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Julie’s Whole Wheat Recipes and Update

So as you know from our All I Want for Christmas post, I’m still dying for a Wonder Mill Wheat Grinder, however, a few weeks ago I borrowed my neighbors mill and ground up A TON of wheat.
I really thought the amount I ground up would last me for months and months. Truth be told [...]

Food Storage Savings

I just wanted to share a quick update and some valuable tools with you. I’ve been using the Grocery Smarts website to find great deals on food storage/3 month supply items (this is a Utah specific link and is only available in a few other states - SORRY!). For now I do my [...]

Water EMERGENCY!

For those of you who know my 18 month year old son, you will find this humorous, for the rest of you I beg for your sympathy!
So today I woke up way too early with a sick child, and a husband who is out of town. I only got about 4 hours of sleep (the [...]

Homemade Applesauce Recipe & Canning

Even though I’m not finished steps 5-7 yet it was canning season so I had to jump ahead a little and add a little to my step 8 items. Last year I canned tomatoes, salsa, dill pickles, and tons of peaches. This year my garden was a bit of a failure, plus I knew I [...]

Emergency Plans and Disaster Kits

As you may have noticed, we took a LONG time to get Baby Step 7 out to you but we have a good reason! I got completely distracted with emergency preparedness. Over the past few weeks I had the chance to relax and do a lot of thinking/pondering about my food storage and emergency plan. [...]