!, dinner is served in record time. Even if that dinner was made a YEAR ago! Why I Love Freeze Dried Meals In A Jar What …
I’ve had people ask me why they should store food now rather than waiting to see if a crisis event takes place. Many would rather have their money earning interest in a bank so that if the s-ever does hit the fan, they have the finances to deal with their new normal. Having a …
Egg prices are going up. An announcement was made at the beginning of January alerting consumers to a price hike in eggs as California starts requiring hens be raised in spaces big enough to move around in. States selling eggs to California must also meet these standards in order to continue doing business in the …
Most preppers and outdoor enthusiasts are familiar with MREs. MRE stands for meal, ready-to-eat, and they are most common as field rations for the military. MREs are meant to feed one individual for one meal. Fortunately, these meals in a bag or box have come a long way since hardtack, cans of Spam, and freeze-dried …
Tis the season! No, not that season. Canning season! The season where families like mine harvest their garden goodness, plop it into little jars, and process it in one of my pressure canners to last at least through the winter. If we’ve had a really great harvest we might even get lucky enough to can …
It used to drive me nuts. Driving by fruit trees that were loaded with rich, ripe fruit that was simply doing nothing more than going to waste. I’d think about how much I wish I could go up and ask to pick that fruit, but I didn’t have the nerve. Things changed one day when …
Remember the good old days when eggs used to go on sale for .25 .50 a carton? In my area we’re lucky if we see .99 a dozen. Eggs have gone up in price, which makes knowing how to freeze eggs an excellent skill to master. When To Use Frozen Eggs Eggs that …
You may remember a few weeks ago Tammy talked about vacuum sealing mason jars to store fresh nuts that she buys in coops for prepping on a budget. We received a lot of questions about using this method of food storage but have both had a lot going on in our personal lives and haven’t …
