Learn How To Barter

One of the most important things to learn how to do , especially in this economy - is how to barter. Someone has a skill or something that you need and you have a skill or something that they need! Trade for things. Great when you have no cash, but have something that needs done. I seen an awesome case of bartering last week at my son's homeschool academy - a mom has a cow that they are going to butcher , another mom wants some ,but doesn't have the 400.00 for it, so she found out that the woman needs some trees done on her farm. Awesome - her husband owns a tree service - so they are bothe happy. One mom is getting her trees done and the other is getting a third of a cow butchered!! There has to be something that you can do or trade for something that you need done. Just find out around you if someone has a skill that you need and find out if there is something that you can do. Bartering is fun and easy. It is also a skill that we should all know how to do!

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Food Storage Recipes - 2 Easy Ground Beef Casserole Recipes

These call for ground beef, but you could use the freeze dried ground beef TVP if that is all that you have on hand.

Some of my most favorite easy dinner recipes are easy ground beef casserole recipes. Easy casseroles have several things going for them. They can be made a head. They are comforting. Most people love them. And they bake away by themselves, giving you time to attend to other more important things.

Easy Mexican Tortilla Casserole

This is one of those easy fast dinner recipes that has become very popular the past few years and with good reason. It's simple, easy and delicious and is made from ingredients many people keep stocked in their kitchen.

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef

1 jar (12 ounces) chunky salsa

6 corn tortillas (10 inches each)

1 can refried beans

1 cup reduced fat sour cream

2 cups grated Monterey Jack or Mexican style cheese blend

Chopped fresh tomato and chopped fresh green onions for garnish, if desired

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.

2. Mist a large skillet with nonstick cooking spray and place it over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and then break it up and stir around until the beef in brown all over and is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup of the salsa and then set the mixture aside.

3. Spread the remaining salsa in the bottom of a 10-inch glass pie dish. Top it with 3 of the tortillas. Spread half of the refried beans over the tortillas. Top with half of the ground beef mixture and then 1/2 cup of the sour cream and then 1 cup of the cheese. Top with the remaining 3 tortillas, then the remaining beans, remaining beef mixture, remaining 1/2 cup of sour cream and all except 1/4 cup of the remaining cheese. Cover the dish loosely with aluminum foil.

4. Bake until the tortilla casserole is hot throughout and the cheese has melted, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let the casserole rest for 5 minutes.

5. Cut into wedges or spoon into serving plates. Garnish with the remaining 1/4 cup of cheese and the chopped tomatoes and scallions, if desired.

Easy Hamburger Pot Pie

I've loved pot pie since I was a kid and am always on the lookout for easy variations of this easy dinner classic.

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef

1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3/4 teaspoon pepper

1 bag (12 ounces frozen mixed vegetables, thawed, drained

1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed tomato soup

1 cup beef broth

1 cup Bisquick baking mix

1/2 cup milk

1 egg

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F.

2. Place a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef, onion powder, salt and pepper. Break up the beef and stir it around in the pan until it is browned and cooked through, heat 5 to 7 minutes.

3. Stir vegetables, tomato soup and beef broth into beef and heat until it is bubbling. Spoon the mixture into an ungreased 2-quart casserole dish.

4. In small bowl, stir Bisquick mix, milk, and egg together with a wire whisk or fork until it is blended. Pour over hot beef mixture.

5. Bake uncovered 25 to 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Top with cheese. Bake 3 to 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

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Honeyville Strawberry Milk Alternative!

We received our order of Strawberry Milk Alternative from Honeyville over a week ago. We tried it this morning and I have to say that it was yummy. I am so glad that I had gotten 2 of them.

FROM THE Honeyville SITE:

Honeyville's Strawberry Milk Alternative is a whey based beverage formulated to provide all the nutritional qualities of delicious strawberry milk with added calcium and vitamins. Honeyville Strawberry Milk Alternative tastes just like regular strawberry milk. Kids love the natural milk flavor of this delicious drink, which has been custom formulated and blended with vitamins A and D and real dry milk solids. One 8 oz. glass of our Strawberry Milk Alternative contains 30% of the recommended daily allowance for vitamins A and D, and 10% of the recommended daily allowance for calcium. Honeyville Strawberry Milk Alternative is an ideal product for long term food storage and emergency preparedness.

Shelf-Life: Strawberry Milk Alternative will store for 5 to 10 years in a sealed #10 can (oxygen absorber included) under ideal storage conditions (cool, dry place). Once opened, it has an average shelf life of 6 to 12 months.

Instructions: Combine powder with warm water and mix for about 30 seconds. Chill, serve, and enjoy.

Uses: Strawberry Milk Alternative can be used to make delicious strawberry milk, or in combination with shakes as a milk replacement.

Packaging: Strawberry Milk Alternative is sealed air tight in a #10 can and weighs approximately 3.5 pounds. A case contains 6 #10 cans and weighs 21 pounds. Each can contains 47 servings. One serving size is 2 tablespoons.

Ingredients: Whey, Nonfat Milk, Non Dairy Creamer (coconut oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate(a milk derivative), dipotassium phosphate, mono and diglycerides, sodium silicoaluminate), Calcium Sulfate, Natural Strawberry Flavor, Vitamins A/D blend (vitamin A palmitate, maltodextrin, vitamin D3), Splenda (sucralose), Red Lake #40.

If you have kids and want an alternative for them that is healthy and will be a great addition to your emergency food storage, than you have got to try this from Honeyville. It is a great way to get vitamins into your diet during an emergency.

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1000 Blog Posts!

I really cannot believe that I have had this blog this long. I really want to write more on it , but now I am without a computer again and having to use my son's. I can sometimes use my Kindle to write , but not often. I have learned a lot while writing on this blog. Some things I thought that I knew and had all wrong. Other things that I really thought were things that I could never learn or do are things that I am actually good at. I have realized a few things also. We need to have some more like-minded people around us. I do not think that we can survive for long with just US! I hope that others have found my blog to be full of good information and hope to have more food storage recipes soon. I have some more ideas in my head to share and things that will be done soon. ENJOY!

While I am getting more things wrote up you can check out my archives. Tons of great information and food storage recipes.

Catching Up!

I am going to spend the afternoon catching up on Doomsday Preppers.

Haven't seen the first 2 episodes yet. How is everyone liking them so far?? Learning anything new?? Well, I will see later on today.

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