How Long will Your Canned Foods Last?

13 Feb 2007 05:27 PM

How do you determine how long a can of food will last? Actually, it's kind of hard to guess, but here are a few guidelines when trying to determine the shelf life of your canned foods: Home-canned foods Most sources say that home-canned foods will store safely for at least one year.

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What Do the Dates on Your Canned Foods Mean?

13 Feb 2007 02:26 PM

Are you unsure about how long a can of tuna will last? What do the stamps printed on the cans mean? Can the stamped dates tell you how long an item will store?

Pantry Meals: Vegetarian Chili

08 Feb 2007 03:50 PM

Pantry meals are meals that can be put together using only nonperishable food items. Having a few of these meals on hand means you will always have an easy homemade meal ready to be prepared, without having to go to the grocery store or buy take-out.

A Prepared Pantry: My Kitchen Staples

07 Feb 2007 06:25 PM

A prepared pantry is a beautiful thing. Keep staple items in your fridge at all times and you will never have to fret about having an empty fridge or pantry. You will also save lots of money by buying items only when they are on sale. Below is my personal list of staple items in my kitchen.

Prepare Your Pantry     

07 Feb 2007 03:22 PM

I use to think that with my frugal ways it just didn't make sense to keep my pantry stocked. Instead, I would try only to purchase the items that I really needed for the next week or two of meals. However (and as many others have discovered), I was mistaken.

Internet Grocer: You've Got to Check out this Website!     

30 Jan 2007 07:56 PM

I recently came across a fantastic tool for preparedness called Internet Grocer, the website for the company Best Price Storable Foods. If you are at all interested in any level of home preparedness, you have got to check out this site.

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Most Likely Scenario

30 Jan 2007 04:55 PM

In preparing for emergencies, sometimes it's hard to know where to start. What do we store? What types of emergencies should we be planning for? As you might expect, it depends on where you live and the weather concerns that might affect you.

In-a-Hurry Kids' Care Kit

30 Jan 2007 01:52 PM

There are a few reasons why you might need to leave your home in a hurry. Anyone with children, especially infants and toddlers, knows that it is nearly impossible to leave in a hurry unless you have prepared sufficiently ahead of time.

Pantry Meals: Easy Fried Burritos

29 Jan 2007 09:45 PM

What is pantry cooking? Put simply, it's preparing meals with nonperishable food items that you can keep in your pantry. It is a great idea to have on-hand ingredients for at least a few meals.

Pantry Cooking: Six Can Chicken Tortilla Soup

29 Jan 2007 06:16 PM

Are you looking for a great-tasting meal with ingredients that you can always keep on hand? Try this recipe for chicken tortilla soup. It's pretty much as easy as a recipe can get and still be called homemade.