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10 Delicious Ways to Infuse Honey
Infusing honey with fruit or herbs is a great way to add enhanced taste to honey, as well as additional health benefits. Here are ten delicious infused honey to start out with and some ways that you can add infused honey to your foods. Enjoy!
The Sweet Life: Sugar Alternatives for Your Homesteading Needs
Sugar is an essential food staple that should be in every emergency pantry. Learn about different sugar alternatives there are for your long-term needs.
Cook Like Grandma with these Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
These cookies are just like the ones that grandma used to make.
5 Ways to Stretch Your Meals SHTF Style
Get smart about how to use foods in your preparedness pantry, and learn these nifty tricks on how to fill up our stomachs at the same time.
The Functional Vintage Kitchen
Vintage kitchenware that are off-grid capable and built to the last are becoming all the rage. Homesteader, extraordinaire, Ruby Burks talks about her favorite utensils and heirloom books to keep an eye out for.
Food Freebies in Your Own Backyard
Nature’s bounty is all around us. It’s time to get back to our hunter/gatherer roots and learn which wild edibles we can forage.
Add Some Solar Flare to Your Cooking
No need to waste precious fuel on cooking when you can make a solar cooker and have the sun do all the work for you. Detailed instructions and cook preparation times are included.
Fun with Freeze Dried Food!
Freeze-dried foods are a survival food must-have! Not only do they last 25+ years, but they will add versatility and needed vitamins to your preparedness diet. Discover ways of adding this important survival staple to your pantry.
Using Vegetables to Thicken Soups and Stews
When I look at food these days the colours amaze me. Everything is so bright, unnaturally bright.
It Tastes Just Like Chicken!
When providing food for your family in a survival situation, think outside the box.
Off-Grid Cooking: How To Smoke Fish
Smoke some, and get some good quality protein and practice for when you’re next in the woods and land that trout.
The Fine (and Frugal) Art of Repurposing Leftovers
In these times of budget cuts, rising food costs, job losses and ever-increasing expenses, we can’t afford to let anything go to waste. Learn how to combine your leftovers to create delicious and frugal meals the entire family would approve of.
Pantry Cooking: Using Potato Flakes
Potato flakes are on the recommended list of foods to have in your prepper’s pantry. Now it’s time to learn how to use them other than for mashed potatoes.
5 Ways to Use a Pumpkin
There is more to the pumpkin than meets the eye. The nutrition value alone makes pumpkins a vitamin powerhouse. Here are five ways to use pumpkins other than for a jack-o-lantern.
How – and Why – You Should Make Your Own Peanut Butter
Commercially produced peanut butter has been the cause of Salmonella outbreaks – some quite large and serious. Making your own peanut butter can help reduce risk of infection.
Meals in Minutes: How Blenders are a Healthy Option for Quick Dinners
Blenders don’t have to be used solely for smoothies and shakes, you can also create delicious meals with them. If you’re short on time, these blender ideas can give you meals in a matter of minutes.
DIY Potato Flakes From Scratch
Potato flakes are one of those pantry items you can make from home and save money doing so. Here is an easy recipe to make potato flakes from scratch.
Alternative Cooking Sources for SHTF Planning
All the stored food in the world will do no good if you have no way to heat your food. Learn more about these alternative cooking sources to use during an emergency.
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Prepping on a Budget: 4 Food Dehydrators under $75
If you are prepping on a budget, a food dehydrator is a great investment. These four budget-friendly models are highly recommended and can get you started on creating a food pantry for pennies.
8 Delicious Things to Make With Pumpkin
Pumpkin season doesn’t last forever, so make the most of it – and reap the nutritional benefits – while you can!
Are You Ready Series: Best Practices For Long Term Food Storage
Food is an investment into your future and your family’s livelihood. Therefore, you must do all that you can to protect that investment for the long term. Using the multi-barrier system will ensure that the food is stored in optimal conditions and that the contents inside are protected.
Food Prepping: Why You Should Store Wheat And How To Use It
Wheat is a prepper pantry essential simply because it has so many uses. Preparedness takes time and effort, and while wheat is vital to any good food storage plan, practice makes perfect. Learn some of the ways to utilize this food source.
Cook Like Grandma: Nothing Goes to Waste
Vintage cookbooks and recipes from around the world can open up possibilities for delicious recipes that allow one to use every part of the animal for human consumption and to reduce waste. So, before tossing these bits to the dogs, spend some time exploring these lesser-known or forgotten recipes.
Ready Nutrition: Power Protein Pancakes – Just Add Water
Adding some just-add-water protein additions to your pantry is a must to maintain health and vigor during emergencies.
5 Ways to Stretch Your Meals SHTF Style
Get smart about how to use foods in your preparedness pantry, and learn these nifty tricks on how to fill up our stomachs at the same time.
Homesteading Basics: How To Dehydrate Herbs for Long-Term Storage
We are all looking for frugal ways to bulk up our preparedness pantries. Using herbs is a great way to do that. Some of our favorite herbs we love to grow in our garden can be utilized to make long-term herbal seasonings to use year round.
5 Exciting Ways to Use Cranberries
With Thanksgiving around the corner, you might find yourself with an abundance of cranberries on hand.
Buying Local Honey: What You Need to Know
Buying locally is your best bet in taking steps to buy the purest forms of honey and create a natural prepper pantry. Use these tips when looking for local honey sources.
Meals in Minutes: How Blenders are a Healthy Option for Quick Dinners
Blenders don’t have to be used solely for smoothies and shakes, you can also create delicious meals with them. If you’re short on time, these blender ideas can give you meals in a matter of minutes.
