Food Storage Recipe - Creamy Santa Fe Chicken

A Yummy Mexican meal. Super easy to make and tasty.

NEED:

1 pound chicken tenders 

1 tablespoon olive oil 

2 cup frozen corn

 2 cups salsa verde

  1 cup sour cream 

1 teaspoon salt 

1 teaspoon pepper 

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

 Add the olive oil to a skillet and heat over medium. 

 Season the chicken with salt and pepper.

 Add the chicken tenders and brown 1-2 minutes per side.

 Add the corn and cook an additional few minutes.  

Transfer the chicken and corn to a 9”x9” baking dish. 

 Pour the salsa verde over the chicken and bake for approximately 30 minutes. 

Remove from oven and stir in the sour cream. 

 Serve immediately over rice or in tortillas.

(28) EMERGENCY HEAT and Light for 72 DAYS

 

 

(28) EMERGENCY HEAT and Light for 72 DAYS | Crisco candles | SHTF - YouTube

 

This is a very useful video that shows how to make an emergency heat/light to use in an emergency. Having some Crisco on hand can turn out to be a life-saver. 

Easy to make and keep on hand. 

 

30+ Creative and Doable Alternative Housing Ideas

 

 

30+ Creative and Doable Alternative Housing Ideas - Epic Gardening 

Fun ideas to make neat houses. Live in something that no one else has. My favorite one would be a treehouse. Be up above everything. Hopefully safer up where people couldn't reach you and maybe hide it to where they couldn't even see it.

 

 

Food Storage Recipe - Yummy Cinnamon Crisps

Yummy quick treat!

NEED

1/2 cup cinnamon sugar

4-6 6" flour tortillas

 1/2 stick butter

 Coat the tortillas on both sides with butter. 

You can use a brush to apply butter to one side, then flip and brush the other side .

 Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the buttered side.

 

 Flip the tortillas and sprinkle the other side.

 

 Bake at 375 degrees for few minutes. 

 

Keep an eye on them and remove once they’re done. They can crisp up quickly! 

 

 Let the crisps cool completely, then break them into cracker-sized pieces. 

 

Serve on their own or they are really good with vanilla ice cream .

 

 

 

Christmas Gift Idea - Handmade Wooden Bead & Maze Toy

Little Ones love these so much. My Little Man still has his Wooden Bead & Wire Maze Roller Coaster that he got when he was about 2! He will not let me get rid of it for nothing. You can make one for a toddler that you know for very little money and very easy.

Use A piece of hardwood for the base. It can be any shape you want to make it. Drill 6 holes into the bottom of it that are the same size as your heavy gauge wire. The wire needs to have one end put into one side and secured on the bottom. Put some brightly colored wooden beads onto it and then twist it around , like a roller coaster or maze. Put it through one of the holes on the other side and secure it on the bottom. Repeat this with 2 more wires. Make it fun and twisty. Use bright colored wooden beads. Which come in all kind of styles! They even have some that are painted with the ABC's. Maybe put the child's name. That would be neat. A personalized, homemade gift. Something that will be loved. 

How to Build a Hoop House Greenhouse for $50

 

 

How to Build a Hoop House Greenhouse for $50 - Off Grid World

 

This is what my son built last spring.  He had always wanted a greenhouse , but did not like the cost to buy one. He built a very big one and it worked so well that he was able to set up each weekend at a local farmer's market. Now , I am wanting one. My actual garden did not do very well this summer. Maybe if I have a greenhouse I can grow them better and keep them watered. The drought we had this summer was awful.

Food Storage Recipe - Ranch Chicken With Rice

 NEED:

1 1/2 pounds chicken breast

1 to 2 cups of pepper onion blend 

1 package of ranch seasoning

1 cup white rice

2 cups chicken broth

1 cup shredded Colby jack cheese  

Cut the chicken into 1 inch pieces.

Saute in a large skillet With a bit of oil.

When chicken is mostly done add the pepper onion blend and continue to cook until vegetables are tender.

Sprinkle the ranch over the chicken mixture and then add the broth and rice.

Stir well and bring to a boil.

Reduce the heat and cover.

Let simmer for about 15 - 20 minutes.

Until the rice is done.

Add the shredded cheese and stir to melt.

Serve with steamed broccoli.

 

 

Food Storage Recipe - Crunchy Granola

 Save money by making your own granola that you can easily change up to your taste.

NEED:

 ½ cup honey

 ½ cup coconut oil, melted

 6 cups rolled oats 

1 cup mixed nuts, chopped 

1 cup shredded coconut

 1 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350°.

In a small bowl, combine the honey and coconut oil.

In another bowl, combine the rolled oats, mixed nuts, shredded coconut, and salt.

 Mix well.  

Add the honey and coconut oil to the oat mixture, and mix it to coat it very well.  

Spread the mixture out onto a cookie sheet.

  Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. 

 Remove from oven and let cool before serving.

Store in a storage container , like below.

 

Planning For Camping Now

Planning for stuff in off season can save you some money. I always buy in off seasons. Like buy AC in the winter , heaters in the middle of summer and so on. My son is already planning his summer camping trip with his brother. They learned a lot last summer. Last summer it rained the whole time so they are planning for that! 

He camps at home in the backyard a lot , too. Putting the tent up on the trampoline was his idea and he had so much fun. But they can't take the trampoline with them to Tennessee! They are trying to come up with an easy portable way to get tent directly off the ground. A bigger tarp to cover the tent with. I am making them get a canopy to cover the picnic table up for keeping food and sitting at least a bit dryer in case it rains as much as it has in the past. They will be there for 2 weeks. If they have less to worry about than hopefully they will have more fun.
 

How To Convert A Shed Into An Off Grid Cottage

 

 

                                      How To Convert A Shed Into An Off Grid Cottage

 

I have a shed in my back yard that I bought a few years ago that I am planning on redoing half of it into an off-grid bathroom. I already have everything. Just am needing to organize the shed and plan out the "room" that I will build for it.  When I bought the shed I only had them put one window in it, So would most likely build around that for the bathroom. 

These photos were taken right after it was delivered a few years ago. I wish it was still this clean.

      

Hybrid Solar Wind Power Generation System - SHTFPreparedness

 

 

 

                           Hybrid Solar Wind Power Generation System - SHTFPreparedness

 

                                                    Another great DIY to generate power. 

Food Storage Recipe - Fried Potato and Smoked Sausage

 

NEED:

1 1/2 Pounds of Potatoes, diced

1 pound of smoked sausage, sliced

Olive oil

1/2 Teaspoon Seasoned salt

1/2 Teaspoon Italian seasoning

Half of a red bell pepper  , diced

Half of a green bell pepper, diced

1 small onion, diced

Black pepper to taste

Heat a bit of butter in a pan and saute the onion. 

When done , remove them from the pan and set off to the side.

In the same pan heat up some butter and olive oil. 

Add the potatoes and cook them until they are soft.

Add the sausage to the pan and fry for about 10 more minutes. 

Add the onion back into the pan with the bell peppers.

Saute everything for another 7 - 10 minutes. Until the peppers are tender.

Serve this. 

You can top it with some shredded cheese and serve it with garlic bread.

DIY Solar Water Distiller! - Simple Solar Water Distilling - Easy DIY (for Survival/SHTF)

 

 

 

DIY Solar Water Distiller! - Simple Solar Water Distilling - Easy DIY (for Survival/SHTF) : 8 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables

 

Another great DIY to get clean water . I don't think that you can know too many ways to get clean water. 

How To Get Endless Hot Water Without Electricity

 

 

 

How To Get Endless Hot Water Without Electricity

 

Having hot water anytime you need it when  off-grid is a must have and sounds so nice. Have to have hot water to clean items and yourself.

Food Storage Recipe - Sweet Potato Biscuits

         A great recipe for some biscuits. Uses canned sweet potato. Yummmmmmm.

NEED:

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour

2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1/8 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup canned sweet potato , mashed

1 Teaspoon cinnamon , optional

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees

Stir the flour, baking powder, salt, and brown sugar together.

Cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture is coarse, like cornmeal.

Stir in the milk and sweet potato.

Knead a few minutes.

Roll out the dough to 1/2 inch thick.

Cut into rounds that are about 2 1/2 inch round.

If you want to you can sprinkle them with some cinnamon.

Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for about 12 minutes or until done. 

 

How to Make a DIY Greenhouse

 

 

 

 

 

How to Make a DIY Greenhouse - I Like To Make Stuff

 

I think everyone needs to have a greenhouse! No matter how small or big. Have to learn to grow your own food. Cannot rely on others and being able to get food in the grocery store. There are too many recalls on food! If you can grow your own food than you know what you are doing to it and how you are growing it.