Sprouting A Nutrition Cornacopia

When you mention sprouting, many people will think it is too difficult, too complicated or harken back to a 1970's commune.

But you should know that sprouting is easy, extremely nutritious and a cost effective way to get more vegetables, greens etc. Sprouts are live food, full of organic vitamins, minerals and enzymes.

If you don't have a lot of space for a garden sprouting is great option. Plus there is no soil to deal with, no weeding, watering is minimal and simple. And since you do not wait for your seeds fully mature into plants, you have a crop at your finger tips every few days.

Sprouts can be eating in a wide variety of ways. On food such as on sandwiches, on their own, mixed into salads or other meals and more. I love eating sprouts all by their self, you can add a little lemon juice or an Italian type dressing if you want, but I can tell you it isn't really necessary, they are delicious on their own!

One last thing to consider, they are a great food to have on hand for 72 hour kits, disaster or emergency preparedness or for when times are tough and money is tight. 

A great retailer of sprouts and sprouters I have done business with is Life Sprouts. You can go to their website and find out more at their website.

http://www.lifesprouts.com/index.html

 

Cheap, Easy Tips for Keeping Mosquitoes Away

An article about ways to controlling mosquitoes and preventing them from eating you alive like little zombies.

http://blog.aarp.org/2012/08/06/cheap-easy-tips-for-keeping-mosquitos-away/ 

Cutting Back, Living Small And Simply May Be A Prudent Move at This Juncture.

An article about a impending world wide depression scenario.

http://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2012/08/nothing-can-be-done-to-avoid-coming-world-wide-depression-heres-why-2445598.html

Juicing For Health

Last year I had purchased an off brand fruit and vegetable juicer. I set off on a 90 day Juice Fast. Unfortunately the juicer broke after only 60 days. But in that 60 days I lost about 70 Lbs and hadn't felt that well for as long as I can remember.

Well next week will be my wife Karen and my 27th wedding anniversary on August 17th. My son Shawn, his wife Ravin and my three grandchildren gave us a Breville Juicer. 

I learned about juicing and it's health and well being benefits of juice fasts and drinking of fresh made fruit and vegetable juices from the DVD "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead." 

In the documentary the brand of juice used was a Breville. Here is a link to the juicer they purchased on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MDHH06/ref=s9_simh_gw_p79_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1SNKKNQQHWTK4PX00KNM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 

A photo of the Breville Juicer:

A link to the to the Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead movie only at RebootYourLife website.

http://www.jointhereboot.com/

And the website for the Fat, & Nearly Dead.

http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/

You can check out my juicing blog, New Life Reboot Juice Feasting at.

http://nlrjf.blogspot.com/ 

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ShelterBox...

ShelterBox is an international emergency aid group that lends a helping hand in large disasters etc. I like the idea and contents of their boxes. I believe the concept could prove to be extremely valuable in a devistating natural disaster or other tragedy scenario. They are worthy of supporting, but I would recommend checking out their box contents. It would be really smart to make up a box like this for your family to be prepared no matter what comes your direction.

http://www.shelterbox.org/index.php 

 

A Non-Traditional Take on the Bug Out Bag.

A bug out bag is something to seriously consider. You may have to leave to leave due to a natural disaster, man made catastophy, civil unrest etc. A bug out bag is much like a 72 hour kit, but more extensive. Here is a link for a two part article about the subject.

http://thesurvivalmom.com/2012/07/12/a-non-traditional-take-on-the-bug-out-bag-part-1/ 

http://thesurvivalmom.com/2012/07/13/a-non-traditional-take-on-the-bug-out-bag-part-2/ 

 

Cooking With Solar Ovens

A solar oven is a great addition to your kitchen tools. Not only is it sustainable, a sustainable way to cook without adding to the carbon foot print, it's free energy and won't heat up your home and kitchen. My friend Susan and her family have two of them and love them. Susan lives in the very North West portion of Montana, so they actually work in almost all temperature ranges, so you don't have to live in Arizona or the Sahara Desert to use one.

Emergency Essentials and other survival and preparedness stores and online retailers sell them. You can check out Emergency Essentials Solar Oven at:

http://beprepared.com/product.asp?pn=CK%20O400 

And here is a You Tube video on cooking with a solar oven. You can go to You Tube and find many more videos on cooking with a solar oven and even how to make your own solar ovens.

http://youtu.be/Q-jpYPG0Cb0 

 Another You Tube video showing one mans homemade solar oven. The videos are in more than one segment. The other subsequent videos with show on the same page on You Tube as this one. If you are interested in a solar oven, but do not have the funds to buy a commercially made one, then this may definitely be the option for you. They are well made videos and worth the time to watch the series if you intend to make your own solar oven.


http://youtu.be/tsBpPz_6oIo