My kids love bananas. Until they don’t. And they never tell me when the banana consumption will spontaneously shut off, so occasionally, I’m left with a bunch of over ripe bananas. When there are 4-5 of them, we make this amazing super simple banana applesauce bread. It does help rotate some of your food storage […]
How To Get Dry Corn Off The Cob The Easy Way
I love growing dry corn varieties. Being able to make my own cornmeal muffins from corn I grew myself brings some kind of crazy satisfaction. Grow popcorn and you can grind it or use it for popping! But at the end of the drying season, the corn is all stuck to the cobs. How do […]
How to Make Dandelion Bread
Got dandelions? Most of us do, so why not make something delicious with them, like this dandelion bread? A simple quick bread infused with dandelion petals sure to brighten any spring day. Dandelion Bread Makes 2 loaves 4 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 – 2 cups dandelion petals 1/2 […]
The Four Best Methods for Long Term Food Storage
I had a reader email with a question about long term storage of rice. The following is the answer I gave her. Although we were discussing rice, these storage techniques work for long term storage of any dry product (wheat, rice, beans, oats, sugar, etc.). I bought a bag of rice and I do not […]
7 Ways to Use Sprouted Wheat
Following the tutorial on sprouting wheat, I got the question, “What do you do with sprouts that small?” Good question. They’re not tall green “sprouts” like the alfalfa sprouts you have on your sandwich. What do you do with those little sprouted wheat grains? Well, here’s seven great ways to use sprouted wheat. 1. Eat […]
Sprouting Wheat in a Mason Jar
One of the easiest and least expensive ways to get started sprouting is to sprout using a mason jar, and one of the fastest seeds to sprout is wheat. Canning jars are easy to come by (especially if you do any canning). They can be purchased new or bought at thrift stores or yard sales […]
How to Make Rice Water
Making rice water is really easy and uses ingredients right out of your food storage. Rice water is useful when somebody is having stomach issues like vomiting or diarrhea. It is calming to the upset stomach, amazingly bland, starchy, and gets some nutrients in your patient. To make rice water you need rice and water, […]
Why You Should Know About Quinoa
Guest post by Cooper Elling Dried beans and rice are a staple topic of discussion on this site because we’re all interested in knowing about food that has a long shelf life period and can be stored in bulk. Well I’m here to tell you about a dried food that has a shelf life comparable […]
More Hot Rocks–The Baking Stone
After the Essene bread fail, I took a reader’s advice and bought a baking stone. Here’s how it went: Hubby: What did you get in the big box? Me: A baking stone so I can try that Bible bread again. It’s supposed to work better than a pan. Him: What did that cost you? Me: […]
Essene Bread Fail
Have any of you ever tried making Essene bread? There are instructions for making it in John Hill’s How to Live on Wheat that are copied straight from some ancient text–the same instructions are on this Wikipedia page. I thought I’d try it out and see if it was any good, since those bible folks […]
