long term food storage

Ham and Cheese Egg Muffin Recipe

April 17, 2018 By ParkerMama

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 thing left to do is to warm them up and go! *While the pictures show the … [Read more...] about Ham and Cheese Egg Muffin Recipe

Beginning Prepper’s Wish List: Christmas Gift Ideas For Emergency Preparedness

November 1, 2017 By ParkerMama

Our Beginning Prepper's Wish List is a great place to start shopping for someone new to prepping. Or perhaps you want to start getting your family's 72 Hour Kits together. You'll find our favorite stuff here on our Beginning Prepper's Wishlist! Heck, even experienced Preppers may discover some must have gear to make surviving Armageddon more fun. *this post contains … [Read more...] about Beginning Prepper’s Wish List: Christmas Gift Ideas For Emergency Preparedness

5-Gallon Food Grade Buckets

September 6, 2016 By ParkerMama

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 plain old hammer it down with a rubber mallet type of lid. As I … [Read more...] about 5-Gallon Food Grade Buckets

Preparedness for a disaster makes a lot of sense. With recent and predicted events like Hurricane Sandy, The Colorado Wildfires, Fiscal Cliffs, and rising food and gas costs just in 2012 there is no denying that things are changing in our world. Whether or not you believe "The End of the World As We Know It" is near there are plenty of everyday things to worry about: loss of a job, health emergency, local weather events to name a few.

I find that I worry less about the big "what if's" out there the more emergency planning my family does to deal with the unexpected. I will share the survival tips and tricks I have learned while on this preparedness journey and hope that you join in with lots of comments. We all have a lot to learn from one another.

Now, lets get started prepping! Pick a post and start reading. At the end of every post the blog randomly selects three more survival posts for you to check out. Set aside 10 minutes a day to build your preppers knowledge base. We can never be done learning or prepping, right?