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. … [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 … [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, … [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 … [Read more...]
6 Easy Meals to Cook Over a Fire After a Disaster
There are a lot of preppers out there with portable stoves, cast iron skillets, and lots of survival food, yet they've never actually cooked a meal without electricity. It's important that you practice off-grid cooking on a regular basis so you're not doing it for the first time during a power outage. Otherwise, you're … [Read more...]
Survival Cooking: How to Use a Dutch Oven
Of all the tools you can use to cook food off the grid, the best one (in my opinion) is the Dutch oven. Every prepper who is concerned about long-term power outages should get a Dutch oven and learn how to use it. Why? Well, for one thing, a good cast iron Dutch oven can literally last your entire lifetime if you … [Read more...]
7 Great Depression Recipes That Grandma Used To Make
One great thing about the Internet is having access to literally tens of thousands of delicious recipes. The only problem is, most of them are needlessly complicated. I know some cooks like to fancy themselves gourmet chefs, but when I cook, I like a simple recipe that has no more than 10 ingredients and doesn't … [Read more...]
9 Printable Food Storage Cookbooks
The best thing about the Internet, in my opinion, is all the free information. Unless you're looking for a particular survival course or plan, most of the info you need can be accessed with just a few clicks. One example of this is all the recipes. Back in the day, you had to spend $20-$30 on a good cookbook, but … [Read more...]
7 Pioneer Recipes Every Prepper Should Learn
There is a bit of a romantic fantasy about what it must have been like for the pioneers who traveled out west more than a hundred years ago. The idea of land that stretches on for miles without a single building or road was both exciting and frightening to them. However, they had the skills they needed to fend for … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Guide To Cooking Without Power
It's funny how cooking without power is regarded as a survival skill when for thousands of years, it was the only way to cook. Not long ago, there was no such thing as toasters, microwaves, and electric ovens, yet people still managed to cook big, delicious meals for their families. If they could do it, so can you! … [Read more...]
World’s Smallest Stove: Olicamp Ion Micro Titanium
I've often talked about the importance of keeping your bug out bag as light as possible. There are many ways to do this, but one of the best ways is to replace some of the items in your bag with lighter versions. For example, mini flashlights and radios as opposed to the standard size. Or tiny stoves, which is the … [Read more...]
60 Authentic Frontier Recipes You’ll Love
If the western world ever reverts into a bunch of third world countries--whether due to economic collapse, world war III, or something worse--the survivors will have to go back to cooking simple recipes from scratch. Recipes like the ones pioneers made on the frontier. But that doesn't mean everyone will be eating … [Read more...]
