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How to Make Pizza Sauce from Scratch + Pizza Bagels
My kids and I wanted to make our own pizzas but we didn’t have any pizza sauce so I looked up how to make pizza sauce and found quite a few recipes. I settled on this one from AllRecipes.com. Just thoroughly mix the following ingredients together: 1 can tomato sauce 1 can tomato paste 1 tbsp…
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Vally Food Storage – White Bean and Lime Chili
I had an opportunity to review a food storage meal, White Bean and Lime Chili from ValleyFoodStorage.com, as it was sent to me for review. One thing I like, believe it or not, is that the food doesn’t come in a fancy package. It’s just a mylar bag and sticker: To me this means the money is…
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Time to Get Realistic About Your Credit Cards
Now that the holiday season is over, we’re into a New Year, and you’ve bought more than you should have from your Black Friday purchases it’s time to get realistic about your credit cards. Yes, those “magical” little cards that let you live beyond your means. I tried to point out a few months ago that Just Because They…
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7 Unexpected People to Add to Your Survival Group for the New Year
I know the topic of who to include in a survival group has been tackled elsewhere many times. Usually, the advice is to include obvious skill-sets such as doctor or nurse or EMT, somebody with law enforcement or military experience, a mechanic or handyman, an outdoorsman or hunter, and so on. These are the “easy” ones to…
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How to Make a DIY Diversion Safe from a Vegetable Can
I got this idea of making a diversion safe from a video but instead of using a larger can and mason jar I decided to use a typical vegetable can (green beans) and a pill bottle. The project went rather quickly and turned out pretty good. Here’s how I did it: Take any common vegetable…
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This is the REAL Beauty of Freeze Dried Foods
If you’re not on-board with freeze-dried foods (no matter who you purchase from) you really need to do so. While there are many great reasons to include them in your food storage, perhaps the BEST reason to include them is that they allow you flexibility when planning and making meals. For instance, my wife wanted…
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Preparing a Survival Kit for Your Car Can Help You in Everyday Driving too! (Guest Post)
Cars offer the extra feeling of safety because they have a shell that can protect you. However this shell cannot help you when you are stranded in the middle of nowhere unless you packed a survival kit in it. A few small things that you keep in your vehicle can sustain you for a long…
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Twas the Night AFTER Christmas… Prepper Style!
‘Twas the night after Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that there would be food in there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of a meal danced in their heads; And mamma in…
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7 Disaster Awareness Tools to Bookmark
While you’re having a good time thinking about the holidays, I figured I would compile a list of the most useful disaster awareness tools you can and should make use of, all of which are listed in my Hazard Risk Assessment Tools page. 🙂 The following can be used to track ongoing or potential upcoming disasters…