Food Storage Made Healthy!
Welcome to 2012! We have heard from many of our readers that two of their main goals this year are to eat healthier and to get their food storage in order. This month we wanted to share with you some tips on how you can achieve BOTH of those goals!

5 Tips to Make Your Food Storage Healthier

1. Revise your food storage calculator
You can replace traditional food recommendations pound for pound. Store raw honey or agave instead of white sugar. You can alter what kinds of oils you store. Visit our "Healthy Food Storage" page to view an example of a healthy calculator we learned about in a healthy food storage seminar. 

2. Preserve your own fruits and vegetables
Gardening is a great and inexpensive way to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. By preserving these foods on your own you can control exactly what goes into them. Canning and dehydrating are two of our favorite preservation methods for food storage.  If you are short on time, there are a lot of freeze-dried options that contain no additives, or preservatives

3. Purchase a grain mill / wheat grinder
Storing your own healthy flours can be expensive, and flours have shorter shelf life than grains.  Did you know most whole wheat flours you buy in the store have preservatives?  If you're interested in having a varied diet with a lot of grains and legumes, having a grain mill can open up your storage options. Grain mills allow you to grind white beans into a flour that you can use to make cream soups, and act as a healthy thickener.

4. Learn the art of sprouting
One of the biggest concerns with traditional food storage is the lack of fresh greens in your diet.  If you store sprouting mixes, grains, legumes, and vegetable seeds you can sprout them to get FRESH "greens".  Sprouting enhances the nutrition in many of these foods too! There are some sprouting mixes available that can provide you with completely clean nutrition. 
 
5. Collect recipes, practice cooking
Eating foods in their season can provide many health benefits.  A World of Wisdom is a cookbook full of recipes organized seasonally. It gives recipes for each season using foods that are IN SEASON thus using things at their peak healthy time.  She also uses wheat berries in some of the recipes - which is great for people without wheat grinders. There is also a whole section about milks, sauces, and dressings that are healthy and easy to make!
News / Sales / Events
Self Reliance Expo - Dallas, TX
Coming February 10-11 to the Dallas, Texas area

Emergency Essentials: Gourmet Year Supply ON SALE
Huge savings on 1600 and 2000 calorie per day packages

Shelf Reliance January DEALS
Save 15-20% on select Thrive food products this month

20% OFF ENTIRE ORDER at Honeyville Grain
Use coupon code "2012" and save 20%, good through Tuesday the 17th at 6:00 pm PST

Wonder Junior Deluxe Mills BACK IN STOCK
We have 12 Wonder Junior Deluxe mills available in stock. Once they sell out they will be on backorder again until March!
Highlights From the Blog
Food Storage Recipe Mixes
Try these mixes to make using your food storage fast, easy and DELICIOUS.

12 Days of Food Storage Christmas
Use these fun gift ideas ANY time of the year!

We took some time off to enjoy the holidays with our families so not too many posts last month!
Featured Product

Organic Food Storage

The Survive2Thrive 100% Organic 40 Day Preparedness Pail is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their storage. Containing 16 different 100% Organic ingredients (and both Gluten Free and Vegetarian) there is no other long term food storage like this on the market!

Organic Preparedness Pail
40 Day Supply: $239.99
FREE SHIPPING!



Coming Up Next...
  • More healthy ideas
  • Delicious recipes
  • Water, water, water
  • Indoor powerless cooking
  • Food storage goals
  • SPROUTS

  • Tip of the Month
    A huge component of being successful with your food storage is to be organized. This is important for rotation, for learning new skills, and for not getting overwhelmed. Find systems that work for you for tracking inventory, monitoring your goals, and keeping your food/books/supplies organized.
    Stay in Touch
  • Join us on FACEBOOK
  • Subscribe to our RSS
  • Subscribe on YOUTUBE
  • Follow us on TWITTER
  • EMAIL US
  •