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The Prepped Living Gift Guide is finally here! Each year we focus on long-lasting, useful gifts for those you love. These are gifts that give year after year, contributing to your preparedness plan, your good health, or both. Gifts for Everyone Pendleton Wool Blanket for the Bed Wool is unique in its ability to provide warmth even when wet. For this reason, we recommend that each person in your family have a wool blanket in their emergency supplies. We keep our wool blanket on our bed year-round because wool is also known for its temperature regulation capabilities. It keeps us just the right temperature whether it is summer or winter. Pendleton blankets are an investment, but they have a quality you can depend on for durability and longevity. We bought our camp blanket fifteen years ago, and it still looks as fresh as the day we bought it. It has definitely been a worthwhile investment. Personal Wool Throw This throw blanket is the perfect size for camping, outdoor fires, and emergenc...

We have  previously   posted about canning bone broth and have mentioned the usefulness of having prepared meals. Today we want to talk about canning meat or meals containing meat. First, let me say that meat, as with any low-acid food, requires pressure canning to be safe to eat.  This post contains affiliate links. As an affiliate, we may earn from qualifying purchases. Each purchase helps to keep this blog running. Thank you for your support! Why should you can meat? Quick Meals Canned meats provide a great base for a quick, easy meal. If you have a busy day and forgot to take out meat for dinner, just pull a jar off the shelf to make a quick meal. Healthy Meals Have you ever read the ingredients on the cans of store-bought meat? Some brands have a lot of preservatives. Canning your own meat provides you with a flavorful, preservative-free protein. Preparedness Having a shelf-stable protein is a great idea for preparedness. If the electricity goes out or your freeze...

Disclaimer - This blog post contains affiliate links for your convenience. As an affiliate, I may earn from qualifying purchases. Purchasing through these links is optional, but each purchase helps to keep our blog going. Thank you for your support! Backstory Our family really enjoys coffee. We have a small selection of methods to make coffee - both electric and non-electric. We have an electric coffee maker, a French press, an AeroPress, and a camp stove percolator. We enjoy grinding our beans for the freshest coffee, so we have a couple of options for that as well. Our electric grinder is a quality hand-me-down from a favorite cousin. Our hand grinder was a gift from me to Husband one year. I did a lot of research to find a nice, durable grinder with metal parts that could be taken apart and cleaned ( this 1Zpresso grinder  is the updated version of the one we have). We are satisfied that our coffee-making options are pretty well covered. Our only challenge is that coffee beans d...