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...]
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...]
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 liable to burn your food or waste your … [Read more...]
3 Survival Breads Pioneers Made Without An Oven
If you've ever baked bread from scratch, then kudos to you. Most people wouldn't even know where to begin. But chances are, you used an electric oven, and there could come a time when electricity is either too expensive or completely unavailable. This is why you should learn how to bake bread without an oven. There are actually several ways to do this, … [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 take care of it. And for another, you can … [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 take an hour to put together. I like … [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 now there are free cookbooks you can … [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 themselves without the conveniences of … [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! There's no reason to be intimidated by the … [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 subject of this post. In the video … [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 bland, disgusting food. On the contrary. … [Read more...]
20 Genius Yet Easy Campfire Recipes
In my opinion, fall is by far the best time to go camping: The weather is cool and less humid, campgrounds are usually a lot cheaper, and the fall colors are more beautiful (to me, anyway). If you're thinking about camping this fall, don't just eat canned food and smores. There are plenty of other options. So instead, cook something delicious that … [Read more...]
How To Make The Most Delicious Beef Jerky Ever
Jerky is one of the oldest and most popular ways to preserve meat. Traditionally dried in sun and smoke, jerky can last through the winter and often longer if you make it properly. Although veggies, fruits, grains, seeds, and nuts are easier to store, preserving your own meat is quite doable. Home-made jerky is made in two steps. The first step is the … [Read more...]
How to Make Easy Emergency Bread
Note: To make this bread, I used the buddy burner candle and tin can stove from my last two tutorials. In case you missed them, here's how to make a buddy burner candle, and here's how to make a tin can stove. Bread is considered the staple of life, yet the knowledge of how to make bread is relegated to stores, bakeries, or bread machines. Normally bread … [Read more...]
Convert a Junk TV Into a 2000ºF Solar Cooker
"If a small magnifying glass will burn things with sunlight, how much power could you get from a lens as big as you?" So begins the following video. Right now people all over the country are getting flat screen TVs and selling their old rear projection TVs. Many people are giving them away for free. Rear projection TVs have several useful items inside, … [Read more...]
8 Ways To Cook Food If You End Up Homeless
Almost every major disaster results in thousands of homeless people. Their homes get flooded or destroyed, or their neighborhood is evacuated. In situations like this, churches and emergency shelters are often filled to capacity. And even if they aren't, they can be unsafe (think of the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina). This means a lot of people end up … [Read more...]
