Preparedness
Preparing for an unknown future: food storage, emergency supplies, prepping resources, and much more.
Stocking the Real Food Pantry
This is an exciting season for my husband. It is hunting season. One of the reasons we moved to Wyoming 3 years ago was for the hunting...
Homemade Cracker Jacks
"Take me out to the ball game. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks. I don't care if I ever come back..." Do you like those Cracker Jack things...
7 More Ways to Increase Food Storage- Real Food Style
When I went into town the other day, gas was 14 cents a gallon more than it had been the previous week. 14 cents! That is a huge jump in a short...
How to fit 18 Chickens on one Shelf of a Side-by-Side Freezer
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...
Add This Incredibly Inexpensive Legume to Your Menu Plan and Food Storage
Last year, my friend Andi shared this post on sprouting. I was totally intrigued by the sprouted peas. Especially the cost of those peas. $8.05 for...
8 Ways to Increase Your Food Storage- Real Food Style
Have you been working to increase your food storage but have stalled due to budget, lack of inspiration or just not sure what to do next? Last year...
Whoo-Hoo! January is National Oatmeal Month
Okay, so maybe it is not a big event but I do find it quite fun that someone designated January as National Oatmeal Month. I really oatmeal so in...
Re-Visiting the Food Budget
> When I first began this blog, one thing that I did was share our monthly food budget and the results of achieving (or not) that budget. Toward...
Compromises
A couple of weeks ago one of my friends gave me a lesson in pressure canning. A different friend taught me how to water bath can a couple of years...
Pinto Beans: Cooking and Favorite Meals
Pinto Beans are prominently featured in my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan on 3 different weeks (as Stretchy Beans) in those 3 plus months. Pintos have...
Garbanzo Beans: Cooking and Favorite Meals
Garbanzo Beans or Chick Peas are part of my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan. They are our Stretchy Bean for week 1. Garbanzo beans were not something I...
Food Prices and Menu Plan
Since the beginning of the year I've been sharing my rotating menu each week. The other day, I was listening to a video and was reminded just why I...
Lunch Plan List
I have been spending quite a bit of time talking about my 13 Week Menu Plan. While my menu plan only lists dinners we really do eat other meals here...
Uses for Leftover Rice and an Easy Rice Recipe
Rice is one of our preferred side dishes. One reason is that rice goes well with beans and we sure do eat alot of beans! 😉 We usually have soaked...
Stretch Your Budget with Stretchy Beans
I know that I have mentioned Stretchy Beans quite a bit lately as part of my 13 Week Menu Plan. It occurred to me that every time I mention...
Breakfast Plan List
I've been working on a 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan for our dinners. My goal for this is to make things easier for me at meal planning time and also...
Black Beans: Menu Week of February 6
Week 6 of my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan. I am really enjoying using this menu plan. It did take me some work to get the plan in place and I am still...
Mung Beans: Menu Week of January 30
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...
Real Food and Food Storage
The past few weeks I have been mentioning my 13 Week Rotating Menu Plan and food storage each week when I post my weekly menu plan. Food storage is...
White Beans: Menu Week of January 23
I'm still working on my 13 Week Rotating Meal Plan. This is week 4 and White Bean week. My rotating meal plan is still a work in progress for the...
Lentils: Menu Week of January 16
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...
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