contributed by RL This past week we had the opportunity to watch 5 of our grandchildren as they visited with us in all of their youthful excitement and wonder. But since the larger half of them are in school we needed to take them back to their home Sunday after church. They were excited to be heading back home...
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Get Prepared - Vegetables
No meal is complete without vegetables – whether as a side dish or as an ingredient in the main entrée. Likewise, no food storage supply is complete without a variety of vegetables. Dehydrated and/or freeze dried vegetables are a great way to include vegetables in your food storage supply. When stored properly in air-tight containers, vegetables will store 20 to... -
Creamed Garden Vegetables
Creamed Garden Vegetables Here it is August already and we are starting to enjoy some of the fresh vegetables from our garden. We seem to wait impatiently for the day that we can pick peas and eat them while sitting under a tree. If you are like me and love to grow a garden, you might want to consider... -
Coconut Chicken Curry
I love Thai food, but I rarely eat it because restaurants are pretty expensive where I live. I was too intimidated by the complex flavors to try cooking it at home. Enter coconut curry -- simple enough for a weeknight but with a taste that will knock your socks off. This dish comes together quickly, freezes well, and the flavor... -
Shepherd's Pie
There's a good chance that shepherd's pie, or "cottage pie," will bring a different dish to mind for almost every reader of this blog post. The shepherd's pie that I ate while growing up was made of beef and gravy with the classic mashed potato "crust," but there are now many, many variations to this theme. The meat can be... -
Vegetable "Pot Pie"
I love to combine food storage ingredients in unexpected ways, and this recipe is a perfect example. Dehydrated mixed vegetables and buttermilk biscuit mix (both from Rainy Day Foods) come together with a few additional, food storage-friendly ingredients to make a comforting vegetable "pot pie." Real pot pie is made with a crust, but this version is so easy and...