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The 7 Day Challenge — Are You Prepared?
Are You Prepared? Do those three words give you anxiety? We have been working on our food storage and emergency preparedness for exactly one year now and recently we started to wonder, are we really prepared? We have all this food, we’ve been learning how to use it, but in a true emergency situation would […]
What to do with Extra #10 Food Storage Cans
We recently asked our facebook readers what they are doing with those extra #10 cans lying around. Well we had some great ideas and wanted to share them with you. You guys are so awesome and we appreciate you sharing your experience and creativity! Decorate them with printed paper, ribbon, and anything else to make […]
It’s Food Storage Sharing Time!
Some of you may remember our confession awhile back about how LITTLE we knew about storing food storage in small spaces. Basically we needed our readers help with ideas because we were guilty of having NO food storage when we lived in small apartments. The ideas we got were incredible, and from them we created […]
Let’s Talk About Barley!
In BabyStep 5: Grains we give you a long list of grains which can/should be part of your food storage but we really have focused a lot on wheat as it seems to be the most intimidating and the item we are supposed to store the most of. However, we typically encourage people to research […]
Food Storage Recipes: Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is a comfort food I remember from my childhood. Now that I have tried other rice pudding recipes I have come to realize that no rice pudding is the same (or as good) as my mom’s rice pudding. The recipe isn’t hugely complex, but it’s the one I like. If you don’t have […]
I was sneaky tonight!
One of the things people always recommend when getting your family to start eating food storage is adding new foods to meals and not telling your family since they may not give it a fair chance. Well my husband works from home and knows how and what I’m cooking so I haven’t been able to […]
More 72 Hour Kit Food Ideas
One of the first things we teach you when you are getting started with your food storage is to get an Emergency Preparedness Plan in place. This includes having a Disaster Kit containing 72 Hour Food Kits for every member of your family. In our Getting Started section we have given a great example of […]
Types of Wheat
We have had a few questions lately about the difference between types of wheat. While we have touched on it before we thought it would be helpful to explain it in full detail for you in an individual post. There are three general classifications of wheat: Red vs. White, Hard vs. Soft, and Spring vs. […]
Long Term Food Storage Calculator Q&A and Video Tutorial
Helpful tips on how to use our Long Term Food Storage Calculator, video instructions, and some Q&A about it.