by Tess Pennington | Sep 1, 2017
Before something like Hurricane Harvey, who would’ve imagined the kind of destruction that would literally immobilize a major U.S. metropolitan area for what could potentially be weeks if not months? As of this writing, we’re 72 hours into the aftermath of...
by Granny Spear | Aug 29, 2014
As I’ve said before we grew almost all our own veggies and fruit at Knowle Cottage. Not having mains (electric) power the job of preserving a portion of the harvest to help us out in the winter was a long one. To avoid having to spend so much time all at once,...
by Tess Pennington | Feb 20, 2014
Scenario: It’s been two weeks since the cyber attack left your city without power. The grocery stores are empty and supply trucks haven’t been able to re-supply. You’re hungry but can’t go outside because of the roaming mobs attacking people...
by Tess Pennington | Feb 9, 2017
In the book, The Prepper’s Cookbook, I emphasize how easy it is to bulk up your emergency food pantry by dehydrating food you have around you. With a meager $50 investment into a food dehydrator, you can: dry vegetables for soup mixes dry fruits for snacking make...
by Jeremiah Johnson | May 13, 2017
ReadyNutriton Guys and Gals, this piece is designed to make you aware of the many benefits of pine pollen. That’s right, it’s a superfood that can be put to many uses, and we’re actually coming up on the time that it can be harvested in the wild. Raw pine pollen is...
by Tess Pennington | Mar 15, 2015
In a long-lived emergency, our food stores can quickly be depleted. If this occurs, we must rely on our knowledge of native food sources growing wild in our area. One such wild edible is found in great abundance in many parts of the country and is a food source that...
by Tess Pennington | Jul 20, 2012
When most people think about freeze-dried food they envision some kind of bland, pale sodium-blasted sludge on their plates, posing as “dinner”. The beauty of freeze dried food is the nutrition and variety it can add to your pantry. Foods that would normally be off...
by Joshua Krause | Nov 22, 2014
Until the 18th century, there weren’t very many ways to store food for long periods of time. You could dehydrate produce and beef, and turn dairy into cheese, but beyond that your options were limited. And even then, the amount of time you could preserve that...
by Tess Pennington | Feb 1, 2016
The overall goal of our emergency food pantry is to have a wide array of nutritious foods stored away in order to carry us through an emergency. In my book, The Prepper’s Cookbook, I wrote how firmly I believe in each household having an emergency food pantry....
by Tess Pennington | Mar 5, 2010
Salt is a valuable commodity that could become hard to come by in a long term disaster situation. In Ancient Rome, salt was used as a form of currency because of it’s importance in preserving food. In fact, it is still used today as a form of currency in some...
by Pamela Bofferding | Sep 3, 2016
Maybe you remember watching Julia Child cook in her television kitchen. She would always be positioned behind an island, surrounded by hanging rows of gorgeous pots and pans, cooking the most intricate and amazing dishes. But Child’s home kitchen was a little bit...
by Jeremiah Johnson | Feb 21, 2017
Those who plan to create ways for off-grid refrigeration usually plan to build when the snow thaws, but I’m doing something a little different – I’m planning on building one now. The main problem for me right now is that I have four feet of snow on...
