Whole Wheat Bread – From Start to Finish

Types of wheat

Spring or winter: Winter red wheat tends to hava slightly higher protein and is a bit harder than content than spring. Winter red is better for baking bread. There is not a significant difference in hard or soft white wheat.
Hard or soft: Hard wheat varieties have higher gluten (protein) and [...]

Tweets of the Week: Dec. 21 – Dec. 28, 2008

Here are some tips and cool sites we were talking about on twitter this week in case you missed any of our “tweets”

Is anyone thinking about food storage as a New Year’s Resolution? I sure am! about 9 hours ago from web

Good article about the importance of protecting your identity. @ Shelf Reliance Blog [...]

Merry Christmas!

We wanted to take this time to wish all of our readers a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and thank you for being so supportive of us in our food storage adventures. We really feel like we are all here learning together and we love to hear your stories and questions. It’s so helpful to [...]

Gift #3: Revamped BabySteps!

In honor of FINALLY completing BabyStep 10 we decided to go back through all of the steps and really fine-tune the information that we have given you.

Here are a few highlights of things we have updated:

Updated icons for each step
Simple navigation tool at the bottom of each step to help you easily move [...]

Tweets of the Week: Dec. 14 – Dec. 20, 2008

Here are some tips and cool sites we were talking about on twitter this week
Food Storage Gift Ideas @ Food Storage Gift Ideas Ideas for gifts, neighborhood gifts, and wish lists.about 5 hours ago from twhirl
Don’t forget about your PETS when planning for emergencies and food storage @ Stealth Survival Some good reminders found here. [...]

My Food Storage Deals – Review

We have been asked a lot recently how to buy food at good prices. There are so many resources out there for you to look at. These types of resources tend to be somewhat “local” in that they do the research and work for you and tell you what the great deals are at [...]

Added “BabyStep 10: Non-Food Items” to Main Topics

WOW! Can you believe we are finally through all the BabySteps? (Ok confession here … we are not FINISHED our food storage but we have researched the basics of every aspect, and have a plan to complete it all in a few more months!) Step 10 is all about the non-food items which in some cases [...]

Gift #2: A Big Surprise!

While we can’t give away too much right now, we wanted to give you a sneak preview of something exciting coming up soon. To make food storage even more EASY and FUN for you we are going to be joining up with some fabulous ladies to provide you with all of the tools and [...]

Tweets of the Week: Dec. 7 – Dec. 13, 2008

Here are some tips and cool sites we were talking about on twitter this week

Give a Gift of Preparedness http://is.gd/bsNA This is a VERY comprehensive list. I love it! Lots of great ideas. about 19 hours ago from twhirl

Have you signed up for our Babystep Checklists yet? This is AWESOME if food storage [...]