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Twice Baked Potatoes During the holidays, it’s a tradition for families and friends to all come together and celebrate. When it comes to celebrations and get-togethers, food is an absolute must-have! Everybody loves food! And when you have a lot of people gathered together, you either need a lot of food or something that’s filling! Twice-baked potatoes are very...

“Spring Ahead, Fall Behind”—that’s the old saying to help us remember what to do with our clocks on Daylight Savings. Although Daylight Savings gave us an extra hour yesterday, it had its negative side, too, such as it now gets dark sooner and the cold winter air starts to settle in. If you’re not quite ready to build a fire...

I think we all have those very hectic days when all you’ve done is run run run and the next thing you know it is way past dinner time and you realize that you and your family haven’t eaten yet. That’s when you and the kids end up eating a bowl of cereal for dinner just so you can try...

Continuing on with our Rainy Day Foods Freeze Dried Meats, we’ll take our Hot Meals for Hunters away from the tin foil dinners and into the quick and easy meals. For this meal, we’ll use Rainy Day Foods Freeze Dried Sausage Crumbles along with Rainy Day Foods Buttermilk Biscuit Mix to make Sausage, Biscuits, and Gravy. Very fast, very filling...

Continuing with our Hot Meals for Hunters segment, we’ll be using Rainy Day Foods Signature Meats Beef Chunks. I like to refer to this as, “A Hunter’s Soup”. It’s everything you would find in a soup minus the noodles. We start with a little prepping. You can either use fresh veggies if you have the time to cut them up...

Now that you have begun your food storage plan with the essential grains, it is time to add additional staples to the list. These staples include beans, legumes, rice and pasta. These are great staples to include in your food storage supply because of their long shelf life. Stored in an air-tight container (such as cans or buckets), these items...

Congo Bongo Bars It’s that time of year when you are going to reunions and family get-togethers. Of course they always involve a lot of food. If you are like me, you want something delicious to take but easy to make. Here is a yummy bar cookie that fits the bill. I don’t know why they are called Congo...

Cinnamon Roll Cake Are you looking for something yummy to serve for a Mother’s Day brunch or maybe an easy dessert for a Mother’s Day dinner? If so, this Cinnamon Roll Cake is exactly what you want. It is very easy to make, tastes great and doesn’t take too long to put together. Here is the recipe: Cake: 3...

Ham Fried Rice My family really loves to eat Chinese food so quite often I make Ham Fried Rice. It is very quick and easy to make for those hectic days we are all too familiar with. You can even use some of your food storage items in it. Here is the recipe: HAM FRIED RICE 8 cups of...