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How to Dehydrate Your Own Foods For Just-Add-Water Meals
Dehydrating food at home is a great way to preserve fruits and vegetables and even make your own jerky. Dehydrating foods at home can be a fun and rewarding skill. Save money by buying fruits and vegetables in season and in bulk and dehydrate them yourself. Or, even better, grow them in your own garden. When you dehydrate your own foods, you will know for sure what goes into them.
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Water Storage Basics
Learn where to find potable water in your home and in the wild, how to store it, and how to purify it to ensure your family has enough in a crisis situation.
Freeze Dried Food is Food Insurance
Freeze dried food IS food insurance. Freeze dried food is still the easiest and tastiest 'food insurance' you can buy. Dispel the myths of freeze dried and dehydrated foods, compare brands, research nutrition.
Thermos Cooking is a Practical Preparedness Tool
A common, everyday thermos bottle or jug is actually a unique piece of emergency preparedness equipment that can turn otherwise difficult-to-prepare storage foods into breakfast, lunch or dinner in an emergency situation. For a practical survival cooking method, cooking right in the thermos can save fuel and water.
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Calories vs Servings Controversy
Are you as confused as I am over the calories vs servings controversy in long term survival foods? Some say you shouldn't buy this or that because the calorie to serving ratio means not enough calories.
Safe Food Storage - Long Term
Safe food storage - How to keep your food storage safe enough to eat in 25 years.
Survival Kits For Children
What to Put in a Child's Survival Kit. Children can carry their bag if it is an appropriate weight.
Survival Supplies & Gifts
Besides adding to your own survival supplies, remember what great gifts freeze-dried food or other survival supplies will make to adult children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors - everyone. There are even gifts for kids — light sticks, flashlights, freeze-dried ice cream and MORE!
Comfort Foods for Food Storage
Comfort foods are not necessary but may be comforting during stressful times. And why have them? Comfort foods are basically 'treats' that you usually give to your children after school, to tie them over until the next meal, to keep them occupied when you're busy or . . . just because you love them.
How To's: Start With Food Storage Basics
If you begin with food storage basics and throw in some canned or freeze-dried meats and your own fresh-grown produce, you will have well-balanced meals during any crisis.
How to Store Your Produce in a Root Cellar
If you live in an area where the fall and winter are cold, you might want to consider a root cellar for storing some of your garden produce, such as, potatoes, carrots, squash, pumpkins, and other root vegetables. Fruits like apples and pears can also be stored this way; plus it's a good place to keep all your canned foods if you don't have a basement.
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