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.

Italian sun dried tomatoes

Complementing Your Food Storage Pantry with Dehydrated Foods

Dehydrating foods can be a wonderful addition to your emergency food pantry. Learn the pro, the cons, storage tips on dehydrating food for long-term storage.

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10 Dehydrator Meals for Your Prepper Pantry

I love having some “just-add-water” meals on hand for those busy days when I need to cook something fast.

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11 Emergency Food Items That Can Last a Lifetime

Many see storing food as a necessary investment for themselves and their family. Knowing which foods to store and how long they will last are the key elements to making the most on a food investment. These 11 food items can last a lifetime if properly stored.

Roast duck with oranges

10 Mouth Watering Duck Recipes for the Avid Hunter

Here are 10 mouthwatering waterfowl recipes to use the next time you have a plethora of duck meat.

pastel Christmas cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies

As we share these recipes, we also share the memories, the stories, the life lessons and the laughs that came along with that recipe.

candy cane cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Candy Cane Cookies

On the third day of Christmas, My true love sent to me Three Candy Cane cookies, Two Toffee Squares And […]

pinwheel cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Festive Pinwheels

These festive pinwheel cookies can be made in any color combinations you’d like.

gingerbread

12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Gingerbread People

These soft gingerbread cookies are fun and easy to make and decorate.

peanut butter cup cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

What could be better than a peanut butter cup enveloped in a peanut butter cookie?

seven layer rainbow cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Seven-Layer Rainbow Cookies

Seven layer cookies, Venetian cookies, rainbow cookies, tri-color cookies, Italian flag cookies, seven-layer rainbow cookies…call these cookies whatever you’d like – one thing we can surely all agree on is that they are delicious.

shortbread

12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Shortbread

These elegant, buttery cookies are surprisingly simple to make.

snickerdoodles

12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Snickerdoodles

These snickerdoodles are great rolled in sugar and cinnamon or festive holiday sprinkles.

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