Dried beans can be an intimidating food storage item for many people. In our experience people typically either do not like them, do not know how to cook them properly, or do not know what types of foods to make using them. We want to share with you FIVE reasons why beans should be a […]
Legumes
Food Storage Do-Over Week 9: Legumes and Meats
We are excited to be starting week 9 of our Food Storage Do-Over 2015! If you didn’t catch last week’s post which included an index of recipe for using grains you can see it here. Remember this is a 17 week process that we will be going through together. If you want to join in […]
Let’s Talk About Legumes
Legumes cover so many categories of foods, but the main ones useful for food storage are dried beans, split peas, lentils, and alfalfa seeds.
16 Bean Soup
Have you ever had 16 bean soup? Most often 16 bean soup has ham in it. Well let me tell you, my husband and I HATE ham. It’s so bad, on Easter we make our decision about which side of the family to visit based on who ISN’T having ham. Not sure how we ended […]
Book Review: Country Beans
Only two things have changed our food storage lives forever, one is the WonderMill, and the other is this book. Check out why in today’s post.
How To Cook Dry Beans
Learn Julie’s tricks for how to make the perfect dry beans EVERY TIME. Make up a big batch and it can be “almost” as convenient as canned beans!
Hi there! I’m Jodi. I share my preparedness adventures via the blog and social media so you can see what I’m working on day to day.