Archive for ' Food'

Common sense advice for buying, “survival food” Posted:October 12, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Common sense advice for buying, “survival food”

Bob from Kansas asked, “A question for you: what is your thought on buying X-Brand 25 year food storage? Is this the way to go to have extra food on hand?” My answer to Bob’s email [...]

Healhty food storage for special diets Posted:October 10, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Healhty food storage for special diets

When I was growing up, I don’t remember there being any kids at school with peanut allergies, or tree nut allergies or gluten allergies. No mom had to hover over their child with an Epi-pen, fearful [...]

7 Surprising Ways Your Eating Habits May Actually Improve After the S Hits the Fan Posted:September 11, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

7 Surprising Ways Your Eating Habits May Actually Improve After the S Hits the Fan

I recently shared this article in my newsletter but wanted to post it here as well. If you use a smart food storage plan, your family’s nutritional needs might actually improve after a worst case scenario, [...]

The Parable of the Peanut Butter Posted:August 27, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

The Parable of the Peanut Butter

Guest post by Kelli Herlevi. Seven years ago or so we were living in Mississippi.  My husband was in training for his career and our budget was pretty tight. Extremely tight. We were trying to stretch [...]

The comforting magic of a chocolate chip cookie Posted:August 08, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

The comforting magic of a chocolate chip cookie

Guest post by Kelli Herlevi. When I hear the words, “comfort food”, two things come to mind.  First, I think of the comfort food that I had on hand in August 2005, when we lived in [...]

Food Storage Basics and Answers to your Questions (WEBINAR) Posted:August 06, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Food Storage Basics and Answers to your Questions (WEBINAR)

Food storage is the Queen of Survival Topics on most sites and forums because, I guess, people are naturally drawn to food. That’s a good thing! Another reason so much attention is given to the topic [...]

Mountain House to increase prices August 1, Take advantage of 25% off sale NOW! Posted:July 19, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Mountain House to increase prices August 1, Take advantage of 25% off sale NOW!

Prices on all Mountain House #10 cans will increase on August 1. Be sure to click on the RED “Sale” tag to access the discounted prices. Disclaimer: I am an affiliate with Freeze Dry Guy. Any [...]

July Skill of the Month: Learn to can tomatoes Posted:July 17, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

July Skill of the Month: Learn to can tomatoes

(Our Skill of the Month is one of the most popular features on this blog, and I’ve dropped the ball a bit this summer. I’m taking steps to make sure we have a new skill posted [...]

Long Term Spice Storage: Turning a Mistake into a Benefit Posted:July 14, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Long Term Spice Storage: Turning a Mistake into a Benefit

Guest post by RightWingMom. My Food Saver has been one of the best investments for prepping that my husband and I have made.  For years now I have used the jar sealer and stored my spices [...]

Mountain House Educates Consumers on the Presence of High Oxygen Content in Competitor’s Products Posted:July 12, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Mountain House Educates Consumers on the Presence of High Oxygen Content in Competitor’s Products

This news release was submitted by Mountain House. ALBANY, Ore. – July 12, 2012 – Mountain House, the leading domestic brand of freeze-dried food, released the results today of a study designed to illustrate how different [...]