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...
How To Dehydrate Milk For Long Term Storage
When we started on our preparedness journey, I tried to be practical. In the beginning I made a list of things I used everyday. Literally from the...
Makin’ Bacon: How to Dry Cure Pork Belly
Vegetarians fear bacon. It’s the “gateway meat”. The temptation heightens with the mere aroma of this sizzling strip tease. Only the most hardcore...
20 Foods That Can Last 20 Years
We live in an unpredictable world where anything can happen. Typically disasters strike with no warning, which can leave you stranded without the...
Canning Mistakes Even The Most Advanced Homesteaders Make
For most homesteaders, canning is just one of the essential skills to fully utilize your resources for the long term. When done correctly, this...
Canned Hamburger Meat – Recipe From The Lost Super Foods Book
I was amazed at how fast and easy this recipe is to do: Canned Hamburger Meat. It is also very satisfying to see my shelves fill up with long time...
Cheap Recipes To Keep You Well Fed In The Next Crisis
Food security is the basis of survival and forward planning is the name of the game. Preserving food in times of plenty is a wise move: this means...
8 Dangerous Mistakes To Avoid When Storing Your Food
You may think that there’s not more to food storage than storing your food away, wherever you can find the space. Or perhaps you are accustomed to...
10 Recipes From “The Great Depression” To Survive The Next One
During the Great Depression Era (1929 - 1939), the world suffered from a massive economic recession in the industry as the stock market crashed....
20 Grandma’s Depression Foods We Will Need Soon
The Great Depression was an event that occurred after the notorious stock market crash in October 1929. It sent millions of people from the lower...
Foods You Should Never Buy And Always Make At Home
Sure, store-bought food offers convenience, but all the processing and sugar can make them unhealthy. That's why you should consider making some...
