It’s so hard to be creative sometimes when it comes to neighborhood gifts. The buzz of the holidays can make us all go crazy! I’ve tried to make, at least this aspect of the holidays, as easy as possible. Below is a list of GREAT ideas, all that will also give the gift of food [...]
Southern California Book Signings
BLACK FRIDAY ISN’T SO BLACK ANYMORE! Come visit the San Diego Deseret Book or the Ensign Books in Temecula THIS FRIDAY (November 27) and meet me! I’ll be there signing books, answering questions, and handing out samples of some of my FAVORITE food storage recipes. If you’re in the area, you won’t want to miss [...]
Thanksgiving Time Saving Tips and Recipes-Food Storage Style!
I meant to do this as separate posts but ran out of time (obviously due to the flu) but this is better because now you can print it out and have it all in one spot. This handout has MORE than just time saving tips. It has time saving tips, AND recipes. Including how to [...]
Fanatic Friday Contestant-Rice Pudding w/ Apples & Cinnamon: Food Storage Recipes
What a fun twist on rice pudding and maybe something different for those that don’t like pumpkin pie. Personally, rice pudding is one of my favorite desserts! Thanks, Robin for sending this in! Rice Pudding with Apples and Cinnamon Serves 4 I make this in my pressure cooker – it is easy, fast and yummy. [...]
Perfectly Shaped Rolls & Naomi’s Rolls: Whole Wheat Food Storage Recipes
Well, it’s definitely time to talk Thanksgiving favorites and the best place to start is with rolls! (So what that means is you should check back for more great Thanksgiving recipes and tips!) If you’re anything like me, you can be a little intimidated by yeast breads. I’m going to give you a GREAT roll [...]
A Mom’s Survival Guide to the Flu
Well, I’m happy to announce that we’re feeling better…at least for the most part. I learned a lot while we were ALL sick which I’m going to share with you all (mostly that having food storage is a REAL life saver)! I realized how hard it is to a) have everyone sick and b) have [...]
Thanksgiving Fanatic Friday Contestant #1: Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
I love this idea from Marci H. Personally, I never think about breakfast the morning of Thanksgiving, too excited for that turkey! Anyway, and growing up my mom definitely didn’t, too busy working on that turkey! I love that these can be prepared the night before and then baked the next day. What a wonderful [...]
Another Mom Favorite, Meatloaf-Food Storage Recipes
I realize most people don’t like meatloaf…but I think it’s just because they’ve never had GOOD meatloaf before! Trust me, I’ve had my fair share of nasty dried out globs of meat trying to pass as meatloaf (of course all of these were AFTER I moved out of my parent’s house). I guess this week [...]
Blend Tec Total Blender-It even grinds WHEAT!
If you haven’t heard about this blender, you’re entirely missing out! It’s a BlendTec (same company that made my wheat grinder) blender and it seriously will blend anything (they even have a contest going right now called “Will it Blend” where they blend all sorts of crazy things…my favorite being an AVOCADO PIT!) It makes [...]