“Meals-in-a-Bag” ideas that are low-cost (under $5 total) and can feed one person for a full day (3 meals). These are great for food drives, pantries, or outreach programs — especially when you need shelf-stable, simple options.

Here’s a budget-friendly 7-day meal plan (3 meals a day) for a family of two adults + two kids with a $65 budget, shopping at Walmart. I’ll give you a grocery list + menu. Prices are approximate and will vary by location.

Pizza Beans Recipe -1 onion, chopped -4 garlic cloves, sliced -1 can 28 ounce/798 ml canned whole tomatoes -1/2 tsp dried chili flakes -1 Tbsp Italian seasoning and rinsed -1 can 19 ounces/578 ml white beans, drained -2.5 cups mozzarella -handful olives, chopped

Processing meat for food If you're a hunter, you know this time of the year is deer season. Hubby will have us one here shortly. He is in charge of field dressing and cutting that. Me? I process quail. Quail mature by 6 weeks and are big enough to cull and process for meat.

Canning recipe of the day Garbonzo beans/Chick peas 1 qt jar Fill halfway with soaked garbonzo beans 1/4 diced onion 4 diced garlic cloves OR 1 tbsp minced garlic 1/2 diced celery stalk 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp butter 1 tsp of each Onion and garlic powder

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Let's talk about botulism in home canned foods. Botulism is everywhere. It is on surfaces and in the air. The toxin that the spores produce is what causes botulism illnesses. 1. If you water can your food, make sure to heat it to 240f before you eat it 2. I open my jar and put it in a

homestead tip of the day Canning potatoes potatoes rosemary oregano basil butter water jars 1. Peel potatoes 2. Tightly pack in jars 3. 1 tbsp of butter in each jar 4. 1 sprig of each herb (fresh, not dried) 5. Fill jar with filtered water leaving 1 inch head shace 6. Lids on fingertip tight

Do this. Every day. 5calls.org

Homesteading tip of the day: Recipe 2lb ground turkey/chicken 1 packet of taco seasoning canning jars 1. Brown and season the meat as you normally would 2. After cooked, pack in the canning jar, pack tightly 3. This is a dry can, so don't add liquid to the jar 4. Wipe the rim with white vinegar

Tomorrow, my front porch will be cleaned off and my tree decorated for Halloween. The tent will be taken down because it's too cold to camp and all will be well with the world. No news day tomorrow. Everyone, take a mental health day before the 18th because after that, it will be fast and furious

Going to start rebel canning tomorrow. Tomorrow's recipe chick peas coconut milk diced tomatoes diced onion minced garlic oregano olive oil basil marinera sauce spinach water bath can for 3 hours

So, it's been a busy news day, so I'm just going to pop off and watch my Korean BL "Happy Merry Ending" and chill See y'all tomorrow

Water bath canning: Canning rebels Make your applesauce (peel apples, cook down to soft, toss in blender for consistency) add cinnamon here, or if you want blueberry/strawberry applesauce, cook that with your apples water bath can for 20 mins under 1,000ft, add 10 mins per 1000 ft of elevation

Far too much work but how cool if I wasn't so lazy! outnumbered3-1.com/2021/12/how-...

I almost feel like it's time to write "The Diary of Anne Frank 2.0" so that our children and grandchildren can see exactly what is happening in live time

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

Respect to those who got here first.

Have flour that is coming close to expiring? Put it in a mason jar and vacuum seal it. It gets rid of the "air" in the jar that allows bacteria to grow. It's in a negative pressure environment and won't go bad. You can extend the shelf life for another 10-12 months

homestead tip of the day, invest in a good vacuum sealer for mason jars. Start stocking your pantry with dry canned foods. Example: Cheese powder, milk powder, paprika, dry macaroni in a jar. Vacuum seal can last 10-12 months on your shelf. To cook, dump in a pot and cook until noodles are done

"If you keep pushing the envelope and keep militarizing the streets, sooner or later, you could have a massacre." Watch the latest George Explains with @gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social now.

I kind of feel like this should be our new theme www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYB1...

Imagine making six figures to not do anything you were entrusted to do. …getting paid to not work while thousands of civil servants around you were getting fired. …betraying those who counted on you to represent them, all to appease a wannabe dictator. The GOP Congress is a helluva thing.

What good will it do to vote in 2026 if the voting machines are bought by a far-right wing company? The elections won't matter will they?

If Democrats don't brave up, I'm calling for mine to be primaried and voted out. Get some balls, or move so someone with balls can stand up

y'all, why are we not requesting the vacation of the speaker chair to force the Republicans in to session? Why are we not impeaching RFK? Why are we not invoking the 25th for Trump? Someone make it make sense

"I didn't vote for this!!" Oh but my dear you DID vote for this. It's just karma because you voted specifically to harm a whole race of people; and rule of 3, what you put into the universe comes back 3 fold. You put negative vibes in when you voted for hate speeches (DemocRats, and brown folks)

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Stock up on your first aid kits, emergency kits, water, pantry food, and prescription medications. Just in case This is what I'm reading all over facebook today. I don't want to be paranoid, but is something big coming? They were saying there is already disruptions in medicine deliveries to homes

True that 👇🏼

Why do I have this sinking feeling that if military men do go into cities, it will be to help ICE agents and not the citizens?

Homestead tip of the day: Water glass eggs using water and pickle lime to preserve your eggs

I'm making a book for my future grandchildren, not political leaning, to mark what's happening in today's news. Just pulling headlines and articles, non-biased so they can have a play by play on what is happening in the US right now. Then I'm writing a diary with my own feelings

Homesteading tip of the day Quail vs chickens, quail mature by 6-8 weeks, and are dual purpose. In cooking, 2 quail eggs equals 1 chicken egg. Jumbo quail are best to keep Incubating: takes 16-18 days to hatch vs chickens 21 can dry hatch raising up your hatch rate process in 3 mins flat

insomnia sucks

I keep reading Vets saying that they would disobey orders because they're illegal. I read Vets against the military in CA, OR, IL, and DC. You know what I haven't read? A single active duty officer claim the same. I also see them terrorizing black children in Chicago for fun

At what point should we start writing our own "Diary?"

@ncgovernor.bsky.social He never answers on here but does anyone know if NC has handed over their voter registrations? Because a lot of folks like me are actually kind of scared knowing that our information is in their hands

Make your own deductions about what this actually means

Why aren't senators asking to vacate Johnson's seat? @aoc.bsky.social @adamkinzinger.substack.com @jasmineforus.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov

Homesteading tip of the day www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU3g...

It's disheartening reading the many many posts by current active military and retired vets who 100% agree with everything Hegseth said today. Most of them are ready for "Boots up" in Chicago. It's absolutely surreal that they're willing to shoot civilians when they're oath is to protect civilians.

Question for current military members If the Ntl Guard goes into cities like Chicago and use it as training, can the state Ntl Guard be called in to counter? Or the state MC, Army, Navy etc?

Career Military folks, what do you think about 1. Hazing during basic training by drill sergents? 2. Using cities such as Chicago as training exercises for the military? 3. Requirements are set by the highest white male officer for all to meet? 4. A required military service at 18? All proposed

Let's walk through the military meeting Flag officers were called in. A flag officer is a high ranking officer, lowest ranking being Admiral in the Navy and a general officer in the Air Force, Army, and Marines Flag officers are responsible for decision making and command armies of military.

I do not have faith in our military at this moment. Considering they're already so willing to go into cities and attack our citizens and feel no shame. This meeting tomorrow will seal our fate and show that the military will bow down to fascism and do it willingly. I hope I'm wrong, I sincerely do.

So, not too long ago, there lived this man named "Jeffrey Epstein......"