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Why Food Storage Series: Economic Crisis

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 […]

Basics of Food Dehydration

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, grapes, and meat. Compared with other methods, […]

Food Storage Substitutions, Measurements, and Yields

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 readers, and let us tell you, […]

Why Food Storage Series: Natural Disasters

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 […]

Food Storage Recipes: Corndog Muffins

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. But as I was […]

Let’s Talk About Corn/Cornmeal

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 popping corn and grind it into […]

Why Food Storage: What is Food Storage and Why Is It So Important?

Many people stumble across the idea of building a food storage by watching shows like Doomsday Preppers or even The Walking Dead. Outside of preparing for a zombie apocalypse there are MANY reasons why people may choose to build a food storage. Before we dive into that let’s cover WHAT food storage is first. What […]

Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binder Updates!

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 haven’t purchased your Food Storage […]

Food Storage Substitutions

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 by making them out of ingredients […]

Food Storage Recipes: Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

Using fresh ground bean flour is one of my FAVORITE ways to eat healthy and save on fat and calories. I’ve always loved my mom’s homemade macaroni and cheese and now I have learned how to tweak this recipe to use different food storage items in two different versions: Homemade Mac ‘N’ Cheese (w/ grains […]