I went to a friends house the other day and saw her food storage. I was blown away. It is a full bedroom full of shelves that are full of cans of food, etc. It motivated me to start our food storage. I'm sure my friend has a full years worth. I'm aiming for 3 months right now. The limited space I have is the pantry and the closet in Luke's room. Anyway, I've been looking for ideas on pinterest. I've decided the best way for me to start is w/ 72 hr meals.The reason for having 3 days of food set aside from the rest of the pantry is
because its been shown that when a disaster occurs it takes about 3 days to
overcome the emotional shock of it all. In those 3 days, a family still needs to
eat and drink. So, the meals should be in their own containers, labeled, easy to
find, and not touched until ready for use. They should be shelf stable and last
at least 6 months. In fact, just to insure the food stays fresh, you should eat
the food every 6 months and immediately re-stock.
I'm going to plan 3 days worth of food that is easy too prepare, meaning little water and heat to prepare it. Basic meals. They will be in a box or in a ziploc bag if they fit. Here is what I have so far. I need help finishing.
Lunch #1: crackers, tuna,
mayo, dried or canned fruit, cans of V8, trail mix packets, can opener
Lunch #2: crackers,
peanut butter, jam, dried or canned fruit, pudding cups
Lunch #3: crackers, beef
jerky, dried or canned fruit, nutella, graham crackers
Dinner #3
Breakfast #1: oatmeal packets, canned fruit, dry milk
Breakfast #2: oatmeal packets, canned fruit, dry milk
Breakfast #3:
Please help me w/ ideas. After I get this put together, I'll move on the the 3 months of food. I am going to find meals that my family likes, replace say chicken for canned chicken, etc and put them in bags/ boxes together w/ the recipe and triple it so I will have one said meal 3 times in my storage, if that makes sense.
Any ideas, suggestions?
6 comments:
Watch grocery store sales. You can get canned stuff for good prices every now and then. I stock up on pasta, cream soups, canned veggies and fruits, canned meat, etc. Peanut butter and honey, too. Just buy a few things each month and it'll grow before you know it. It doesn't hurt to get the standard stuff too, like flour, oats, rice.
this site helped us out a lot to get our three month food storage going. we aren't great at it, but i figure anything is better than nothing!
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/babysteps/step-3-three-months-of-normal-food/
Great idea Crystal! For the 3 month supply, it's supposed to be meals that you would normally eat every day (which you basically mentioned). I like this. This is the emphasis now instead of a year supply of food. While they still encourage working towards a year supply of things such as wheat, white rice, and beans, it's the 3 months of meals that's really important!
I'll try to come back and share some things in our 72 hour kits!
You are inspiring Crystal. Remember you can buy the flatter tuperware big containers and store cans and such under beds. That is where we have our wheat and flour etc...
You are inspiring Crystal. Remember you can find extra space to store by buying the large flat tuperwares to store under beds. That is where we store our wheat, flour etc... Great job
I'm pretty sure I know who's house you were at. I saw it too. Why don't you just show up there in case of an emergency?
Totally kidding of course. Good luck on your journey to 3 months.
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