In the past I have dehydrated zucchini by slicing it and then drying the slices to add to soups, etc. I have also sliced it thin and sprinkled seasoning on it and dried it to make “zucchini chips”. They weren’t bad, but they weren’t something I wanted more of–maybe I didn’t use the right seasonings–it’s […]
Archives for August 2009
14 Day No Shopping Challenge Results
Well, we’ve hit the end of our 14 days without going to the store and I learned a few things from the experience that I’ll share, but I really suggest you try it for yourself and see what you learn as each of us has a little different situation, family size, taste preferences, preparedness level, […]
Preparedness Challenges
I’ve been participating in a challenge from Preparedness Pro‘s blog to not hit the store for anything for 2 weeks during the month of August. We’re almost done with it, and I thought I should have given you all a heads up about it before it started so you could join in, but alas, the […]
Bottled Meat Stroganoff
Here’s one of my favorite bottled meat recipes. It is so fast and easy and we love it around here! Remember the bottled meat? This could be any meat–I especially like deer/venison. Elk is good also–it gets a little softer in the bottle, where the venison holds a little firmer texture. I’ve seen people bottle […]
The Best Part of Preserving Cherries
Okay, I have no words here except that this wasn’t even half the mess my kitchen saw that day! I guess you just don’t notice it so much when you’re working with something light colored like peaches . . . oh yeah, and that was the best my hands looked all day. Keep preparing! Angela […]
Freezing Cherries
This is the third post in the Cherry series. Freezing cherries. This one won’t take too long, it’s pretty easy, but I’m trying to drag out a little information over the week, so freezing cherries got its own post. When you have lots of cherries and not a lot of time, some things just have […]
Dehydrating Cherries
Dehydrating Cherries is pretty easy, but does require that you have a cherry stoner unless you really want to cut the pits out of every cherry (NOT recommended unless you really have nothing better to do with your time, which I can’t imagine). Step one is to wash the cherries. Yep, that’s the same wash […]