Archives for Food Storage - Page 2
How to Dehydrate Onions
Sliced up in the food processor Lay them out on the thinner than this. This was just a quick picture. You don't want them overlapping. I left them in overnight. Boy did my house stink! All shriveled up and ready to be stored Then I vacuum seal them to store long term. I also made Homemade Onion Powder I use this dehydrator and this Food Saver Subscribe to our Occasional Newsletter ********************************************************** Thank you for…
Valley Food Storage Review
I was recently given the chance to do a review on some Valley Food Storage food. I will tell you now, I was pleasantly surprised. I had a done a review of a similar product and had stomach issues for a few days. Not the case with this brand. Irish Pub Style Potato Soup We chose to have this for lunch on a rainy, summer day. Doesn't look like much. I thought no way…
Step by Step Guide to Dehydrating Eggs for Long Term Food Storage
We have 8 hens. We get 6-8 eggs every day. There are only 4, soon to be 3, of us in the house. That ends up being a lot of eggs every week. After doing some research on what to do with this overflow of eggs that we had I decided on dehydrating. I could freeze them or use mineral oil and store them. I may try those for another post. Now, there are two…
Buying Chicken in Bulk for Long Term Food Storage
I wanted to share with you all a little secret. Well, it might not be a secret, but I get asked about this topic a lot. How do I buy chicken for long term food storage? I am going to tell you today. I buy it from Zaycon Foods. I have also bought their bacon and ground beef. Zaycon chicken comes straight from the source and is not previously frozen. I bring it home 40…
Pressure Canning Ground Beef
I was able to purchase the 40 pounds of ground beef from Zaycon Foods again. It's the ONLY way I will buy my ground beef if we don't have access to half a beef from a farm. Their beef is the best for pressure canning for long term food storage. *UPDATE* I now purchase from Savory Butcher This was the most efficient way for me to cook a large amount of meat. In a big…
The Organic Canner Review
The Organic Canner written by Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper I am a self taught canner. I have always had this perfect little daydream of being in the kitchen of the house my dad grew up in, in Northern Minnesota, with my grandma. Her teaching me all of her little tips on how to can. Alas, that was not to be so I taught myself. The hello YouTube. Part of my preparedness lifestyle is…
4 Methods of Preserving Food
Food Preservation Methods There are many types of food preservation out there for long term food storage. Canning, vacuum sealing, etc. I am sharing 4 types today. Canning I started Water Bath (with a kit like this one) about 4 years ago and Pressure Canning 2 years ago. There was the proverbial simple strawberry jam. Which, for me, never sets, so not simple. Then I moved up to peaches and applesauce. Going to the orchard…
Pressure Canning Bacon
Yes! You can safely pressure can ; Line the bacon up on parchment paper and then fold over Roll it up like a sleeping bag, tucking as you go. Put it in the larger wide mouth may have to force it in. It will be a tight fit. All snug in the pressure canner. This is what you get That grease will harden and look gross. But it will be super yummy on…
Zaycon Chicken Thigh Review
I recently got the chance to review Zaycon's chicken thighs. I am not a dark meat eater, but The Principal is. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised! These chicken thighs were super juicy and tender. We have grilled them a few times and they turn out amazing! Super tender and juicy. We chose to freeze them, instead of canning, which I have written about here. There was a fair amount of trimming that…
How I Preserve Food: Dehydrating
There are a lot of ways to preserve food. Canning via water bath or pressure canner, Freezing, Eating. Ok eating doesn't preserve, it consumes. My preferred method is dehydrating. Mostly because I don't have to pay close attention to what I am doing. If you forget about it, your food isn't ruined. Unless you turn it off and don't immediately store the freshly dehydrated food. By forget I mean around 3 weeks. The zucchini were…