OMG You're a Prepper?!?!?!

Hello Lovelies, so been dealing with some stuff, and yes.. I am a prepper.. sort of.. I have a Homestead mindset, but since I don't have a home to stead.. I do what I can.. and that is prepping.

Do I think that there will be a Huge Zombie Apocalypse.. Nope.. already here.. hello look around.. zombies.. instead of brains they seek out WIFI.

Do I think that the End of the world is coming.. Nope.. Maybe the end of the world as we know it.. but not the end of the world.. the Planet can survive JUST fine without us screwing stuff up.


WHY THEN DO YOU PREP?!?!

Well I was raised in the south.. where there are a LOT of tornados, and Hurricanes, and really really nasty storms that would knock out electricity for sometimes days.

I believe in being prepared. I have been through a lot of stuff in my life and I can not comfortably sit there and go .. oooh everything will be fine. I will be fine.. because I dont know if I will. But I know if I do stuff to be prepared I can do my best to be prepared, for whatever may come.. will I survive a Nuclear attack? No.. probably not.. probably wouldn't survive if Yellowstone blew up either, but we CAN be okay if a Storm knocks out the power, if my Husband who is the ONLY source of income for our family loses his job, or gets kicked out of the military, We have money in savings, and I am working on having enough food and water set aside to last us and maybe 2-3 other people for 3-6 months.. that will take time.. and energy.. especially since I currently DO NOT have a canner, and we are surviving on one person's income since I am disabled.

Do you expect any of these things to happen? well No one expects the unexpected.. Why do you buy car or house insurance? because you hope you WON'T need it, but you have something there incase you DO need it, and that is why I prep.

What are the benefits of prepping?

well one .. duh.. being prepared..  we have ONE insured car.. so ONE drivable vehical.. .. what happens if we cant go to the store for a while? well not a big deal.. my Husband can get a ride to work, and I can work from our pantry stores.

If a Storm knocks out our power for a few days, well I have enough stuff on hand to make sure that we survive, and have light (because I make candles) and that my fish will survive.. because .. well my fish are my babies.. I will do a post on that at some point.. but today is not that day..

You prep to be prepared, I keep survival equipment such as, Life straws, Paracord, fishing equipment, guns, ammo, Emergency saws, emergency candles, etc etc ec.. so that Okay say we are on the road and something happens.. say SHTF and we don't have what we need to survive otherwise.. well then we have backups..

I also have stuff for trading and barter since I make soaps and such. MUCH more than I could ever need, but you know what.. people like being clean.

So yeah.. I am a Prepper.. not a crazy OMFG THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING Prepper.. but a Prepper none the less..

and yes.. it does drive my husband crazy.

My Dad's Spaghetti Sauce.

This was my Father, Richard Allen Renaud. He was an amazing dad and a pretty awesome cook when he tried.. He Died two years ago and I miss him, and his Spaghetti sauce VERY VERY much.. I will be making it soon, and I really wish I had a stock pot big enough for it.. gonna scrub out my HUGE Crock pot and use it instead.

He never made it the same way twice, often using cans of stuff we had in our kitchen that he got on sale.. but there were always certain aspects that were in EVERY batch and the cook time was the same.. so Here we go.. and remember.. this is basic so tweak it to how you like it.. and remember this makes A LOT of sauce that you can store in your freeze or can for a long time.

Standard Ingredients

2 packages of Sweet Italian Sausage Chopped in to chunks and browned

1 pound of Hamburger Browned 

1 package of  Hot Italian Sausage Chopped in to chunks and Browned 

1-2 onions Chopped up and sauted in a bit of the fat left over from the Meat being browned. 

Since I don't have A Stock pot I will put this directly in to my Crock pot with 

1-2 Cans or Jars of marinara or spaghetti sauce.. whatever you have on hand 

1 14 ounce can of Chopped or Whole stewed Tomatoes

1 14 ounce can of tomato sauce 

1 small can of Tomato paste

Fresh or Canned mushrooms to taste (not something you need to add I just REALLY love them) 

Italian seasoning to taste,

Salt

Pepper

Garlic Powder

Chopped dried onions 

and Beef or veggie broth

Stir this up really well and then put your crock pot or Stock pot on low and simmer it for 8 hours MINIMUM! stir frequently and if you notice it getting too thick for your taste add a bit of Water or stock to your pot.. 

This produces a really delicious THICK spaghetti sauce that is the BEST I have had.. My dad would make HUGE batches once or twice a year and then we would eat it throughout.

Not really High tech and fancy on telling you what to do but that is a perk of this.. you kinda suit it to what you love.. what you like and what works for you.  

With this the Sausage and onion is really important but the Tomato sauce etc that can go with what you have in your pantry.. this is a really good recipe for when rotating out stuff.

It is high in Acid so it stores well in cans if canned properly and it just gets better with time.. and DO NOT cut the cook time on this.. it will be tempting because it SMELLS like heaven.. but trust me.. just dont. Let it cook long and slow.. everything melds together to make the most delicious sauce ever.