We recently added a second vehicle to our family. This is a good thing. I'm seeing some substantial fuel savings over driving the suburban everywhere we go. This car has been in the plans for a few weeks, so I started gathering gear for a vehicle … [Read more]
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, … [Read more]
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 … [Read more]
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 … [Read more]
The New Sun Oven
Happy day! I finally got a Sun Oven of my very own. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. It only took a week and a half or maybe two to get it out of the box. I know, if I'm so excited about it, why wasn't it out on day … [Read more]
Saratoga Farms Freeze Dried Peas Review
We tried out some of Saratoga Farms' Freeze dried peas from The Ready Store last week, so here's the report.Freeze dried is different from dehydrated. Dehydrating uses heat and air flow to remove the moisture from a food. Freeze dried … [Read more]
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 … [Read more]
Garden’s Up–Cute Baby Plant Pictures
Here's some garden fun. Baby plants! Almost as cute as baby animals, but not quite. I can hear you all ooo-ing and aaaahh-ing already.Radishes. The section planted with Hometown Seeds' radishes are doing better than mine as … [Read more]
Kids Prep Minute: Stock Kid Stuff
If you're living with kids, you know they have special needs. Those needs should extend to your preparedness efforts. When you're prepping, keep the children in mind and stock stuff to take care of their needs. Here are a few ideas … [Read more]
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 … [Read more]
