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  • Freeze Dried Ham & Scalloped Potato Casserole Dinner

    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

    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

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  • The Easiest Way To Grow Mushrooms In A Tiny Space

    I recently did an experiment with growing mushrooms in a tiny space! Not only was in budget friendly these kits would be another good addition to anyones preps. Budget friendly prep, I think YES! Back To The Roots Organic Mushroom Grow Kit, is a wonderful project for kids and EXTREMELY simple. So don’t worry if

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  • How To Freeze Dry Butternut Squash From Your Garden

    My freeze dryer is my absolute favorite investment I made in 2022. I’ve been able to freeze dry all sorts of food that would have gone to waste. The butternut squash that’s been sitting in my pantry from our 2022 garden was looking a bit….sad. Being that we are almost in the middle of February

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  • How To Budget For Christmas Gifts: Starting In January

    How To Budget For Christmas Gifts: Starting In January

    Budget For Christmas The Normal Way So most of you are reading this thinking I’m going to say that we pull x amount of money to the side each week or month and put it in a nice little glitter envelope labeled Christmas 🎄 welp that’s certainly not how I do it here! With my

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  • Eating 8 Month Old Preserved Eggs: Is It Safe?

    Eating 8 Month Old Preserved Eggs: Is It Safe?

    Before you click away, hear me out. Preserving Eggs In 2020 I got my first batch of chickens! I am no stranger to chickens, as I grew up in Ohio on a small hobby farm. We had racing pigeons, chickens, a horse, 2 cows, and we took ducks to the fair every year. This was

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