Food Storage

Freeze Dried Bananas By North Bay Trading Company

Posted by Kendra and Linda on 25 May 2013 / 0 Comment

Healthy Bananas

This is one of my very favorite companies: North Bay Trading Company, http://www.northbaytrading.com/ You need to check out their website, it is amazing. They have a lot of organic products and so much more! Today I opened this beautiful package of freeze dried bananas. This package is GMO Free and has zero sulfites or added sugar. The banana slices are crunchy and ready for a snack or add to your favorite cereal or salad. I highly recommend this company! Here is one more way to be prepared for the unexpected…..these would be great for everyday snacking or for road trips.

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Let’s Do It Together Thursday Week #48-Bandannas and Tomatoes

Posted by Kendra and Linda on 23 May 2013 / 2 Comments

Let's Do it Together - Food Storage Planning and Gathering One Week at a Time

Best Bandanas

Who wouldn’t love a purple, red, green, blue or violet colored bandanna if we had to protect our faces from exposure to the sun’s rays? Okay {Linda} I get the purple one!!! Just saying….yep it is going in my 72 hour kit! (more…)

7 Ways To Keep Brown Sugar Soft

Posted by Kendra and Linda on 20 May 2013 / 3 Comments

Have you opened a bag or container with brown sugar and it has some large chunks and you can’t sccop out the 1/2 cup you need? Well here are seven easy ways to soften it:

1. The Brown Sugar Saver: it’s a ceramic disk that you soak for about 15 minutes…pat dry and place in your brown sugar container . This will keep it soft up to 3 months when kept in a sealed container. When the brown sugar hardens again…you re-soak the ceramic piece for 15 minutes…pat dry and place it back in the container! Love this!

Brown Sugar

Okay this is how this little gem works: (more…)

The Best Cream Cheese Frosting

Posted by Kendra and Linda on 18 May 2013 / 1 Comment

I LOVE my mother’s recipe for cream cheese frosting……it is good for every kind of cookie, doughnut, cake or pastry! I used to buy some famous bundt cakes…..hmmm not anymore! This frosting is the best!

Cream Cheese Frosting 3

Here are the only ingredients you need….butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. I use clear vanilla to keep my frosting white. (more…)

Try It Tuesday-How To Dehydrate Apples In An Excalibur Dehydrator

Posted by Kendra and Linda on 14 May 2013 / 2 Comments

Try It Tuesday - Food Storage Moms show you recipes that USE your food storage!

Apples are so easy to dehydrate and store. We can grab a handful as we run out the door…..put them in our kid’s lunch boxes. There are so many ways to use some dehydrated apples, like snacks, pies, in muffins, etc.