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Freeze Dried Meals in a Jar: Sausage Potato Soup

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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 makes Freeze Dried Meals in a Jar so fantastic?  Imagine coming home too tired to … [Read more...] about Freeze Dried Meals in a Jar: Sausage Potato Soup

Creating An Emergency Preparedness Blueprint

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Emergency Preparedness.  Food Storage. Water.  Flash Lights. Batteries.   When I first began prepping, I thought about earthquakes and fires and droughts,  which are the usual concerns for my state.  I prepped more for short term than long term emergencies. Life changed.  My family's preparedness needs changed.  I found myself learning a lot of lessons on how to be prepared … [Read more...] about Creating An Emergency Preparedness Blueprint

How To Disinfect Water With Pool Shock

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Bleach is a common item in a preppers stockpile. While bleach has many important uses in an emergency situation, it has drawbacks: it expires quickly and it takes up a lot of space. According to the Clorox website, the shelf life of regular Clorox Bleach (do not buy scented or splash-less or anything else for prepping) is: The active ingredient in liquid bleach, sodium … [Read more...] about How To Disinfect Water With Pool Shock

How To Freeze Eggs

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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 have been frozen are good for baking and recipes such as waffles and pancakes.   Frozen eggs tend to be a … [Read more...] about How To Freeze Eggs