I don’t know how many times I’ve mentioned that I HATE to cook. Yea, I do it. Yea, I’m good at it, but it’s one of those skills I’m thankful for to a point and not much beyond that. So for me and consequently my family CONVENIENCE is the name […]
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.
Gourmet Food Storage – Got Milk? No, I Don’t Mean Powdered Milk.
So let me ask you all a question – Do you know someone who is gluten intolerant? I’m betting you know at least several! How about someone who is allergic to eggs? That would be a hard one to swallow (or not to swallow in this case) in our family! […]
Gourmet Food Storage – The Proof Is in the Pudding!
Have you ever had real pudding? I’m not talking about that instant boxed stuff from the store. I’m talking about the kind of pudding that you have to cook on the stove? OOoooooooo. I could just sigh with joy at the thought of it. Okay, you may laugh, but […]
Serious DIY Series – Have You Seen the Price of Vanilla?!?
Unless you don’t do a whole lot of baking you have to be pretty sheltered to not have seen the price of vanilla over the past year. Two or more years ago, I could get 16 oz of vanilla from Costco for about $10. Yes, that was a better […]
Gourmet Food Storage – “Souper” Simple, “Souper” Necessary, and “Souper” Delicious
I don’t know about you, but when I was growing up, many of the meals that I helped my mother make called for a can of “Cream of” (fill in the blank) soup. Oftentimes, it was cream of mushroom soup in our family. I remember, growing up, one of my […]
Gourmet Food Storage – Amazing Alfredo Sauce with a Twist
What’s your favorite type of pasta? Is it the all familiar spaghetti? How about spiral pasta like my Mom uses for pasta salad? Or maybe you like manicotti? Or, maybe you know someone who loves fettuccini! My family’s favorite pasta, however, is whatever kind of pasta I can find covered in […]
Serious DIY Series! My Super Secret to Easily Spreadable Fruit Preserves
Strawberry Jam Packed Family When I was growing up, one of the activities we used to do as a family was pick strawberries. We’d load up in our car or van and drive to a U-Pick strawberry farm. We would each start with a 4-quart basket and go at it. […]
5 Amazing Food Storage Desserts
Do the phrases Food Storage and dessert seem incompatible to you? I mean if you are living on food storage who would want to “waste” valuable resources on dessert, right? Wrong. Why Dessert? How many of you out there have ever read Swiss Family Robinson or seen the movie version? […]
Gourmet Food Storage – The Ultimate Comfort Food!
So, If I say, “comfort food” what comes to mind for you? Is it pizza? Maybe it’s mashed potatoes or fried chicken. Or for some of you, it might be oozy, gooey, macaroni and cheese. I’m not talking about boxed, flat tasting macaroni and cheese. The kind I’m talking about […]
Serious DIY Series! Taking Stock of the Situation
“Eat Mor Chikin” broth. Okay, maybe it should be “Drink” more chicken broth, but I love Chick-Fil-A’s advertising campaign! I don’t know about you, but for me, in my busy stage of life, there is something to be said for convenience. Even when convenience is the word of the day […]
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