Food and Pantry

I Fermented My Entire Garden, Now What?

You might just have read about the health benefits of fermented vegetables for your body. One thing to keep in mind is that they must be a regular...

Step By Step For Butchering Chicken

Chicken meat is one of the most nutritious meals, especially since it’s packed with proteins, vitamins, and other minerals. While most people enjoy...

10 Ways You Should Use Bacon Fat

Bacon fat is a delicious and valuable substance that can be used almost anyplace butter is used, including baking and sautéing. Bacon's composition...

Canning VS. Freeze Dry

You might be one of those in a dilemma whether to can or freeze-dry your foods. Because when it comes to canning and freeze-drying foods, both have...

How To Make Powdered Eggs

Editor’s Note: Powdered Eggs are cheap, lightweight, nutritious and can last up to 10 years without refrigeration. If it weren’t for their lack of...

How To Grow Food In A Jar

Need a means of boosting your food production in a tiny, indoors space? Why not set up a Kratky jar? This is a low-cost, low-maintenance,...

DIY Meat Powder That Can Last 5 Years

Meat powder can be used in all sorts of food from soups to salads, rice to veggies, and even desserts like cheesecake, cookies, and pies. If you...

How To Wax Cheese For Long Term Storage

Being prepared for any type of SHTF isn't hard if we plan ahead. Imagine, the grid is down and you are making a recipe that calls for cheese... and...

Long Lasting Oils You Should Stockpile Right Now

There is no ‘single-best’ oil to store, but there are definitely cooking oils that should never be stockpiled. If you do stockpile some of these...

Pressure Canning 101

We're all facing some interesting food issues these past few years and many of us have taken this as a prompt to go ahead and start looking back at...

How to Can Roast Beast

(Originally published 12/12/12.) Sometimes you just get lucky and you hit the mother-lode on meat. Maybe it’s a great sale – for example, my...

10 Fruits And Veggies To Dehydrate For Long-Time Storage

I’m certain that I am not alone in wanting my favorite garden staples to be accessible year-round. When I first started gardening, I would often...

Making Machaca – Mexican Pemmican (Shelf Stable Meat)

Everyone has heard of beef jerky – salty, chewy, and delicious. It makes for the perfect hiking snack or a way to sneak in that little bit of extra...

How To Make A Great Depression Pantry

A Great Depression pantry provides everything I need to make complete and nutritious meals. To do this, I need to store a variety of food in the...

What to Eat When the Power Goes Out

When you’re in for some turbulent weather, do you head to the store with a list entitled, “Food for Power Outage?” Or do you already have a supply...

10 Food Waste Mistakes That Cost You Time & Money

Did you know that American families on average throw out approximately 25% of the food and beverages they purchase each year, which is equivalent to...

22 Ways to Boost Food Production in 2022

A new year has been birthed, and as we’ve pointed out in previous articles, there has been a huge influx of preppers over the past two years. With...

Homestead Pantry Tour

When uncertainty strikes, food storage provides peace of mind. A few years ago, I decided I needed to have a better stockpile. I’m sharing my...

Canning Secrets Nobody Tells You About

Canning is a safe way to preserve food if it is done properly. It involves transferring food into containers and heating them so that any...

How to Dry Can Beans and Rice for 20+ Years Shelf Life

Beans and rice, a significant staple in a prepper’s pantry…or, should be. And, if the 2020 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that we can never be...