Food Storage Recipe - Texas Casserole

Casseroles are a good thing to use your freeze dried meats in. I like this one to use my freeze dried ground beef in or I have even used my freeze dried taco flavored TVP in this before when that was all that I had on hand.

Texas Casserole

1 pound ground hamburger - browned with 3 onions and 1 green pepper

Drain and stir in:

2 cups canned tomatoes

half a cup uncooked rice

2 teaspoon chili powder

salt

pepper

Mix it all together in a Casserole Dish and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes with a cover and then another 15 minutes without a cover.

Growing Plants Indoors; Create Your Own Indoor Garden With These Gardening Tips For Hydroponic Gardening, Herb Gardens, Humidity, Lighting, and More

As of this writing, Growing Plants Indoors; Create Your Own Indoor Garden With These Gardening Tips For Hydroponic Gardening, Herb Gardens, Humidity, Lighting, and More, was FREE. Do you want to start your own indoor garden, but are not sure how to be successful? Would you like to learn what indoor plants need to thrive year-round? Are you interested in gardening tips for starting seeds, finding lighting, monitoring humidity and more? Then start your indoor garden today, with this guide, Growing Plants Indoors. This book shares great gardening information and tips for the novice gardener who wants to start an indoor or urban garden. It begins by sharing strategies to successfully grow your own seedlings to get started. Next, you’ll learn how to help your plants thrive through choosing proper lighting and regulating humidity. This book also shares about growing herbs and what flowers succeed well indoors, especially for the novice gardener. Lastly, you’ll learn about making your own compost and fertilizer so you can increase your plants blooms and growth.

Look and see what’s included in this book! Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: Tips For Starting Seeds Indoors

Chapter 2: Urban Gardening: Creative Ways To Garden In Your Apartment

Chapter 3: Getting To Know The Many Benefits Of Indoor Hydroponic Gardening

Chapter 4: Interior Lights For Indoor Gardens

Chapter 5: How To Choose The Best Containers For Indoor Gardening

Chapter 6: Understanding The Importance Of Maintaining Proper Humidity

Chapter 7: Fresh Tastes! Tips For Growing Your Own Herbs

Chapter 8: Types of Flowers That Succeed Indoors

Chapter 9: Nurturing House Plants So They Thrive

Chapter 10: Worm Composting Indoors To Create Amazing Fertilizer

Start your own indoor garden today! Learn more by downloading this book to your Kindle so you can prepare to have your plants thrive.

Homemade Snow Dough

It is really really cold here. Has been for the last week. So when it has been snowing it is more like just ice falling from the sky. Little Man wants to go out and play in it , but it isn't that fun type of snow. I decided to make him some snow dough!

Homemade Snow Dough

1 cup flour

1 cup water

1/2 cup salt

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

2 tablespoon tempura paint

1 tablespoon white or sparkling glitter

(optional) a few drops of peppermint extract

Combine all of the ingredients , except the peppermint extract in a medium sized pan and cook over medium heat , stirring constantly, until the mixture holds together. About 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and turn the play dough out onto some waxed paper. To cool. If you like, knead in some of the peppermint extract. Store this in a ziplock bag in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

Food Storage Recipe - White Chili

White Chili

1 pound of chicken, use chicken breast cut up into chunks if you have it, or use the freeze dried or canned.

1 diced onion

1 cup chicken broth

1 4 ounce can of green chilis

1 teaspoon cumin

3 15 ounce cans of great northern beans

1/4 teaspoon red pepper

In your dutch oven cook up the chicken and onlion. Add the rest of the ingredients when the chicken is done. Simmer on low heat for about 35 minutes. Stir it occasionally. Serve this topped with sour cream and shredded cheese.

Seed Saving Tips & Techniques

This was a free kindle book when I wrote this post. Hopefully, Seed Saving Tips & Techniques, still is free. This is something that I want to learn how to do. I am going to have a bigger garden this season and want to be able to seed save!

Most keen gardeners decide at some stage that they want to save their own seed. Raising your own seedlings is extremely satisfying. I still find it so exciting and heart-warming when I grow beautiful, healthy plants from seed that I have collected myself. Watching a seed germinate, become a seedling, and then mature gives me such joy and deep satisfaction. It is witnessing and participating in the miracle of life!

I want to share with you how to save yourself a small fortune by collecting your own seeds and saving them for the next gardening season. This is a guide to getting the best results when saving your own seeds.

In this book you'll learn:

How to avoid common mistakes

Know that you are growing totally organically

Learn about germination requirements for plant families

Plant life cycles

Seed viability, pollination and isolation distances

Best ways to store your seeds

Since this is free for your Kindle , you ought to get it! Great thing to know how to do to be more self-sufficient and also a great addition to your survival book library. My Kindle is full of survival and cooking books.