Food Preservation - Food Storage

Soon we will have a lot of information about Food Preservation, Gardening, Harvesting, and how to cook with the food that you've stored. 

Food Preservation

It is very easy to get overwhelmed when thinking about actually preserving your own food.  It is bad enough to cook a regular meal for a group of people.  Now I am thinking about canning/preserving my own food storage.  It is time to learn how to do it properly.  I really don't want to cook a meal for a group of people AND worry for the next 24-48 hours for the signs of food poisoning; for a while after I started cooking, I was so worried that I was going to poison everyone.  I'd secretly say an extra blessing on the food...just in case.  I've gotten over that fear for the most part...

Now I think about trying to preserve food to cook for future use.  That scares me to death.  To be honest.

Foods or Suppliers that I have tried and that I trust to do business with.

1 - Thrive Life - This is a great Company.  I have had the pleasure to work directly with the CEO of Thrive Life on some projects, and I trust him completely.  Do not hesitate to do business with them!

This may not mean much to the guys that read this site, but ladies...Shelf Reliance has done what no other Food Storage Supplier has done...They have made it Cute.  No more dull or ugly #10 cans of food storage.  Believe me guys when I say that it is much easier to get your wife on board with Family Preparedness if she has a a pantry full of "Cute" food.  I know, I know, it sounds stupid...but check it out.  

I haven't tried all of their food, but just judging by the packaging alone...it's all gonna' be delicious! :)  So far my favorites are the Macaroon Cookies and the Freeze-Dried Pineapple Chunks (it's like candy)

 One of the coolest things that I've just recently found is called the "Q".  It is a pretty cool way to "set it, and forget it".  You use their calculators, they put together a suggestion of what foods you will want / need.  You can edit the list to add extras of any particular items or remove any of those veggies that you swore you'd never make your kids eat when you grew up!  Anyway - You create your "Q" set a monthly budget, and that's it.  They do the rest.  Every month they ship items from your "Q".  Pretty cool stuff.

Thrive Life is so much more than just a Food Storage Company!  They have a very good section called Thrive University.  It is a full of great information and tools to make your journey into self-reliance a little less complicated.  They also sell gear.  We'll get into that more later.

Authors note: I don't make any money from Thrive Life.  I'm just a very satisfied customer...Someday I'm going to get in on the action though!  These guys have a great thing going.

*Update November 2013 - Because of the great experiences I have had with Thrive in the past, I have finally signed on with Thrive Life to be an Independent Consultant.