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Marti’s Corner – 51
Marti’s Corner – 51 NOTES: * Egg substitutions. I have some dehydrated eggs stored, and have even used them to make scrambled eggs once (they were pretty good actually). But in this article by “I Am Baker” she experiments with 4 types of egg substitutions: {4 OPTIONS!} Egg Substitutes – i am baker I was surprised to […]
Marti’s Corner – 49
Marti’s Corner – 49 Hi Everyone, NOTES: * And…….just like that…….it’s cold. Okay, it’s not Indiana cold, just California cold. Even though we’ve had frost on the lawn, my tomatoes have not died yet. I have maybe 2 dozen green tomatoes and I’m just hoping they will ripen (at least blush so I can bring […]
Marti’s Corner – 40
Marti’s Corner – 40 * So I decided to follow my own advice and can some vegetables this week. I bought 20 pounds of potatoes for $6 and then went here: Canning Potatoes Last time I canned potatoes, I did NOT soak them first to get the starch out. When I opened them, I had to […]
6 Just-Add-Water Meals That Belong In Your Prepper Pantry
6 Just-Add-Water Meals That Belong In Your Prepper Pantry When we are faced with dramatic emergency situations, convenience can help keep us calm and eliminate some of the added stress that’s inevitable during a crisis. That’s why convenience is one of the basic rules to creating a solid emergency food pantry. When we are faced […]
How to Make Meat Powder – A DIY Recipe
How to Make Meat Powder – A DIY Recipe If they ever had to turn to their food preps out of a pure emergency, many preppers would find it extremely tough to make it through on rice, beans, and canned goods alone. Getting the right nutrient mix and maintaining that through an extended disaster is […]
Pemmican – Proven Ancient Survival Food – DIY
Pemmican – Proven Ancient Survival Food – DIY Indigenous people of North America, trappers, and early settlers all owe their lives to pemmican. It’s a dense, high-protein, high-energy food that can be stored easily on a stable temperature shelf for an incredible five years. It has the right mix of fats, proteins, and calories to […]
Marti’s Corner – 23
Marti’s Corner – 23 Hi Everyone, NOTES: * I tried to post a video last week that was taken down because the person who created it was just besieged with people wanting to share it! Now, she has created a YouTube video. It is almost 45 minutes long. At the 7:53 mark, she begins to […]
Cinder Block Rocket Stove
Cinder Block Rocket Stove Partly the reason has been health issues (not Covid-19), and partly the reason has been a husband who has been working a lot more than usual (totally Covid-19). Even though it hasn’t been a productive fall for writing, it’s been a very productive fall for resilience activities. I’m excited to tell […]
Solar Dehydrator: A Very Appropriate Technology
Solar Dehydrator: A Very Appropriate Technology Some of our modern tech is inappropriate. Rude. Too gaseous for the air, too messy for the planet. But some technologies are easy on the Earth by nature, leveraging the existing energy flows that surround us. Personally, it’s the hand tools, the solar tools and the things that work […]
3 Emergency Cooking Ideas Anyone Can Do
3 Emergency Cooking Ideas Anyone Can Do Going without power because of a natural disaster can be stressful. There are steps you can take to plan for the next storm and one of these is to set up a system for emergency cooking. I think it is fun when the power goes out and […]
Ideas, Thoughts And Observations On Home Canning
Ideas, Thoughts And Observations On Home Canning We’ve only two adults in the household these days (not counting pets of any age) and here’s a few ideas I use for ‘down sizing’ & trying to manage the food rotation. All just a few basic ideas, humble opinions, etc., that I’m happy to share with any […]
Preparedness Tip: Cooking Without Power, Part 1
Preparedness Tip: Cooking Without Power, Part 1 Thanks to a reliable power grid Americans aren’t used to the “lights going out” often, but when they do many are surprised to also lose their cooking means—stovetop elements, ovens, microwaves, toasters, and coffeemakers. Everything Americans use on a daily basis for food preparation needs a plug. Even […]
How to make Meals in a Jar
How to make Meals in a Jar. How much easier would it be to have a meal ready to cook by only adding water, or adding some meat and maybe some canned tomatoes? There are many books on the market for making meals in a jar for meat eaters and vegetarians plus dehydrated meals for […]
Pad Your Pantry: How to Preserve Your Thanksgiving Leftovers |
Pad Your Pantry: How to Preserve Your Thanksgiving Leftovers |. The day after Thanksgiving, most people’s refrigerators are so full with leftovers that getting to door shut requires the family engineer to play Tupperware Jenga with all of the containers of food. Inevitably, in many households, much of the leftovers go to waste after the […]
