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Cook Books with More Meat

When is a cookbook more than a cookbook? Come with me and let’s find out. In recent release “Cooking with the Bible,” authors Anthony Chiffolo and Rayner Hesse Jr. outline meals they feel would have been served in Biblical times, based on scriptural references and also on their own research into the region and the times. According to the Reader’s Digest, the duo spent over three years researching and experimenting to come up with dishes that would be just right, but because of the scarcity and rarity of some of the ingredients, substitutions were made to suit what is available … Continue reading →

Pantry Cooking: Six Can Chicken Tortilla Soup

Are you looking for a great-tasting meal with ingredients that you can always keep on hand? Try this recipe for chicken tortilla soup. It’s pretty much as easy as a recipe can get and still be called homemade. Just keep the ingredients on hand in your pantry and you will always have a simple go-to recipe for those hectic days when your only other option would be take-out. If you are working on storing food for emergencies, this is a great pantry-cooking meal. And unlike many other pantry cooking meals, this recipe has simple ingredients that you can find easily … Continue reading →

Book Review: Pantry Cooking

I recently bought the book, Pantry Cooking: Quick and Easy Food Storage Recipes by Laura Robins. This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in storing food for emergencies. Whether you want to store food for just one week supply or store food for a whole year, the pantry cooking method is a great way to always have food on hand. Instead of teaching you how to store food, this book focuses on storing meals. Included are five whole weeks of recipes that only use nonperishable items you can store on your pantry shelves. The principle is this: you … Continue reading →

Nothing to Eat? Before You Head to the Store Look Again

I got an email on one of my homeschooling groups this week from a mom trying to stretch the foods in her pantry. She was in a pinch this month, and wanted to survive the month without going shipping. She detailed the items in her pantry down to the number of eggs and how many pounds of meat. I didn’t sound like much. Still the group was able to come up with many meals that she could make without going to the grocery store. Here are some ideas for meals that anyone can make with nothing in the house but … Continue reading →

Author Interview – Barbara Salsbury

Today we are joined by Barbara Salsbury, author of “Preparedness Principles.” I reviewed her book earlier today, and if you’d like to read that review, click here. Barbara, thank you for being here with us today. Now, you are considered a preparedness guru. How did you come to acquire the knowledge you have? I’m sure I was born with a deep interest in being prepared. It has to be part of my DNA. A lot of experiences and trials in our lives also proved that it does not necessarily have to be THE BIG ONE in order to require the … Continue reading →

Shopping List and Tidbits: August 14 to August 17

Welcome to the shopping list and tidbits which is the food blog’s form of the week in review. If you regularly read the food blog, you know that I hadn’t done the shopping list and tidbits for quite some time. I had decided to focus on the cookbooks which are coming slowly but surely. However, some of you have requested that I bring this feature back so I promise to do my best! If you’re new to this format you’ll find pantry items at the top of the list. These are things that are called for in the recipes this … Continue reading →