Food Storage Recipe - Tater Tot Casserole

Tater Tots were on sale this week for 99 cents a bag. YAY. Two bags in the freezer and my son's favorite meal.

NEED:

1/2 pound of ground beef. I used to make it with a whole pound , but everyone in the house complained and I toned it down a bit. Which was cool, saves money.

salt and pepper to taste

1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup

shredded cheese - we like colby-jack!

1 package of frozen tater tots - 16 ounce bag

Fry up the ground beef and drain it very well.

Stir in the cream of mushroom soup and season with salt and pepper.

Put this mixture into a casserole dish.

Layer the tater tots on top of this in an even layer.

Top with shredded cheese.

Bake in a 350 degree oven until the tots are golden brown and hot.

Food Storage Recipe - Jungle Hash

Grab your Iron Skillet for this yummy skillet recipe.

NEED:

3 slices of bacon

1 pound of ground beef

3/4 cup of chopped celery

1/2 cup of chopped onion

1/2 cup of chopped green pepper

1 teaspoon of salt

1 15 ounce can of kidney beans , drained

1/3 cup of uncooked long grain rice

1 1/2 cup of water

In your big ole iron skillet , fry up the bacon until it is crisp , crumble it.

Pour off the drippings.

In the same skillet cook up the ground beef , celery, onion, and green pepper until the ground beef is cooked thru and the vegetables are tender.

 Season it with salt and pepper.

 Spoon off any excess fat and stir in the remaining ingredients.

 Cover and cook until rice is tender.

Food Storage Recipe - Easy Chicken Alfredo

When you 're snowed in you can come up with stuff to eat on a whim and if you have a well stocked pantry you will have a lot of variety!

 

Just grab a box of alfredo flavored mac&cheese.

 

 Add a can of chicken and cream of chicken soup. 

 

Cook the noodles, add it all together. 

 

The soup is used in place of the milk.

 

 Add broccoli if you have it. I use frozen chopped.

 

Quick lunch that the whole family will enjoy.

Some Cool USB powered items

I found this USB fan at a dollar store and it is supposed to be for plugging into a computer , but the neat thing is that it plugs and works off of the Portable Solar Panel Charger and the smaller solar powered USB charger also. So cool.

 

 Now it is making me want to get all of the USB powered items that I have ever seen LIke:

USB Fridge Cooler Beverage Drink Cans Cooler/Warmer Refrigerator for Laptop PC Computer

 

 USB Camping Lights

  USB Mini Desktop Fan


 There are so many neat things that work off of USB and could make living off-grid so much nicer.

Prepare For A Winter Storm

We had pretty nice weather the last couple of months and now the winter is coming on big time. We are under a winter storm watch and it is time to be prepared for it. I don't agree with people I see in the stores buying up all of the bread and milk. I really do not understand why they would just get that. You need to get canned food and other types of food that would be easy to prepare if your power goes out. Items like, canned chili and beef stew. Serve them with rice or noodles. They can easily be cooked on a camping stove if you had to. Plus , they will fill you up.

Have all of your blankets handy. If you have to keep warm you can close off one room and keep warm. Have a couple of different ways to be able to keep your family warm. You could use a kerosene heater or a Mr. Heater Portable Propane Heater .

Prepare for the winter storm before it gets to you. If you are prepared for it ahead of time than your family will be comfortable during it and have no worries. Be well-fed and not frozen.