Food Storage & Cooking

By Gayle Yield: One loaf Ingredients: 3 Bananas, Mashed (or 1 ½ cup banana chips reconstituted and mashed) 1/3 cup butter 1 egg (2 Tbs. egg powder) 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 ½ cup flour 1 tsp. baking soda pinch of salt Directions: Mix bananas and butter. Add egg, sugar, and vanilla. Combine

This guest post is by Patti and entry in our non-fiction writing contest . Gluten, It Can Kill You Dead… What is gluten? A protein found in many grains like wheat. For people with Celiac disease or Gluten Sensitivity, it is poison. What is the difference between gluten intolerance and celiac disease? Celiac.org is a great resource. Here

This guest post is by Michele O and entry in our non-fiction writing contest . Wheat is the back bone of most long-term storage and bread made from wheat the “staff of life”. After all, 3000 – 4000 year old wheat found in pyramids was able to sprout, and it’s not exactly frigid in Egypt. Now that is

by Repair Momma Yield: 16 rolls Ingredients: 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp. salt 2 pkg. yeast 5 cup flour, divided 2 eggs Directions: Combine first shortening, sugar, salt, yeast and 2 cups flour in a large bowl; cut with pastry cutter. Beat eggs in a 2-cup measuring cup and fill cup with

Whole Wheat Biscuits Submittted By Gayle Yield: one dozen Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour 2 Tbs. sugar 1 cup whole wheat flour dash of salt 4 tsp. baking powder 1 cup milk 2 Tbs. butter powder Directions: Combine dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in milk until moistened. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and

by Gail Yield: one loaf Ingredients: 1¼ cup flour ¼ cup oil ¾ cup corn meal 2 egg whites ½ cup sugar 2 tsp. baking powder dash of salt 1 cup milk Directions: Combine dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in reconstituted milk, eggs and oil. Pour batter in greased 5 x9 pan and cook

This guest post is by Janet W and entry in our non-fiction writing contest . Many of us, when purchasing food for a SHTF scenario, simply look for the best bargains and lowest prices. These often involve case lot sales on national-brand or generic goods, periodic meat sales at our local grocery store, flatbed-size shopping trips to

This guest post is by Susan B I believe it will be harder for them. One reason is the body stops producing stomach acids and enzymes required for the digestion of meat after many years of eating a meal free diet, they will throw up the meat when they try eating it, the body has adapted

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Central Florida Denise I’ve not met many canners who have canned pork, chicken and beef, however, this is the food I enjoy most to can. Having fresh canned meat to add to numerous dinner choices such as soup, stews, chicken salad, rice

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest by Sioux0624 I have noticed that a lot of people storing food are setting themselves up for problems down the road because they won’t be able to prepare and eat what they stored.  One neighbor proudly stated that she had 400 pounds of

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Farmgal Low on yeast? Don’t have any yeast with you? There are a number of ways to create a bread starter, but I am going to go with the most basic process to create a sourdough starter that can be fed and used

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Randy N I have been able to acquire some of my food storage at a relatively inexpensive price through the cannery project that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints, (The Mormons or LDS) have. The church has a dry pack program