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Let’s start with the first meal of the day – breakfast – and come up with 7 shelf-stable meals, one for each day of the week. Planning a ‘Prepper’s Pantry’ or as it is generally referred to as long-term food storage is just that simple!    Once you have 7 meals that you and your family like to eat and are simple enough…

Spring is in full force here and I plan to celebrate by making a batch of pretty pink, low-sugar, rhubarb jam!  But first, I would like to share with two pieces of trivia!  One, rhubarb is technically a vegetable.  Yep, we eat the stalks of the plant therefore consuming a vegetable.  A side note: do NOT eat the leaves as they are poisonous…

I really enjoy purging my house of unneeded items in the Spring.  Selling something on marketplace, donating to my church’s rummage sale and to Goodwill makes me really happy!  I wish spring cleaning the pantry is as euphoric, but it is very important nonetheless. I try to deep clean my pantry twice a year not because I love to but because it REALLY…

Looking for shopping deals in May?  This is a list of commonly on-sale or discounted items that you can stock up on in the month of May!  May is a great month to begin looking for local, fresh produce, pet supplies, paper and picnic products, allergy relief medicine, Cinco de Mayo deals at the grocery store and last-minute Mother’s Day gift ideas! 1.…

Foraging for Edibles: 4 Recipes to Cook this Spring The first signs of spring are always such a welcome sight to those of us that live in cold, snowy climes.  My kids are thrilled to see yellow and purple crocuses pop up around our trees. Because we so eagerly await spring in our neck of the woods, we take notice of all the…

It is time to take a look at your tornado preparedness as the month of May typically experience the most tornados in the United States. Tips taken from American Red Cross as well as FEMA are summarized below as well as a link to download a FREE printable tornado preparedness checklist. One of the first steps in preparing for tornado season is to…

Some of the best stock up deals for April for your home and garden include cookware, thrift store finds, gardening supplies, and running shoes.  In addition to finding after Easter deals there is SPRING BLACK FRIDAY!!!  Do you know about this? I surely did not!  This year it begins Friday, April 7, 2022, and runs for 14 days.  Check out the following on-sale…

You may know the saying, “April showers bring May flowers,” and for many the rains begin much sooner (or never stops, haha)! If you are in need of a refresher of flood preparedness, there is a ton of great tips, resources, and a free checklist download below to help you out! Your first step is to know whether your area is prone to…

If stocking your long-term food pantry with nutritious food is a priority for you, check out these 20 top nutritious foods for your food stockpile. This list is compiled based on a study I found which analyzed 1000 foods for nutritional value. Below, I highlight the top 20 that would be suitable for your food stockpile. You may be surprised by some of…