The Penny-Pinching Prepper

The Penny-Pinching Prepper
Author: Bernie Carr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2015-09-22
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1612435149

This DIY guide features cost-saving strategies for stockpiling emergency supplies so you can be fully prepared without breaking the bank! You need to get prepared before disaster strikes. But supplies can be expensive. This book solves that problem. It’s chock full of inexpensive DIY projects for keeping your family safe in a wide range of disaster and emergency scenarios. Expert prepper Bernie Carr’s smart and frugal approach shows you how to stay on a stable financial footing while fully preparing for any life-threatening situations. The Penny-Pinching Prepper offers dozens of affordable and easy-to-implement solutions, including how to: • Stock a Prepper pantry on $10 a week • Build a stove from used tin cans • Create a water filter with two free 5-gallon buckets • Craft a lamp that burns inexpensive vegetable oil • Devise a storm shelter using 10-cent trash bags

Prepper's Financial Guide

Prepper's Financial Guide
Author: Jim Cobb
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1612434258

Learn how to safeguard your financial resources and your family before, during and after cataclysmic events. You’re prepared for hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, earthquakes and other natural disasters, but are you ready for the inevitable man-made disasters to come? This book teaches you the other half of disaster planning—how to survive the economic turmoil that hits regions and nations after the storm has passed. Prepper’s Financial Guide will teach you how to: •Become self-sufficient •Purchase precious metals •Safeguard your valuable possessions •Invest in foreign and alternate currencies •Barter and trade for needed supplies •Build an off-grid marketplace •Reduce debt so you can save for the future •And much more

The Prepper's Pocket Guide

The Prepper's Pocket Guide
Author: Bernie Carr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2011-07-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1569759642

Stay safe and be prepared for any disaster with this DIY guide featuring 101 easy prepper projects and practical survival skills. From California earthquakes and Rocky Mountain wildfires to Midwest floods and Atlantic hurricanes, you can’t escape that inevitable day when catastrophe strikes your home town — but you can be prepared! Offering a simple DIY approach, this book breaks down the vital steps you should take into 101 quick, smart and inexpensive projects. With the Prepper’s Pocket Guide, you’ll learn to: #6 Make a Master List of Passwords #16 Calculate How Much Water You Need #33 Start a Food Storage Plan for $5 a Week #60 Make a Safe from a Hollowed-out Book #77 Assemble an Inexpensive First Aid kit #89 Learn to Cook Without Electricity #94 Pack a Bug-out Bag

Budget Bytes

Budget Bytes
Author: Beth Moncel
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1101617152

The debut cookbook from the Saveur blog award-winning Internet expert on making eating cheap dependably delicious As a college grad during the recent great recession, Beth Moncel found herself, like so many others, broke. Unwilling to sacrifice eating healthy and well—and armed with a degree in nutritional science—Beth began tracking her costs with obsessive precision, and soon cut her grocery bill in half. Eager to share her tips and recipes, she launched her blog, Budget Bytes. Soon the blog received millions of readers clamoring for more. Beth's eagerly awaited cookbook proves cutting back on cost does not mean cutting back on taste. Budget Bytes has more than 100 simple, healthy, and delicious recipes, including Greek Steak Tacos, Coconut Chicken Curry, Chorizo Sweet Potato Enchilada, and Teriyaki Salmon with Sriracha Mayonnaise, to name a few. It also contains expert principles for saving in the kitchen—including how to combine inexpensive ingredients with expensive to ensure that you can still have that steak you’re craving, and information to help anyone get acquainted with his or her kitchen and get maximum use out of the freezer. Whether you’re urban or rural, vegan or paleo, Budget Bytes is guaranteed to delight both the palate and the pocketbook.

Supermarket Healthy

Supermarket Healthy
Author: Melissa d'Arabian
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2014-12-30
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0307985180

Food Network star and New York Times bestselling author Melissa d'Arabian proves that healthy eating at home is easy, achievable, and affordable. Everyone wants to feel good about what they are eating, serving guests, and feeding their families, but most of us don't do our weekly shopping at pricey specialty stores--we do it at the local supermarket and we don't want it to break the bank. In her second book, Melissa demystifies the task of preparing nutritious and delicious food by showing exactly how you can make your grocery store work for you. She offers helpful strategies for shopping, cooking, and entertaining, as well as meal blueprints and nutritional information throughout. This book will make you confident about the food you're buying, preparing, and eating. Delicious recipes like Almond Waffles with Raspberry-Basil Sauce, Kale and White Bean Caesar Salad in a Jar, Slow-Roasted Tomato Spaghettini, Flatiron Steaks with Quick Cauliflower Kimchi, and Flourless Fudgy Dream Cookies have something for every type of eater at every meal of the day. No matter your favorite flavors or dietary needs, cooking on a budget is empowering--and now you can learn how to make every bite count. If cooking at home is the key to healthy living, Supermarket Healthy is the only tool you'll need.

The Prepper's Canning Guide

The Prepper's Canning Guide
Author: Daisy Luther
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1612437036

A practical and approachable guide to amassing an emergency food supply filled with your own natural dishes, featuring a variety of recipes. As the disaster drags on for days, weeks, months or even years, food scarcity and starvation will fuel people’s desperation. Even preppers like you will need more than dried beans and rice to survive. With The Prepper’s Canning Guide, you’ll learn the lifesaving techniques to take your food storage to the next level, including how to: • Store nutrition-packed foods • Create delicious MREs • Can protein-rich meat and poultry • Make canned produce last longer • Use time-tested water-bath methods • Utilize modern pressure canning From food safety guidelines to grid-failure canning tips, this book will guarantee your family stays safe, secure and well-fed.

Damn Delicious Meal Prep

Damn Delicious Meal Prep
Author: Chungah Rhee
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2019-02-05
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1538729407

Find inspiration and learn to prepare simple, tasty meals with this satisfying cookbook by the author of the Damn Delicious blog. It's 6:00 pm, and you have nothing planned for dinner–again. Let's be honest, this happens to the best of us–probably more often than we care to admit. Wanting to take control of her habits, blogger and author Chungah Rhee turned to meal prep–the secret weapon that keeps everyone from celebrities and athletes to busy parents on-track and eating well. . Inside are Chungah's go-to recipes-including some favorites from the blog, including: •Blueberry Oatmeal Yogurt Pancakes •Mason Jar Lasagna •Thai Peanut Chicken Wraps •Roasted Pumpkin Soup By taking the time to plan your meals, prep ingredients, and do some cooking ahead of time, it's easy to have perfectly portioned healthy options at your fingertips for any time of the day–all while saving money. This indispensable cookbook is sure to help you live a healthier (and more delicious) life.

Vegan on the Cheap

Vegan on the Cheap
Author: Robin Robertson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2010-11-19
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0544188594

You can eat great meatless and dairy-free meals every day—and stay on your budget—with these 150 recipes and smart money-saving tips. With Vegan on the Cheap, you can enjoy delicious vegan meals every day of the week. Robin Robertson, “an acclaimed authority on vegan cooking” (Publishers Weekly), provides 150 mouth-watering, exciting recipes that cost just 50 cents to $2 per serving—hefty savings to go with hearty vegan meals. Find options for savory soups and stews, satisfying salads, hearty noodle dishes, first-class casseroles, favorites for the slow cooker, and meatless and dairy-free recipes for classics like pizza, burgers, and sandwiches—and a chapter for desserts to satisfy every sweet tooth. Throughout the book, smart tips and creative ideas help you save money by cooking in bulk, prepping meals in advance, and finding tasty ways to reuse leftovers. Including recipes for delicious vegan meals like Walnut-Dusted Fettuccine with Caramelized Vegetables and Fresh Pear Galette, it also features cost-per-serving icons that highlight the cost of each affordable dish—and even shows how you can make your own meat alternatives at a fraction of the cost of packaged proteins.

The Practical Preppers Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness

The Practical Preppers Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness
Author: Scott Hunt
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-08-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1250055644

A complete guide to disaster preparedness from Scott Hunt, CEO of Practical Preppers and a nationally recognized preparedness expert The world we live in is an unstable one. From natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods of biblical proportions to concerns about the economic downturn and government shutdown, the hits just keep on coming. At the same time, the power grid is incredibly fragile. Our dependency on widely distributed long distance systems for power, medicine, and food makes our society susceptible to attack, whether by foreign or domestic enemies, or the weather. No matter the concern, the solutions are the same. Scott Hunt, the owner of Practical Preppers, and an experienced engineer, homesteader, and pastor, offers readers a complete and detailed guide to sustainable living. With The Practical Preppers Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness, anyone can learn how to: - Secure a water source-even in an urban area - Grow and preserve food - Set up an alternative energy supply - Maintain a comfortable shelter -including alternative cooking and sanitation methods during a long power outage - Bug out-what to include in your bug out bag and how to leave - Prepare for medical issues - Deal with security concerns Preparing for disruption of services in an emergency is a noble venture which gives peace of mind. This book will empower readers of all skill levels and resources to survive and achieve an independent, sustainable lifestyle.

Prepping 101

Prepping 101
Author: Kathy Harrison
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1612129579

The next severe storm, power outage, or financial meltdown could hit at any time. Having a household contingency plan and being part of a strong, resilient community could mean the difference between life and death. This friendly and highly accessible guide introduces the most important, practical steps your whole family can take to ensure survival in short- or long-term emergencies. The critical information is presented in 40 achievable tasks, ranging from simpler ones such as creating a preparedness notebook and repackaging store-bought food for storage to more involved preparations like learning to collect rainwater and building a solar oven.