New Sponsor: Black River Outpost

Help me welcome aboard a new sponsor today. They come pre-vetted by being friends with Justin of the Crooked Tree Farm. I knew if they came so highly recommended that I would love to do business with them and to stamp my personal recommendation on them. Black River Outpost is located in Michigan, are family owned and operated and store all their product on hand. So let’s take a look at what they have.

 

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coconut bannoc

Paleo Coconut Bannock

A long time ago while watching some Ron Hood videos I saw Karen making some bannoc. It looked pretty good but I didn’t like most, OK all, the ingredients in it. I don’t eat wheat flour, shorting and certainty not Bisquick. So I thought to myself I should make a paleo version one day. This was a few years ago and I realized I still had not even begun working on the recipe. Today I had decided I would work on it and post the results. I did a Google search for traditional bannoc recipes to swap out ingredients with things I wanted. Luckily for me bannock is a fairly simply thing to make. Good I hate baking.

 

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coconut bannoc

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Rayovac PS73-4BT6 7-Hour Power Back Up

I saw this product one day at the store and thought I would pick it up for review. It, the Rayovac PS73-4BT6 7-Hour Power Back Up, filled a nice I had been looking for. I like the idea of small back up power chargers but not the ones with built in batteries that can’t be changed.  The big reason I liked this one was because It takes standard AA batteries. If I want rechargeable batteries I can just charge them and in a charger and put them in this unit. I feel AA batteries are perfect for backup power. They are relatively cheap and plentiful now to stock up on and in a collapse scenario I feel they would still be able to be found.  With that said lets get down to the review and see how this charger performs.

 

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Nutritional Misinformation

Nutritional Misinformation pretty much runs rampant in the US and the entire world. Since the introduction of  the food pyramid obesity rates have increased. Along with getting fatter diabetes has followed suite increasing. Following the food pyramid does not make you healthy but quite the opposite. It leads to over consuming of carbohydrates and sugar and trying to eliminate healthy fats. The term balanced diet is in truth horrible unbalanced. With over thirty years of failed diet information from the government you would think that the American people would see that a high carb low fat diet is bad. With all the studies out there that prove it is not healthy you would think people would wake up. Much like with current politics and the need to prepare for a shifting society normalcy bias prevents most people from seeing the truth. Today is mostly a rant about and I know how many of you love those.

Bad Food Pyramid
Bad Food Pyramid

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Pumpkin Curry Chicken

Pumpkin Curry Chicken

I slacked off on the pumpkin recipes this year. Some will be happy I’m sure. This is the the last one for the year and it’ a god one to end on. I love the curry spice flavor and thought it would work really well in pumpkin puree. Once again I was correct it turned out great.  I tried not to use too many ingredients and keep it simple. So lets jump into the cooking.

 

Pumpkin Curry Chicken
Pumpkin Curry Chicken

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