Have you ever wanted to preserve food with some easy canning recipes? Perhaps you are a keen gardener, and you would like to save some of that fabulous produce you have worked so hard to grow. Maybe baking is your thing, and you would like to make your own jams and preserves to use with […]
Everything You Need to Know About How To Make Pemmican
This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon.com. Using links to these sites means I may earn a small percentage of the purchase at no extra cost to you.Survival is a fundamental human instinct. For thousands of years, people have adapted to a changing environment: withstanding changing climates, mutating diseases, and declining food sources. With food being essential to life, it has been one of the top topics of survivalists and the most important element, along with water, you can have in your […]
Hardtack Recipe: What Every Mom Needs To Know About This Nutritional Snack
This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon.com. Using links to these sites means I may earn a small percentage of the purchase at no extra cost to you.One of the most significant challenges of stockpiling and maintaining a well-supplied preparation pantry is identifying foods with a potentially long storage period. Some favorite items include canned goods, preservatives, and cured meat. These options are important because they include meats, vegetables, and fruits, which contain necessary nutrients. However, they do not include grains. Plus, […]
How To Make Your Own Yeast and Its Importance To Your Health
This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon.com. Using links to these sites means I may earn a small percentage of the purchase at no extra cost to you.If you’re trying to incorporate a more natural, health-conscious diet into your life, there are many things you can make at home rather than purchasing from the store that can benefit your body. One of the easiest, healthiest things you do to change your diet is to learn how to make yeast at home. You […]
Get Your Kids in the Kitchen and Make Your Own Pico de Gallo
This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon.com. Using links to these sites means I may earn a small percentage of the purchase at no extra cost to you.If you’re like me, you plant a TON of tomatoes and they always seem to overrun the kitchen during harvest time. None of us are big fans of tomatoes by themselves, but we absolutely LOVE Pico de Gallo and will eat it on everything from crackers to fish to tacos. Sometimes, mixing it with mashed […]
Bake Your Own Tortilla Chips
This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon.com. Using links to these sites means I may earn a small percentage of the purchase at no extra cost to you.One of our favorite treats in the world is hummus, guacamole, pico de gallo or other health dips scooped up with some crispy tortilla chips. We found a way to make them ourselves using store-bought corn tortillas, but also want to be able to learn to make our own without relying on the processed foods […]
Food Storage Recipe: Breakfast Cookies
This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon.com. Using links to these sites means I may earn a small percentage of the purchase at no extra cost to you.When I put these on the table for breakfast one morning, the boys looked at me in wonder and awe, and asked if it was really okay if they had them for breakfast. I began to doubt myself…wondering if it was going to be too easy to find ice cream as a healthy alternative, too! […]
How to Make Snow Ice Cream
This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon.com. Using links to these sites means I may earn a small percentage of the purchase at no extra cost to you.In anticipation of the dusting of snow our area might receive today, I decided to pull out this fun snow day treat we make once a year – that’s how many times we might get snow. I’m sure that all of those of you living in the northern climes are probably sick of the white […]