Is a freeze dryer worth buying?
Freeze drying is not for everyone. The initial cost of the machine is pretty substantial. Should you get a freeze dryer? Is it worth it?
Putting By the Summer Harvest
The summer starts with putting in: putting in the garden, putting in the time and energy to ensure it produces well. And now it’s time start thinking of putting by. This is what your grandmother called it: preserving all the surplus from the garden and putting it by for future use. As much as I…
Recipe: Lentil Chocolate Cake
Top this yummy chocolate cake with your favorite chocolate icing and it will be the star of your dinner. No one will ever guess that it has lentils. Even when you tell them, they still won’t believe you. Ingredients: 1/3 C Lentils 1 C Water 3/4 C sugar 1/4 C oil 1 egg 3/4…
Choosing Protein for Food Storage
It’s time to talk about protein. Protein is the building block of life. Whether we’re talking about a 3-month food storage or a long-term one year food storage, it’s important to have a good supply of protein-rich foods. Imagine if you were unable to go grocery shopping for two weeks or more. What proteins would…
What is Safe Canning?
Is canning safe? If you’ve done any reading on social media about canning, you’ll find a whole lot of strong opinions on whether or not canning is safe and a good thing to do. There are two extremes on the spectrum of whether or not canning is safe. On the one side is the Nervous…
Raising Chickens
[Part One of a three-part series. In this first installment I’ll help you decide if raising chickens is right for you and what breeds you might want to get.] Even though I’ve had chickens for eight years, I’ve never really pushed the idea of raising chickens as a part of prepping or self-reliance. Until now.…