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
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Why You Should Store Food NOW.
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 stash of cash is important in an emergency situation. However, I believe that the time to get your … [Read more...] about Why You Should Store Food NOW.
Egg Prices are Going Up. Way Up.
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 Golden State. *this post contains affiliate links Less … [Read more...] about Egg Prices are Going Up. Way Up.
Pressure Canners Tutorial
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 up enough of summer to last a couple of years. Often people hear the … [Read more...] about Pressure Canners Tutorial
Gleaning | Prepping on a Budget
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 a friend of mine told me that she had asked the farmer behind her home if he would let her go gleaning … [Read more...] about Gleaning | Prepping on a Budget