Thanks to everyone who participated in our giveaway! We used Random.org to find a winner. Congratulations to:
#17, Mama's Boys, who said,
Along with all the things that are constantly on my radar (eating well, food storage, being more organized), I'm going to make a deliberate attempt to just have more fun with life.
Congratulations, Mama's Boys!! Please email us at safelygatheredin (at) gmail.com to claim your prize.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Year's giveaway: "It's in the Bag"
A few months ago we gave away a copy of the book, "It's in the Bag: A New Approach to Food Storage". Here's your second chance to win a copy!
Written by Michelle and Trent Snow, "It's in the Bag" introduces a unique way of planning your food storage. Here's a link to our book review of the book that we did last summer.
To enter to win this giveaway, just leave a comment on this post telling us one of your New Year's resolutions. It doesn't have to be food storage or emergency prep-related, but we do love to read about those! (Make sure you leave a comment on THIS post, not our old review/giveaway post! Just click on the "Comments" link word below. If you get our blog posts through email, you'll have to click onto our website and make your comment there).
One comment per person, please. Giveaway closes tomorrow, Friday January 7th at midnight EST. We will use Random.org to find a winner, and we'll announce the winner on Saturday.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Food Storage Tuesday
Every Tuesday, we post specific items you should gather in order to supplement your emergency car kit, your three-month supply, and your longer term storage. If you are new to our blog, don't worry! You won't be left behind. Just start up where we are and follow along. You will eventually have everything completed. Once the car kit is complete, we'll be putting together 72-hour kits again (week by week). Once those are done, we'll gather the car kits again. So don't worry, just jump on in and join us where we are today!
I hope you all had a great holiday season and that you are ready to get back into the swing of things as far as food storage/emergency prep goes. I know I am ready to start up again! I'll admit, my three-month supply is dwindling a little bit but I'm ready to get back on the bandwagon and start again.
We have finished our 72-hour kits and we're starting the car kits again! Car kits are perfect for those little emergencies that could come up when we are traveling -- whether we are 5 miles from home or 500 miles from home. This week, find a box to act as your actual kit. I like using a small tupperware box with a snap-on lid. You can see our list of car kit items here, so take a look at it and see how big you think your box needs to be. Not everything needs to fit IN the box - for example, you could have your small first aid kit separate from your box, or the jumper cables could just be separate as well.
For your three-month supply, assess what you have and what your plan is. Don't have a food storage plan? Make one! It's as simple as just writing out what meals you want in your three-month supply, and then making a master list of ingredients you need. For example, 3 months = 12 weeks. I plan on making spaghetti once per week in my plan, so I need to buy approximately 12 lbs of pasta, 12 jars of sauce, etc... and ta-da! All my Monday dinners are planned. Onto Tuesday...... click on the link above for more examples. Don't have time to make a whole food storage plan? We've done one for you, complete with recipes and a master shopping list... all in our food storage e-book.
This month for our longer-term storage, we are gathering "other" items. Let's face it, the 4 staples (beans, oats, rice, and wheat) don't really bring much excitement to a "year's supply" of food. I like to also have a year's supply (or at least 6 months' worth) of: powdered milk, yeast, pasta, white flour, sugar, honey, and bouillon cubes. Oh, and cocoa powder and chocolate syrup. :)
Besides the 4 "staples", what do you stock up on?
I hope you all had a great holiday season and that you are ready to get back into the swing of things as far as food storage/emergency prep goes. I know I am ready to start up again! I'll admit, my three-month supply is dwindling a little bit but I'm ready to get back on the bandwagon and start again.
We have finished our 72-hour kits and we're starting the car kits again! Car kits are perfect for those little emergencies that could come up when we are traveling -- whether we are 5 miles from home or 500 miles from home. This week, find a box to act as your actual kit. I like using a small tupperware box with a snap-on lid. You can see our list of car kit items here, so take a look at it and see how big you think your box needs to be. Not everything needs to fit IN the box - for example, you could have your small first aid kit separate from your box, or the jumper cables could just be separate as well.
For your three-month supply, assess what you have and what your plan is. Don't have a food storage plan? Make one! It's as simple as just writing out what meals you want in your three-month supply, and then making a master list of ingredients you need. For example, 3 months = 12 weeks. I plan on making spaghetti once per week in my plan, so I need to buy approximately 12 lbs of pasta, 12 jars of sauce, etc... and ta-da! All my Monday dinners are planned. Onto Tuesday...... click on the link above for more examples. Don't have time to make a whole food storage plan? We've done one for you, complete with recipes and a master shopping list... all in our food storage e-book.
This month for our longer-term storage, we are gathering "other" items. Let's face it, the 4 staples (beans, oats, rice, and wheat) don't really bring much excitement to a "year's supply" of food. I like to also have a year's supply (or at least 6 months' worth) of: powdered milk, yeast, pasta, white flour, sugar, honey, and bouillon cubes. Oh, and cocoa powder and chocolate syrup. :)
Besides the 4 "staples", what do you stock up on?
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