Leftover soup, throw together soup, clean out the fridge soup. Whatever you call it, this soup is a staple at our house for finishing off the leftovers and stretching our meal budget. After many years of creating these fresh soups from leftovers, I am ready to share with you the secrets that will turn your […]
Soothing Immune Boosting Hot Honey Lemonade
Today I’m going to share with you my little secret for staying healthy through the winter months. Last year, I was in a community theater play and my friend, who is a voice coach, told me to drink hot honey lemon water to help my throat and keep my voice healthy with all the singing […]
How to Make Pemmican
Pemmican has been called the ultimate survival food. It is nutrient dense and fits right in with the paleo diet. It was originally produced in the 18th century by native Americans and French Voyageurs. Pemmican is made traditionally from buffalo meat, although deer, elk, or moose could also be used. None of those available to […]
Our Favorite Super Easy Banana Applesauce Bread Recipe
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 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 […]
Replacing Lunch Meat with Real Meat
When we need a sandwich for lunch we skip the processed lunch meats and go for real meat instead. Lunch meats from the store are laden with additives and just go bad in my refrigerator waiting for someone to want to eat them. But a real meat sandwich is one even my husband, who is […]
Make Your Own Homemade Survival Bars –Improved Recipe!
You may remember that almost five years ago we made these homemade survival bars. With approximately 2000 calories total, low cost, and long shelf life, these are a fantastic addition to your vehicle emergency kit or 72 hour kit. But there were some problems. Holy cow, they were hard to mix. Then they overcooked a […]
Book Review: The Prepper’s Cookbook
Tess Pennington of Ready Nutrition has a new food storage cookbook out: The Prepper’s Cookbook: 300 Recipes to Turn Your Emergency Food into Nutritious, Delicious, Life-Saving Meals. The book focuses on foods that are commonly stored and inexpensive to stock and really does have 300 recipes. There are recipes for breakfast, lunch, supper, sides, breads, […]
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 […]
A Reader’s Attempt at the Homemade Survival Bars and Some Troubleshooting
I had a reader try out making the Homemade Survival Bars and graciously agree to have his experience shared with all of you. Thanks, Robert! Here’s how it went. I made the recipe according to instructions. After reading some of the comments, I decided to make flat bars instead. I used a 1/2″ thick jelly […]