You might overlook the fact that a freezer will prove quite handy for keeping some foods safe for more than a couple of days or weeks. This handy little device will provide for months of coldness to your hand-picked produce and meals. This collection of 21 foods you can easily freeze will be helpful the next time you plan to save some cash on your food bill. It’s also advised to opt for this solution if you have a large family and little time left between your job, hobbies and activities with loved ones, to make meals on a daily basis. There are all kind of foods you could keep nice and well in the freezer, from milk and corn, to fruit, vegetables, wine and even nuts. To make things even more easier for later use, label the items you freeze, without forgetting to also put the date on each. Spread the news about this trick and enjoy your frozen foods over the next months!

here … 21 Foods You Didn’t Know You Could Freeze

Whether you’re a fan of apocalypse themed movies or not you are surely worried about natural disasters that can occur at any time. A natural disaster, such as hurricanes or earthquakes, are more likely to happen, than a zombie apocalypse, but still it is essential to be prepared for either of these. This means, you need to learn some basic surviving skills, many of you who used to be scouts, already know them. But what about the food? How can you make sure, that in case of a calamity you will be well prepared at this matter? Well, here’s a cool and useful video that will teach you about creating survival food that can last up to 150 years just the way it is. The recipe is called Hardtack and it can be an essential food for your survival. Watch the video and see for yourself how useful this recipe can be.

VIDEO–> Survival Superfood Will Last On Your Shelf For 150 Years! – Off The Grid News

For many of us cooking tends to become a daily routine and instead of a fun activity it slowly transforms into a monotone one. But what if there were some ways that could make you change the way you look at cooking today? Not everyone is a master chef or has extraordinary talents in the kitchen, but this doesn’t mean we can’t try to gain some special cooking skills. Luckily this next list of 40 awesome food hacks will give you a whole new look upon cooking and will help you become a professional in the kitchen. For example, next time you make mashed potatoes, you can add a nice combination of sour cream, milk and butter to the potatoes. This will make them more creamy and delicious. Or next time when you prepare pancakes, you can apply that cool idea from the list and create some cute pancake art. Your children are going to love it. Take a look below for more great kitchen hacks and surprise everyone with your new talents.

here… 40 Creative Food Hacks That Will Change The Way You Cook

Off-the-grid living is gaining more and more adepts, who find sometimes easy but other times creative ways of living a sustainable life and producing the energy they need for they home on their own. One of the most wide-known ways you can do this is by installing solar panels that can provide enough energy for an entire household. If you would also like to try and adopt this lifestyle, the change should be made gradually so you can adapt much easier. That is why, building a small cabin, run by solar panels would be a great first step.
The cabin featured here has 14×14 and has a living space of 400 square feet (full loft). The power system was solved by installing solar panels and using wind power and the heating system runs on wood. This cabin is great as it can be used both in the winter and summer, as cold weather doesn’t represent a threat. If we made you curious, read more below about the off-the-grid cabin and build one of your own.

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Image © SimpleSolarHomesteading

Off the Grid Paperback ( << available here) – This book is for anyone thinking about or already living off-grid. It includes detailed step-by-step plans for a solar cabin and over 30 other projects.

Plans included:

1. How to build a 14×14 cabin for under $2000
2. How to build cabin additions
3. How to install solar and wind power
4. How to install and use propane appliances
5. How to instal a wood burning stove
6. How to drill a well, harvest rain and gray water
7. How to build a solar composting toilet
8. How to passively heat and coll your cabin
9. How to plant a basic garden, build rabbit and chicken pens
10. How to find cheap homesteading land

Knowing how to interact with your surrounding environment is the key to having an easy life. Most of the times, people aren’t aware of the possibilities at their disposal when it comes to daily things and situations. The internet is full of tips and tricks on how to live at ease, but if you’re not the type who searches to cheat, nobody tells you what are the hacks that will probably come in handy in quite a lot of nasty situations. That’s why this video collection of 10 life hacks will prove very useful to you. Learn how to handle a lot of disturbing and quite annoying situations in the kitchen, when you pack, or when dealing with clothing items. For instance, did you know how to easily you could open a can of cranberry sauce with piercing a small hole on the bottom side after you have opened the lid? Find out more about easy hacks like the one described above. They will save you a lot of anger and time in the future.

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This next Halloween idea is so beautiful and your kids will simply love it. You can make a large pumpkin that has the shape of Tinker Bell carved in it and it will surely remind everyone of childhood and pleasant times. You can make your porch look as if it were a part of a fairytale, by creating the shape of Tinker Bell on a pumpkin and placing a candle inside.
The candle will beautifully light the whole pumpkin and let Tinker Bell glow in the dark. You can create some small holes too so your pumpkin will look really magical once the candle is lit and will sparkle all around. Involve your kids too in the process of creating this beautiful ornament as it will be a fun activity and they can develop their creative abilities. You will need a large pumpkin, a stencil with Tinker Bell, a hot knife and a drill. For detailed instructions, take a look at the link below and make this year’s an unforgettable one.

Did you know that there are several types of carrots out there(Western or Carotene Carrots – These have orange, red or white roots), each one tastier then the other and what’s more important, all of them as equally healthy as they all contain Beta Carotene. What helps us differentiate one type from the other are the colors that vary from white to orange and even purple. Besides this, the shape and the size of each type also helps us better identify each of the carrots. For examples, let’s take the Nantes carrots, which are the most easy to grow at home. The Nantes carrot types are usually sweet and have a cylindrical shape. Then there are the types called, Imperator carrots, that are the most common ones and can be found in almost every market. You can easily recognize them from their elongated shape and tapered roots. Below you have more information regarding the types of carrots..

Carrot Varieties and Types – World Carrot Museum

Ever thought about going on that exciting ski trip to the mountains or that relaxing vacation to a spa resort, but didn’t quite manage to save the money for it? Now you can stop daydreaming about lounging at the Sun with a refreshing glass lemonade in your hand, and really live this experience, with the help of this simple project. It’s not that people don’t want to save up, but they aren’t encouraged to do so in a creative way. Well, if you find yourself in this case, you don’t have to worry any longer for a solution, as we have an ingenious money saving idea for you. Grab:

• a jar;
• a piece of white paper;
• a ruler and a marker (or) a printed template;
• a pair of scissors;
• transparent tape;

The process is very easy, but the creativity of the result is what will keep you saving money as much as 1400 $ after a year. Start with deciding if you will draw the savings table yourself (with a ruler and a marker) or if you will print a template off the computer. The choice is yours. When you’ve done this, take the pair of scissors and patiently cut a nice looking border around the paper. Then use transparent tape – glue isn’t advised because it will leave wrinkles on the paper and it’s kind of difficult to peel it off later on – to stick it to the jar. And so the money saving adventure begins. You’re welcome!

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