January Newsletter 2

If you are just beginning your preparedness journey, go back to the December 2011 newsletter and begin there.

Spiritual Goal: Incorporate the words of modern prophets into your everyday life. In this modern day of easy communication, conference talks are easily accessible on computers, phones, and other devices as well as old-fashioned CDs. While working in the kitchen, listen to a conference talk a week. Choose one talk each week to listen to over and again, while doing chores. Not only will your spirit be fed, but, suddenly, those chores won't seem like drudgery anymore. Plus, you will get very familiar with the calming voices of our leaders. At the end of each week, write your thoughts on that talk in your journal. "Embedded in the gospel of Jesus Christ there are eternal principles and truths...members of the Lord's true Church, have special access and insight into these eternal principles and truths, especially when we listen to the Spirit for individual guidance and hear the prophet's voice as he declares the will of God to the members of the Church. You and I both know how important these eternal principles and truths are in our lives." L. Tom Perry, October, 2009

Emotional Goal: Read and study President Bednar's talk, And Nothing Shall Offend Them. Whenever you catch yourself feeling offended or being offensive, STOP IT! Choose charity. Give the benefit of a doubt. Love your neighbor. "As sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, we have been blessed with the gift of moral agency, the capacity for independent action and choice. Endowed with agency, you and I are agents, and we primarily are to act and not just be acted upon, To believe that someone or something can make us fee offended, angry, hurt or bitter diminishes our moral agency and transforms us into objects to be acted upon. As agents, however, you and I have the power to act and to choose how we will respond to an offensive or hurtful situation." David A. Bednar, October 2006

Physical Goal: Continue with daily exercise and all the other ideas we've explored over the last year. If you haven't yet begun, go back to the December 2011 newsletter and begin today. "Nutritious meals, regular exercise, and appropriate sleep are necessary for a strong body, just as consistent scripture study and prayer strengthen the mind and spirit." Thomas S. Monson, October 2008 

Financial Goal: Hopefully, you have been working on each goal over the last 13 months. If not go back  to the December 2011 newsletter and begin today. If so go back to the December 2011 newsletter and review through the goals of the last 13 months. Where is your debt? Are you about to hit a financial cliff? It's never too late to begin improving your financial situation; begin today. "Because Satan uses greed and the pursuit of possessions to sweep families off the celestial highway, Jesus advised, "Beware of covetousness. "Covetousness is restrained as we project our income, pay an honest tithe and generous fast offering, budget needed expenses, avoid unnecessary debt, save for future needs, and become temporally self-reliant. God's promise to us is, 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Anthony D. Perkins, October 2012

Storage Goal: If you have not yet begun to store food or are just beginning, go back to the December 2011 newsletter and begin today. If you have been working right along with the goals or even if you haven't done anything yet, try your hand at live cultured vegetables, the original super food and sweet craving tamer. Have you heard of probiotics? They are an expensive vitamin like thing, which are so easy to create in your own kitchen. Think of the health you will build and the money you won't spend. Cultured raw vegetables (aka kraut) are full of probiotics plus inexpensive, easy, delicious, and fun to make; not to mention they preserve the natural enzymes, minerals, and vitamins (particularly vit C and calcium) of living vegetables for the benefit of the consumer. Cabbage, even organic cabbage, is always inexpensive at the store if you don't have any stored in your basement or root cellar from your own garden. You will need 1 or 2 purple or green cabbages (purple cultured cabbage is a beautiful color), sea salt (not iodized table salt), a knife or food processor, a baby food jar filled with water or stones, and wide mouth quart jars. Thinly slice cabbage (save 2-3 outer leaves) into a large non-metal bowl. Sprinkle 1 T. salt over and set aside for ten minutes. Meanwhile, excluding the reserved leaves, blend the core and scraps with a bit of distilled water and toss with cabbage in bowl. With a potato masher, gently squish veggies until very juicy. Pack into jar(s). Roll reserved leaves into a log and push this into the jar to allow juice to totally cover cabbage. Top with baby food jar to further compact shredded vegetables below. Put jar(s) into a glass baking pan, cover with cheese cloth, and set on top of the refrigerator or other warmish place for three to seven days (check sooner in warm weather). Carefully, pull out a tiny bit of cabbage. Does it taste krauty and to your liking? If yes, cap and put in fridge minus baby food jar. If not leave it out for a couple more days and test again. Cooling stops fermentation; refrigerate when as mellow or sharp as you like. Cultured vegetables keep for a very long time in the fridge or root cellar; that is if you can keep yourself from gobbling them all up. Modern heat processing kills all enzymes and probiotics. Botulism will not grown in cultured vegetables but may in sealed, heat processed ones. At our house we like cultured vegetables so much and use them in such varied ways, I can't keep them in the house. Eat a bit daily to improve digestion, increase immunity, and fight the flu if you are already sick. Culturing can be done with vegetables of all kinds and has been for thousands of years in every part of the world. Some cultures add spices and hot peppers to their traditional cultured vegetables; think Korean kim chi or caraway kraut, yummy. They are such a big part of history that Hypocrites wrote about the healing benefits cultured vegetables back in the time of the ancient Greeks. They also fed the builders of the Great Wall during the Ming Dynasty. "Relief Society stands for self-reliance. The best food storage is not in welfare grain elevators but in sealed cans and bottles in the homes of our people. What a gratifying thing it is to see cans of wheat and rice and beans under the beds or in the pantries of women who have taken welfare responsibility into their own hands." Gordon B. Hinckley, October 2006

Emergency Kit Goal: Check sizes of children's clothing in kits. Change things out if need be. Also, winter gear is on sale now. Fill out your kits or buy extra for storage.

Pantry Box: Check to make sure your inventory is topped off. Add a couple fun things for emotional support in an emergency.

Provident Living Goal: Learn to enjoy many different vegetables and fruits. While it is true that Latter-Day Saint women should grow as much of their family's diet as possible, we can learn to eat a variety of interesting things and perhaps discover new favorites to grow in our gardens. Did you know pie pumpkins are not only for pie? They are wonderful grated on salads, pureed for soups, and look exactly like grated cheddar cheese on top of a Mexican tostada salad. God put herbs of the field and fruits of the vine on this earth to increase the health of His earthly children. Let's learn to know and love many of these gifts; who knows they just might save your life. Many of the following ingredients can be grown indoors during winter or stored fresh from our gardens in the basement, refrigerator, or root cellar to increase the nutrition of your diet. 

December Newsletter 2

Spiritual Goal:  Decide as a family how focus less on stuff and more on Jesus Christ, true meaning of Christmas. Avoid the holiday media blitz. Revive old family traditions. Spend time serving in the community together. Consider family gifts that double as preparedness and togetherness goals, like wall or dome tents, sleeping bags, camp stove, thermal cooker, solar oven, camping supplies, guidebooks for great family camping destinations and games. Consider wrapping up necessities like coats, mittens, boots, shoes, underwear, pajamas, undershirts, socks, sheets, quilts, towels, and school supplies. These things can be purchased throughout the year during closeout sales. This is a beloved family tradition at our place that we joke about every year. One year I didn’t do it, because I thought they didn’t like it; our children were very upset.

Physical Goal: finish or start LDS Physical Fitness Award Program. “Physical fitness is important in the lives of all of us. But we sometimes neglect our physical health, only to realize how precious it is once it is gone. This activity [LDS Physical Fitness Award Program] is designed to encourage families and individuals of all ages to take part regularly in activities that promote health and physical fitness. Other benefits include increased personal discipline and positive self-image, weight control, release of unwanted stress, and family fun and communication,” Physical Fitness Award Program, Family Home Evening Resource Book, (1997), 314

Financial Goal: Refinish a thrifted piece of furniture to give as a Christmas gift. Make a list of desired purchases with the rule that it must be on the list for 30 days before buying. De-junk your house. “No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. Think what you do when you run debt, you give another power over your liberty.” Benjamin Franklin

Provident Living Goal: Learn to cook and enjoy dried beans and whole grains from your storage. Learn indoor gardening and sprouting.

Storage Goal: 40 pounds dried beans per person, Batteries, dehydrated onions, garlic, herbs, peppers, celery, and carrots to flavor beans, candles, matches, hurricane candle holders

Emergency Kit Goal: Garbage bags, Candles, Matches, Can Opener

Pantry Box Goal: Family Tent, camping stuff

November Newsletter

Spiritual Goal:  If you have not yet begun journaling as part of your daily devotional, give it a try. At the very minimum, write a journal entry each week of your spiritual and temporal happenings. "I believe that one of the main reasons families have not regularly read the scriptures together is that they have just not decided in their hearts that it was important enough to do. They have not made the decision that they would find out how to do it at all costs. If they understood the importance of this family activity, they would surely do all in their power—both husband and wife or single parent—to make sure that this family practice became a foundation stone of their family traditions. It might very well do as much as any other thing to help exalt their family," M. Russell Ballard.

Physical Goal: Sleep is an often-overlooked part of physical, emotional, and spiritual health. “…retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated.” Doctrine and Covenants 88:124

Financial Goal: Just say not to stuff. As a person begins to get ahead and feel comfortable, the temptation to affluent good may rear its ugly head. It’s OK and desirable to be comfortable. Excess is not. One of the wealthiest men in the world, Warren Buffet, lives in a modest 3-bedroom home, because it meets his needs. Always ask yourself if a purchase will bless your life and meet your needs. Always consider, where it will be stored in your home before it leaves the store.

Provident Living Goal: Learn to knit or crochet. Provide your children with financial tools by making them part of the family financial team: budgeting, saving, frugality, investing, and so forth.

Storage Goal: 100 grains per person, 1 #10 can apple or banana slices per person, 1 large container cinnamon, 4 bars hand soap per person, shampoo, light bulbs (To make soap last longer, unwrap and store in brown paper tied up with string. When this is done, the soap still lathers but doesn't melt as fast.)“The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat.”  Brigham Young

Emergency Kit Goal: Personal hygiene items with feminine, shaving, and infant needs in mind

Increasing Self-Sufficiency: Water is a big issue in the desert. So why let it run off our property and down the drain? The idea of harvesting rainwater and grey water especially in desert regions to water the garden and/or provide drinking water is as old as civilization. Brigham Young designed his bathtub and gutters to drain into the garden. One man in Tucson Arizona traveled to the world’s driest climates to learn about rainwater harvesting. After incorporating it into his existing suburban landscape, he wrote about his findings in Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volumes 1-3. Learn more about this subject and use some of the principles to keep the water God sends you.

October Newsletter

Spiritual Goal:  Establish some fun traditions around General Conference weekend. Making it a celebration atmosphere. Read ‘Conference Reverence Tent’ in 2008 Friend if you have small children.

Physical Goal: Continue good habits/Prevent cold and flu. The lowering of the body's core temperature suppresses immunity, which allows viruses to thrive; dress in warm layers. Wash hands frequently. Don’t touch your face especially your nose. Use a neti pot and eyecup. Get adequate sleep. Get fresh air, exercise, and sunshine. Be positive. Drink plenty of water. Stay away from refined and processed foods. Use a humidifier. Clean doorknobs, light switches, bathrooms, and kitchens with 50/50 vinegar/water solution. Don't share drinking glasses, utensils, toothbrushes, etc. Stay home if you are infected. 

Financial Goal: Awareness is success. Track your expenses for 30 days to find any leaks in your budget. Plug leaks and stomp out bad habits. “Some argue that some men prosper financially who do not seek the kingdom first. This is true. But the Lord is not promising us just material wealth if we seek first the kingdom. From my own experience I know this is not the case. In the words of Henrik Ibsen: ‘Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.’ …Pay an honest tithing… Live on less than you earn… Learn to distinguish between needs and wants… Develop and live within a budget… Be honest in all your financial affairs.” N. Eldon Tanner, October 1979

Provident Living Goal: Consider home production in the form of a cottage business, doing work from home involving the whole family. Cottage industries bring fresh life to communities, strengthen families, establish a wonderful work ethic, teach the true value of time and money, develop confidence and cooperation, and instill a strong sense of self-worth. “Let us be wise stewards. Let us ponder the lessons of history and profit from the experiences of those who have not heeded the prophets. Gibbons, Toynbee, Durant, and other noted historians have analyzed the reasons for the fall of the mighty civilizations. The repetition is monotonous. In summarizing cause and effect…six common reasons why each civilization fell: They lost their religious convictions and flouted basic morality. They became obsessed with sex. They debased their money of its intrinsic value and let inflation run rampant. Honest work ceased to be a virtue. Respect for law disintegrated and violence became an accepted method of achieving individual and group desires. Finally, citizens were no longer willing to be soldiers and fight for the defense of their nation and their heritage.” J. Richard Clark, October 1980

Storage Goal: 50 cans soup, stew, chili per person, 10+ pounds sprouting seeds per person, Shaving supplies, Dish Soap “When people are able but unwilling to take care of themselves, we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer…” Boyd K. Packer

Emergency Kit & Pantry Box Goals: Rotate over conference weekend. Since you are using your box and kit for several meals this month, it is perfectly acceptable to use your grocery funds to replenish your box and kit. Don’t put it off!!!

Increasing Self-Sufficiency: Benjamin Franklin, Nathaniel Bowditch, Abigail Adams, Steve Jobs, and many others were self-educated people that positively impacted the world. President Hinckley spoke often of the love of learning he developed in his childhood home, where he and his siblings read Harvard classics around the kitchen table. Speaking fondly of the little library room with comfortable chairs and walls lined with bookshelves crammed with hundreds of classic and technical books, magazines, atlases, scriptures, and dictionaries, he showed how his parents made it clear through action and priority that learning was desired and valued. President Hinckley urged parents to read to their children and all people to budget their time to allow a daily pattern of study in addition to scripture study. Although President Hinckley went to college, many people for one reason or another do not. However, this need not end a person’s education. Like Mr. Franklin and all the Hinckley children, anyone who can read a bit can learn anything.

“We have lived to see the second death of ancient learning. In our time something which was once the possession of all educated men has shrunk to being the technical accomplishment of a few specialists…If one were looking for a man who could not read Virgil though his father could, he might be found more easily in the twentieth century than in the fifth,” C. S. Lewis, Selected Literary Essays, ed. Walter Hooper (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1979), 4.

“…to produce the good man and the good citizen, though it must be remembered that we are not here using the word ‘good’ in any narrowly ethical sense. The ‘good’ man’ here remains the man of good taste and good feeling, the interesting and interested man, and almost the happy man…Vocational training, on the other hand prepares the pupil not for leisure, but for work; it aims at making not a good man but a good banker, a good electrician, a good scavenger, or a good surgeon,” C.S. Lewis, Rehabilitations and Other Essays (London, UK: Oxford University Press, 1939), 81-5.

Why not begin a program of self-education in the same place President Hinckley began by reading Fifteen Minutes a Day with The Harvard Classics? http://www.mensetmanus.net/inspiration/fifteen_minutes_a_day/

Helmets are Cooler Than Coffins

The time between July 18 and September 11 is quite difficult for me each year. I've relived the last months of my daughter's life for the past several years. Although the sadness has lessened somewhat, I miss her. Even though I know she is with God and that families are forever, I miss her dreadfully.

Katie turned 9 on July 18, 1997. Budding into young womanhood, she began to cross her long legs and fix her long brown hair. She was growing out her bangs. I began to feel that this girl needed extra time with mom, so we went shopping or driving, just the two of us. It was delightful. Ever since her birth, she seemed to be a gift from God directly to me (Of course, I love all my children, but each is unique as is my relationship with each one.) To see her stomp her little foot and say, "Leave my mommy alone," when the big girls were back-talking, would make anyone smile. It melted my heart.

No, she wasn't perfect, but to me she was my little punkin. A math genius, voracious reader, poet, artist, budding piano prodigy and a bubbly, smiley, happy girl, she left our home too soon, leaving an unfilled void. On one of our shopping trips, we bought her a new bike helmet with a pony tail port. She loved to braid her long hair in one braid hanging down her back, making helmet wearing difficult. The ponytail port was a great answer. Where we lived in the Pacific NW, helmets were required by law for every rider. If our children wanted to own a bike, they were required to wear helmets. They complied, but what I didn't know is that they didn't buckle the things, rendering them useless.

That terrible morning September 5, 1997, my friend rang the doorbell at 8:30 in the morning. She looked really funny. I quickly found out why. She had witnessed a terrible tragedy. Our Katie was lying in the street after being bumped by a truck. It didn't hit her but glanced her rear tire. She slid into the curb, hitting her temple. On impact her unbuckled helmet flew off her head.

Airlifted to the closest trauma center, she underwent brain surgery to stop the hemorrhage in her brain. They shaved off her beautiful hair, leaving a huge C-shaped incision. Her sweet little brain swelled and swelled. Little by little daily MRIs showed her brain dying. She never woke-up. She lived 6 days in the ICU, before we removed her off life support.

 Her coffin was sweetly lined with white satin. She was dressed in white with a white veil covering her huge, bald head. Delicate white roses draped the coffin. The funeral was lovely, but these things should have been for her wedding. When rain clouds burst just as we left the cemetery, I knew that Katie, my gift from God, cried for our family.

 In this ward most remember a dear young man, who had a similar accident on a skateboard. He lived, but struggled mightily for a very long time. The week of his accident a group of young men from our ward including his little brother came to ask my son to join them for nightgames. Not one of them was wearing a helmet. When I inquired why, they told me that it was safe around our neighborhood. They didn't need helmets. Yet my the young man in our ward was only a couple blocks from home in our neighborhood, when he suffered his injury. My little Katie was in view of our front door. The fact is that 75 percent of deaths among children could be prevented with a bicycle helmet.

Please, while you're buying school binders, paper, pencils, markers, and books or new Christmas bicycles and skates, buy helmets as well. Parents, require your children to wear a helmet every time he or she rides a bike, skateboard, scooter or skates! Whenever they "wheel" around, they should be safe. Tell your children the story of our beautiful Katie. When they talk about helmets being sweaty or stupid, remind them that helmets are cooler than coffins.

September Newsletter

Spiritual Goal: Increase Temple Attendance-“Those who understand the eternal blessings which come from the temple know that no sacrifice is too great, no price too heavy, no struggle too difficult in order to receive those blessings. There are never too many miles to travel, too many obstacles to overcome, or too much discomfort to endure. They understand that the saving ordinances received in the temple that permit us to someday return to our Heavenly Father in an eternal family relationship and to be endowed with blessings and power from on high are worth every sacrifice and every effort,” Thomas S Monson, April, 2011.

Physical Goal: Continue good habits. Make a concerted effort to attain and maintain a healthy weight. Drinking lots of water helps with weight loss.  “To a great extent we are physically what we eat. Most of us are acquainted with some of the prohibitions [of the word of Wisdom]...What need additional emphasis are the positive aspects--the need for vegetables, fruits, and grains, particularly wheat. In most cases, the closer these can be, when eaten, to their natural state-- without over-refinement and processing--the healthier we will be. To a significant degree, we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth, and lacking the energy that could be ours because we overindulge in junk foods…We need a generation of young people who, as Daniel, eat in a more healthy manner than to fare on the "king's meat"--and whose countenances show it,” Ezra Taft Benson, March 1979.

Financial Goal:  Retirement savings and insurance-“God gave a natural instinct to the animals he created to preserve their surplus against a time of need. But man has developed the tendency to squander all that he harvests and to leave to chance or to others his satisfaction of future needs. This is contrary to divine law. Frugality is a principle of righteousness. Consumption should never exceed our production. Economic freedom comes from the surpluses we create…insure against our greatest potential loss…our ability to earn is our greatest asset. When the provider insures his life, he is insuring his future income for his family. As husbands, let us not force our wives into the marketplace to be both the provider and homemaker should our lives be cut short by premature adequate health insurance. Medical costs are soaring, and trying to self-insure from personal savings is very risky. During inflation, medical costs increase faster than our savings accumulate,” J. Richard Clark, October 1980

Provident Living Goal: Learn to re-upholster a simple piece of furniture. Review or get a will.

Storage Goal: 25 pounds canned or dried potatoes per person, 50 quarts tomatoes per person Read Root Cellaring by Bubel-“Home storage should consist of a year’s supply of basic food, clothing, and, where possible, fuel. After this goal is reached, emergency and expanded storage is desirable. In all of our storage, quality products, proper containers and storage facilities, proper storage temperature, and regular rotation are important considerations…there is a need for diversification in places of storage and in types of containers. Perhaps not all storage should be concentrated in one area of the house, not all should be stored in tin or plastic containers, not all in glass containers.” Barbara B. Smith, October 1976

Emergency Kit Goal: pup tents, space blanket, mini-back pack stove/fuel, personal hygiene and first aide kit for each kit

Pantry Box Goal: plastic dishpan, towel, rag, soap

Master Soup Recipe

“Learn to eat lentils and you will never have to be subservient to the king.” Diogenes

Although it is fun to try out recipes, they are actually simple guides to be twisted and tweaked by the chef. This master soup recipe will be helpful to anyone seeking to incorporate stored foods, avoid unhealthy ingredients, or elude subservience to the king. Soup is the ultimate peasant king cuisine and certainly shouldn't be reserved for winter. Simply cook it outdoors in a slow-cooker or sun oven in summer. This can be made in any amount.

Soup Base:
1-2 onions or 1-4 leeks (white and a little green parts) pureed
1-4 carrots, chopped or pureed
1-4 celery stocks, chopped or pureed

1-2 c. sliced mushrooms (optional)
1-4 garlic cloves, pressed (optional)
1 green bell pepper, chopped or pureed (optional)

The first three will become your stock. The others are optional and will take your soup in different directions.  Put them in your soup pot over the lowest possible heat and cook until the water is evaporated and the onions begin to turn golden. Or just put them in the bottom of your slow cooker. You will find it is not necessary to buy little bullion cubes, which are really balls of fat, artificial flavorings, and salt. Neither is it necessary to buy canned stocks or broths. Good results can be achieved with these nutritious and inexpensive ingredients. Onions, garlic, peppers, carrots, and celery can be grown in your own backyard for root cellaring or dehydrating. Mushrooms can be grown in the basement.

Body Vegetables:
1. Chopped root vegetables
2. Chopped winter squash
3. Tomatoes, fennel, cabbage
4. Cauliflower, broccoli

Pick one or two of the above categories. Chop several cups of these vegetables into spoon sized pieces. Your choice here will determine the theme or ethnic direction of your soup. If you choose the tomato route, you will probably also choose garlic and peppers. Now add several cups of the cleanest water you have available, distilled when possible. If you have only two people obviously the amounts of vegetables and water will be different than if you are feeding a family of eight.

Flavorings:
Here the palette is wide open. Any and all spices and herbs are available. Thyme, parsley, sage, rosemary, curry powder, red pepper flakes, paprika, chili powder, nutritional yeast, etc. Miso can be added just before serving. Start with a small amount, adding more to gain your perfect taste. Good health advice recommends low-sodium usage. If they are heavy-handed salters, slowly wean them from the habit with citrus zest, spices, and herbs. Have fun playing with this. 

Body:
Here we add soaked lentils, cooked beans and/or cooked grains to give the soup stick to your ribs potential. Precook beans and grains once a week for the fridge or freezer to add to soups and main dishes all week long. The kitchen cupboard can have dozens of varieties of beans and grains. Any amount is fine but start with 1/2 c. beans and 1/4 c. grains per person. Note: lentils go in at the beginning with the body vegetables, while cooked beans and grains are added at the end with greens. If using tomatoes, add them after the lentils are soft. Legumes will not soften properly, when cooked with salt or acid.

Greens:
At the end of cooking, add 2-3 cups finely chopped kale, bok choi, zucchini, green beans, asparagus, parsley, basil, collards, chard, napa cabbage, etc. When adding basil, use ¼-½ c. mixed with one or two of the others. 

Texture:
Some soups are pureed before or after the addition of the greens. A large pot of soup can be eaten intact for one or two meals. As interest wanes, puree it for a different presentation. 

Toppers:
This is where avocados, nuts, and seeds of all kinds come in. Use them as garnishes for added flavor and nutrition but not generally as main ingredients. Nutritional yeast tastes a bit like Parmesan cheese but is a much healthier choice for a 'cheesy' topper. Also colorful spices, minced fresh herbs, sprouts, and micro-greens look fantastic and inviting on soup.

Well there you go. Have a great time testing, twisting and tweaking with your favorite, frugal ingredients for the most satisfying, tasty bowl of soup you can imagine. Set the table nicely and nobody will ever know you are cooking for health and frugality.

Think About A Sun Oven For Preparedness

I love my Sun Oven and use it often. It is so fun to cook without paying for fuel. It's sort of like getting away with something even though it's not.