Food and Kitchen

Come on in, don’t be shy! Our food and kitchen resources are filled to the brim with our favorite family recipes, cooking tips, food storage ideas, and how to preserve your favorite food for long-term use.

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Food Rationing: It Will Break You Down Mentally

The foods we will carry will make all the difference in the world in terms of maintaining energy levels, and nutrition. Food rationing is an inevitable issue if you are planning for long term or extended events. Plans should be put in place to ensure the rationing we do is healthy and will still enable us to carry on.

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Food Storage Demystified

Storing food for long-term emergencies is not without it’s challenges. Many preppers who are beginning this task want to ensure they are packaging foods correctly. Listed, are 8 common food storage questions asked by beginning preppers. Perhaps these questions can help you.

Food Storage: Getting Started

Starting a supply of food does not have to be a budget breaker.  Think like a squirrel gathering a little […]

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Food Waste: A Way of Life That Needs to Change

I hate food waste. I loathe spending good money on decent food and then seeing it go into the garbage. For that reason food waste has been banned from my home.

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Fresh Farm Cheese in 4 Easy Steps

Homemade, soft spreadable cheese. Sounds good, doesn’t it? This simple cheese recipe can be made in four easy steps.

The freshest, unprocessed, maple syrup comes directly from trees and you can tap into all of that yummy goodness yourself! Not only does maple syrup taste great, but it can be a potent natural medicine with additional health benefits as well!

From Tree To Table: Tips For Fresh Maple Syrup

The freshest, unprocessed, maple syrup comes directly from trees and you can tap into all of that yummy goodness yourself! Not only does maple syrup taste great, but it can be a potent natural medicine with additional health benefits as well!

Frugal Prepping: 30 Survival Items You Can Get at the Dollar Store

Here’s a way to get a week’s worth of disaster supplies for less than $50. Use these frugal shopping tips, checklists and food calculators to ensure you are prepared for the next disaster.

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Frugal Prepping: This Survival Food is One of the Highest Sources of Protein

The sardine may be one of the best and most frugal protein sources to have in the prepper pantry.

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Fully Loaded Deviled Eggs

While everyone is looking for a new way to put a spin on the humble deviled egg, look no further, this is your recipe.

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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.

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Get Fizzy With It! Make Your Own Homemade Soda

Home brewing your own sodas are cheaper, more nutritious and a great project to do with the family. Learn how easy this skill is and use the recipes provided to make your own homemade soda.

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Getting The Most From The Cottage Garden

As I’ve said before the garden at Knowle cottage was big, but not huge. It took some creative planting to make sure we produced enough to feed the family.

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