The Budget Preppers
Food Preservation, Prepping, Gardening, Emergency Preparedness
Tag: preserving food
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The Ultimate Guide to DIY Water Filtering Systems
The Ultimate Guide to DIY Water Filtering Systems
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13 Essential Items Every Beginner Prepper Should Have
When disaster strikes, it’s human nature to become anxious and make hasty decisions. However, being a beginner prepper with essential items on hand can help you weather any emergency. The truth is, disasters can strike at any moment, and it’s essential to be prepared beforehand. As a beginner prepper, you need to have the necessary…
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5 Surprising Herbs You Didn’t Know You Could Forge
Are you tired of buying expensive herbs from the grocery store or relying on dried herbs from your pantry? Why not take a step outside and forage for some surprising herbs right in your own backyard? You might be surprised to find out that there are plenty of edible and medicinal herbs growing all around…
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How to Store Food Long-Term: A Practical Guide
If you want to prepare for any emergency or just want to be prepared for a long-term food shortage, it’s essential to understand how to store food long-term. Properly storing food takes a bit of knowledge and preparation, but the rewards of being able to provide for yourself and your family in times of need…
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Homemade Sour Cream: Only 2 Ingredients
We eat a ton of sour cream here. From dips, to topping, a small tub of sour cream from the store does not last long in our household. Today I share my homemade sour cream recipe that can be done using only 2 ingredients and with your oven! In Closing I hope you enjoy this…
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The Best Free Garden Planner of 2023!
I LOVE to garden! However, I’m not the greatest at the planning part. Knowing when to start seeds indoors, direct sow, get beds ready, and harvest all just kinda gets eyeballed for us. But not this year! This year we’re using a garden planner to help us out. The Best Garden Planner After trying a…
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Freeze Dried Ham & Scalloped Potato Casserole Dinner
So you’ve stocked all the freeze dried foods, but have no idea how to use them to make meals! Here’s my easy Freeze Dried Ham & Scalloped Potato Casserole Dinner. Ingredients Todays ingredients include all long term stored foods. These are also perfect for those days you forgot to pull meat from the freezer. Which…
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Copycat Panera Bread Bowl Recipe
Delicious Soup Bread Bowl Recipe My husband was recently craving Panera Bread. Looking at my budget there was no possible way for me to be able to squeeze a dinner for 5 at Panera. I asked him what in particular he was craving, and he said the bread bowls! I love cooking from scratch and…
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Top 3 Reasons: Why I Freeze Dry Canned Foods
If it’s already in a can and still in date why are you going freeze dry it? This was a wonderful question I got from my friend recently and decided to share with you my top 3 reasons for why I freeze dry already canned foods. Freeze Dry Food Weight You have 20 minutes to…
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How To Make And Can Vegetable Broth From Kitchen Scraps
Making something out of nothing is what I do best! Don’t let those onion tops, celery leaves and cauliflower steams end up in the trash! In only a few weeks you can have enough kitchen scraps to make a delicious and nutrient rich veggie broth. Storing Scraps I use all sorts of scraps as you…