So here is my confession. I really wanted to learn how to make homemade corndogs as a follow up on Thursday’s cornmeal post. (Yes you really CAN use corn/cornmeal in a LOT of different foods!) However, I got a little intimidated by the whole deep frying thing and I chickened out. [...]

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I took a quick video on my iPhone (gotta love the iPhone) as I was prepping some more things for the CHALLENGE. This is definitely something you might not have thought about, but will be IMPORTANT.

You can grab a copy of our binder ebook to help you get a start on some [...]

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Today I want to share with you a story (or confession) about my garden this year. As you may recall from my “It’s Garden Time” post and my “Jiffy Pots” post, I had high hopes for my garden this year. Well watch the video below to find out what REALLY happened!

So you can [...]

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This recipe is a classic around my house as it contains ingredients I always have on hand from my 3 Month Food Supply. It is quick, easy, and of course delicious! The original recipe is is included below, with my “food storage friendly” comments included in parentheses.
Chow Mein Casserole
Ingredients:
1 lb hamburger, browned with [...]

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As we have grown and expanded our food storage knowledge, we have continually added to our site. While the site has expanded with so much information, we still want to make sure that it’s still easy for beginners to navigate. Since we are about halfway through our Summer Crash Course we decided to [...]

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If you are anything like me, you may have wondered how come rice and pasta are some of the cheapest foods, and yet those little boxes of Rice-A-Roni or Pasta-Roni are so darn expensive. Now occasionally you may be able to use some creative couponing to get these boxed foods at drop-dead prices, but [...]

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Julie and I were out of town all last week for a large family reunion (yes, in case you didn’t know, we are sister-in-laws). We drove about 2000 miles round trip on a fun adventure all around Alberta, Canada.

Well on the way home I had quite an adventure. We were traveling in our [...]

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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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As you may remember from my “It’s Garden Time” post a few weeks ago, I am a big fan of gardening and especially in how it relates to food storage. Now that our Food Storage Made Easy (eBook) Binders are completed and available, I’ve actually had a bit of time to focus on gardening [...]

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