Tess Pennington

Tess Pennington is the author of The Prepper's Blueprint, a comprehensive guide that uses real-life scenarios to help you prepare for any disaster. Because a crisis rarely stops with a triggering event the aftermath can spiral, having the capacity to cripple our normal ways of life. The well-rounded, multi-layered approach outlined in the Blueprint helps you make sense of a wide array of preparedness concepts through easily digestible action items and supply lists.

Tess is also the author of the highly rated Prepper's Cookbook, which helps you to create a plan for stocking, organizing and maintaining a proper emergency food supply and includes over 300 recipes for nutritious, delicious, life-saving meals. 

Visit her web site at ReadyNutrition.com for an extensive compilation of free information on preparedness, homesteading, and healthy living.

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Golden Quinoa Fritters

Here is a recipe for delicious golden brown quinoa fritters. This versatile recipe can be changed up according to your tastes, so get creative!

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Influenza Sorbet

The next time you find yourself coming down with the flu, settle yourself into your favorite chair and indulge in the influenza sorbet – because you deserve it.

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Using Your Freezer as a Long Term Food Storage Solution

If properly stored, freezing your emergency food source can last indefinitely. Read more about the pros and cons of this food storage method as well as tips on how to protect your frozen foods.

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The Best and the Worst Foods to Freeze for Long Term Storage

Some of us are using the freezer as our main source for food storage. Know in advance which foods freeze the best and which ones to avoid to help you maintain a well-stocked, but frozen food source.

Rehydration Chart for Dehydrated Foods

A chart to rehydrate vegetables, fruits and meats that have been dehydrated.

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Good-bye City Life!

No amount of planning or prepping prepared me for what I was walking into. Before you plunge in to your dreams of homesteading, read this first.

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Is Your Soil Getting Enough Calories?

It’s time to look outside of the box and really begin to examine and applying new farming strategies that are more symbiotic and efficient for us in the long run.

How do I create a year’s supply of food?

A reader has decided to start a food storage pantry for her family and is not sure where to start. Tess provides suggested foods, lists the most common mistakes in food storage, how to store food and much more information to help this reader get started.

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CDC EStimates Over 200,000 Will Be Hospitalized By H3N2 Influenza Outbreak

This flu season is on target for being one of the worst seasons on record. Learn all about H3N2 here, plus learn about natural ways you can beat this nasty flu strain.

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What advice do you have for those starting survival gardens?

Many preppers want to garden in order to create a personal food source. A readers asks Tess what advice she has for those starting survival gardens.

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What options do I have for buying antibiotics?

As preppers, we want to be prepared for anything that may come our way. A reader wants to know what option she has for purchasing antibiotics.

Should I buy 5 gallon buckets from my bakery?

A reader asks if its a good idea to buy food buckets from her local bakery.

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