Showing posts with label Preparedness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preparedness. Show all posts
Breakfast Idea: Whole Wheat Funnel Cakes

Breakfast Idea: Whole Wheat Funnel Cakes

We were playing that game again - the game where you see how long you can go without grocery shopping. It had been long, so long since our...

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Myths about self-reliance for twenty-something-year-olds (and beyond)

Myths about self-reliance for twenty-something-year-olds (and beyond)

Now, listen.   I am not a crazy fanatic who believes a zombie apocalypse will happen at any moment. I do not dream about dehydrating fo...

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How to make perfect rice every time without a measuring cup

How to make perfect rice every time without a measuring cup

This is a trick my Asian friend taught me. I can only imagine it has been passed down for generations, because it works! At first I was...

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How to store water: like a boss

How to store water: like a boss

I can remember one time the water was shut off during a hot summer, and I used rain gutter run-off to take a shower during a summer storm...

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This easy tip could literally save lives during a natural disaster

This easy tip could literally save lives during a natural disaster

This idea is crazy easy, and very important. 50 years ago, this would be common knowledge, but today we live in a different kind of wo...

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6 Spices I didn't know existed before I learned to cook

6 Spices I didn't know existed before I learned to cook

" The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it." ...

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No Power? No running water? No problem. First-hand lessons from living three days without power (in the snow)

No Power? No running water? No problem. First-hand lessons from living three days without power (in the snow)

It was November 22, 2010. Bainbridge Island, Washington. I had come home from college for Thanksgiving and I remember the weather wa...

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If I was stranded on a deserted island with one cooking utensil, it would be this

If I was stranded on a deserted island with one cooking utensil, it would be this

Ok, so the probability of me being in a plane crash, combined with the probability of me being able to choose one piece of desired cookw...

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