The Best Use for Extra Cherry Tomatoes! How to Make Sun Dried Tomatoes
Every garden, I plant a cherry tomato plant. Or two, just in case one dies. Later in the summer they start producing those little red balls of juicy goodness. Oh, my. Cherry tomatoes right off the...
View ArticleHow to Filet a Fish
Do you like fish? We do. We like fishing and eating what we catch. Most times we are just fishing for lake or river trout, which we don’t filet, but sometimes we get fish that are bigger or hard...
View ArticleSurprisingly Simple 5 Step Guide for Creating the Perfect “Throw Together” Soup
Leftover soup, throw together soup, clean out the fridge soup. Whatever you call it, this soup is a staple at our house for finishing off the leftovers and stretching our meal budget. After many...
View ArticleBack to Basics Living Bundle 2017 is Now Available!
The Back to Basics Living Bundle sale starts TODAY! I just want to give you a quick heads up about the Back to Basics Living Bundle and explain a bit about why it might be a good fit for you. To...
View ArticleSoothing Immune Boosting Hot Honey Lemonade
Today I’m going to share with you my little secret for staying healthy through the winter months. Last year, I was in a community theater play and my friend, who is a voice coach, told me to drink hot...
View ArticleHow to Can Your Leftover Turkey
Every Thanksgiving that we’re cooking our own meal, I get the biggest turkey I can find because we love the leftovers. Some years, there’s so much left on the turkey that we won’t be able to eat it...
View ArticleHow to Dry Pears for Pear Candy
Dehydrating pears is a simple and super delicious drying project. Dehydrating fruits intensifies the flavor and makes them portable, snackable, and easy to pack with you for day trips, camping, car...
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How to Make Pemmican
Pemmican has been called the ultimate survival food. It is nutrient dense and fits right in with the paleo diet. It was originally produced in the 18th century by native Americans and French...
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Making and Canning Delicious Apricot Syrup
It’s apricot season here! I love apricots and one of my favorite canning products of apricot season is apricot syrup! This stuff is to die for. Tangy and sweet and perfect on french toast,...
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How to Make and Can Apricot Nectar
It’s apricot season! If you have access to an apricot tree, you know they can produce plenty of the sweet tart little guys. Where we live, apricots are a luxury, only producing on years where there is...
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Solavore Sport Solar Oven Review: Pasteurizing Water and Baking
Giveaway at the bottom of this post! Keep reading! It’s summer and to celebrate the sunshine, Solavore sent me their Solavore Sport solar oven to test out. Having a powerless cooking method is...
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Our Favorite Super Easy Banana Applesauce Bread Recipe
My kids love bananas. Until they don’t. And they never tell me when the banana consumption will spontaneously shut off, so occasionally, I’m left with a bunch of over ripe bananas. When there are...
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12 Favorite Comfort Foods You Want in Your Food Storage PLUS How to Store Them
Nobody wants to go through a hard time eating just beans and rice. I’ve heard frequently that “if you’re hungry enough, you’ll eat anything.” But why should you need to when you can have foods you...
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Don’t Eat That! Seven Signs of Good Food Storage Gone Bad
Expiration dates are only an indicator of optimal freshness in canned goods. Just because your can of food has reached the printed expiration date does not mean it needs thrown out. Food can be...
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27+ Clever Ways to Use Dandelions
Hold off on the weed spray! That shining yellow flower that pops up all over creation in the spring doesn’t need to be eradicated. Although dandelions are typically thought of as a pesky weed, they...
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How to Save Carrot Seeds
Welcome! this post is part of the Prepared Bloggers’ 30 Ways of Homesteading roundup! At the bottom of this post you’ll find lots of great links to other ways to become self sufficient through...
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February 2015 Monthly Challenge: 3 Gallons of Water
Welcome to February’s Monthly Challenge! How did Making a List go? This month we’re going right to the basics. Your challenge is to get three gallons of water stored per person in your household....
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DIY Double 2 Liter Bottle Tote
Here’s an easy sewing project I dreamed up when trying to figure out how to be able to carry more water in an emergency. 2 liter soda bottles are so easy and inexpensive to get, wash, and fill for...
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72 Hour Kit Series Week 2: Water for Your Emergency Kit
Welcome back to the 72 hour emergency kit series! This week we’re getting water in our kits. Water for emergency kits is another topic I cover in detail in the first chapter of my book, Food Storage...
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8 Delicious Ways to Use Freeze Dried Vegetables
When I started buying freeze dried food, I knew I needed to take my own advice and try the food out rather than just set it on a shelf and call it food storage and hope I liked it when I needed to use...
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