Category: Long-Term Food Storage

I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted about my freeze-drying adventures, but I haven’t been totally lazy with it since I’ve freeze-dried: Today I do have something new: freeze-dried spinach. We like to put spinach in our smoothies sometimes and, although we often freeze the spinach to keep it from going bad before…

Good points in the video below regarding long-term food storage foods. The takeaways: storage conditions really do matter! Temperature is crucial (especially avoiding heat), along with how the food is stored (e.g., loose rice in a bag versus stored in a #10 can.) Last, pay attention to myth #10 about Millennium Bars if you’re interested…

I’ve used my Harvest Right about two dozen times since I purchased it over the summer in 2022. That’s not nearly as often as I’d expected, but not the “mistake” I’m talking about today. Before I get to that, I figured today would be a good time to point out some of the general annoyances…

Last year, before I purchased my Harvest Right, I envisioned myself running it nonstop. I thought I would stockpile loads of healthy, delicious foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and maybe some meat. What I didn’t expect was that I would transition to freeze-drying meals so quickly, if at all. It just never crossed my mind…

As much as I want to freeze-dry new foods and see what my Harvest Right can do, I have to remember that its purpose is to put nutritious food away for my family should hard times finally strike. With that in mind, my wife reminded me that I would rather hell freeze over than go…

Getting the family to eat leftovers is like pulling teeth around here. My wife will eat leftovers once at most. My in-laws almost never. My youngest child and my mother, maybe occasionally. Me? I’d eat leftovers for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I have to. But at some point, even I get tired of eating…

It’s amazing how easy it is to be lazy, especially with preparedness tasks. I know we had the holiday season recently, but it’s been well over a month since I did any freeze-drying, and two months since I was doing it regularly. That’s not good! Considering how the world is going, I’d say it’s high…

With the success of my freeze-dried meatloaf, and seeing as though few fruits and vegetables are in season right now, I decided to freeze-dry some more leftovers. My wife suggested I try tilapia and the cooked vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots) which accompanied the fish. I started with six leftover fillets that were baked in…

I’ve been making my own homemade yogurt for many years. Most of the time it works out great. I’ve had a few mishaps, in that the yogurt never solidifies, for whatever reason, but most of the time it works out as I expected. I’ve use a yogurt maker a long time ago, and I’ve even…