Grandmother's Critter Ridder (Grandmother's Kitchen Wisdom) Book is a Must-Have

Grandmother's Critter Ridder (Grandmother's Kitchen Wisdom) is such a great book. I am so glad that I found it that I had to share it with all of my readers.It is full of timeless ways to get  rid of bugs in the house, around the house, in the garden, and more. Tons of all-natural ways to rid the pest out of your life. Just go to your kitchen the next time you have a pest problem.

What if the sun doesn't shine??

It has rained here or has had a chance of rain here for the last 3 weeks! No sun at all. Monday was the first day that we had any sun for any length of time. I hurried up and took all of my solar powered items outside. But, it wasn't enough. My lights and radios are all dead! I can't use the cell phone charger either. What do we do when we have no sunlight to charge our solar powered gadgets??? I even tried leaving the light on over the stove with the stuff under it and it didn't charge them. I don't like this at all. No sun all winter and now no sun in the summer time. Blah - this year is not turning out to be very good at all.

Bug Out Bag Practical Guide (Through a Prepper Fiction Survivalist Story): An L.A. Asteroid Impact

When I wrote this post , Bug Out Bag Practical Guide (Through a Prepper Fiction Survivalist Story): An L.A. Asteroid Impact, was a free Kindle book. This is a fictional love and adventure short story about a married couple named Jake and Tina. Tina gets (what she thinks is) the surprise of her life when the pregnancy test she just took turns out to be positive. Thrilled and a little scared, she starts to formulate how she might tell her husband the news – would he be happy about it?

But before she even gets a chance to tell him, they are flabbergasted at a television news bulletin that a previously undetected asteroid is within a half hour of impacting somewhere near their home in Southern California.

With absolutely no time to waste - and no time for Tina to tell Jake her news - they grab their Bug Out Bag, get into their SUV, and high-tail it the hell out of there, even while neighbors are still frantically trying to pack up a few essentials into their cars. Tina wonders while driving passed them if her neighbors will get out in time, and thanking God that Jake had their own bug out survival bag (which he actually prepared in the event of an earthquake) was always on the ready.

But Tina and Jake are far from getting away safely themselves. Fragments of the asteroid strike all around the Los Angeles area, and while they themselves are not hit directly, the freeway system becomes a huge free-for-all as millions of panicked drivers hit the roads trying to get the hell out of dodge – but quickly get nowhere because of the clogged roads. Dust, smoke, fire and devastation blind and choke the area from the thunderous impacts of the fiery rain of asteroid fragments.

Read on to find out what happens, how their Bug Out Bag is their only friend, and see whether Tina ever gets the chance to tell her husband about their unborn child!

Food Storage Recipe - Hobo Fish Dinner

These are so good. I love the foil cooking bags. Makes it so easy to cook up good food.

Hobo Fish Dinner

Vegetable cooking spray

1 teaspoon salt free lemon pepper seasoning

half teaspoon salt

half teaspoon dried dillweed

4 small baking potatoes...thinly sliced

2 medium thinly sliced onions

2 medium thinly sliced carrots

4 halibut fillets

Coat the inside of the foil bags with the cooking spray.

Combine all of the seasonings.  Arrange the potato slices in the center of thw bags.  Sprinle a bit of the seasoning on them and then layer the onions over them. Put some of the seasoning over the onion and layer the carrots. Sprinkle with the remaining seasoning mix. Place the fish over the vegetables. Fold the cooking bag up tight. Do this four times with each fish. Seperate the vegetables evening among the four bags.

Place the foil bags in your preheated oven or grill them outside.

My Little Man Can Grow Anything!!

He is only 6 and has such a green thumb. He has been able to just throw seeds into the ground anywhere and it grow!! Now he has 3 lemon trees growing from seeds that he took from a lemon a while back! So cool. He is going to be the one to garden for us all of the time!!He is wanting to try oranges and apples now.

Food Storage Recipe - Cappuccino Crispies

I woke up at 3 this morning and just could not go back to sleep. So, I am going to need all of the coffee and things made with coffee that I can get my hands on today!

Cappuccino Crispies

1 tablespoon instant coffee

1 tablespoon hot water

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 10 ounce package of marshmallows

5 cups of crisp rice cereal

vegetable cooking spray

Combine the first 3 ingredients and stir until the coffee is dissolved.

Put the marshmallows in a bowl and melt them in the microwave or melt them on the stove top. Remove from the heat stirring until smooth. Add the coffee mixture to the melted marshmallows and stir together. Working fast - add the crisp cereal and stir it until it is lightly coated. Press the mixture into a 13X9 pan that was coated with the vegetable cooking spray.  Let this cool completely and then cut into bars. Should get about 24.

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Food Storage Recipe - Peanut Butter Crunch No-Bake Cookies

Great treat when it is hot! Make some no-bake cookies.

Peanut Butter Crunch No-Bake Cookies

3 cups corn flake cereal

1/2 cup of light corn syrup

1 tablespoon of sugar

1/3 cup of peanut butter

Put the cereal in a large bowl and set it aside. Combine the syrup and sugar in a saucepan and bring  it to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter.

Work real quick - Pour the mixture over the cereal. Toss it lightly to coat all of the cereal and then drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper. Let stand at room temperature until it sets up firmly. Store in an air tight container.

Food Storage Recipe ~ Soup In A Hurry

This is a quick soup that you can make in a hurry. Serve it with cornbread.

Soup In A Hurry

1 pound ground beef that you have browned and drained well

2 cans minestrone soup

2 cans chili beans ...Not Drained

a  can of stewed tomatoes ...any kind will work,but the mexican are real good

half  cup of mild salsa..the mild from dollar tree is pretty good

Combine all of this in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for about twenty minutes.

Food Storage Recipe - Frugal & Easy Homemade French Fries

Want to save some money?? Make your own french fries!!

It is super easy, healthier, and frugal!!

They are my families favorite. I found out a while ago that a famous brand of fries is a GMO Monsanto company owned brand and I stopped right there buying them. I started buying potatoes from the local farmer's market. Cheap - 25 pounds of potatoes for $7.00!!! You can do so much with potatoes. Our favorite thing is to make fries.

Easy ---

Just julienne the fries and deep fry them until they are golden brown!

That is it - I put them in a bowl with a coffee filter to get all of the grease off of them.

Yummy with sea salt!

Another frugal idea from Prepared For Survival!!