stock your pantry for the holidays prepping supplies food buy stockpile now food shortages
supply chain hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper fall is here it's a great time to stock
your prepper pantry with the foods that you're going to need for your holiday meals coming up
most of us enjoy gathering with our families and celebrating with special meals so it's a
great time to get organized for your holidays think about the favorite menus that you serve
what are the dishes that most people in your family enjoy and expect when you have family
gatherings look over those recipes and then make a list of all of the ingredients that you
will need for your holiday meals then shop your prepper pantry food stockpile do you have a lot of
those foods supplies things many of the foods that we have for holidays are foods that we can find in
our prepper pantry stockpile or we can buy them ahead so that we have them ready for our holiday
meals not everything of course but there are so many foods things that we can have ahead of time
and the way that the world supply chain shortages rationing inflation has been going the way that
foods are not available the prices are going up it's a great time to stock up on foods things
you know you're going to want in the next few months so that you know that you have them and
then you don't need to worry shortages cost more think about Thanksgiving most of us expect to
have turkey mashed potatoes stuffing gravy rolls maybe green bean casserole sweet potatoes or yams
my family always has Waldorf salad I like to also make a raspberry cranberry jell-o salad
that's my favorite I'll put a link to that recipe in case it's one you want to try then think about
simple accoutrements like your rolls desserts pumpkin pie spices and any beverages that you
enjoy with your meal go through and make sure that you have your baking ingredients do you have flour
sugar maybe raisins and craisins do you have the nuts and spices that go with your recipes
how about baking soda baking powder flour yeast butter any food items you would use to make
your holiday meals make sure that you have those foods in your prepper pantry and in your stockpile
then look through your dishware do you have the serving dishes that you want your platters clean
out some of the old food use it up now so that you have room to maybe put that big old turkey
in your freezer use up some of the foods that have been in your freezer for a while so that you
make room for the future foods that you want going forward to last longer I like to cook my turkey in
parchment paper so I make sure I have parchment paper maybe you bake things with foil or wrap
food up afterwards to keep them warm make sure that you have those baking items that you need
how about a roasting pan for your turkey my family likes to make mashed potatoes in a crock pot
it's so simple and then you don't have an extra pan on your stove that you need to prepare at the
last minute your crockpot is sitting out of the way keeping your mashed potatoes nice and warm and
ready for whenever your meal is ready to be served I'll put a link to that video too in case you
want to learn how to make mashed potatoes in your crock pot there's still time to shop the sales to
buy the foods that you want everything from cans of green beans maybe the cream of mushroom soup
french fried onions for toppings sweet potatoes yams fresh butter maybe even some extra cans or
jars of already made gravy you can also grab some stovetop stuffing because that's nice to have with
leftovers even if you don't want to use it originally it is very good I like to chop up an
apple throw in some dried cranberries a few fresh onions celery and make stove top stuffing even
more delicious if potatoes are in short supply look for some instant mashed potatoes make do
with the foods that you can find that's the whole spirit of Thanksgiving bringing together your
friends your family those that you care the most about and enjoying a meal it doesn't have to be a
specific meal it doesn't even need to be specific foods but if it's a tradition that you're looking
for try to find the foods that are closest to what you expect and buy them now you can always plan on
a prepper pantry turkey dinner later with things that you have right in your pantry it doesn't
have to be for Thanksgiving you can have stovetop stuffing instant mashed potatoes a can of turkey
a jar of gravy cranberry sauce there's all kinds of ways that you can make a meal in your prepper
pantry and then it can be available for any day whether it's a holiday or not but foods are
becoming more expensive they are in shorter supply supply chain problems we don't know for sure
what's going to be available I know that the news is gloom and doom so the way to make sure that we
can enjoy each day and have the best day possible plan out ahead of time what you're going to do so
you don't panic if things don't go your way at the last minute you'll know that you have enough
supplies you'll have thought of a few ways to get around the things that you can't have and continue
to have the joy in your life that you want which is sharing a meal with those that we love the most
that's what we're prepping for to have the best experience every single day
make the best of what we have so that we can enjoy our meals with those that we love
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