Preparedness-365

One of the first posts I ever did when I started doing this blog was on how much I love my dehydrator(s). I use them all the time to preserv...

It has been an interesting week. I’ve had a chance to visit with a friend I have not really visited with for years. I have also done some re...

Several years ago we got to know an elderly couple who lived in our community that we had not met before. They had very little money and wer...

In our quest to use more whole wheat in our cooking and baking, I can’t think of a better way to start than with dinner rolls. Who doesn’t l...

I'm not talking about food storage today. Except for the kind that you eat and it is stored on your waistline. Today is our 36th wedding...

I am curious as to how many people take vitamins. It used to be that a One-A-Day vitamin was on everyone’s breakfast plate; I think that was...

Wednesday is our day to focus on using whole wheat. If you have any favorite uses or recipes for using whole wheat, please email them to me ...

Making your own fruit leather or fruit roll-ups is easy to do. There are no rules and anything will work. There are just a couple of things ...

I am always trying to find beverages that are adaptable to food storage. I’m not very good at drinking water and I think if water was all I ...

I’m so glad to have my 72-hour kit updated. It really isn’t hard to do but it nags at you until it gets done. Today I am posting a comprehen...

We have talked about cooking with charcoal before, using a foil-lined box oven. Here is another method, probably the most popular method of ...

Since I said that I was going to be posting more recipes and uses for Whole Wheat, I’ve received several recipes using Whole Wheat. Thank yo...

I have been painting my living room this morning and the only good thing I have to say about painting, is that when I paint I have lots of t...

If you have children you know that they are the ones who will be the most affected by a disaster. They will have the hardest time if things...

There are a lot of important things to keep in your food storage. What is the most important is a bit subjective for each person and each fa...