Prepping

Stealth Prepping: Building Long-Term Food Storage In Your Pantry

I often read website forums and Facebook pages where women talk about how their husbands are not on board for long-term food storage. They don't see a need for it, and often, the wives feel ridiculed for their desire to be better planned. He calls her paranoid or a conspiracy theorist, bemoaning that the grocery… Continue reading Stealth Prepping: Building Long-Term Food Storage In Your Pantry

Recipes

Super Creamy Hummus

One of our boys really loves hummus. I have been making this version all week for him for him to dip warmed-up naan bread into. It's also great to dip roasted chicken into. No preservatives. No cheap oils. Just all the good stuff! Super Creamy Hummus Ingredients: 2 15-ounce cans of chickpeas (garbanzo beans) 1/3… Continue reading Super Creamy Hummus

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Quick Pickled Beets

In the summer, I often preserve pickled beets from those we grow by canning them, but by this time of year, I am eating pickled beets in cans from the grocery store. Well, as I was in the pantry to get a can of pickled beets the other day, I was disappointed, for the last… Continue reading Quick Pickled Beets

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Chickpea Salad Filling

Years ago, Kirk and I were plant-based in our diet until our youngest was born, and his long line of nut and other food allergies showed up. It was a bummer because I had become adept at making pantry staple recipes with beans, nuts, and seeds. Affordable, filling, and not meat-based. As he has gotten… Continue reading Chickpea Salad Filling

Prepping · Recipes

Meals In A Jar: Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Waking up to an unpredicted snowstorm, it wouldn't be a day we could leave the house in the morning. So, I started puttering and thought it was a great day to make more meals in a jar for our long-term food storage. These recipes are a great way to use freeze-dried and dehydrated ingredients so… Continue reading Meals In A Jar: Chicken Pot Pie Soup