Preparedness
Returning Home After a Disaster
If you think evacuating from your home would be difficult, how would you feel about returning to your home after the emergency? Would you know what safety precautions to take? How would you deal with the emotional trauma of seeing your home after the disaster if your house was damaged or even destroyed?
Almost Guiltless Chocolate Cake with Whole Wheat and Raspberries
This great cake recipe uses very little oil and refined sugar, and uses whole wheat for part of the flour! Find a new delicious way to use food storage and make a more healthy dessert, too. Ingredients 2/3 cup whole wheat flour 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup cocoa 1...
Recipe: Creamy Sausage Crumble and Vegetable Stew
Find a new way to use food storage in everyday meals with this delicious fall recipe from a real home cook. Recently, Faye from West Virginia submitted a recipe through a product review of the Preparedness Pantry Sausage Crumbles. We gave it...
New Tips for Old Food Storage
Find out from a food expert how long stored foods stay good, how they retain nutritional value, how best to store your food supply, and what to store. As the lead researcher of BYU's Long-Term Food Storage Research team and chair of the Brigham Young University Department of Nutrition, Dietetic, and...
Make Your Food Storage Last with Proper Packaging
Make your storage last by protecting against heat, light, moisture, oxygen, and insects. We've got a few suggestions to help you. The shelf-life of long-term storage food products (including flavor and nutrition) depends upon the storage conditions and the type of containers in which they are...
Non-food Emergency Storage
Emergency preparedness usually sounds like a synonym for "food storage," but it's so much more. Get a few basic lists of other non-food items you should definitely have in the event of an emergency. Food storage is very important, but there are items to put in your storage you may not think of...
Canning Recipe: Dawn's Favorite Salsa 2809
Looking for a delicious way to liven up your canning? Try our best canned salsa recipe and enjoy your tomatoes all year long. Ingredients 12 cups tomatoes ^ - peeled, cored, chopped, and drained 5 cups chopped Anaheim peppers 5 cups chopped red onion 2 cups chopped and seeded...
In a Jam: Delicious Homemade Jams and Jellies
Few things taste as delicious or homey as good bread smothered in butter and homemade jam. The bread and butter are up to you, but with six delicious jam and jelly recipes (and a tutorial on how to succeed), we've got the best part covered. One delicious step to becoming more...
Storing and Harvesting Seeds
Storing and harvesting garden seeds is a great way to reap the benefits of gardening long after your first harvest is over. Ensure that your family has all the different fruits and vegetables it needs by following this simple storing guide. Storing Seeds How long can seeds be stored and...
Remember: Check Your Emergency Kit
Many people buy emergency supplies for their family but then neglect to make sure they stay in usable condition. Follow this quick-check list to make sure your most basic of emergency items - the emergency kit - is in working order. Bruce Barton, a well-known writer, once said, “When I think of...
Emergency Preparedness at Work and School
Many emergencies happen while you are away from home. Use these guidelines and away-from-home supply lists to prepare yourself and your family no matter where you may be. Natural disasters and emergencies may not normally occur while you are at home where your emergency supplies and food...
Peanut Butter Waffle Recipe with Raspberry Syrup
Turn a lunchtime classic into a breakfast favorite with this delicious and innovative spin on waffles, which uses both whole wheat flour and peanut butter powder (much easier cleanup). Right in time for a great back-to-school breakfast! Have you ever had peanut butter waffles? If not, you are in...
The Pressure Is On: Home Canning Methods and When to Use Them
Curious about canning, but don't know where to start? Here's a quick and clean guide to preserving food with pressure, boiling, and steam canning. When canning at home, the most important thing to remember is that products containing vegetables, poultry, meats, fish, or seafood must be canned in...
Oxygen Absorbers - Their Use And Function
Moisture and air are two factors that destroy dehydrated and freeze-dried foods. Find out how to use oxygen absorbers to preserve your food storage and keep it better, longer. Oxygen absorbers are little packets of iron powder packaged in a material that keeps the iron in, but allows oxygen and...
Whole Wheat Brownies
Change your idea of how to use whole wheat flour with this delicious recipe for whole wheat chocolate brownies. During an emergency, it is important to have recipes for comfort foods and desserts. These brownies are a tasty way to use your whole wheat flour and boost morale in a stressful emergency...
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