Okay, whether you’re routing for the Packers or the Giants-this weekend is a great excuse to use some food storage! If you know me, I love chili dogs-it’s one of those guilty pleasures I have. The only problem with chili dogs is that they are SO messy! (And anyone who knows me, also knows I [...]
Preparedness Fridays: A Day with No Power
Have you ever gone a day with out power? Ever just given it a dry run to see how it would go? Well that is exactly what my neighborhood did last week. It was actually a lot of fun. I didn’t know when the day would be until I got THE EMAIL stating what the [...]
Preparedness Fridays: More of Stasha’s Story-WATER
Many of you have expressed appreciation for Stasha sharing her story. She’s been nice enough to give more in depth information of what it was REALLY like to be in an emergency situation. So today she shares with us about WATER. MORE OF STASHA’S STORY OF LIFE IN BOSNIA DURING WAR Before I start with [...]
Food Storage Halloween BUG Pizza
Okay, if you’ve been following my blog for more than a year (or two or three…) you know that every year around Halloween I open it up for debate on what I should eat Halloween night because my husband and I have never been able to agree on what we should eat. He grew up [...]
Bosch Giveaway: Week One
It’s that time again! WOOT WOOT! I love having the opportunity to give someone a Bosch mixer for FREE. They are amazing machines that I’ve always loved (no joke, I have a home video of me at ONE playing with my mom’s machine…maybe I’ll try and find it). Anyway, they can do amazing things like [...]
Food Storage Saturday Show offs: Bosnian Wheat Dessert
I got this recipe from Stasha and was amazed at it’s simplicity AND her story. Do me a favor, and make sure you read all of her story (below the recipe) to hear from a real survivor and what life was like in a war torn Bosnia. This recipe is very simple, traditionally made in [...]
Food Storage Cooking Club: More Food Storage Recipes with BEEF TVP!
Well, I’ve been waiting a LONG time for the right time to share these food storage videos (so long I may just look pregnant, though I’m not right now that I was able to do with Augason Farms. It was great fun helping to develop these food storage recipes and also show some great ways [...]
Store this not that: Food Storage Style…TVP Chicken and Freeze Dried Chicken
TVP CHICKEN VS. FREEZE DRIED CHICKEN & CANNED CHICKEN Okay, so I tried. I really, really tried to stomach the chicken tvp. I tried putting it in a really flavorful soup but here’s the thing, the fake chicken taste is hard to hide (in fact nothing I did hid it). It’s just so….fake….tasting. I personally [...]
Food Storage Sausage TVP & Eggs
First of all, thank you to those who came and saw me at my book signing at Deseret Book. It as great to meet you! Yep, you knew we had to go there some day….and today is the day! The day we start talking about food storage TVP. TVP is one of those dreaded [...]
Saturday Food Storage Show-off: Pioneer Brownies
Who doesn’t love a good brownie recipe that also includes food storage? I was so happy to receive this recipe for all of us to try. It has beans, wheat, and honey. Sounds great! This recipe is from Sade and she says… “Hey Crystal, You inspired me to try these and I’m so glad you [...]