Storing food, say a month or two's worth, is no longer the habit of a fringe group of Doomers. Everyday moms like me have an extra stash of food set away for those "just in case" events. After working on my own food storage pantry for about 9 years ... Read More
Need More Mistletoe Time? Try These Food Storage Holiday Recipes
Hurrah, the holidays are here! Apart from decorating the house, shopping, wrapping, school concerts, cards to send off and caroling to do, dinner still needs to be made. Whether it is just a busy night in the middle of the week or for a ... Read More
How to Use a Bullet Journal For Your Prepping
I don't know about you, but I love to keep track of things using apps, lists, anything that proves itself to be handy. It takes a little time to get organized with tools like this but ultimately, it's very worthwhile and it can save time and money ... Read More
The Survival Mom’s Macho Mexican Rice
I don't post recipes very often, but I came across this in the ancient, dusty archives and decided to refresh it a little and share it again. It's the perfect rice and beans recipe. This is a terrific homemade Mexican rice dish that I've been ... Read More
10 Reasons Why You Should Be Canning Your Own Meat
You'll be hooked, I tell you. Once you learn how to bottle your own meats, you'll never go back to the old way of doing it. Think about your meat habits. Do you put up a 1/2 beef in your freezer every year? Do you buy fresh from the butcher and ... Read More
The Thrive Life Chef Pack — a Survival Mom review
Looking for an easy way to dip your toes into cooking with shelf-stable, freeze-dried ingredients from your food storage pantry? Your search is over! Introducing the ThriveLife Chef Pack: a family-sized meal-in-a-box using both ThriveLife’s awesome ... Read More
Five Food Storage Lessons Learned From World War II
My great-grandparents were preppers way before prepping was a thing. Is there a specific term for preppers who are also hipsters? Hipster-preppers? Prepsters? If there is, then that's what you could call my great-grandparents, Dell and Hildegarde ... Read More
The Top 10 Foods to NOT Store!
Based on my own personal experiences and mistakes, I do not recommend storing these foods in large quantities, long-term. Let me know what you think of my list and what other foods you would add. Foods to not store, long-term 1. Any canned ... Read More
Top 10 Food Storage Myths
The internet is full of websites that give information on survival topics, including food storage. There are dozens and dozens of books that will teach you "the right way" to store food and YouTube videos galore. Most contain valid, trustworthy ... Read More
4 Simple but Clever Ways to Keep Cooking Oil Fresh Longer
How do you feel about eating boiled food for every meal? If you're not storing oil, that's what you may end up eating every day, meal after meal. Quite a nightmare! Oil is tricky to store long-term, however, and I've noticed that some food storage ... Read More
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