Cheryl

Cheryl

Cheryl Fisher Driggs received her education in Food Science and Nutrition at Brigham Young University. She has had a personal food storage and emergency preparedness program since 1974 and has been teaching food storage and preparedness since 1977. She does personal research in food preservation and implements her food science background and experience in feeding a family of 7 in her recipe development. She was chair of the Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce Emergency Preparedness Task Force and sat on the steering committee for the Houston Extreme Weather Ready Expo. She is a survivor of hurricanes, tropical storms, typhoons, droughts, and extreme winter storms.
  • Joined: May 25, 2022
  • Articles: 190

Dry Packing Stuffing Mix

Four quart jars of dry packed stuffing mix

The fall and winter holiday season is a great time to stock up on foods, such as stuffing mix, that don’t often go on sale at other times of the year. I like to have stuffing mix on hand for…

Portable Jump Starter Batteries

Halo Bolt emergency jump starter battery

My mother introduced me to a portable car jump starter battery after my brother introduced it to her. She drove her cars very little once the COVID shut down started. She stopped shopping for herself and never resumed doing so…

“Pay all your debts”

Line drawing of coins and paper money

Doctrine and Covenants section 104 verse 78 states “And again, verily I say unto you, concerning your debts—behold it is my will that you shall pay all your debts.” If we liken the scriptures to ourselves, we know from reading…

Magnify and Multiply

Dieter F Uchtdorf

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf spoke in the Saturday morning session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 4, 2025. In his address titled “Do Your Part with All Your Heart,” he said…

Dry Packing in Glass Jars

Dried onions in jars, one jar unsealed and the other stayed sealed

Dry packing in canning jars really works. The picture above is of 2 quart jars of dried onions both dry packed for 15 years. The jar on the right, and the oxygen absorber in it, have kept the dried onions…

The Parable of the Nobleman and the Olive Trees

Grove of olive trees

The parable of the nobleman and the olive trees found in Doctrine and Covenants section 101 includes these verses: 43 And now, I will show unto you a parable, that you may know my will concerning the redemption of Zion.…