Print Wheat Bread Ingredients 10 cups wheat freshly milled 6 cups warm water ⅔ cup oil ⅔ cup Homey 2 Tbsp Salt 2 Tbsp Yeast 2 Tbsp dough enhancer Instructions Add warm water, 7 cups of freshly milled flour and oil to mixing bowl. Mix well. Add honey, salt, yeast, and dough enhancer; mix […]
Canned Apple Pie Filling
Canning Apple Pie Filling I love making canned apple pie filling in fact when I was married a friend of my moms gave me a recipe book filled with handwritten recipes. I have to say, I still have that book today, I remember who gave it to me and it is one of my […]
Canned Salsa
Here is a great recipe that I got from my mother in-law several years ago. I’ve made changes, altered it slightly, added a few things, and it is amazing! Keep this recipe handy for the summer months or when you have tons of tomatoes in your garden. Let me know what you think and what […]
How to Wash Clothes on a Washboard
How To Wash Clothes On a Washboard Okay – I went to a demonstration on handwashing your own clothes and it was such a great class. The instructor was hilarious, she showed us how you can tear your clothes, stain your clothes, all sorts of dos and don’ts to your clothes. I was amazed but […]
Preserved Lemons
I was so excited when I found out that there was a way to preserve lemons. I grew up on a citrus orchard in Southern California and I never knew that I could preserve a lemon. Lemons are so great to add flavors to many dishes. Lemons are preserved in salt, and left to cure. […]
7 Major Mistakes in Long Term Food Storage
I speak quite often on food storage, food preparation, emergency preparedness, etc. and I love when I find articles that back me up and readdirm what I am talking about. I can’t tell you how often I am told – “I will figure out how to use what I have stored when I have […]
Multi Grain Pancakes
Print Multi Grain Pancakes Ingredients 4 cups whole wheat flour 4 cups multi grain flour 1 cup powdered milk ½ cup sugar ¾ cup powdered egg ¼ cup baking powder 1 Tbsp baking soda 1 Tbsp salt ¾ cup oil or 1 cup margarine Instructions Combine dry ingredients. Cut in margarine using a mixer […]
Plum Jam
I love making this jam sometimes it is tart, sometimes it is sweet but I have never make a batch that is too sweet. I love adding this to greek yogurt, on my bagels and even in my cereal. I have recipes I like to make using pectin and some with just sugar and lemon […]
How to become more Self-Sufficient
When the “Crunch” or “Collaspse: hits, the last thing you want to be in dependent on anything or anybody. When you can take care of yourself in everyway, physically, emotionally, financially and spiritually you will be free of the bondage that comes with relying on someone else. Here are several tips and tricks to becoming […]
Top 5 Practical Food Storage Ideas for 2013
Top 5 Practical Food Storage Ideas For 2013 Guest Post by:Agnes Jimenez While we do not encourage the emphasis of arbitrary calendar dates when it comes to survival techniques, Prepper moms can mark the New Year by improving upon their food storage area. Even the most innovative and well-stocked storage pantry can be more efficient […]