Tag Archives: food storage

More on Keto Emergency Food Storage

As the hysteria surrounding COVID-19 continues to impact the availability of food and hygiene/sanitation supplies, I’ve noticed a surge in visits to my blog.  Specifically, folks seem to be concerned about keto food storage in emergency situations. I’ve addressed this … Continue reading

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Keto from Food Storage: Pumpkin Soup

One of our favorite fall recipes here at the homestead is pumpkin soup.  While I typically make this soup with ingredients from my fridge, I’ve come up with a version that’s just as tasty made from shelf-stable ingredients. Ingredients: 1 … Continue reading

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Shelf-Stable Keto Long-Term Food Storage

As a practically-minded “prepper”, I found myself thinking about survival needs this morning after responding to a question on a Facebook discussion group.  A gentleman wanted to put some long-term food stores in his bug out trailer, and he was … Continue reading

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Apples, Apples Everywhere

Fall in my neck of the woods means apples and lots of them! They’re in grocery stores, orchards, roadside stands, and produce auctions.  While I don’t eat apples personally because they don’t fit into my eating plan, I love a … Continue reading

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A One-Month Long-Term Food Supply from a Low-Carb Perspective

This is something that I’ve been stewing on for quite a while now.  Since I first heard about the folks that were storing a month’s worth of food or more, I started thinking, “How can I do this without breaking … Continue reading

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Teach by Example: Turning Friends and Family into Preppers

My husband and I have a couple of dear friends who live in the next county.  For ages, Hubby and I have been dropping subtle little hints about our prepping strategies.  Usually, we’ve gotten comments from them like, “Well, we … Continue reading

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Dehydrated Zucchini Experiment

Some of you might remember that back in August, I dehydrated a big batch of zucchini from my friend’s garden.  I had hoped that I’d be able to chop the dried zucchini chips in my food chopper and then use … Continue reading

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Transformation Day 2012: Update for 08/15/11

This week’s update contains some interesting little tidbits.  I did manage to lose a pound this past week.  After the initial water-shedding that happens with a low-carb eating plan, I tend to lose weight very slowly.  That’s why this Transformation … Continue reading

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Can We Dehydrate It? Zucchini

Thanks to a friend who loves me, I had a bounty of zucchini.  Now, this might not be exciting to some of you, but it’s thrilling to me. Back in June when my friend brought the first batch from her … Continue reading

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Coconut Oil: An Essential Food Storage Item

Back in 2009, I wrote an article called Coconut Oil: The Essential Survival Item You Didn’t Know You Needed, and it was published on SurvivalBlog in January of 2010 as part of a non-fiction writing contest that was going on … Continue reading

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