Category Archives: Cooking

How To Make A Solar Cooking Jar

How To Make A Solar Cooking Jar

With bonus Split Pea and Potato Soup Recipe

Photo from SHTF & Prepping Central

If you are a lone wolf or have a limited budget and a solar oven is to expensive or to bulky for a bug out, then I have a simple small solution that’s easy to make and easy to carry. THE SOLAR COOKING JAR. This is so easy to make a child could do this…. Cooks well and cooks a meal for 1 quick! Read on at the link below

How To Make A Solar Cooking Jar

DIY Heavy-Duty Rocket Stove

DIY Heavy-Duty Rocket Stove

Photo by eaahnen

Everyone should have a rocket stove either purchased or DIY. Nothing works quite as well as a rocket stove for cooking and heating without power. They produce a lot of heat with very little fuel and tend to produce less smoke than do other wood burning devices. This particular design is perfect for a quaint setting in your garden or patio area for the complete instructions continue reading at the link below

DIY Heavy-Duty Rocket Stove

11 Secrets To Properly Freezing Produce

11 Secrets To Properly Freezing Produce

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Photo from Design Mom

Nothing is more upsetting then expecting to pull a luscious piece of produce out of your freezer only to find a mashed, frost-bitten bit of mush! Learn how to properly freeze produce from the Design Mom at the link below

11 Secrets To Properly Freezing Produce

17 Homemade Spice Mixes {with Recipes & Why You Should Use Them!}

17 Homemade Spice Mixes {with Recipes & Why You Should Use Them!}

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Photo from Keeper of the Home

Making your own spices is so easy and gives us the opportunity to reduce the number of additives and preservatives in our diets. To get these recipes continue reading at the link below

17 Homemade Spice Mixes {with Recipes & Why You Should Use Them!}

19 Totally Ingenious Ways To Use Empty Food And Drink Containers

19 Totally Ingenious Ways To Use Empty Food And Drink Containers

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Collage from SHTF & Prepping Central

A dab of mustard left in the jar? Or a splatter of honey left in the bottle? Don’t waste it use it and recycle the container too! Buzz feed has some ingenious ways to use them. See at the link below

19 Totally Ingenious Ways To Use Empty Food And Drink Containers

Cast Iron 101: Basic cleaning and seasoning techniques

Cast Iron 101: Basic cleaning & seasoning techniques

Cast Iron is the choice of most preppers because it can take a beating and still be usable, stove top, oven or even open flame. But caring for it is a bit different from your average cookware. Too learn the techniques continue at the link below

Cast Iron 101: Basic cleaning & seasoning techniques