Preparedness

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...

Food Prices and Menu Plan

Food Storage, frugal options, Stretchy Beans

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

Food Storage, frugal options

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...

Stretch Your Budget with Stretchy Beans

Food Storage, frugal options, 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

Food Storage, frugal options

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

Food Storage, Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans

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

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...

Real Food and Food Storage

Food Storage, Preparedness, Preserving Food

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

Food Storage, Meal Plans, Stretchy Beans

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

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...

Preserving Food

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...

Menu Week of January 9 and A Rotating Menu Plan

Food Storage, frugal options, Stretchy Beans

I wanted to talk a bit this week about something I've been working on for awhile. A Rotating Menu Plan. I have been working on a 13 week menu plan....