Some of you may remember our confession awhile back about how LITTLE we knew about storing food storage in small spaces. Basically we needed our readers help with ideas because we were guilty of having NO food storage when we lived in small apartments. The ideas we got were incredible, and from them we [...]

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In BabyStep 5: Grains we give you a long list of grains which can/should be part of your food storage but we really have focused a lot on wheat as it seems to be the most intimidating and the item we are supposed to store the most of. However, we typically encourage people [...]

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Rice pudding is a comfort food I remember from my childhood. Now that I have tried other rice pudding recipes I have come to realize that no rice pudding is the same (or as good) as my mom’s rice pudding. The recipe isn’t hugely complex, but it’s the one I like. If [...]

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So Crystal at EveryDayFoodStorage.NET is always recommending adding food storage to meals and not telling your family since they may not give it a fair chance.  Well my husband works from home and knows how and what I’m cooking so I haven’t been able to use that trick.
Well tonight I hosted a little dinner party [...]

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One of the first things we teach you when you are getting started with your food storage is to get an Emergency Preparedness Plan in place. This includes having a Disaster Kit containing 72 Hour Food Kits for every member of your family.
In our Getting Started section we have given a great example of [...]

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We have had a few questions lately about the difference between types of wheat. While we have touched on it before we thought it would be helpful to explain it in full detail for you in an individual post. There are three general classifications of wheat: Red vs. White, Hard vs. Soft, [...]

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Alright, alright we’ve had enough requests, so here you go:
We updated the calculator to allow you to define the number of months of food you wish to store. It now not only includes # of adults and # of kids, but it also includes # of months desired.
Julie also tells you how to use, [...]

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I found this handout in an old “preparedness binder” that my mother-in-law had given me for Christmas about 4 years ago which I had promptly shoved in a closet and forgotten about until a few weeks ago. It has some great stuff in it but very little of it includes sources. We don’t [...]

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Well it doesn’t HAVE to be a husband, maybe tell your mom this is what you want, or get it for your mom… you get the drift.
To help you help your special someone come up with a thoughtful and fun gift for you we have put together a little handwritten note you can pass along [...]

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