This video is a little different from all the other "survival food" videos out there. In it, The Green Prepper talks about five tiny items that are often overlooked, yet pack a big punch in terms of taste, energy, and nutrition. Here's his list: 1. EmergenC - Mix this … [Read more...]
How To Turn Salt Water Into Drinking Water
Everyone living in a coastal area should learn this skill. If you run out of drinking water and there's a drought or you have no access to lakes or rivers, you might have to gather water from the ocean. The cruel irony of planet Earth is that there is water almost everywhere, … [Read more...]
How to Eat Pine Trees to Survive
If you were lost in a pine forest with no food, what would you eat? Maybe you'd find some wild edibles, look for a stream with fish, or set traps in hopes of catching some small game. But those things require lots of knowledge and skills. The average person would starve, and the … [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 … [Read more...]
7 Foods You Should NOT Try To Dehydrate
Any pro-prepper will tell you that dehydrating food for storage is one of the smartest survival tactics in their repertoire. Dehydrating food gives you the ability to store otherwise perishable rations for years on end. This will not only increase the volume of your food supply … [Read more...]
32 Tips for Finding & Purifying Water
At this point, there are literally hundreds--maybe even thousands--of articles about finding and purifying water, but every now and then I come across one that stands head and shoulders above the rest. This one, in particular, is my personal favorite and anyone who is interested … [Read more...]
8 Hidden Fresh Water Sources To Tap for Urban Survival
Finding water in the wilderness is actually pretty straightforward. Walk downhill, look for animal tracks that are all heading in the same direction, watch for areas with lots of insects such as mosquitoes, and listen carefully. There are many other ways to gather water in the … [Read more...]
25 Survival Foods You Forgot to Buy
When it comes to survival foods, there are the staples such as rice and beans and pasta that can be found in almost every bunker. But there's a whole host of other great survival foods that are often overlooked. If you're a prepper, then chances are you already have most of … [Read more...]
20 Survival Foods That Can Last At Least 20 Years
When disaster strikes, no one ever knows when things will return to normal again. In some cases, there may be the possibility of things never truly returning to normal. With this being the case, it’s a good idea to stock up on foods that are meant for the long haul. Before we … [Read more...]
12 Signs Your Survival Food Has Gone Bad
Survival food can quickly go from the thing keeping you alive to the thing that does you in. No matter how desperate your situation is, you will want to avoid eating spoiled food at all costs. While good survival food is meant to have a long shelf life, there are many things … [Read more...]
11 Weeds You Can Eat
As a general rule, weeds aren’t especially well-liked. Even among the prepper community—a group of people known for salvaging everything that can be salvaged and putting to use everything that can be used—weeds are seen as little more than a bothersome obstacle that gets in the … [Read more...]
11 Most Popular Survival Foods
One of the cornerstones of survival, finding enough food to keep you and your loved ones alive when times get tough, is arguably the most important challenge you will face. In survival situations, though, some foods will make the cut while others are best reserved for softer … [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 … [Read more...]
How To Harvest And Drink Rainwater
Every drop of water you’ve ever drunk, swam in, bathed in, or watered your plants with was once a drop of rain falling from a cloud. Of course, those drops of water were probably purified at your local water treatment plant. But what if the treatment plant shuts down due to a … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]
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