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Preparing a 30 Day Menu Using No Electricity
{ Posted by amanda }
{ 12:03, Friday, May 16, 2008 } { Posted in On the Homestead } { 0 comments } { Link } Good afternoon Family & Friends! I have been doing a lot of reading over at An Intentional Peasant's blog. She has been letting others know of ways to store food for future emergencies. Stockpiling your pantry is the name of the game. I myself have been wondering how to store food that can be used without using electricity.
Being in a hurricane prone area,(and knowing that its been a long time coming for another major storm) I wanted to come up with a menu for at least 30 days that would allow me to feed my family. Now, I have been able (most of the time During one of the last major hurricanes we had (which was about 10 years ago) we were without electricity for over a week. It was NO fun at all. I prepared poorly and needless to say, we ate junk food for over a week! So here I am now wanting to get started on this menu and what it will take to prepare at least one hot meal for my family if we get a hurricane this year. If any of you have any ideas, PLEASE let me know. Maybe you could come up with your own menu using no electricity for 30 days. I'll post what I come up with once I get a plan set on paper. This is also going to help me, because I will need to start shopping for these supplies before the first threat of a hurricane comes to out area. Have a blessed day in The Lord! Amanda <><
Simple Budgeting
{ Posted by Boltbabe }
{ 11:46, 2008-May-15 } { Posted in Frugality-Simplicity } { 0 comments } { Link } Simple Journey Ministries Presents Simply Frugal The Simple Way to Maintain Your Budget In the last two years it has been noted that Americans use their debit and credit cards more than their checkbooks. In fact, their usage has more than doubled! This is great in some ways, but it can be a nightmare for the budget conscious. When I left the envelope system of budgeting, in lieu of my debit card, something amazing happened. My expenses went up. In short, it is so much easier to spend one or two dollars here and there when the actual paper cash isn't coming out of your hand. It's like we aren't really spending that money or something. However, you CAN have a debit card AND stay within your budget. Actually, you can do this for all your budgeting needs for the household. The best part, this is a simple process. Use a separate bank account and debit card for all your household purchases. For the most ease, you and your husband might want to look into opening an other account at your current bank of choice if you are pleased with their services and they offer no fee banking. You will likely ahve to place a minimum of $25-50 dollars in the account when you open it. This is a good thing, because it will enable you to use all of your budget without penalty. Confused? Read On. One good reason for this set up is that your husband can transfer money weekly or monthly, in an amount that totals your family's total budget for the month. When you go to the grocery you will know exactly how much you have to spend and not a penny more. A way to provide accountability for yourself is to agree that if you go over your budget by $2, then that amount will be deducted from the next month's stipend. In this way, you will have not only an incentive to stay within your budget, but a method of discipline for your budgeting. One extra bonus with this method, is that it is much more simple to track your household expenses. The beauty of this process is that you will do nothing differently than you do now. You will simply have a separate account with which to do it. Simply Frugal! These are my thoughts. Darn good chicken fajita's
{ Posted by Jeanette }
{ 11:56, Friday, May 16, 2008 } { Posted in recipes } { 0 comments } { Link } This is how we make chicken fajita's. I like to boil or grill 3 boneless chicken breasts until almost done (they will finish cooking in the stirfry) because I think cooking them solely during the frying time is too much frying the peppers. Cool and slice into strips. We make up our seasoning mix (for heaven's sake, make your own as the store bought kind is yucky and expensive, click here for the best mix that I use) and set it aside. First we chop strips from 1 red bell pepper and 1 yellow bell pepper and 1 purple onion. Cover the bottom of your heavy frying pan with olive oil and then add a teaspoon of your garlic paste or fresh garlic, minced. Add the peppers and onions, chicken, and seasoning and cook 5 or 10 minutes until your desired taste is met (some like fajita's almost black) Pour it into a platter and serve with Jill's salsa and sour cream on fresh flour tortillas and don't write to me and complain that you over ate because you WILL over eat on these every time! Basic Taco/Fajita Seasoning
{ Posted by Jeanette }
{ 12:01, Friday, May 16, 2008 } { Posted in recipes } { 0 comments } { Link }
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