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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Food - Week 35: Protein September is National Preparedness Month and that's what we've been trying to inspire you towards all year -...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Food - Week 34: Canned Fruit Back to the old canned fruit supply this week. Whether you are buying canned fruit or you are canning it...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Aug 17, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Food - Week 33: Ketchup, Mayo, & Vinegar Ketchup and mayo should be on sale this week due to summer celebrations. If you dated the...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Aug 10, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Food - Week 32: Mustard and Salad Dressing This week store mustard and salad dressing. Mustard will store forever, but salad dressings...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Food - Week 31: Grains I have become a huge fan of quinoa. It is a great protein, as well as a source of the nutrients and benefits...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Week Thirty - Food: Vegetables This week store 10 cans of vegetables per family member. Now that gardens are beginning to bare delicious...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Week 29 - Food: Pickles, Olives, Relish, & Salsa (the "extras") This is a fun week, the one you prepared for when you marked your jars...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jul 13, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Food - Week 28: Fruit We’re in fruit season - so it’s time to get canning, freezing, and storing fruit. If you don’t know how to can or...
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cjnicolaysen
Jul 13, 20222 min read
I'm Sorry and a Warning
I wish my food storage looked like this! I loved to can and stand back and admire all that work. I loved that I knew exactly what was in...
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cjnicolaysen
Jul 7, 20221 min read
Wheat Crisis
We have been warning you that wheat prices will soon soar and wheat products will become scarce. Ukraine supplies much of Africa and they...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Week Twenty Seven - Food: Protein Since it is July and barbecue time we are stocking up on protein. Many cuts of meat will be on sale....
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Storage Challenge
Week 26 Food: Canned Fruit We are half way to our goal of a three month supply in a year. How are you doing? Most weeks we ask you to...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Challenge
Food - Week 25: Grains The shelf life of whole grains, like wheat berries, rice, oats, and quinoa is longer than flours made from those...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Challenge
Week 24 Food: Soup Again we store 4 cans of soup per family member. Consider how you will use your soup. Will you eat it when ill? That...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jun 13, 20223 min read
2022 Preparedness - Part 2: Week 23
Week 23: June 13 More and more we are hearing about a possible recession. It is more important now to be saving all we can for that...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jun 7, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Challenge
Week 23: Cheese Diets rich in milk and other dairy products help build and maintain bone mass, reduce the risk of osteoporosis, build...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
Jun 1, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Challenge
Week 22 - Food: Protein Protein is so important for muscle maintenance and growth. Don’t skimp on protein. You have so many options here,...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
May 25, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Challenge
Week Twenty One - Food: Juice Time to add juice to your food storage. This week add three 64 oz. bottles of 100% juice per family member...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
May 17, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Challenge
Week 20: Food - Peanut (or nut) Butter This week we are storing four pounds of peanut butter. You may be asking why when we have already...
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Carolyn Nicolaysen
May 11, 20221 min read
Wednesday's Weekly Food Challenge
Week 19: Food - Fruit Fruit can be used in desserts, main dishes, side dishes, smoothies and even added to cereals and oatmeal. I like to...
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