Homemade Baby Food

Baby Food: 365 Days of Homemade Baby Food Recipes For Healthy Babies & Toddlers (Organic, Homemade, Natural, Healthy Recipes) was a free book for the kindle when this post was written. 282 pages of recipes for Baby food!!

Healthy & Frugal!


If you have ever browsed the baby aisle at the grocery store, you might have noticed the plethora of brightly colored signs and toys that decorate that area of the store. Though jars of baby food seem to be much healthier than many other mass-produced products available for purchase, there are still ingredients that you perhaps do not want your baby ingesting in mass quantities. Acids and artificial coloring can be found in the ingredients list of some of the top brands; although not exactly harmful, these are not desirable if you wish to feed your baby healthy foods.

Now with the help of Baby Food: 365 Days of Homemade Baby Food Recipes For Healthy Babies & Toddlers it will guide for you as you begin your journey toward feeding your baby and toddler the healthiest of foods. The best part about the process is not only the ease of making these foods, but the positive impact you will make on your child’s health. These recipes are delicious, fun to create, and will keep your baby healthy and satisfied until it’s time for him or her to eat again!

Check out the amazing recipes below!

• Applesauce Banana Puree
• Chicken, Corn & Broccoli Puree
• Apple Banana And Maple Yogurt
• Steamed Kale, Spinach or Collard Greens
• Baked Butternut Squash and Cheese
• Cottage Cheese Fritters
• MUCH MUCH MORE!

Eat well and Stress Free with Baby Food:
365 Days of Homemade Baby Food Recipes For Healthy Babies & Toddlers

Food Storage Recipe - Peanut Butter Icebox Pie

I Just realized this morning, that it has been a while since I have shared a recipe. So here is a new one. Great for summer.

NEED:

8 ounces of cream cheese

1/3 cup of peanut butter

9 inch graham cracker pie crust

1/4 cup chopped peanuts

1 cup powdered sugar

1 small container of non-dairy whipped topping

Whip the cream cheese until it is light and fluffy.

Beat in the sugar and the peanut butter.

Fold in the whipped topping.

Pour into the crust.

Sprinkle the top with the chopped peanuts and chill in the fridge.

How To Roast Sunflower Seeds

Cover unshelled seeds with salted water, using 1/4 to 1/2 cup of salt per two quarts of water. Soak seeds in the salt solution overnight. Drain off the water the next morning and pat the seeds dry to remove excess moisture. (You can also roast the seeds unsalted, by simply skipping the soaking process).

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Spread the sunflower seeds evenly on a cookie sheet or shallow pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown, stirring occasionally. The seeds will often develop a small crack down the center as they roast. Test after each stirring to see if the seeds are completely roasted by tasting. After roasting, remove seeds from the oven and allow them to cool completely. Then store the seeds in an airtight container for future snacking.

Sunflowers!!!

Not sure why I never thought to grow sunflowers before, but I just ordered some seeds for my Little Man (Green Thumb) to grow for us. We have the perfect spot on the south side of our house for them to grow us some great sunflower seeds to snack on. Great for munching on while hiking. Sunflower, Mammoth Russian, 20+ Seeds Organic Newly Harvested, 7-10 Foot Tall should be here soon. Just in time to plant them!

ORGANICALLY GROWN IN MY SEED GARDEN, HARVESTED AND PACKAGED BY HAND IN RESEALABLE AIR TIGHT BAGS (EACH BAG IS INDIVIDUALLY LABELED). EACH PURCHASE INCLUDES A FULL PAGE SEED FACT SHEET AND PLANTING/GROWING INSTRUCTIONS. ALL SEED LOTS ARE TESTED FOR GERMINATION. THE LISTING PICTURE IS FROM MY SEED GARDEN If you love Sunflower seeds fresh from the garden -- or if you'd like to attract the birds that feast on these delectable treats -- Russian Mammoth is the Sunflower you MUST grow. Not only are the seeds delicious, but the flowers are lovely, reaching up to 14 inches wide! Russian Mammoth is an heirloom variety, and we are proud to make it available in Organic seed form. This plant reaches 8 to 10 feet tall, just right for leaning against (and over!) a fence or wall, its huge yellow-petaled faces nodding cheerfully. Its blooms reach anywhere from 8 to 14 inches wide, each boasting a huge brown-black center stuffed with seeds. This is a very heat- and drought-resistant variety, having stood the test of time for generations. You will love the ease with which is grows and blooms. And you'll also love the nutrition found in every seed. Did you know that sunflower seeds are 24% protein -- richer in that mineral than any other food except egg yolks and liver? And it also contains other minerals, vitamins, and essential acids. Talk about a healthy snack! Direct-sow these seeds long after the ground has warmed up in spring. Make sure the soil drainage is good, and that the plant receives as much sunlight as possible. Stake it to prevent the young stalks from snapping or toppling. Flowers from seed in 80-90 days Zones 3-10 All seeds are packaged and for the current growing season. Please see my other seed listings to add to your garden 

The Poor Man's Prepping Guide: How to Prepare for Disaster on a Shoestring Budget

By M. Anderson The Poor Man's Prepping Guide: How to Prepare for Disaster on a Shoestring Budget was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Do you want to get started prepping, but don't have enough money to cover your expenses now, let alone start prepping for the future?

When you're living paycheck to paycheck it's tough to look ahead and start planning for the future. While you may not think you can afford to stockpile food and supplies for an emergency situation, the reality is you can't afford not to.What kind of shape would you be in if there was a disaster right now that cut you off from the outside world? How long would you survive?

Think about the potential cost of inaction.

Your family is counting on you to see them through an emergency. If you aren't prepared, you're going to have to depend on the kindness of others. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather be self-reliant, especially in this day and age.

The time to start prepping is now. You need to be prepared for emergency.

You know you need food and gear, but until now you thought purchasing it was out of reach. You don't have to shell out thousands of dollars at a time preparing for the future. The tips and tricks in The Poor Man's Prepping Guide will enable you to slowly but surely build up a respectable cache of food and supplies.

For less than the price of a cup of coffee, buy this book now and start prepping for the future.

Prepper's Hacks

Prepper's Hacks: 39 Incredible Survival Life Hacks That Every Person Can Use to Be Prepared for Unpredictable Natural Catastrophes (Prepper's Hacks Books, prepper's guide, prepper's pantry) was a free kindle book when this post was written.

39 Incredible Survival Life Hacks That Every Person Can Use to Be Prepared for Unpredictable Natural Catastrophes

Prepper's Hacks 39 Incredible Survival Life Hacks That Every Person Can Use to Be Prepared for Unpredictable Natural Catastrophes is a short, but powerful source of information to assist the beginner survivalist in preparing for an unexpectant event.

The book contains almost 40 skill tips ranging from the preparation of food to the planning for unexpected events such as evacuations. The tips are short and to the point, yet thorough enough for the beginner to gain valuable knowledge on how to prepare for what occurs that is not expected.

Information within each chapter is succinct and to the point so that the reader is not bored or fatigue and is able to obtain valuable information necessary to improve his or her survival skills. Nowhere to be found are pages of dry text with long and drawn out explanations. The book contains information that is coherent. Tips included can be learned by a variety of ages by those with a variety of survivalist skills. While the beginner is the target for such information, even a seasoned survivalist can benefit from reviewing these basic skills and possibly filling in the gaps of what he or she forget to learn. Regardless of where the individual stands, there is something for everyone in this basic, but powerful piece of literature. Let Prepper's Hacks 39 Incredible Survival Life Hacks That Every Person Can Use to Be Prepared for Unpredictable Natural Catastrophes be your first step in learning to better prepare for the unexpected.

The following chapters are included in this eBook:

• Food Tips
• Energy and Power Tips
• Insulation Tips
• Learning Tips
• Planning Tips
• Miscellaneous Tips

Off Grid Living Box Set

Off Grid Living Box Set: 54 Steps on How to Accommodate Alternative Energy Solutions for Lighting, Heating, and Cooling, Build Your Own Backyard Homestead ... Living, off grid houses, off grid projects) was free for the kindle at the time of this post.

Off Grid Living Box Set (FREE Bonus Included)

BOOK #1: Off The Grid 101: 19 Efficient Steps on How to Retrofit Your Living and Accommodate Alternative Energy Solutions for Lighting, Heating, and Cooling

A building does not need to be new to be proficient. Today's top notch building proprietors are retrofitting structures, changing over existing structures into models of maintainability. While most building proprietors still seek after single innovation changes, market pioneers package together energy saving innovations to get more profound reserve funds in a more exhaustive methodology. Energy execution contracting is one plan of action that empowers building proprietors to execute entire building retrofits and essentially lower energy utilization and working expenses. Basically, the overhauls are paid for energy saving over the long run!

This book is going to cover:

• Super easy plans that you should follow before you start retrofitting
• Skills that are crucial for retrofitting
• How to energy efficiently retrofit for lighting, cooling and heating
• How to manage everything on your budget
• Ways to choose the best method for retrofitting your home and much more exciting topics.

BOOK #2: Off Grid Living: Introduction to Alternative Off-Grid Lifestyle. 35 Steps to Build Your Own Backyard Homestead

This book contains amazing steps and strategies on how to choose and decorate your small house to make more attractive and cherry. There are 5 chapters in this book present as ‘Guide’ that clearly shows and guide you about it. You need to read all chapters to make out the secrets and to apply as well. You have to read all the chapter carefully for better understanding of the book. This book based on “Off grid living” and also contains “35 amazing steps” for building you backyard homestead.

Key features of this book:

• About off grid living
• Realizing the off grid lifestyle
• Benefits of off grid living
• Is really off grid living possible?
• 35 steps of building your own backyard homestead
• 3 major source of electrical power
• Make an unique off grid home
• Make a solar panel

BOOK #3: Off The Grid 101: Practical Guide on How to Live a Subsistence Agrarian Life and Grow Your Own Food

Off the Grid 101: a practical guide how to live a subsistence agrarian life and you’re your own food is an introduction to the joys and practicalities of home gardening. It can be done in any region according to the seasons. It shows how rewarding planting in soil can be. It is relaxing and fun, plus it provides ample sustenance. Nothing tastes as fresh and just-picked fare. There is great pride in the practice.

The topics also include::

• Seasonal and regional gardening basics
• Categories of vegetables
• Tips and tricks for easy growing: your shopping list
• Enjoying the bounty of nature: great recipes to make at home
• Garden for fun and profit
• From the basics to more exotic choices
• Health benefits of gardening: no need to count calories
• The gardening spirit
• Family farming: the family that grows together stays together

Getting Your FREE Bonus

Another Dollar Tree Score ~ Frugal Prepping!!

Made my monthly trip to The dollar tree and stocked up on my normal items, cleaning supplies, etc. Went to the food aisle and was so surprised to see these huge canisters of Grits!!! My family loves grits. We go through those big 5 pound bags from Wally world quickly. I bought all 4 of the Grits the dollar tree had. You might check and see if your dollar tree has them.These are 4 pound 8 ounces each. Hoping they have more next trip.

Cooking With the Sun

Solar box cookers are the be-all and end-all when it comes to harnessing the sun to cook food. They run solely on the sun's rays which makes them the ideal cooking solution for many areas where electricity and fuel aren't options. They're also wonderful for outdoor cooking because they pose little risk of forest fire and are much lighter than hauling fuel around in your backpack.

How Solar Cookers Work

There are actually more than fifty different variations on the solar cooker theme. However, they typically fall into three basic designs or design principles. These include:

* Concentrating sunlight. In this type of device the sunlight is concentrated or focused by some type of reflective metal or a mirror. The heat and energy from the sun then becomes concentrated and much more intense.

* Converting light to heat. In this type of design the solar cooker makes use of heat-absorbing elements, like the color black, to amplify the cooking process. One example would be to coat the inside of the cooker with black paint or to use a black material to collect the sunlight and convert it into heat. If you've ever worn a black shirt on a sunny day, you know how effective this is.

 * Finally, a third type of design traps heat by using a clear device, like a lid, to keep the heat inside and thus to use it to maximize cooking.

Of course, some designs take advantage more than one of these solar cooking elements to really maximize the sun's effects. A solar box cooker is one of the most basic types of solar cookers and can be made at home with few resources or technical skills.

Ingredients for a Solar Box Cooker


If you're going to make a solar box cooker at home (and why not!) then you'll need to collect a few things. They include:

* Two cardboard boxes. One box should be larger than the other and ideally the bigger the better because it's awfully difficult to make much in a children's shoe box. There should also be about ½ inch of space between the two boxes all the way around.

* One sheet of cardboard for the lid. You'll want it to be several inches larger than the top of your largest box. So for example if your box is 10X10 you'd want your cardboard to be around 13x13.

* A roll of aluminum foil.

* Flat-black, non-toxic, spray paint or tempera paint.

* White glue, non-toxic.

* A Reynolds oven cooking bag or a sheet of glass. The oven bags are ideal because they're inexpensive, durable, and easy to find. They're also designed to withstand 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

That's it; that's your supply list. Solar box cooking can be a fun way for your children to learn the amazing powers of the sun and to learn a bit about solar energy. You can also take advantage of this wonderful device and cook outdoors when the weather permits. You'll save energy and have fun in the process.

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Build a Survival Safe Home

Build a Survival Safe Home: 30 Amazing Lessons on How to Build Survival Safe Home and Save Yourself from Natural Disasters (Survival Safe Home, survival safe house, survival safe house books) was free at the time of this posting for kindle.

30 Amazing Lessons on How to Build Survival Safe Home and Save Yourself from Natural Disasters

We all know that nothing lasts forever. This also includes our current economy and modern life. A time may come in the future where we don’t have electricity or the other conveniences of life. It’s important that you have a plan for that or a natural disaster. What would you do and where would you go if your current home was demolished due a natural disaster?

In this informative ebook, we discuss some of the best survival safe home plans that can help you survive when SHTF for any reason. Many of the ideas require little more than your sweat equity and some eco-friendly materials.

You’ll learn:

• How to build a home out of plastic bottles that is almost bullet proof;
• How to make your own cement so that you can make bricks;
• How to build a home out of cordwood;
• How to collect rain water;

And other important tips. You’ll also learn how to build immediate shelters that can get you out of the elements and keep you safe. Additionally, we will discuss some of the things that you need to know about protecting your new homestead. But we didn’t stop there. We will also tell you how to make your own solar panel and how to make a smoker for your food.