hormel compleats beef rib tips with mashed potatoes product review how to cook bug out bag food DIY MRE prepper pantry meals
hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper one of the strategies for food storage stockpile look
for shelf-stable meals entrees in grocery store find entree meals with long shelf life sturdy package meals simple
to open easy to eat and requires very little preparation choose food that's
easy to stockpile in your pantry long term food storage prepping supplies keep food in your bug out bag because in an
emergency they're already prepared you wouldn't even need to heat it up one of
the food meal products I've been trying lately are the Hormel compleats they come in lots of
different flavors here's a variety of the Hormel compleats that I'm going to
try today this one is beep tips with mashed potatoes and beef gravy the beef
rib tips with mashed potatoes and gravy has 210 calories per serving and 15
grams of protein always look for the best buy sell buy and use by date and
check over all the nutritional facts in the ingredients remove the outer package
and you can see the Hormel Compleats meal is sealed up very well the top layer of plastic is sturdy it's not like
saran it's a heavy-duty wrap and it's sealed down completely all the way
around the microwavable dish you have to give a good tug to get the wrapper open you want to vent it
halfway and put it in the microwave for 60 seconds then allow it to sit an
additional 60 seconds to heat the Hormel Compleat meal all the way through make sure you keep the cover
in place because this Hormel Compleat beef rib tips with mashed potatoes one did some popping and a piece of the rib meat even
blew out of the package so I'm sure that the sauce would have blown all over the
microwave if the cover hadn't been over it let's peel up the rest of the way and open the meal to taste and try it
let's see how it looks see where it did some of its exploding there is a big solid chunk
of mashed potatoes let me break it up so that the gravy can get all into the
mashed potatoes I've stirred it together it's got some nice chunks of beef lots
of gravy and the mashed potatoes are pretty creamy once you
stir them around the beef rib tips certainly doesn't seem to be as meaty as
some of the other choices such as the pot roast but let's see how it tastes
here's a bite of the meat with the gravy and some potatoes
the gravy is a completely different flavor from the Hormel Comleat that was like a pot
roast with mixed vegetables so the two beef entrees aren't going to just taste
identical even though they sound like they might they have a different flavor
and that's always good for a variety Hormel Compleats beef rib tips with mashed potatoes doesn't include any vegetables in this
entree so for every Hormel Compleats beef tips with mashed potatoes and gravy that you store
you may want to make sure that you also store a can of vegetables of some sort
that you enjoy so that you have a more complete and filling meal the Hormel Compleats only
have about 200 210 calories so it's not going to fill you up like a whole dinner
or a meal so you may want to consider that if you're thinking about planning
for meals serving only 200 calories for dinner is not very filling or satisfying
so make sure that you take that into account and have some other foods on
hand that could go with it even a package of instant mashed potatoes a few
cans of vegetables maybe some bread and butter and don't forget our Alaska
favorite pilot bread there's a lot of different filling choices that can make
these kind of meals stretch farther and keep you going in times of need whether
you need to just get out of the door or an emergency that maybe has come to your
family or your location stock up on foods while things are
readily available and consider some of the Hormel compleats as part of your
prepper pantry and emergency long term food storage plans
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