When I’m canning I usually have a good chuckle over a fond memory of a friend of ours who, after receiving some homemade jam from us said: “My mom used to can a lot when I was growing up. I never could understand why she did it during the hottest part of the summer though.” […]
Food Grade Buckets on the Cheap
Time to give you one of my super frugal food storage secrets. Getting food grade buckets cheap or free. Lots of times you can get bulk foods like oats or wheat or beans in a sack LOTS cheaper than buying it in a can or bucket. But keeping your food in a sack is not […]
Making Banana Chips by Dehydrating Bananas
Yeah, I’ve got the dehydrator going again. I came into a bunch of bananas that I knew my kids wouldn’t eat before they went all over-ripe and brown, so I thought I’d get ahead of the game and dehydrate some into banana chips. To dehydrate bananas, you want ripe bananas. They’re not as good if […]
Dehydrating Frozen Broccoli
Frozen vegetables are perfect for dehydrating. They’ve already been blanched prior to being frozen and you can usually just dump them out on your dehydrator tray frozen and start drying. Super easy. This weekend I dried some broccoli. Broccoli is kind of large and thick straight out of the bag, so I let it sit […]
Augason Farms Breakfast Pack Giveaway
Today we have a giveaway from the fabulous folks at Augason Farms. Augason Farms is part of the Blue Chip Group companies and is the maker and producer of the Morning Moos milk alternative we taste tested a little while ago. They’ve come up with a sweet product for food storage convenience and apparently it’s […]
Hiding the Food Storage Behind the Couch
I picked up a few cases of #10 cans at the LDS cannery the other night and really didn’t have any place to put them. So I pulled the couch away from the wall and stacked them behind. Crazy, I know. But you haven’t seen my house. I’m really running out of room to put […]
Rotating the Car Kit and Update on the Survival Bars
A couple of weeks ago, we took a little drive up the mountain and hiked around in the snow and mud and long story short (I know that rarely happens here) we needed to use the toilet paper from the car kit. Now, last summer we had a roll in the console AND a roll […]
Chocolate Powdered Milks Review and Taste Test
Remember when we tasted the powdered milks? Yeah, it seems like a long time ago. Well, we also tasted two kinds of chocolate powdered milks–Honeyville and Morning Moos. These are not like Nestle Quick or Ovaltine that you add to milk. They are drinks (actually milk substitutes) that you add straight to water to get […]
The Great Powdered Milk Taste Test and Review
Ever wanted to find a powdered milk that tastes good? You’re not alone. So just in case you don’t want to go through the expense and hassle of trying out every kind of powdered milk you can find, read on. I did it for you. After a comment about the flavor of powdered milk on […]
The Most Amazing Delicious Magical Award Winning 6 Grain Bread Recipe I Ever Came Up With Myself
Really. It’s that good. And I made it up myself. Well, I started with a recipe and kept changing it and changing it until I hit on this combination and haven’t changed it since. This is what my family eats. I promise it’s delicious. Angela’s Crazy Delicious 6 Grain Bread Recipe Makes 6 loaves. If […]
