Canning is a time-honored tradition of preserving food in air-tight containers. It can be an intimidating process when you first get started. But if you follow the directions and some very easy beginner recipes, you’ll be well on your way to preserving your harvest. Note: If … [Read more...]
150 Camping & Dutch Oven Recipes With 5 Ingredients Or Less
Update: Due to popular demand, here's a fancy PDF version of this article that you can download and/or print. (Click to open, or right-click and select "save" to download.) Nothing beats the smell of a campfire and the sizzle of bacon early in the morning. A crucial part of … [Read more...]
No-Bake Oatmeal Energy Balls
Today we’re going to talk about a very healthy snack that you can easily make at home. These can be eaten anywhere while on the go, which makes them very convenient for a quick breakfast in the morning. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest! As … [Read more...]
15 Parts Of Vegetables You Didn’t Know You Can Eat
From Radish Greens to Watermelon Rind Pickles, There’s More in Your Garden Than Meets the Eye. Most people throw out parts of vegetables that are not only good to eat but often have higher nutritional value than the other parts. For example, turnip greens pack more nutrients … [Read more...]
How To Make Shrub: A Drink From The 1700s
This week's video is about how to make the original soda—the one Americans used to drink before we had Coke and Pepsi and a million other sodas. It's called a shrub, and it’s a delicious probiotic drink that was very popular in the 1700s and early 1800s. Vinegar drinks are also … [Read more...]
20 Pantry Staples You Can Make Yourself
We all appreciate the difference between homemade foods and storebought food. Homemade always tastes better. And yet, even though most of us have the ingredients to make our own food, we often choose not to. Sure, it's time-consuming, but not only does homemade food taste better, … [Read more...]
How To Make Homemade Gummy Vitamins
If you knew there were gummy bears that boost your immune system, would you eat them? Even more to the point, if you could make these at home, would you do it? It turns out it’s actually pretty simple to do, as Our Oily House discusses. To make your own homemade gummy bears, … [Read more...]
How to Grow Your Own Yeast
This pandemic has revealed a lot about people, but none has been more surprising than the fact that when the going gets tough, the people bake bread. Social media feeds are filled with beautiful loaves of crusty sourdough fresh out of the oven and amazing baked goods made from … [Read more...]
Stop Wasting Leftovers! Here’s How to Use Them
The average American throws away four spoiled food items from their refrigerator every week, according to a 2019 study. Based on a survey of 2,000 Americans which was conducted by OnePoll for Bosch home appliances, that loss amounts to $53.81 worth of food each week or $2,798 a … [Read more...]
30 Foods That Can Last Up To 30 Years
A lot of factors affect the shelf life of food: light, heat, humidity, and so forth. But one of the most important factors is the food itself. Some foods simply last longer than others, no matter the storage conditions. In this video from the Youtube channel, Reality Survival, … [Read more...]
3 Super-Easy No-Yeast Bread Recipes
When bread is hard to come by due to panic-buying in times of emergency, you may need to make your own. Though homemade bread may seem daunting to you, there are recipes that only call for a few basic ingredients that you probably already have. With the current reality of a … [Read more...]
How To Master The Art Of Bread Baking
You’ll Succeed Every Time You Bake a Loaf of Bread if You Follow These Simple Rules. The fundamental thing to keep in mind is that bread baking goes beyond the chemistry and physics of cooking. It enters into an area best described as alchemy. You’re engaged in bringing a living … [Read more...]
Easy French Bread in 10 Minutes for 30 CENTS
Here’s a way to make French bread in just 10 minutes of working time. The rest of the time, the bread is rising or the oven is doing the work. You can watch the whole process in this video by Big Family Homestead, but we'll share the recipe and some cooking tips. Want to … [Read more...]
3 Ways To Make Your Food Stockpile Last As Long As Possible
In most disaster scenarios, you can survive without lights, weapons, and air conditioning. For a while, anyway. But you definitely can't survive without food. And the thing about disasters is they're almost always a surprise. Don't be caught without any food when the next one … [Read more...]
20 Best Foods for Woodstove Cooking
The great thing about woodstove cooking is it allows you to get twice as much out of your fuel. Not only will a woodstove cook your food, it will also keep you warm, saving you money on electricity and/or propane. And if the power goes out, your woodstove will be especially … [Read more...]
10 Best Survival Foods from Your Local Grocery Store
If you’re planning to stock up your prepper pantry, you'll save a lot of money by going to your local grocery store instead of buying overpriced survival food online. In this video, Penny University lists ten items you can find at just about any supermarket. For the most part, … [Read more...]
How To Make And Pressure Can Chili
Both making and pressure canning homemade chili can be done in a single afternoon. Preserving chili will make it shelf-stable for at least two years and increase your protein-rich food stockpiles far more economically than buying commercially manufactured packets or … [Read more...]
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