Earlier this year, someone asked me what the best survival food is, and to my own surprise, I realized I didn't have an answer. Acorns are great if you're living off the grid. Potatoes are an excellent choice if you have a survival garden. Pemmican is awesome for preppers who like to cook. But the best...? I went through some of my old articles such as … [Read more...]
8 Ways to Cook Indoors Without Filling Your Home With Smoke
Picture this scenario: The power has gone out due to a major blizzard and is expected to be out for several days. You and your family are starting to get really hungry, but you can't use your electric stove or microwave. Normally, you'd just go outside and fire up the grill, but it is absolutely freezing out there. Even if you can bear the stinging gusts … [Read more...]
How to Use Tree Bark for Survival Food and Medicine
When We Think of Wild Foraging, We Rarely Think of Tree Bark. But There’s A Surprise Inside. The first people to discover the use of tree bark for food and medicine were Native Americans. The name “Adirondack”, which defined the Algonquin Indians, stands for “tree-bark eaters.” It was a derogatory name given to them by their bitter rivals, the Iroquois. … [Read more...]
Acorns: The Ultimate Survival Food
Acorns have served as a staple in the human diet for literally thousands of years, and there’s a good reason why. Each individual acorn comes jam-packed with calories (literally 100 calories per acorn), so you simply can’t ignore it as a potential source of food in a survival scenario. In fact, the acorn is probably one of the most overlooked survival … [Read more...]
10 Easy Steps to Raising Chickens in Your Backyard
If you're the type of person who eats eggs every morning (or would like to), then why not raise some chickens in your backyard? As long as there are no laws against it in your area, there's no reason not to. Keeping chickens does take a little bit of work, but it is pretty easy considering how much you get out of it. Once you have everything set up, it … [Read more...]
15 Best Canned Foods To Add To Your Stockpile
I want to start off by pointing out that you're better off canning and/or dehydrating fruits, meats, and vegetables. Foods preserved at home are cheaper and healthier than store-bought canned foods. Having said that, if you're new to prepping and don't know much about food preservation, or if you're just looking to add more variety to your food … [Read more...]
How to Make Bannock, A Healthy and Delicious Survival Food
Why is it that so many survival foods come from a time long forgotten? Some of the most well-known survival foods are so old, it's hard to even peg their origin. They are often so effective that people of different nations figured out similar foods along their way. The reason for this is simple. Every good survival food must have five certain features: … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Preserve Meat Without a Fridge or Freezer
Take a look at the average prepper's pantry and you'll see lots of rice, beans, pasta, canned veggies, dehydrated fruits, and so forth. But take a look at their daily diet and you'll see lots of beef, steak, chicken, and other meats. See the problem? Many preppers love to eat meat, but unfortunately, they have a tendency to only store it in the fridge or … [Read more...]
9 Survival Recipes That Are Easy To Make
So you've beefed up your home security, you've gathered plenty of emergency supplies, and you've stocked your pantry with lots of survival food. Now you're ready to ride out the next disaster... Or are you? Just because you have months or years worth of emergency food doesn't mean you're ready to live on it. Cooking without power is easier said than … [Read more...]
10 Foods You Can Store For Over 100 Years
There's a common misconception that all food goes bad, but that's not entirely accurate. There are some foods that, for all intents and purposes, will last forever. Or at least for the rest of your life. I'm talking about the so-called "forever foods." Sugar, salt, and honey are three common examples. Another one is white rice. As long as it's stored … [Read more...]
If I Could Only Stockpile 10 Foods…
Here's a fun thought experiment: If you could only stockpile 10 foods, which foods would you choose? And I don't mean your ten favorite foods. I mean the foods you'd need to survive. Could you get all the vitamins and nutrients your body needs from just ten things? The short answer is yes, absolutely. You can not only survive but thrive on just ten … [Read more...]
25 Simple and Cheap Camping Foods
We're in the heart of summer right now, and lots of people are going camping. When I was a kid, my parents only took me camping a few times. They didn't really know what they were doing, but they did their best. We roasted marshmallows over the fire and made smores. But other than that, we didn't have much to eat. Not knowing what foods to pack, they … [Read more...]
20 Trees Every Prepper Should Be Familiar With (And Why)
Growing your own food and medicine will vastly improve your chances of surviving a long-term disaster. Cultivating fruit trees is just one small way to enhance the food sources at your prepper retreat or bug in location. There are a multitude of trees that are chock full of nutrients like Vitamin C and ingredients for natural remedies that can treat … [Read more...]
Simple Survival Bread With Just 4 Ingredients
If you ever end up in a situation where you have to cook food without electricity, you'll need some easy, simple recipes that work well over a fire. One thing you'll definitely want to make is bread. Everyone loves bread. It's great comfort food, but it's not something you can store long term. In this video, Backwoods Gourmet Channel explains how to make … [Read more...]
10 Easy and Delicious Camping / Bugout Recipes
I like a strawberry millennium bar as much as the next guy, but there are times when you need hot food and meat-based protein. The more arduous the task and the more stressful the day, the more you want those fatty, warm, and filling meals. Bugging out can have many hang ups, but food is rarely one of them. While bugging out should be done swiftly and … [Read more...]
5 Coffee Substitutes to Forage When The SHTF
Recently I got on a bit of a health kick, and I decided to stop drinking coffee. I'm sure a couple cups a day is no big deal, but I was drinking it all day long and was starting to wonder what it might be doing to my health, so I quit cold turkey. Big mistake. I don't think I'd ever tried quitting coffee cold turkey before, and I was surprised at how … [Read more...]
How to Dehydrate Food for Emergencies
Food preservation is one of the most important skills you can have. It helps you save money and eat more healthy local food. You can also use it to stock up on food for emergencies, survival scenarios, or just hard times. If you’ve decided to preserve your own food, you might be having trouble deciding which methods to use. Before we get into specific … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 7
- Next Page »
