26 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Food Preparedness
Filed in Food Preparedness
#16: Failure to Remember the Tools: My fabulous brother, Victor, taught me a long time ago to never skimp on the tools for the job. At the time, he was referring to the typical household tools one needs such as a hammer, screwdrivers, etc. However, given that’s he’s a persnickety culinary artist today, he would certainly agree that the same rule goes for tools which relate to our food preparation and serving. One of the most vital tools of any chef is their knife set. Take away a chef’s knife...
22 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
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Filed in Preparedness
Recipe Friday: Cake Mix Cookies
This is an incredibly easy recipe that uses cake mixes as the foundation for the cookie and creates a very simple cookie when following the directions, but I love it when I approach it from the perspective of it being a blank canvas. I can then do all kinds of yummy things with it. For example, you could put dark chocolate shavings in a German Chocolate cake mix and a little bit of almond extract to make an out of this world chocolate cookie. Or use a lemon...
16 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
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Filed in Preparedness
Ladies, here is the detailed information for the Feminine Fortress (Rape Prevention) class that I'm teaching at the end of the month while Marie Claire Magazine is here to write a piece on The Preparedness Pro/Women of Caliber. This will be the full rape prevention class, not the abridged version. This is LOW IMPACT in terms of physical requirements but HIGH impact in terms of usable tactics and strategies for real life scenarios. That's not to say you won't be doing some physical work; yes,...
15 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
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Filed in Preparedness
Knowing that I’d be out of sorts this week and that the server work would be underway I put together this recipe about a week and a half ago. I don’t know about you, but after cooking in the kitchen I can completely lose my appetite. But I had to taste this though, right? After one bite I remembered once again why this dish is good as a comfort dish, a very inexpensive dish (especially when there are coupons involved) and can even hang out with other dinner party dishes to boot! Who knew that...
08 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
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Filed in Preparedness
I don't know about you, but I sure am tired of our site going down all the time. And it seems to be getting slower and slower and slower. So we are taking the plunge and switching over from Dotster to Blue Host. This is not an easy peezy task and it will take several days so I'm giving you fair warning. Starting this Sunday, June 10th, through Monday the 18th we'll be transitioning our site to our new format. Not only will we be using a new server, but we'll have some exciting new features for...
08 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
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Filed in Food Preparedness
Recipe Friday—Corn Syrup Substitute.
Corn has infiltrated so many of our standard foods nowadays. The problem is that not only is the majority of food now tainted in the GMO processes but many people nowadays have an allergy to corn. (I can’t help but think the two are related.) As such I wanted to share a recipe with you that’s an alternative to corn syrup so that you don’t have to do without some of the sweet luxuries that you enjoy. I use this syrup base almost exclusively in place of corn...
06 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
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Filed in Food Preparedness
Announcement:
This Saturday, June 9th, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., The Preparedness Pro will be honored to teach a culinary class at the prestigious Thanksgiving Point Emporium Kitchen. This room has hosted some of the best chefs that our area has to offer and Kellene is excited to participate. Her class will demonstrate a full 5 course gourmet meal made exclusively from shelf-stable foods and is sure to make all attendees drool. Just as a teaser, she’ll be creating a long forgotten...
05 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
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Filed in Clothing & Shelter Preparedness
I suppose there's a little something wrong with calling the present solar panels on the market "affordable" but by comparison to what's on the horizon, they will look like dollar store deals.
This morning I received an e-mail from one of my readers. She had forwarded an e-mail to me which she had received. The e-mail is from a company that I'm familiar with, SolarPenny.com. In the e-mail the company explains that even though they placed an order from China for solar panels LONG before the May...
01 Jun 2012 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Food Preparedness
Filed in Food Preparedness
At one point I was getting into the habit of sharing a recipe on Fridays, but somehow I got out of the habit. So, to start things back off on the right foot, I thought I'd share a cluster of great, simple recipes that you can easily make with ingredients from your pantry. These recipes wouldn't fall into the "gourmet" category, but they are definitely not what you'd think of eating when you think of those two dreaded words, "Food Storage."
I hope you enjoy them. And now... Dinner is Served—...
30 May 2012 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Food Preparedness
Filed in Food Preparedness
Food Storage Mistakes
11: Paying Too Much for Food
The number one reason why people pay too much for their food is because they impulse buy. That impulse may be triggered by some slick mail campaign from one of those companies that prides itself on instilling fear, or it may be caused by a lack of planning and discipline. However, paying too much for food also happens because of a lack of education.
I look at my food supplies as my own personal Wall Street—except I have a success record for...
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