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...]
Amaranth: The Little-Known Survival Superfood
The world of grains is ever-expanding. The grains that we think are new to the market, like couscous and quinoa, have been around for centuries. But consumers have demanded access to different sources of protein, vitamins, and unprocessed food a lot more in recent … [Read more...]
Making Poor Man’s Stew ($1.00 Meal)
If you are trying to stretch your grocery budget as far as possible, frugal cooking is an excellent option to consider. While extravagant recipes full of expensive ingredients can be tasty and fun to try, it is entirely possible to create meals that are both healthy and filling … [Read more...]
How To Make Portable Soup
Ever heard of portable soup before? You might be surprised to learn that it was very popular back in the 18th century. It's basically a solidified broth to which you can add hot water and quickly make soup. It's also called portable broth, pocket soup, veal glue, and many other … [Read more...]
15 Essential Rules for Dehydrating Food
Dehydration is the scientific process of removing the moisture content from food in order to make it last longer. This method of food preservation has been around since ancient times when people would dry fruits and fish in the hot desert sun. If you’ve ever hung up a few … [Read more...]
22 Foods You Don’t Actually Have To Refrigerate
Are you wasting valuable space in the fridge on foods that don’t need to be refrigerated? Without even peeking in your fridge, I can guess that you are. Some people are so paranoid about foods going bad that they refrigerate just about everything. Here’s a list of foods you … [Read more...]
5 Easy Meals To Cook During An Emergency
Regardless of what happens in the world, we gotta eat. But even something as simple as making a meal can be a challenge when times are tough. Especially if you don’t know how to cook. That’s why we want to share 5 meals that are easy to make and easy to clean up. Better yet, … [Read more...]
How To Make Cheese (Easier Than You Think)
Cheesemaking is easy to do once you understand the ingredients, some of which might surprise you. The primary active ingredient that’s usually used to make cheese is "rennet." It’s an enzyme found in the stomach of young cows, sheep, and goats. The rennet helps them break down … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Guide To Cooking With Pumpkins
Fall is officially here, and that means pumpkin everything is about to explode. Pumpkin coffee, pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin pie - oh my! Between September and December, pumpkins are in their prime season, and learning about cooking pumpkins can lead to the most delicious recipes … [Read more...]
Here’s How To Use A Grain Mill And Make Flour [With Pictures]
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Most homesteaders grudgingly admit that they aren’t 100% self-sufficient. The items that we typically end up outsourcing are staples: oil, sugar, salt, and flour. While honey can certainly substitute for sugar, oil and salt are trickier (unless you live close to an ocean), but … [Read more...]
Easy Way To Preserve and Store Eggs
Eggs are nature's multivitamins. They are so incredibly good for you, and they're delicious. But if you're raising chickens, you might have more eggs than you can eat. And if you're trying to live off the grid (or you simply lose power) and don't have a working refrigerator, what … [Read more...]
6 Pioneer Candy Recipes To Try This Halloween
For Our Pioneer Ancestors, The Only Candy Store Was At Home. We take candy for granted. We can buy it anywhere, and it’s usually pretty cheap. But there was a time when it was a rare treat. Back in the 1800s, candy only showed up around the holidays or special events like a … [Read more...]
The Easy Way To Make Oat Milk
You may have seen new milk products in the store or at your favorite coffee shop recently. Apart from the standards of cow or goat milk, there are also soy, almond, cashew, and coconut milk. This recent trend to find new milk sources stems from those who are allergic to dairy or … [Read more...]
Historic Kitchens vs. Modern Kitchens
When you go to the kitchen, which appliances are you most likely to use? Probably the refrigerator and the microwave, right? For some people, those are the only appliances they ever use. And yet, these things weren't even invented until the twentieth century. Kitchens existed for … [Read more...]
Acorns: How To Harvest, Process, and Eat Them
Fall is close on the horizon, and this season is busy for any homesteader, gardener, or forager. It's the time to finish up the garden, start hunting and forage the last of nature's bounty. Acorns are one of the nuts that become available during this time, and it's a resource … [Read more...]
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