Making our own dehydrated soup mixes is a practical way to use our dried meats and dehydrated vegetables. There are several ways to go about this: one is to keep big batches of dried materials individually stored, and dip into this supply to get the ingredients for your favorite soups, and another … [Read more...] about How to Make a Batch of Dehydrated Soup Mix
Easy to Make House Cheese: From Dry Milk Powder in a Crock Pot or on the Stove
Dry milk powder was the blandest, most boring part of my prep pantry. Or so I thought! There's a lot of great foods that can be made from dry milk besides milk: there's yogurt, yogurt cheese, buttermilk, sauces, gravies and more. Today, you're going to learn how to make a homemade ricotta-type … [Read more...] about Easy to Make House Cheese: From Dry Milk Powder in a Crock Pot or on the Stove
Two Ways to Make Buttermilk from Powdered Milk
Buttermilk used to be what we called the liquid left when butter was churned out of fresh milk. Today, however, you'd be hard pressed to find any of that great stuff. Instead, nowadays, we make almost all 'buttermilk' with nonfat milk that's been fermented with bacteria that produces lactic acid. … [Read more...] about Two Ways to Make Buttermilk from Powdered Milk
Powdered Milk Taste Bad? Tips To Make Dried Milk Drinkable
The cost of powdered milk makes it an attractive, budget-saving bargain. It also has a shelf life of approximately one year (use it for cooking instead of drinking after that) making it a great prep item. We all have a bunch of powdered dry milk in our pantry and even more stashed back in our preps … [Read more...] about Powdered Milk Taste Bad? Tips To Make Dried Milk Drinkable
How to Make Yogurt in a Crock Pot
I'm looking at all the things we can do with slow cookers, or as we call them, crock pots, and I have to say that I am amazed. In all the years I've thought about different ways to make yogurt (or is it yoghurt?) I never came across the idea of using a crock pot. Until recently... And it's a genius … [Read more...] about How to Make Yogurt in a Crock Pot