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MREs (Meals Ready-to-Eat)



5-10 Year Shelf-Life | No Cooking Required | Great Value & Selection

• Tough Food Storage Packaging

Aluminum pouch with polypropylene laminate provides extreme durability and slim profile.

• High Quality Military Grade Like Quality

Trusted quality from military contracted manufacturer!

• Easy to Store Food Supply Option

Contained in 20 easy to store boxes.

• Don’t Waste Precious Time

No cooking or preparations, heat up if you would like.

• Highest Quality and Shelf Life Available

Up to 10 years or more so you will be prepared no matter when disaster strikes!

• Enjoy Peace of Mind

With a long shelf life, a wide variety, and easy to prepare meals you can rest assured that you will be ready when you need it.

Our 1 Year MRE Supply is designed to help you and your loved ones survive any food emergency. This supply will provide enough food, nutrition and calories to sustain 1 person for 365 days. Our military MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) are fresh and are designed to withstand the harshest conditions. Each day you will receive over 2,000 calories of delicious, life sustaining meals to help you and your family survive during an emergency or natural disaster. These MREs will store for a minimum of 5 years, if stored at 75 degrees or less and much longer if stored at cooler temperatures. Because MREs can be eaten hot or cold and require no cooking, they are the perfect survival food and a must for when you need to evacuate in a hurry and without warning!

Now includes 432 MRE Heaters!

Do you live in an area that can be impacted by natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes or floods? These kinds of disasters can strike quickly and without warning. You may need to evacuate and may have very little time to prepare. The food in our 1 Year MRE Supply is designed for those situations. You will have the peace of mind knowing that whether you have to evacuate in a hurry or shelter in place, you will have the food you need to keep you and your loved ones alive and healthy.

MREs (Meals Ready-to-Eat) are the operational ration employed by the U.S. military because of they are easy to prepare, extremely durable, self-contained, and provide excellent nutrition and energy. They are the perfect solution for grab-n-go emergency food supplies such as 72-Hour kits and are an optimal solution for short-term emergency food storage.

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MRE Flameless Heater



60 Year Shelf-Life | Military Contracted Manufacturer | Just Add Water

• Don’t Worry and Don’t Waste Time

No stove, fuel, or cookware required when you have the MRE flameless heater—just add a tablespoon of water and watch it heat up!

• Don’t Stress about Restocking

These flameless heaters last a full 60 years, so you never have to worry!

• Feel Confident in the Quality of Your Product

MRE flameless heaters are made from our contracted manufacturer—who also makes these products for the U.S. military!

• Simplify Your Life

This slim profile pouch is convenient and 100% self-contained.

• Make Emergency Preparedness Enjoyable

There are a variety of different MREs, and these flameless heaters will make trying them all even more delicious and fun!.

Here’s the perfect companion to your emergency MRE food supplies! These flameless heaters mix with water to form a (completely safe) chemical reaction that heats your MREs to over 200° F. in minutes. Hot food not only tastes better, but it’s a source of comfort when braving harsh conditions. If disaster ever strikes you or your family, you aren’t going to want to worry about cooking or, worse, where to get your food. Whether it’s a natural disaster or economic problems, having food storage in the form of MREs will give you a way to look on the bright side of the things. And although MREs can be eaten cold, they definitely taste better hot—so if you’re looking for the most convenient way to get a full meal, make sure you don’t forget to also by these MRE flameless heaters!

Our lightweight flameless heaters are also used by the U.S. military because their quality is unmatched. These heaters are conveniently self-contained and a cinch to use: just slide the foil MRE retort pouch into the heated pouch and suddenly you have a steaming-hot and nutritious meal that you can enjoy eating. With an unlimited storage life these heaters are ideal for hiking/camping, auto emergency, or 72 hour kits. Don’t forget to buy your MREs! And remember, these flameless heaters are each a one-time use only, so make sure to get as many as you'll need!

Emergency officials recognize the need for emergency food storage. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) recommends that each person in your household should have at LEAST three days' worth of supplies in case of emergency.

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Bunker Sales Skyrocket 1000%

Mac Slavo
March 24th, 2011
SHTFplan.com
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Earthquakes and Tsunamis have killed over a quarter million people in recent years. Fears of radiation fallout grip the world. War in the middle east is expanding. The global economic system may be approaching a breaking point. While these events are considered unlikely probabilities, they are, as we have seen, within the realm of possibility. Even one-in-a-million scenarios, like an asteroid collision or pole shift have happened in earth’s history, wiping out species across the entire planet.

If the absolute worst were to occur, the best place to be is out of the way and out of view. As we witnessed on September 11, the US government has their plan in case of an emergency. When America was under attack, security personnel quickly moved the President, Vice President and key members of the government to underground bunkers. In the 1950′s and 60′s, at the height of the cold war, families across America were installing bunkers in their back yards to protect themselves from the possibility of atomic war. Today, as modern as our era may be, people have the same fears as before, perhaps more so. According to the following report, the government isn’t the only one building Armageddon shelters as of late. Several companies have made it possible for private individuals to take steps to ensure the safety of themselves, family or 950 of their closest friends:

These companies that sell Doomsday bunkers and underground fallout shelters are seeing sales and inquiries just skyrocket. There’s one company called Vivos which makes huge underground shelters that can fit anywhere from 200 to 950 people and it has seen reservations rise over 1000% just in the last week, since the earthquake hit.
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The CEO likened it to a four-star hotel underground. Pool tables, lounges, everyone gets their own room, a bathroom, there’s a kitchen, a bakery, dental facilities, medical center, full stocked wine cellar, a pet kennel and even a prison where you can put people if they start being violent. And why would you need all this crazy stuff in a fall out shelter? Well, because you could be there for a while.



Being prepared may be a fringe industry, but more people now than ever before are spending time, energy and money to ensure they have the essentials in case the worst were to happen. The Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends that all families have at least two weeks of supplies that include food, water, and critical medicines. Those who prepare for disasters often refer to themselves as preppers, and they’ve found that once they start stocking up, two weeks just isn’t enough. In addition to the basics recommended by emergency organizations, preppers generally look out at a time line of anywhere from thirty days to a year, and they plan accordingly. Freeze dried foods, five gallon buckets of dry goods, garden seeds, precious metals, self defense armaments, and fuel stores are all of the supplies any serious prepper has in their home or secondary bug-out location.

While some may refer to companies in the preparedness industry as profiting off of people’s fears, the same could be said for any industry. All advertising, or at least an overwhelming majority, utilizes fear based marketing. Mainstream news channels regularly carry headlines driven by fear and panic. They’ll be the first to admit that headlines sell news (and advertising). Who’s going to tune in to cable news for hours at a time unless something sensational is happening, or perceived to be happening? Commercials for prescription drugs, clothing, detergent, vehicle sales, makeup, and all manner of consumer products sold in America use fear based marketing targeted at adults and children. This is regular practice. Advertising, by its nature, creates a fear or a void, and then sells you a product to fill that void.
We digress.
The fact of the matter is that while we may feel like we need all of those products to fill the voids in our lives, most of them will do nothing for us in the event of an emergency or large scale catastrophe. It’s obvious by recent and historical events that sometimes bad things happen. And they don’t just happen in far-off places or on the TV. They happen close to home.

Some individuals have a real concern. They see signs all around them that something, perhaps they can’t put their finger on it, just doesn’t feel right. This in itself can often lead to stress, anxiety and depression and become debilitating to one’s everyday life. If taking action like creating a wealth preservation plan, acquiring reserve supplies and learning new skills mitigates negative emotional responses and subjugates the fear of an impending doom, then that is a positive development for all aspect of your wellness.

Getting ready may help a prepper feel better emotionally and spiritually, but there is certainly a stigma associated with such actions by the general populace. The only thing we can say to those individuals skeptical of such activities is that the US government plans for all manner of far-from-equilibrium scenarios like economic breakdown and spends billions of dollars on building bunkers, stockpiling food and medicine, and arming themselves – and they are doing it with the skeptic’s tax dollars. The ironic thing is that in an emergency, those who view preppers as abnormal or out of touch will reap none of the benefits of those federal preparations, as they are reserved for continuity of government contingencies and the best, brightest, and elite of our society. The skeptic will be the one left holding the bag, which will of course have no food, water or supplies contained in it.

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Super Snack: Carrot Apple Salad

Tess Pennington
Ready Nutrition
March 2011



Carrot apple salad is a favorite side dish in my home. It is packed with vitamins and nutrients and gives my kids a needed vitamin boost during the day.

The kids like it because it’s simple and tasty, and does not have a lot of “extras.” I like it because the recipe contains fresh fruits and vegetables and makes a great healthy alternative to the
regular after school snacks.

Carrot Apple Salad

• 5-7 carrots, peeled and grated
• 2 apples, peeled and grated
• juice of 1 orange or citrus fruit
• Optional: chopped pine-apple

Shred carrots and apples with a potato peeler and squeeze orange juice over the salad. If you have a food processor, it will save time and energy with the grating portion of the recipe. Allow the salad to sit in juices for an hour. Serve chilled.

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• Hot Apple Cider Recipe
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Make Vinegar From Apples

Tess Pennington
Ready Nutrition
September 2010



An excerpt from The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Classic Stories:

Everything must be saved, nothing wasted of all the summer’s bounty. Even the apple cores were saved for making vinegar…
- Farmer Boy

A quantity of good vinegar was important to a family that preserved its own meat and vegetables… Since store products might contain dangerous acids, careful housewives made their own vinegar, taking pride in the special flavors they acheived. They began at preserving time with a clean barrel open at the top for air and receiving and fitted with a bung at the bottom for decanting. Into the barrel went rain water, some of last year’s vinegar, and the peel and cores from apple canning and drying. Sweetening might be added in the form of preserve-kettle skimmings, molasses-barrel rinsings, honey, or brown sugar. In time this mixture fermented, resembling hard cider or wine; in more time-several months-the ferment turned acid and became vinegar. In spring part of the the batch might be moved to an outdoor barrel and mixed with rainwater and spices to become next seasons pickling vinegar…

Start your vinegar making as soon as the season’s new apple crop is available so you can make several tries if necessary.

For 1/2 gallon of cider vinegar you will need:

• 1/2 gallon of spring, rain, or well water
• 2 c. honey
• 12 or more apple peels and cores
• 1/2 package of dry yeast (1 1/2 tsps)
• 1/2 c. cider vinegar, commercial (for comparison only)

1. Small barrel or plastic gallon jug (used plastic milk jug); cord or lid; sipping straws. *If a plastic milk jug is to be used, wash well and scald with hot water to kill any bacteria.
2. Find a place in the warm kitchen where it can rest on a side, with the narrow opening serving as a bunghole.
3. Cut an opening on the top surface to receive a wide cork or plastic lid (the closing should not be airtight).
4. Boil water, pour it in the jug, and stir in honey, peel, and cores. Cover, set aside.
5. Check mixture daily for bubbling. If none occurs in a week, add the yeast.
6. If mold forms on the surface, skim it off without disturbing the contents.
7. After 1 month, the bubbling will have stopped and souring begun. Now it is up to your taste to tell you when the vinegar is ready to use. To take a sample from the jug, plunge in a sipping straw, close the end with your thumb, and remove the straw half full. Judge the strength by comparing it with the taste of the commercial vinegar.
8. In two months the vinegar may be sour enough to use in cooking and salad dressings. Try to decant a quantity from the bung without shaking up the contents. Replenish the barrel with any fermented matter on hand.

At some point a milky froth may form on or below the surface of the vinegar in the barrel. This is called a “mother,” and is a welcome sign of acetic acid bacteria but a possible nuisance. Best remove it, along with the other solid matter in the barrel.

Use your homemade product wherever vinegar is called for… except for pickling, which requires a vinegar of proven acidity.

Author: Tess Pennington
Web Site: http://www.readynutrition.com/
Date: September 23rd, 2010
Related Categories: Natural Alternatives, Recipes

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Natural Flu Medicines

Tess Pennington
Ready Nutrition
October 2009

Nature provides us all that we need to live and thrive. Two generations ago, people did not have Tylenol and Ny-Quil and Sudafed to get them through when they were ailing. Our ancestors had knowledge on medicinal herbs, and had proven tonics that alleviated symptoms and cured their illnesses. As with many forms of generational knowledge, things are forgotten. But, the time may come when we will need to know what our ancestors knew long before us.

Nature has provided us many natural cures and natural antibiotics. Having knowledge of natural remedies is imperative to our overall health. Making natural remedies such as cough syrup and lozenges are not difficult in the least. All that is required is a knowledge base on what the ingredients are and how they effect our bodies.

If you find any recipes that may be of use, print it and store it in your G.O.O.D Manuals. There are certain ingredients that are constants in many natural medicinal concoctions. Adding herbs into the recipes below only enhances their healing power. In fact, if you combined them all and made a large quantity of cough syrup, this would last a few months. Some of these powerful medicinal enhancers are:

• Lemon – This fruit has a high Vitamin C content as well as breaks down phlegm.
• Honey - Honey has well-established antioxidants and antimicrobial effects, which could explain its contributions to wound healing. Honey also soothes on contact, which may help explain its effect on cough.
• Vinegar – Vinegar assists as a cough suppressant, aids in respiratory and sinus congestion, as well as alleviates sore throat.
• Garlic or Onion - Encased in these smelly herbs are natural antibiotics and assists in breaking down phlegm to have improved lung health.
• Whiskey, Bourbon or Brandy - These alcohols can assist as a sleeping aide and pain reducer. Note: only a capfull is needed.
• Ginger – In Chinese culture, ginger is considered the best home remedy for colds due to it’s antiviral compounds and assists in aiding digestion and alleviates symptoms of head colds.
• Cayenne Pepper- This spice assists in circulation and in inflammation.
• Sage – This herb restores the appetite and treats head colds and symptoms related to head colds.
• Thyme – This helps revive exhaustion and helps fight infection.

Cough Syrup Base

• 1 tbsp. honey
• 1 tbsp. vinegar
• 1 c. boiling water

Pour boiling water over honey and vinegar in a cup. The taste is not so good, but it is effective. This is also helps with sore throats. You can add chopped fresh sage for that headache feeling, grated fresh ginger to help increase circulation, or a spoonful of chopped fresh thyme to fight infection. Cool the mixture. Take a 1/2 tblsp. three times a day.
Source: www.cooks.com

Garlic Cough Syrup

• 1 quart jar
• 3-4 garlic bulbs, minced or use a fine grater
• honey

Mince the garlic and place in a jar. Cover the minced garlic with honey and set it aside in the refrigerator for 14 days. Once the mixture has fermented you can add lemon juice (for added vitamin c), and take by the spoonful as needed. This alleviates symptoms from the flu, strep throat, sore throats, and coughs. Any unused portion of this syrup can be used for marinades or sauces.
Source: www.cooks.com

Onion Cough Syrup

• 1 medium onion sliced
• honey

Slice the onion and set on a plate. Pour honey over the onion slices and allow to sit 5-6 hours covered. Drain off the syrup and use 1 tsp. every time you or your child coughs.
Source: www.cooks.com

Garlic Tea

• 2 pieces of garlic
• 2 quarts of water
• chamomile tea bag or other herbal tea bag
• Honey

add garlic to two quarts of water and boil the mixture.
When water is piping hot, remove from the stove and pour into a tea cup with your favorite herbal tea bag. Allow the teabag to steep for 10-12 minutes. Add honey to thicken the mixture and drink slowly.
Source: www.ehow.com

Honey Tonic for Cough

• 1 tblsp. honey
• glass of hot water
• slice of lemon

Stir in honey int othe hot water and add a few splashes of water. This combination has healing properties as well as quiets the tickle associated with coughs.
Source: www.ehow.com

Author: Tess Pennington
Web Site: http://www.readynutrition.com/
Date: October 28th, 2009
Related Categories: Dietary Wellness, Natural Alternatives, Recipes

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10 Easy Survival Seeds to Grow

Tess Pennington
Ready Nutrition
November 2010

Survival seeds are one of those long term essential emergency preps that every family should have. If the days come when a survival garden is needed, the family will be happy to have invested in such an important prep item. In exchange for your energy and time, you will want a survival garden that will provide your family abundantly with food. Non-GMO, heirloom quality is best as these seeds produce seeds you can save for future harvests. However, stocking up on some packets of the GMO version is not a bad idea either. Having dependable seeds in times of a crisis is comparable to having another back up for your back ups. In this author’s opinion, a person can never have enough seeds. If stored properly, these seeds can last much longer than their expected expiration dates.
Easy Growing Varieties

Below are a list of easy to grow vegetable and fruit varieties that are not only easy to grow, but will also provide lots of nutrition. To learn more about the nutritional content of these varieties, click here.

• Nut/Fruit Trees – To learn more about essential nut and fruit trees for a survival homestead, click here.
• Squash/Zucchini
• Berries – Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, etc.
• Grapes
• Peas/Beans
• Kale
• Broccoli
• Peppers
• Potatoes
• Pumpkin

One of the authors at Backwoods Home Magazine suggest planting survival perennials, or vegetables that come back on their own each year. Perennials such as asparagus, Jerusalem artichokes, horseradish, garlic, perennial onions, and herbs of both culinary and medicinal. The survival perennials are an efficient way to produce food and make good use of your time. Some of these perennials, such as asparagus require two years to grow before they produce food. Therefore, this is why it is so important to research which type of vegetables and fruits you want in your survival garden.

Storing seeds will ensure that in a long-term disaster you will be able to provide needed nutrition and energy for more physical exertion and mental clarity. Those who have started their survival gardens have no doubt learned from a few garden mistakes along the way. Yet through these mistakes, gardeners have stumbled upon wisdom and grown into better gardeners. These experienced gardeners have taken certain factors into consideration before the seeds are planted, and through experience found which vegetables varieties are easier to grow.


Author: Tess Pennington
Web Site: http://www.readynutrition.com/
Date: November 9th, 2010
Related Categories: Micro Farming, Survival Food

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11 Emergency Food Items That Can Last a Lifetime

Tess Pennington
Ready Nutrition
March 2011

Did you know that with proper storage techniques, you can have a lifetime supply of certain foods? Certain foods can stand the test of time, and continue being a lifeline to the families that stored it. Knowing which foods last indefinitely and how to store them are you keys to success.

The best way to store food for the long term is by using a multi-barrier system. This system protects the food from natural elements such as moisture and sunlight, as well as from insect infestations.
Typically, those who store bulk foods look for inexpensive items that have multi-purposes and will last long term. Listed below are 11 food items that are not only multi-purpose preps, but they can last a lifetime!
Honey
Honey never really goes bad. In a tomb in Egypt 3,000 years ago, honey was found and was still edible. If there are temperature fluctuations and sunlight, then the consistency and color can change. Many honey harvesters say that when honey crystallizes, then it can be re-heated and used just like fresh honey. Because of honey’s low water content, microorganisms do not like the environment.
Uses: curing, baking, medicinal, wine (mead)
Salt
Although salt is prone to absorbing moisture, it’s shelf life is indefinite. This indispensable mineral will be a valuable commodity in a long term disaster and will be a essential bartering item.
Uses: curing, preservative, cooking, cleaning, medicinal, tanning hides
Sugar
Life would be so boring without sugar. Much like salt, sugar is also prone to absorbing moisture, but this problem can be eradicated by adding some rice granules into the storage container.
Uses: sweetener for beverages, breads, cakes, preservative, curing, gardening, insecticide (equal parts of sugar and baking powder will kill cockroaches).
Wheat
Wheat is a major part of the diet for over 1/3 of the world. This popular staple supplies 20% of daily calories to a majority of the world population. Besides being a high carbohydrate food, wheat contains valuable protein, minerals, and vita­mins. Wheat protein, when balanced by other foods that supply certain amino acids such as lysine, is an efficient source of protein.
Uses: baking, making alcohol, livestock feed, leavening agent
Dried corn
Essentially, dried corn can be substituted for any recipe that calls for fresh corn. Our ancestors began drying corn because of it’s short lived season. To extend the shelf life of corn, it has to be preserved by drying it out so it can be used later in the year.
Uses: soups, cornmeal, livestock feed, hominy and grits, heating source (do a search for corn burning fireplaces).
Baking soda
This multi-purpose prep is a must have for long term storage.
Uses: teeth cleaner, household cleaner, dish cleaner, laundry detergent booster, leavening agent for baked goods, tarnish remover
Instant coffee, tea, and cocoa
Adding these to your long term storage will not only add a variety to just drinking water, but will also lift morale. Instant coffee is high vacuum freeze dried. So, as long as it is not introduced to moisture, then it will last. Storage life for all teas and cocoas can be extended by using desiccant packets or oxygen absorbing packets, and by repackaging the items with a vacuum sealing.
Uses: beverages, flavor additions to baked goods
Non-carbonated soft drinks
Although many of us prefer carbonated beverages, over time the sugars break down and the drink flavor is altered. Non-carbonated beverages stand a longer test of time. And, as long as the bottles are stored in optimum conditions, they will last. Non-carbonated beverages include: vitamin water, Gatorade, juices, bottled water.
Uses: beverages, flavor additions to baked goods
White rice
White rice is a major staple item that preppers like to put away because it’s a great source for calories, cheap and has a long shelf life. If properly stored this popular food staple can last 30 years or more.
Uses: breakfast meal, addition to soups, side dishes, alternative to wheat flour
Bouillon products
Because bouillon products contain large amounts of salt, the product is preserved. However, over time, the taste of the bouillon could be altered. If storing bouillon cubes, it would be best repackage them using a food sealer or sealed in mylar bags.
Uses: flavoring dishes
Powdered milk – in nitrogen packed cans
Powdered milk can last indefinitely, however, it is advised to prolong it’s shelf life by either repackaging it for longer term storage, or placing it in the freezer. If the powdered milk developes an odor or has turned a yellowish tint, it’s time to discard.
Uses: beverage, dessert, ingredient for certain breads, addition to soup and baked goods.


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