If you’ve never bought whole wheat before, you may be a little confused by all the choices. The following generalizations are useful, but not always 100% accurate, since wheat quality is also dependent on soil and climate conditions, and those are always changing. But in general: • Hard wheat will make more gluten than soft wheat…

Hopefully this month you’re getting your food storage pantry all organized and up to date. How do you keep your foods organized? Well, I’ve been looking for ideas. But I’m kind of hard to please. Here’s what I’m looking for: first, the storage needs to save space. Second, I want easy to use. Third, it…

100 Things You’ve probably seen The 100 Things That Will Disappear when the SHTF. Or 72 things To Stock Up On or 50 Things To Always Have on Hand, Take your pick, there are a lot of Internet articles along this vein. Well, here’s my list. But it’s not really a list for apocalyptic end-times.  It’s more…

Put a little sweet in your life Admit it. We all have a sweet tooth. We really can’t do without our sugar. Well, we can, but who really wants to? But storing sugar as part of your food storage can be problematic. Even the slightest amount of moisture can cause sugar to clump. Too much…

Dairy is an important part of our diet. It provides protein, fat and calcium, all essential for good health. And it’s essential to some of our favorite foods: cheese, yogurt and ice cream. And who can eat cookies without a glass of milk? When you are thinking of putting dairy into your food storage, you…

If you are just getting started on building a food supply, the idea of stocking enough food for everyone might seem daunting. But don’t let that slow you down, because it really isn’t that difficult. Just follow these five steps. Each of these steps require very little time input. You will only need to visit…

 Wait!  What??? Doesn’t everyone have a stash of food in their basement? I talk about having food storage all the time like it’s something that all normal people do.  I have to remind myself that the idea of having a food supply is alien to many and sounds very doomsday-zombie-apocalypse-ish. Why else would anyone have…

The first step to setting your Preparedness Food Storage Goals is to decide how much food you need to store. Experts (such as the American Red Cross) advise you to start with a three-month supply of food that you use every day. Once you have a good three-month supply, you can start to work on…

Every good long-term food storage has five elements: Grains, legumes, dry milk, honey and salt. With these five ingredients you can make a million tasty and healthy meals for your family. We’ve already discussed wheat, beans, honey and milk in detail. That just leaves salt. So let’s go. Why store salt? Salt is vital to…

As you first start using whole wheat flour, you will find that it doesn’t quite “behave” like the flour you buy in the store. You may find the bread doesn’t rise as much as your white bread and you are left with a denser, heavier loaf of bread. What’s the problem and what can you…

Which wheat grinder should I buy? This is a question that I get all the time. The answer is “It depends.” It depends on how much you can spend, how often you will use it, what space restrictions you have, what kinds of grains you want to grind and if you want electric or hand-powered.…

Complete Your Food Storage with Commodities After you have acquired your three month food storage you may want to consider getting a long-term storage. This is a food storage that can be safely stored for decades. It is built around basic commodities such as wheat, beans, rice, honey, salt and dry milk. Legumes (beans and…

You’ll see here at PHC (and in most food storage plans) the advice to make beans a central part of your long-term food storage. Why? Here are four good reasons you should  make beans an important part of your food storage. They store forever Properly stored (that is, away from heat, moisture, oxygen and bugs) beans…