Preparing Our Food and Water

Want to know how to provide your family with both food and water so that you know you will always have food to eat? This is the category for you.

Food Storage, Preparing Our Food and Water

5 Food Storage Myths Debunked

There are classical myths such as those associated Hercules or Achilles or Persues.  There are modern-day myths such as, according to Web MD that there is supposedly no actual correlation between giving children sugar and hyperactivity.  Makes me wonder what their definition of “hyperactivity” is.  You?  But then there is […]

Garden, Preparing Our Food and Water, Preparing Our Homestead

It’s Cold Out, Let’s Start a Winter Indoor Garden!

During the winter months, maintaining a lush indoor garden not only adds a touch of greenery to your home but also offers a myriad of benefits that can brighten your palate and your spirit. Imagine how because of a winter indoor garden, you can have the luxury of fresh produce […]

Preparing Our Food and Water

Have You Heard of These 9 Food Preservation Techniques – Part 2

Last week, we discussed five fairly conventional food preservation techniques.   But this week, we’re going to venture into some less traversed techniques. There are links in this post.  Some of the links may be affiliate links.  Some of the links may not be.  My promise to you is that I […]

Preparing Our Food and Water

Have You Heard of These 9 Food Preservation Techniques – Part 1

We’re preppers.  And while some of us may only buy food that’s already packaged and ready for us, many of us are doing what we can to grow more food, to grow food more efficiently, or to better preserve and utilize our stored food year over year.  If we are […]

Cooking from Scratch, Preparing Our Food and Water

Transforming Thanksgiving Leftovers: 5 Delicious Recipes for a Second Feast

While I love the smells and tastes of Thanksgiving, after a long day of cooking and eating . . . and eating . . . and eating, I have to admit, the next day I don’t want to eat any more stuffing, day old turkey, and mashed potatoes.  Who likes […]

Preparing Our Food and Water, Preparing Our Vehicles

Lisa from Farmhouse on Boone and Karen on on Being Prepared for Anything

So a little over a month ago, Lisa from Farmhouse on Boone and I got together and had a conversation about preparedness as a Mom. [embedpress]https://youtu.be/EL-1QO8JhPc[/embedpress] If you’d prefer to listen to it as a podcast, you can find it here.  I’d love to have you join us. I am […]

Cooking from Scratch, Preparing Our Food and Water

Condiment Craze: A Flavorful Roundup of Recipes!

In my opinion, summertime is the best time of the year!  It’s cookouts, special summertime food, but that food is made all the better by amazing condiments.  So I want to help you wow your family and guests this summer with great homemade condiments. Condiment #1 –  Ketchup Classic Ketchup: […]

8 Delicious Ways to Eat or Drink Dandelions
Cooking from Scratch, Preparing Our Food and Water

8 Delicious Ways to Eat or Drink Dandelions

I love this time of year.  I adore walking out into my yard and seeing the flowers sprouting up everywhere.   When I drive down the road, trees all around me are in bloom.  The beautiful light gree of the leaves that are unfurling make me smile.  And yes, even the […]

Cooking from Scratch, Preparing Our Food and Water

5 Food Storage Soups for Fall

The days are still fairly warm, but the evenings are starting to get chilly.  After the sun goes down, which is earlier and earlier, I can’t sit out on our back porch swing without a jacket or sweater.  Fall is definitely in the air around here.  The trees, which have […]

The Easiest Homemade Food Storage Pizza You'll Ever Make
Cooking from Scratch, Preparing Our Food and Water

The Easiest Homemade Pizza You’ll Ever Make – Psst It’s Food Storage

Every Friday, we have a tradition that my kids love!  We take my mom and father-in-law grocery shopping.  Okay.  That’s not the part that they love.  They love what comes AFTER off-loading all of the groceries.  We sit down together and eat pizza and watch a movie.  For us, we […]