For years I have heard of CERT certification and have been curious about it. I have wanted to become certified but between pregnancies, nursing babies, and my schedule I haven’t been able to make it work. This month however my church was sponsoring a CERT class that would run 2 Saturdays ALL day. I knew […]
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EXCLUSIVE DEAL: Lindon Farms Just-Add-Water meals
The Lindon Farms special Black Friday deals will be available Friday, November 27 to Monday November 30! 90 SERVING BUCKET Goal Zero Switch 8 Solar Kit COMBO When you purchase a Lindon Farms 90 Serving Bucket you’ll receive a Goal Zero Switch 8 Kit FREE! ($99 value) This is a really great idea for Christmas […]
How to make: Basic Black Beans
Today’s post is super quick. I just had to share this new discovery with you. I know it’s not a new thing but it’s new for me. I’ve been using my electric pressure cooker to cook black beans (among other things) for years. I absolutely LOVE it. My favorite Brazilian Black Beans are done in […]
WEBINAR: How to plan a year supply
Recently, we did our very first webinar on how to plan a year supply of food storage. Thank you all for your support in listening in, participating with great questions, and for giving us amazing feedback. Here’s just one comment from one of our readers: Normally, I don’t critique webinars afterwards. I listen, take notes […]
Green Smoothie Girl: Food Storage Make Over
Today we’re very excited to show you some before and afters of our Food Storage Makeover on the “Green Smoothie Girl”. We even got a video of the whole thing so make sure you read to the bottom. Robyn from Green Smoothie Girl is one of our long time heroes. We were introduced to Robyn’s […]
Sourdough Sandwich Bread
About 2 years ago I was introduced to sourdough bread. I blogged about it in a 2 part series here: Sourdough Part 1 Sourdough Part 2 Since then I got pregnant, had a baby and let my starter die a slow awful death and haven’t revisited it much. Does this sound familiar? Well about a […]







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.