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Monday, November 25, 2013

Food Storage Recipe - Homemade Bread Stuffing!

Thanksgiving meal is the best. Try to make everything homemade. It is much better than out of a box.

Homemade Bread Stuffing

NEED:

3/4 cup butter or margarine
2 large celery stalks, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
9 cups soft bread cubes (15 slices)
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground sage
1/4 teaspoon pepper 
 
 Melt butter in 4-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook celery and onion in butter 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Remove Dutch oven from the heat. 
 
 Gently toss celery mixture and remaining ingredients, using spoon, until bread cubes are evenly coated. 
 
 Place stuffing in casserole or baking dish. Cover with lid or aluminum foil and bake at 325°F for 30 minutes; uncover and bake 15 minutes longer.
 

Sunday, November 24, 2013

I CAN CAN BEEF!! How to can beef to save money and time with quick, easy, delicious family recipes

I CAN CAN BEEF!! How to can beef to save money and time with quick, easy, delicious family recipes (I CAN CAN Frugal Living Series) was a free book when this post was written.


 In I Can Can Beef!! you will learn to can delicious, naturally flavorful and tender beef cubes. The well explained step-by-step instructions are followed by a series of easy and tasty recipes for super-quick nutritious family meals.

What will you learn in this book?
1. You will learn two easy step-by-step methods to safely home can beef for yourself and your family.
2. You will learn to significantly lower your food costs and increase the nutritional value of your family’s diet.
3. You will learn how to shop for beef to get the best prices on the highest quality cuts of meat.
4. You will learn how to use the canned beef cubes in delicious, easy recipes that will make going through the drive-through seem like more trouble than cooking a healthy meal for your family.

These techniques are written so that anyone, whether you are a complete novice or a seasoned home canner, can follow along. Everything is step by step with explanations of the how as well as the why of the easy steps.

Dr. Shambrook uses both her academic teaching experience and her friendly down-home story telling style to clearly explain the process of canning beef in a way that even the most inexperienced home canner can follow.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Hunger Games Survival Guide: 7 Real-Life Tips to Keeping the Odds Ever in Your Favor





This Hunger Games Survival Guide is Brought to you by Survival Life! They want to help you celebrate the 75th Annual Hunger Games! Seven real-life survival tips to help you to get through all of the deadly traps in the arena. 


May the odds be ever in your favor!

Friday, November 22, 2013

Interactive Map of Active Volcanoes and recent Earthquakes world-wide

Interactive Map of Active Volcanoes and recent Earthquakes world-wide

Just sharing this link. Pretty active out there in the world. Be prepared! Keep watch!! Be Safe!!

Low-Cost Sunroom: Heating Your Home With Free Solar Energy (Modern Simplicity)

Low-Cost Sunroom: Heating Your Home With Free Solar Energy (Modern Simplicity) was a free book when I wrote this post.

Build a greenhouse add-on for less than $15 per square foot!

A sunroom built onto the south side of an existing home is the most cost-effective way to capture the energy of the sun. The add-on not only lowers your heating bills, it also provides space to start seeds in the spring and to extend your gardening season in the fall.

This book includes 32 photos and diagrams, including scale drawings to make your building project simple.





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