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Updates After a Year with an Excalibur Dehydrator and Nutrimill Grain Mill

January 17th, 2012 · 82 Comments · What to Buy

Q: Where do you put an Excalibur dehydrator? A: In the basement. I’ve been using both the Excalibur dehydrator and the Nutrimill grain mill for over a year now, and I realized that, as with most things, long term use can change the way you think about something. I thought it would be a good [...]

Real Food Stockpile: Fruits and Vegetables

May 20th, 2011 · 30 Comments · Frugality

Luckily, most kids like raisins. When you’re talking long-term food storage or preparedness, chances are you might end up with some foods and/or forms of food preparation that are a little foreign to your family. When it comes to fruits, it’s just fun. In the style of yesterday’s meat, protein and fat long-term storage post, [...]

Frugal Pantry Storage Tips {Guest Post}

April 8th, 2011 · 71 Comments · Frugality

I’m so pleased to introduce a local colleague, Adrienne of Whole New Mom, who is fairly new to the blogosphere but much more experienced than I am in the world of traditional foods and frugal living. Her guest post today fits perfectly into the theme of the Eat Well, Spend Less Series, and I invite [...]

5 Ways to Preserve Your Apples

October 12th, 2010 · 43 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Frugality, Recipes

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, how many doctors are bored because we’re averaging 2-3 per person around here this fall? My husband went out with friends Friday night. They had pizza, he had an apple. The next day they tailgated; he had grilled chicken and an apple. My 2-year-old daughter Leah [...]

WINNER: Excalibur Dehydrator

June 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

I literally paused with fingers hovering over the mouse for 30 seconds before I could bring myself to let random.org loose on the 2150 entries in the Excalibur dehydrator giveaway from Cook Ware’s Plus. This is a big deal to a lot of people. I even got an email from an almost-9-year-old boy asking if [...]

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How to Make Crispy Nuts: An Update

June 25th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Do It Yourself

Two days was just too long to wait. I was shocked when my first attempt using my Excalibur to make soaked and dehydrated almonds and walnuts took two full days. I used a lower temperature than I had in the past with the smaller Nesco Snackmaster because the Excalibur handbook spoke of “raw and living [...]

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How to Dehydrate Vegetables – Excalibur Week!

June 24th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Do It Yourself

This is hardly even worth a blog post. Dehydrating veggies, at least the few I’ve attempted, is so simple: Wash Cut in even pieces Dehydrate Store The hardest part about dehydrating veggies, for me, is figuring out how to use them and then remembering to do it. I’ve only done peppers, zucchini, and tomatoes, because [...]