Apple Crisp

I used up a jar of apple pie filling last night by baking up an apple crisp.  I went way too heavy on the crisp part so I'm adjusting the recipe down by a bit but here it is:

1 jar apple pie filling

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Blend the brown sugar, flour and butter until the butter is in pea sized chunks - you can use a food processor for this but I just used a pastry blender.  Add the oats and nuts.  Pour the apple pie filling into an 8 x 8 Pyrex and add the crisp topping.  Bake at 350 for 20 - 25 minutes. 

Food Storage

I have been very haphazardly building some food storage options for us without realizing exactly what I was doing.  Last week, we ordered half a hog to split with the Millers and put in our respective freezers.  Next month, I think we'll order a quarter or half cow for the same purpose.  Over the summer, Jewel and I did a bunch of canning and we still have a decent supply of that in the pantry - in fact, we need to get better about USING it more.  

So, today, when I came across this post:  http://sharonastyk.com/2011/03/06/newbie-food-storage-on-the-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-37479, it really got me to thinking.  Ty and I need to develop more of a plan regarding our food storage.  I'm not sure what that plan is but that's totally okay.  All good plans start with a lot of thinking anyway:).  Unlike a lot of people who store food, we aren't really focused on emergency planning.  Rather, we are trying to make buying good, high quality, organic, sustainable, anti-biotic free, non-genetically modified food more affordable.  But it is nice to know that we'd be in good shape should an emergency arise...  


I'm sure there's a lot of good resources online so I'm off to do more research!