http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net Ten simple babysteps to food storage success! Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:54:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please note: We are beginning to review some food storage, emergency preparedness, and self-reliance type books. Hopefully it will help you in deciding which ones to add to your own library.   In The TrenchesFinancial Survival During Times of Hardshipby Carol Schultz-Weil    Background: For those of you who have ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/03/16/book-review-in-the-trenches/ Welcome to our 3 month supply segment with Grandma Lori and the: Last week we posted the "Questions to Ask Yourself" when planning your 3 month supply. Julie got together with Grandma Lori and asked her those questions so they could formulate a plan. Watch the video to see ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/03/15/grandma-loris-3-month-food-supply-game-plan/ Ever since we started this blog we have been asked if we would be willing to come and teach classes. In the beginning we didn't feel qualified, and in recent times we have been so busy with families, jobs, and blogging, that we could not fit it into our ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/03/11/food-storage-classes/ When it comes to getting a 3 month supply of food together, we have found that a lot of people get so much anxiety over the whole thing that they don't do it at all. We're getting ready to help Grandma Lori with her 3 month supply in our ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/03/07/questions-to-ask-yourself-3-month-supply/ One of the BEST and CHEAPEST ways to store fruits and vegetables is to garden and/or preserve them yourself. If this feels overwhelming to you, don't worry, we understand! Check out Jodi's Gardening Failures post from last fall for example ;) However, if this is something you ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/03/04/square-foot-gardening-101/ With the recent earthquakes, I have been thinking about my food storage and preparedness plan and I'd be lying if I didn't admit I am guilty of a little procrastination over here! It seems like anytime Jodi and I do progress updates, they turn into confessionals, but bit by bit ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/28/food-storage-wake-up-call/ One of the biggest concerns people have when getting started with their food storage is "Where do I store all of this food???". A while back we posed this question to our readers and we got some fabulous results which we compiled into the Small Spaces Storage Solutions handout. ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/25/attic-storage-space/ Last week we had a giveaway for a Trekker 2 Disaster Kit from Emergency Essentials. A 3 day supply for 2 people, retail value $99.95 on sale this month for $84.99. The lucky winner is the person with the username (we'll email you to get your address): We were so ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/22/giveaway-winner-announced-your-feedback/ Ok so this is TOTALLY stretching it - but when a sister gets married you have no time for coming up with new posts - so you'll have to use your imagination. IMAGINE - you have to make a wedding cake and you only have food storage items as ingredients - ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/18/food-storage-and-fondant/ GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED - RESULTS WILL BE POSTED SOON! Our Grandma Lori Food Storage Makeover project has led to quite a few questions from readers on the different types of "ready-made" Disaster Kits that are available. We initially outlined three disaster kit options and chose our recommendations based off ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/15/disaster-kits-and-a-giveaway/ This is a recipe that Julie taught me one Mother's Day several years ago. We were planning a dinner for my mom (the infamous Grandma Lori) and she popped out this way easy and way delicious recipe that his since become a staple in my family. In fact, ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/11/food-storage-recipes-catalina-chicken/ We made this post last year- but figured it's still appropriate since it's almost Valentines Day again and a lot of our readers have never seen this... If you made this last year remember to restock any foods (if your spouse hasn't already sneaked them and ate them already). If ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/08/valentines-day-and-food-storage/ Are you STILL procrastinating getting your disasters kit together? Well we thought of a fun way for you and your family to GET IT DONE! Presenting the Food Storage Made Easy.... Get your family together for a fun night. Whether you hunt for the items in your house or at ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/04/disaster-kit-scavenger-hunt/ Today is the DAY! We got Grandma Lori's disaster kits all purchased and compiled and she is very excited with the results. We started out this phase of our Food Storage Makeover by discussing the three different options available for disaster kits. After some discussion, we found ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/02/01/food-storage-makeover-disaster-kits-part-two/ We're so excited about our Extreme Makeover: Food Storage Edition project we are working on with Grandma Lori. We decided to start with getting her Disaster Kits put together. Disaster kits consist of a 3 day supply of food, water, and emergency items). As we went through ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/01/28/food-storage-makeover-disaster-kits/ We recently posted about some info that one of our great readers (Nola) shared with us in a document she put together that had TONS of common substitutions, measurements and yields. We were going to break it up into multiple posts, but then realized it would be hard ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/01/25/common-substitutes-measurements-and-yields/ Keeping warm is essential for survival. Loss of body heat, Hypothermia, is very dangerous and can lead to loss of body parts and even death. Wet conditions quickly increase the loss of body heat. When traditional heat sources are not available, below are a few ideas to ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/01/20/emergency-heat-sources/ Awhile back we tackled the big question Why Do People Build Food Storages in a 5 part series. One of the main reasons, was obviously Natural Disasters. With the turmoil and devastation that is going on in Haiti right now, we are sobered to remind ourselves and our ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/01/14/what-state-do-you-live-in/ It seems like organization and rotation seems to be at the top of many people's lists of things they want to work on with their food storage this year. On our BabyStep One page we have a diagram and instructions for how to make your own can rotating ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/01/11/exciting-new-shelving-solution/ If you've been following us for awhile, you know at the beginning of  last year we had some New Years Resolutions. Well it's a new year, and it's time for new resolutions. We both have a big goal to help Jodi's mom get her food storage in order, as ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/01/07/jodi-and-julies-food-storage-new-years-resolutions/ For months now Jodi's mom has hinted that she would like us to help her get her food storage organized, under control, and finished! So for Christmas we decided to give her an "Extreme Makeover" - food storage style. We're going to be documenting the process for you ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/01/04/extreme-makeover-food-storage-edition/ While it was nice to have some time off for the holidays, we sure did miss chatting with all of our readers. We really have developed a friendship with a lot of you and can't keep ourselves away from the blog for long :) We have been teasing ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/01/04/were-baaaaack/ We will be taking the holidays off from blogging to spend time with our families. Make sure to come back and visit after the New Year. We have some AMAZING things planned and can't wait to share them with you! p.s. Don't forget the Electric WonderMill sale ends ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/23/well-be-back/ We are excited to announce the winner of the Emergency Essentials Water Storage Boxes! We used a random generator to pick the winner from all of the comments. AND THE WINNER IS: Tammy There was no last name in the comment but we will be emailing you to get ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/22/water-storage-boxes-giveaway-winner-announced/ If you've been following us for awhile, you know at the beginning of the year we had some New Years Resolutions. Well now is the time we TELL ALL about how we did. We're excited about how this year went, and can't wait to share our goals for ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/14/how-did-we-do-on-our-resolutions/ My favorite desserts always revolve around cherries. Cherry cheesecake, cherry pie, cherry cobbler. Why does cherry pie filling have to be so delicious? My mom has the BEST cherry pie recipe ever but I always hate to make it because I don't typically keep sweetened condensed milk ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/13/food-storage-recipes-super-cherry-pie/ Step 9: Comfort Foods is one of our favorite steps. When we participated in our 7 Day Challenge we came to realize just how important these foods really are in making your life feel somewhat normal in an emergency, and also in adding variety to your long term storage ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/10/spice-up-your-comfort-foods/ When it comes to water storage, one of the most common questions we get is: "What containers should I use?". We have both had these jug containers for the past year and a half, however we have been warned they crack - and cause big messes. In our quest to ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/07/free-giveaway-water-storage-boxes/ We were featured on the Internet radio show of James Talmage Stevens, author of the Family Preparedness Guide. He regularly features experts in food storage and emergency preparedness and we were honored to be his guests. We shared our stories about how we got started with our own ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/02/blog-talk-radio/ Our Christmas present to our readers this year, is a 12 Days of Food Storage Christmas with a TWIST - it wont be 12 days, it will be 12 hours... Rather then drag it out for 12 days, and to allow you the TIME to get going ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/12daysmain/ Once you have complete the first 11 days for a friend, or family member, it's time for them to keep the journey going themselves. To help them do that, we have our BabyStep Checklists: Free Email Checklists Have the person you are giving to sign up for our free email checklists. ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day12/ Although Food Storage (and Christmas for that matter) are a lot about food, we can't forget the non-food items that are important and necessary to store! Remember to share some of these ideas and cuten them up with ribbons and the Day 11 Tags: Tube of Toothpaste Do we need to ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day11/ NOW THIS feels like Christmas. We had plenty ideas for this part of the 12 days of Christmas. Feel free to use some of these, or choose your own. Comfort foods are definitely things people need in time of any type of crisis: Candy Bar or Pudding Mix Even just a ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day10/ While not critical for sustaining life, fruits and vegetables are a welcome addition to any food storage program for the health benefits, variety, and to help you save money on your day to day grocery shopping. Include the Day 9 Tags to complete today's gift ideas: Gardening Seeds Gardening is a ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day9/ Baking Ingredients are necessary for you to be able to make a lot of recipes using your grains and legumes. There are a variety of ingredients found in this category, so be creative if one of these ideas isn't available in your local stores. Add the Day 8 ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day8/ Next up on our list is Legumes! Legumes can be very intimidating to a lot of people so this is a great one to help people realize they aren't so bad. Here are some ideas to help people use, and understand legumes a little better: 12 Bean Soup Purchase a 1 ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day7/ Now we're on to the real nuts and bolts of Food Storage. Help someone out this holiday season by showing them how to actually USE their Food Storage. Day 6 is going to start the actual food items with GRAINS. Make sure to add your Day 6 Tags ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day6/ A lot of people have a hard time storing all the "Food Storage" type foods because they have no idea how much to store, or how to use it. Use these great ideas to help people get going and don't forget to add the cute Day 5 Tags: Print-Out of Long ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day5/ It's recommended before getting heavily into storing "long term foods" such as grains and legumes, to start with a 3 month supply of foods you typically eat. Ideally you'll start gradually using your grains and legumes in foods you typically eat, but before getting overwhelmed with that ... start with ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day4/ Water is the most necessary item to have stored! You can last without food for much longer then you can last without water. Make sure you stress the importance of water storage as you help people get started. Whichever option you choose, don't forget to add your Day ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day3/ Once you are ready to make the Food Storage Plunge, it really feels great to know you have a well organized PLACE to put all that food. We recommend starting with 1 to 2 shelves and then moving on from there. You don't need an entire room custom built ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day2/ The best way to start a Food Storage, is with Emergency Preparedness. In fact, it's one of the most popular reasons why people decide to get going on a Food Storage in the first place. Help someone start out their journey right- with some of the following ideas: Emergency ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/12/01/day1/ SALE ITEM: Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binders For 2 DAYS ONLY (until 12:00 midnight MST Tuesday night) you can purchase one of our Binder eBooks at a $5 discount! If you don't like waiting for your next BabySteps Checklist to come out, now is your chance to grab ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/30/cyber-monday-sales/ If any of you have ever lived in one state, or country, then moved to another where your favorite restaurants, or foods were no longer you'll understand this post... (For example: anyone leave Utah and miss Cafe Rio?) Growing up as a kid in Canada I always ate "Habitant Pea Soup". ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/28/food-storage-recipe-pea-soup/ In BabyStep 6: Legumes we give you a list of possible legumes to store with a recommended amount of each one. One of the things we decided early on in our food storage adventures was that we would only store foods that we knew how to cook with ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/27/beyond-the-babysteps-legumes-split-peas/ It's beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS around here! Winter time always makes me want to pull out all of my delicious soup recipes. Since a lot of good soups are made out of all shelf stable foods, we wanted to share a few with you this ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/24/food-storage-recipes-12-bean-soup/ We had almost 600 people enter to win the free WonderMill. We took the list and assigned each person a number in a file then and used a random generator to pick the winner. REMEMBER: If you didn't win, you can still get your WonderMill at the lowest price, with ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/20/wondermill-giveway-winner-announced/ One of the main reasons we kept procrastinating on starting our food storage was because we had no idea how we would actually use it once we had it. Both of us had watched several family members build large collections of food that were never touched. Some people ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/18/introducing-food-storage-into-your-diet/ We finally downloaded the pictures we took from our Studio 5 television appearance and we just had to share with you since we had so much fun there. We were so excited about having the chance to talk about food storage and how easy it is to get started! After ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/16/food-storage-made-easy-on-studio-5/ If you are anything like me, you probably don't remember to get your rolls ready 4 hours in advance for proper rising. Or you may get home from work at 5 and need a quick side dish to go with your dinner. Well I have found that simple ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/15/food-storage-recipes-buttermilk-biscuits/ In BabyStep 9: Comfort Foods we list spare condiments as one of the items to store. As we have explored the reasons why people do food storage we found that everyday emergencies were the ones that seem to occur the most. Condiments are definitely something to store to ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/12/condiment-craziness/ In case you haven't heard, the WonderMill is doing a rebate on both their Electric and Manual Mills until November 25th! Remember as dealers we offer the lowest prices available and free shipping (for all states except Hawaii and Alaska). So take advantage of this additional offer by CLICKING HERE! ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/09/wondermill-giveaway-and-30-rebate/ As stated in the introduction post to our "WHY DO PEOPLE BUILD A FOOD STORAGE?" series, we have found there are 5 main reasons people store food: 1. Natural Disasters 2. Economic Crisis 3. Health Benefits 4. Everyday Emergency 5. Religious Reasons Today we will be talking about the fifth reason, Religious Reasons, and encourage ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/05/why-food-storage-series-religious-reasons/ In our series featuring Why People Do Food Storage we touched briefly on allergies as one of the "health benefits" of doing food storage. (Please note: Our final article in that series will be posted later this week!) We wanted to go into a little more detail ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/11/03/alternatives-to-wheat-for-food-storage/ So this is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE "food storage" recipe! I learned it at a class I went to about a year ago and couldn't believe how delicious it was. What I love about it is how many "advanced" food storage concepts it has that I have tackled slowly. At first ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/31/food-storage-recipes-enchilada-pie/ In a couple days, I'm going to be sharing with you my FAVORITE food storage recipe. It's a recipe I would have never had the courage to try a year ago because of all the "food storage" techniques required, but after slowly learning how to use a lot of ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/29/whole-wheat-tortillas/ As stated in the introduction post to our "WHY DO PEOPLE BUILD A FOOD STORAGE?" series, we have found there are 5 main reasons people store food: 1. Natural Disasters 2. Economic Crisis 3. Health Benefits 4. Everyday Emergency 5. Religious Reasons Today we will be talking about the fourth reason, Everyday Emergency, and encourage ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/27/why-food-storage-series-everyday-emergency/ If you have read our blog for very long, you have often heard and seen us talk about how much we LOVE our WonderMill Wheat Grinders. We were lucky enough to get ours fairly early on in our food storage adventures, but we confess that we let NOT having ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/23/7-great-ways-to-use-wheat-without-a-wheat-grinder/ As stated in the introduction post to our "WHY DO PEOPLE BUILD A FOOD STORAGE?" series, we have found there are 5 main reasons people store food: 1. Natural Disasters 2. Economic Crisis 3. Health Benefits 4. Everyday Emergency 5. Religious Reasons Today we will be talking about the third reason, Health Benefits, and encourage ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/20/why-food-storage-series-health-benefits/ Our Why Food Storage? series post is going to be delayed just a little bit as we spent the whole weekend working on a HUGE project that we are very excited about. If you have ever clicked on our Links Page you may have noticed it was sort of ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/19/food-storage-and-emergency-preparedness-links/ I have a confession to make ... my husband HATES powdered milk. Even with Crystal's delicious drinkable powdered milk tips my husband still refuses to drink it (he loves the fatty kind!). As one of the emergencies from our Seven Day Challenge, we had no power, and no ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/17/food-storage-recipes-worms-dirt/ We're SOOOO excited! Our Fun With Food Storage network is being featured on the Utah show Studio 5 all this week and we were on the show yesterday to talk about PLANNING your food storage. Here is a copy of our segment in case you missed the show ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/13/best-of-food-storage-made-easy-50-top-posts/ As stated in the introduction post to our "WHY DO PEOPLE BUILD A FOOD STORAGE?" series, we have found there are 5 main reasons people store food: 1. Natural Disasters 2. Economic Crisis 3. Health Benefits 4. Everyday Emergency 5. Religious Reasons Today we will be talking about the second reason, Economic Crisis, and encourage ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/12/why-food-storage-series-economic-crisis/ This information is taken from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, Circular 1227. For even more detailed information please visit their website. Drying is the oldest method of preserving food. The early American settlers dried foods such as corn, apple slices, currants, ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/10/basics-of-food-dehydration/ We recently posted about a few food storage substitutions we found to be helpful. Well after that post, one of our great readers (Nola) shared with us a document she put together that had TONS of common substitutions, measurements and yields.   She suggested we share it with our ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/07/food-storage-substitutions-measurements-yields/ As stated in the introduction post to our "WHY DO PEOPLE BUILD A FOOD STORAGE?" series, we have found there are 5 main reasons people store food: 1. Natural Disasters 2. Economic Crisis 3. Health Benefits 4. Everyday Emergency 5. Religious Reasons Today we will be talking about the first reason, Natural Disasters, and encourage ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/05/why-food-storage-series-natural-disasters/ 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 ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/03/food-storage-recipescorn-dog-muffins/ In BabyStep 5: Grains we give you a list of grains which can/should be part of your long term food storage. Jodi started her grain storage with cornmeal because she didn't have a wheat grinder yet and it seemed easy and non-intimidating, although she now prefers to store regular ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/10/01/corn-cornmeal/ So here's a challenge for you - assume you've never heard of food storage, and you have stumbled upon our blog. Would you be able to easily find the answer to the following question: "WHY DO PEOPLE BUILD A FOOD STORAGE?" After receiving a few emails with that very question, we ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/28/why-food-storage/ We have just published our first batch of updates for our Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binders! This update includes all of the revised BabyStep Main Pages as well as 9 handouts put together from some of our best blog posts we've done since the binder was created. If you ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/25/food-storage-books/ When considering which items to store in your long term food storage, it's beneficial to consider what bulk items you could store that would serve multiple purposes. This can help save space as you avoid storing unnecessary items, and many times you can extend the shelf life of items ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/22/food-storage-substitutions/ I have posted about these two food storage recipes in the past, but in light of the WonderMill Rebate going on I decided to share them again since using fresh ground bean flour is one of our FAVORITE ways to eat healthy and save on fat and calories. I've ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/21/food-storage-recipes-homemade-macaroni-and-cheese/ To celebrate the end of our 7 DAY CHALLENGE, we are going to be making the Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binder available for $5 off for a LIMITED TIME! BUT there’s a catch… There's an ASSIGNMENT -and you have to read this whole post to find out how to ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/16/food-storage-book/ A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all our sponsors. See the huge list of prizes and find out of if you are a lucky winner today! MAKE SURE YOU READ THROUGH THEM ALL because a lot of SPONSORS have given DISCOUNT CODES OR REBATES FOR EVERYONE! For all individual ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/16/7-day-challenge-winners/ We want to give a special thank you to WonderMill for donating a Wonder Junior Deluxe as a giveaway for our Seven Day Challenge. We are thrilled to announce that they are offering a $30 rebate off of ANY WonderMill (electric or manual) all the way until November 25, ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/15/wondermill-grain-mills/ Having conversions for things like powdered milk and powdered eggs on hand in your kitchen readily available is  A TREAT! Also, having cheese stored is a treat we know we would have a hard time living without! Prize: A Set of Conversion Chart Magnets WINNER: Rebecca Fryar (we’ll contact you soon ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/15/day7win/ One of your family members calls you in a panic and says they need a treat for a party they are going to (they didn't know about it, so don't freak out at them!). You are stranded at home with no car, and can’t get to a store. DEPENDING ON YOUR ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/14/day-7-tuesday/ Make sure to read DAY 6’s facebook discussions and comments on the post to see what we all learned from using our food storage to eat healthy. (You can read it even if you don’t use facebook!) Learning to cook foods that are healthy not only are you getting health benefits, ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/14/the-7-day-challenge-day-6-winners/ It's time to change those unhealthy eating habits! You have been diagnosed with all sorts of health problems. For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants. You can't use any pre-packaged or convenience foods Your breakfast has to be low sugar Your lunch ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/13/day-6-monday/ Make sure to read DAY 5’s facebook discussions and comments on the post to see what we all learned from having to pull cope with job loss, and water loss. (You can read it even if you don’t use facebook!) When a natural disaster happens and computers with LOCAL external hard ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/13/day5win/ There has been an earthquake and you have lost some utilities For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants. Your water pipe broke, and you have no water access The power has been cut off It's the 2nd day of the earthquake, your ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/12/day-5-sunday/ Make sure to read DAY 4’s facebook discussions and comments on the post to see what we all learned from having to pull cope with job loss, and water loss. (You can read it even if you don’t use facebook!) Being prepared for a financial crisis is just as important, if ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/12/day4win/ Times are tough. You have no income at the time. You have lost some critical utilities and are having to cut back on certain items.  It’s also the weekend, you’ve had a rough week and want to do something fun with your family or your friends. ***IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUNDAY'S ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/11/day-4-saturday/ Make sure to read DAY 3’s facebook discussions and comments on the post to see what we all learned from having to pull together a last minute meal. (You can read it even if you don’t use facebook!) Being able to cook great meals from your pantry can save you time ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/11/day3win/ Your spouse calls and announces their boss is coming over for dinner (or your boss invites themselves over for dinner TONIGHT!).  You have no WAY to go to the store, and you have to come up with an impressive meal from what you already have in your home. THESE LIMITATIONS AND ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/10/day-3-friday/ Make sure to read DAY 2’s facebook discussions and comments on the post to see what we all learned from living through a day of quarantine. (You can read it even if you don’t use facebook!) In a situation where germs are everywhere it's wise to always protect yourself!  Also, in ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/10/day2winners/ There has been an outbreak of the swine flu (or something like it) in your city, and you are ordered into quarantine in your home. (YESTERDAY'S LIMITATIONS DON'T APPLY, THESE ARE ALL NEW) For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/09/the-7-day-challenge-day-2-thursday/ Make sure to read DAY 1's facebook discussions to see what we all learned from living through a flood and evacuation. (You can read it even if you don't use facebook!) In a situation where you have no power, a hungry family, and are totally stressed out, wouldn't it be ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/09/day-1-winners/ There has been a flood and everyone in your city has been told to evacuate their homes for part of the day. For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants. You have no power for the whole day (except to fill ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/the-7-day-challenge-day-1/ Pre-Challenge Giveaway Last week we HAD a little “pre-challenge” giveaway for you.  Read more about it here. Now that the challenge has officially started, we're announcing the pre-challenge giveaway winners... RANDOM winners of the Food Storage Made Easy EBOOK Binders: WINNER #1: Kim Armer Watterson for discussing on facebook WINNER #2: Lisa Heltie ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/prewinners/ 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 ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/08/another-hint-food-storage-recipes/ To help you with your final preparations for the 7 Day Challenge here are some last few tools and hints: -MAKE SURE to get your family involved. Let them know it's coming. Go over the family plan with them. Get them to commit to participating with you and learning along the ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/07/the-7-day-challenge-last-few-hints/ On a surprise day this month we will be announcing the start of the 7 Day Emergency Preparedness Challenge! Are YOU Ready? Have you signed up yet? It's not too late! Here is a little introduction video about what's going to happen during the challenge.    Pre-Challenge Giveaway To ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/09/01/its-september-are-you-ready/ Today we are revealing the 10 th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: AWARDS AND PRIZES! We're so excited and grateful to all the generous sponsors who have donated prizes to help make the challenge even more fun and rewarding. We hope you will show your ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/08/31/the-7-day-challenge-prizes-prizes-prizes/ Today we are revealing the 9th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: FACEBOOK FUN AND SUPPORT! Can you believe it's almost September??? We have been working hard lining up some amazing sponsors for the challenge (check back Monday for the full list). Remember this is a learning experience ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/08/28/the-7-day-challenge-facebook-fun/ Since Jodi confessed on Monday about her "gardening failures" I figured I would make my confession about what bits and pieces of my food storage and emergency preparedness plans were lacking. With the Seven Day Challenge approaching on a surprise day in September, I wanted to make sure to really be ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/08/26/hints-and-confessions-for-the-seven-day-challenge/ 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 ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/08/24/food-storage-lessons-learned-from-gardening/ HALLELUJAH! We are officially done the summer crash course! CONFESSION: We KNOW it got kind of boring and are so excited to be back to normal, posting about our food storage successes and failures and getting officially ready for the Seven Day Challenge starting on a SURPRISE day in September. ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/08/21/schools-out-for-summer-or-is-it-summer-school-is-out/ For our Summer Crash Course we have been revamping all of the BabyStep pages and last week we updated the Step 10: Non-Food Items. On that page we give a great list of ideas for non-food items to have, but we wanted to give you this bonus handout. ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/08/20/beyond-the-babysteps-non-food-items-inventory-list/ For our Summer Crash Course we have been revamping all of the BabyStep pages and last week we updated the Step 9: Comfort Foods page. On that page we give a great list of ideas for comfort foods but we wanted to give you this bonus handout of ... http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/08/17/beyond-the-babysteps-comfort-foods-yummy-recipes/