Welcome to my house for a video review of some freeze dried lasagne from Daily Bread. The process is the same for rehydrating most brands of freeze dried meals, so even if you are not interested in Daily Bread’s meals, you’ll at least see how easy it is to “cook” freeze dried food. Sorry the […]
Reusable Canning Lids Update
After canning with the Tattler Reusable Canning Lids last fall and more this year, check out my reusable canning lid update post on Utah Preppers today. I’ve got some fun product reviews still coming up, so stay tuned. Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe to my email newsletter for updates and special deals. Please be sure […]
Cutting Corn Off The Cob the Easy Way
Here’s an easy way to cut corn off the cob for freezing, bottling, or dehydrating. Power tools involved! I think you guys will especially enjoy this one. In the past we’ve used a knife to get our blanched corn cut off the cob. It works pretty well although the straight knife cutting on the round […]
Using the Dehydrated Baby Food
Last fall I had a little too much fun making dehydrated baby food. For how to make your own, check the first post on carrots and this one where I made more from squash, pumpkin, and sweet potato. Well, baby brother is finally big enough to be eating solids, so we’ve been using some of […]
Dehydrated Carrots Update
Late last fall (about mid-November) I dehydrated some carrots. My dehydrating book said you could steam blanch them before dehydrating or you could dehydrate them raw. So I did some of each. If you want to read the whole post, go here: Dehydrating carrots. Now it’s been 10 months and the carrots have been stored […]
Herb: Toothache Plant
One of the fun new herbs I put in my herb garden this year is the Toothache Plant. I started the plants from seeds I got from Baker Creek Seeds, then transplanted them into the herb garden after the baby was born. This plant is pretty interesting. It’s a low growing medicinal herb with funky […]
Food Storage Saves Dinner
This is not the first time food storage has saved dinner. Just the most recent time. It was Sunday (you know, when I avoid shopping and all the stores around here are closed anyway). We had been visiting friends and I needed a quick dinner, so I went to the food storage room and pulled […]
Borage
One of the herbs in my new herb garden is Borage. Borage is an annual so if I like it I’ll need to plant it again next year. I planted the seeds right in the ground after the danger of frost had passed (okay, it had long passed–they were planted around the end of May) […]
Shelf Stable Recipe: Bottled Meat Chili
Remember bottled meat? Well, here’s another fantastic way to put it to use in a delicious, filling meal that goes together in minutes and can all be stored on the shelf! Doesn’t get much better than that. One of my favorite bottled meat recipes: Bottled meat chili. Here’s the recipe: 2 cans of beans of […]
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 […]
