by Millie Copper | Feb 20, 2020 | Food Storage, Preparedness
Three days is the minimum recommended amount of food the federal government recommends you to have on hand at all times. You probably already have this amount, but have you considered storing this three-day supply separately? In my Introduction to Food Storage: Why?...
by Millie Copper | Feb 13, 2020 | Food Storage, Preparedness
I’m a huge fan of beans of just about any kind. We also rely on beans and rice as part of our food storage. But are beans and rice the best choice for you to use as a backbone of your food storage? There may be legitimate reasons you should not have beans and...
by Millie Copper | Jan 12, 2011 | Food Storage, Preparedness
Ginger commented on this post about doing more canning and preserving in order to build up food stores. This is something that I think about and hope to implement too. I haven’t done much canning (why is it called canning when we put everything in jars?...
by Millie Copper | Feb 27, 2012 | Cooking, Food Storage, Preparedness
Recently, I wrote an article on food storage. I mentioned in that article that we use our freezer as part of our food storage plan. We have a large chest freezer and the side-by-side freezer that is part of the refrigerator/freezer combination. This past year to...
by Millie Copper | Jan 19, 2011 | Food Storage, Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
Oops. I forgot to put my menu plan up for this week. And I’m sure you were all waiting with bated breath wondering what in the world we are eating in the middle of January here in Wyoming. (Photo Credit) I’m still putting together my 13 Week Rotating Menu...
by Millie Copper | Jan 31, 2011 | Food Storage, Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans
Week 5 of my 13 Week Rotating Menu. This week is a bit of an experiment with Mung Beans being the Stretchy Bean of the week. I’ve eaten sprouted mung beans quite often but have never actually sprouted them myself. I figured that since I’ve been sprouting...