TVP~ 'Chicken" Vegetarian Burritos! Home food storage!



TVP~ "Chunk Chicken" Vegetarian Burritos!

YUMMMMMY!
Thats right! Here ya go! EASY and yummy from food storage!

1/2 cup chicken chunks
1 teaspoon of each of the following:
onions
leeks
jalapenos
1/2 cup tomato dices
1/4 cup sweet corn
1/4 cup of tomato powder
1/8 teaspoon of each of the following:
garlic salt
cumin
chili powder

6 medium flour tortillas
1/2 cup 'tru roots"sprouted bean trio

6 green leaf lettuce leaves

Grated cheese (Optional)

In a medium mixing bowl put the following:
Chicken chunks, tomato dices, jalapenos, leeks, onion, sweet corn,

and cover with 1 1/2 cups of boiling water. Set aside.

Cook 1/2 cup of sprouted beans as directed .

Go back to the chicken veggie mix and add the tomato powder and seasonings.

Then layer on a tortilla chicken mix and sprouted beans, cheese and 1 lettuce leaf. Roll burrito and enjoy!

Peace! Sherry

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EASY homemade tomato basil bisque!

FRESH TOMATO BASIL BISQUE

Here's a wonderful and EASY recipe!
Since our summer is STILL going hard! I have a ton of fresh tomatoes! So, I thought I'd make a Tomato bisque recipe that would be easy and use up my tomatoes!
It was DELICIOUS!


2 pounds of fresh tomatoes.
2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped OR dried basil
4 chopped garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon chicken base

In a food processor put tomatoes and garlic cloves. Make into a puree.
Put tomatoes and garlic into a large saucepan and put on low flame. Add chicken base, salt, sugar and basil. simmer for about 25 minutes, stir occasionally.
In another saucepan melt 1/2 cup butter and add 1/2 cup flour to make a rue. Mix well until all flour has soaked up the butter to make a paste. Slowly add 2 cups of milk. stir until thickened.
add your cream soup base to your tomato mix and stir well. Keep on a low heat and continue to stir until thickened. Add a little more milk if its to think.
Serve and enjoy!!!! Also can be frozen!

Peace, Sherry

 

PART ONE: Survival 101 ~ Shelter

SURVIVAL 101
"SHELTER"

Well Here we go! Grab a pen and take notes! This is the first "class" in Survival 101.
Today I'm going to talk about "Shelter". This is VERY important and not likely something you may have even thought about when putting together your SURVIVAL kit!

The very FIRST thing you will need to think about is where you live. Do you live where theres snow? Or are you in a more temperate climate? What about the desert? This is important to what types of emergency shelter you need to consider when planning your emergency shelter.
ANY extreme weather can be fatal! If not prepared!

Hopefully you can at least prepare a few items that could save your life and the lives of your family.That and knowing a few emergency tactics before hand can be extremely important!

Several items that you can have on hand would be the following:

* A Tent that is big enough for your family or a couple of small ones. These are usually compact and can be put along side your preparedness items.Self standing Dome tents are great because you can set them up in a building if you and your family need to or are able to get to a eveacuation center.

* Tube tent. These are very affordable, usually around $4-$5 and can be found online. They fit up to 2 adults are lightweight and can be carried in your Emergency kit or backpack!

* Reinforced Blue Poly Tarps. These can be bought at any hardware store. You can use these to make a lean to or a tent. Very inexpensive and will last for some time. Make sure you have at least one for a flooring! These will keep moisture out of a tent from the ground.

* Metal stakes...Can be long screws. about 12 inches long.

*Nylon rope! YOU can not have enough of this! You can string it between two trees and use a tarp for a tent! PLUS if needed you can lace two or more tarps with this using the reinforced eyelets together for a larger shelter.

* A small hammer or mallet
*Emergency Sleeping bags, These are lightweight and will reflect body heat back to you. Very inexpensive and compact. Make sure to have on for each family member!

* Emergency blankets, these are made of the same material as the above sleeping bags.

We have purchased a couple of really good sub-zero sleeping bags from Wall mart, they are Coleman brand and didnt cost a arm and a leg! BUT, you NEED the emergency ones as well! You dont know if you'll be able to get to anything thats not with your emergency bug out pack! And you NEED shelter as well as warmth!!!!

Make sure you PRACTICE putting a tent up! While in an emergency situation you will be stressed and may not be able to do this as quickly if YOU dont know before hand how to do this!

SO....Think of these things.....
If it's raining...Keep dry! Cold and wet will result in illness...Make sure your shelter is waterproof! You can add a blue tarp to the top of your tent for added weatherproofing!

If its windy...Make sure to put your shelter where you can  block the wind when possible and stake it down securely! Stay inside!

Snow and blizzards....Make sure you STAY inside your shelter! wrap yourselves in all available clothing, blankets and sleeping bags. You can use wood and boughs for insulation in a case of emergency. ALSO, did you know that newspapers and cardboard can be a great source for insulation.

Extreme heat. Make yourself a shade with a tarp , stay out of the direct sun up til the evening.

In most cases you will probably be at home. You will be able to set up in your yard and be able, maybe, to gather resources from your home.
Something to think about....Making a specific place in your yard for a "outdoor" kitchen. A makeshift fire pit, concrete blocks to set coals  on for dutch oven cooking. Not close to your structure in case its unstable because of an earthquake or any disaster.

Other items to perhaps keep on hand could be wooden pallets, poles, plywood. nails.
These things you may have on hand already. Think about it and look through your garage or home for items that you may already have on hand!

I hope you were able to get some ideas from this first class...
Please be diligent and PREPARE!

The next class will be on WATER, types of filtration and storage.

Speaking of water, have you been storing water for you and your family???


Peace and Blessings, Sherry

Survival 101 classes starting this week!

Welcome to the "meat and Potatoes" of this blog!
I will be starting a Survival 101 series of Classes (Blogs)
Spanning from Shelter to water and all things in between!

The first one will cover basic shelter. So, Pull out a note pad and jot down some notes!

I hope you will join us and "Share" this blog with all your friends and loved ones!

AND
Please feel free to add to any of these BLOGS, I'm sure you each have some great ideas as well that you can share!

Looking forward to sharing with all of you!
Peace! Sherry

Survival 101

Making Pickles and planting my winter garden! Dill pickle recipe!

Easy Dill Pickles!

12 large pickling cucumbers(  cut in slices)
8 1/2 cups of water
1 cup of kosher salt
2 1/4 cups white Vinegar
fresh dill
1/2 cup sliced garlic

Prepare jars as directed, this recipe made 4 full pints and 4 1/2 pints of pickles.

In clean jars place 2/4 sprigs of fresh dill and a teaspoon of sliced garlic in the bottom. Then layer your cucumber slices.

Put your water, salt and vinegar in a large sauce pan and heat to boiling. Pour with ladle over pickles in prepared canning jars. Leave 1/2 inch space at top! Cover and put in your canning pot. Maker sure the water is boiling! Leave jars in the pot in boiling water for 15 minutes. Take jars out and let set on a towel on your counter. Let cool completely.

Canning is really easy once you get the proper tools together! And pickles are a great way to start!
I dont know about you but There something very gratifying about making something from scratch! I love to look in my pantry and see the jars with all the summer fruits and the rich colors of the salsa's! I know that it's going to be wonderful when we pop it open during the gray winter months!
I hope if you havent had the pleasure of canning your own jam or making something pickled you give it a try!

Well, I apologize for not posting much this past week! Unfortunately I had hurt myself at work and messed up my back ...So, hadnt been able to do alot of anything....But I'm on the mend!
In fact we put in our first stage of our winter garden today! Carrots, green onions, asian pea pods, assorted radishes and beets!
And Bill even built a green house type of structure for it! Next week will be swiss chard!
It's great that fall is finally showing it's head! But I must say I'll be missing all those lovely tomatoes we've been enjoying! Thank goodness for canning and dehydrating tho!
Well, I hope you all have a wonderful week! I'll be back with more recipes and I'll be starting some posts getting into the "Meat and potatoes" of preparedness and survival!
Please be sure to FILL YOUR CONTAINERS WITH WATER!
And grab a few "extra" food items you can store in your emergency food stuff! A few cans or packages here and there will add up before you know it!

Peace and blessings to all! Sherry

 

"Like" us on Facebook! Get an entry for a YUMMY survival/preparedness dinner kit!

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Greetings all!

Our goal is to get 300 "Likes" on Facebook! As soon as we do we will be having a drawing for a Complete Survival/Preparedness dinner Kit  for 4 as a prize! Just go to our page and LIKE us! We will be holding the drawing on OCTOBER 31ST (Providing we have that amount of "likes" ). Tell your friends and if they LIKE us and you post it was a referral from you you will be entered for each and every friend who LIKES us!
You will be given a list of "Tasty" dinner kits to choose from!!!
So what do you have to lose???? See ya on facebook!

Peace, Sherry

Special recipe! Pumpkin, orange, pecan and raspberry bread!!!!!! YUM!

Pumpkin~Orange~Pecan & Raspberry Bread
With the holidays creeping up on us, I thought I would share one of my favorite Quick bread recipes with you!

This is wonderful warm with a bit of cream cheese on it!


1/2 cups of butter

1 cup of white sugar

1/2 can of frozen orange juice concentrate

2 large eggs

13 or 16 oz. can of Solid pack pumpkin ( small can, weights may vary)

1 3/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ginger

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

2 Tablespoons grated Orange peel

3/4 chopped pecans

1 cup (Re Hydrated) Raspberries
****Freeze dried from http://www.motherearthproducts.com/****

Cream butter eggs and sugar together and add GRADUALLY all your dry ingredients. Mix well. Add pecans, pumpkin, orange peel and raspberries into your mixture.
Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan or 4 mini loaf pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour. Check with a toothpick , if it comes out clean its done!. If baking mini loaves bake for about 40 minutes.

*******NOTE! Nutmeg is VERY expensive now! BUT, if you go to the Latino isle in your market you can get it in a plastic envelope for a fraction of the cost if you were to buy it in the spice isle!!!! I paid $1!

I hope you try this recipe! You'll want to make this one again and again! AND PLEASE, If you have tried the recipes on this blog, let me know how they came out and how your family liked them!

Peace! Sherry