My first try at fermentation! Let the fermenting begin! My first attempt ever at fermenting anything. I originally posted this journey in...

From garden to dehydrator! It's garden harvesting season and I've been super busy dehydrating our over abundance of crops this year! My...

Fresh from the garden! As many of you may know, last year we had a small garden. It was the first one I had planted in over 30 years and...

Wow. It's been a while, hasn't it? I do apologizing for being gone so long. I haven't "ghosted" you, I've just been praying and trying to...

Did you know this??? An easy way to store bacon in your preps. Plus a bonus recipe! As I was cooking my breakfast today, I realized...

Have you been storing your beans and rice properly? I've been an avid prepper for over four years now. Yet, I've only recently started...

I couldn't decide what to make for supper tonight. I really wanted a lettuce salad with chicken breast. The only problem with that was...

Why would you need to dehydrate pinto beans? It's true that pinto beans have a long shelf life without needing to dehydrate them. But,...

It was a wonderful surprise! Guys! I'm so excited!! I just made refried beans using my dehydrated pinto beans! I know, awesome, right?!?...

Just add water! This meal-in-a-bag is great for camping, backpacking, hiking, thru trail hiking, bug out bags, and long term food...

For camping, backpacking, hiking, homemade MREs, or long term food storage! When I first started dehydrating food I did it because I...

Making my dehydrated mac 'n cheese into MREs Finally! I finally got the time to put together the boxed mac 'n cheese that I dehydrated a...

Dehydrating food for long term food storage and/or homemade MREs These are links to a few of the YouTube videos I've watched that helped...

Using my Instant Pot Lux Mini and dehydrator Today's project is dehydrating boxed mac 'n cheese for DIY MREs. You can also use this...

The time has finally come Yes! The time has finally come for me to put together individual meals from the dehydrated spaghetti with meat...

A great comfort meal Whether dehydrating meals for backpacking, camping, or prepping, spaghetti with meat sauce is a great light-weight,...

You may have seen my articles on dehydrating and re-hydrating corn and wondered why anyone would want to or need to dehydrate food....

Re-hydrating the corn was so easy! I could smell it as soon as I opened the vacuum sealed bag; it smelled just like cooked sweet corn on...

My first attempt at dehydrating! A couple of weeks ago I ordered my first dehydrator. When it arrived by UPS I was in the process of...