new Dollar Tree prepping supplies prepper pantry stock up top off Dollar Tree haul hi
it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper I was driving in a new neighborhood I wasn't familiar with
and when I looked around there was a Dollar Tree store I'd never seen before
new Dollar Tree treasure so I wanted to show you the things that I bought at this new Dollar Tree
store that I've never visited before first of all it's still a Dollar Tree all of the ones that I've
visited when I've been down in the southwest have all still been a dollar i haven't seen any
that are changing over to have things that cost more they've all still been Dollar Tree
stores and everything is one dollar i did notice that a few of the shelves were bare and what was
surprising was how few Christmas decorations there are Christmas is coming and you'd think
that it would be a glut of decorations at the Dollar tTee but there really were not very many
so i'm wondering if those are the items that are stranded on those container ships
off of los Angeles i had read somewhere recently that dollar tree had actually
chartered their own cargo ships with container ships so that they could have their items shipped
over from china delivered to a different port somewhere on the west coast so that they could
get around the bottleneck that is in long beach and los angeles i don't know if it's true or not
but it was something that i read so if you know more about that leave us a comment and let us
know what you have found out about how dollar tree is able to stock or not stock their stores
one surprising aisle was very few toothbrushes very few tubes of toothpaste many of us have
already stockpiled on extras of those because it's simple to just pick them up as you go along but if
you don't have extra toothbrushes and toothpaste please stock up now before they are perhaps all
gone or they come back and they're very much more expensive dollar tree also was thin on the first
aid supplies but they still had a nice variety take an inventory of your first aid supplies and
make sure that you don't have any gaps or missing items you may want to stock up on those now
they had an ample selection of rice beans lentils and egg noodles some pasta and a nice
supply of pasta sauces so you can still get those things when it came to canned meats they mostly
had vienna sausage tuna and sardines and a lot of the variety that we're used to seeing at the
dollar tree is just not there you can have all the vienna sausages you want but i don't care to
have any of those so if you can still find foods that you do want stock up now before they're gone
a new item i spotted was Betty Crocker potato sides that was sweet potatoes but when i examined
the package it's already out of date it's past the best buy used by sell by date by nearly a month
be sure that you're checking the dates on the foods when you look for them in the store
because that has been problematic that either they're very close to being out of date or they're
already expired we want to add to our prepper pantry with the foods that are going to last
the longest so look them over you want foods that are at least into the end of 2022 2023 2024 if you
can find them so look carefully shop carefully so that you're getting the most for your food storage
dollars one item i had not seen before were some dehydrated crispy onions i have lots of already
dried onions so i didn't get any of those they also had the Fruita sesame and peanut mini bars
i bought those before there's nine little bars in the package they're very tasty you can portion
them out the way that you want and so if you can still find them where you are you might want to
try them because it's a nice easy way to have individually wrapped small bites that you could
put into your Bug Out Bag your lunchbox your 72 hour kit it's a nice way to have some little
mini bars that are high in protein Dollar Trees still had a nice selection of spices but there
was no himalayan salt which was one of the things i was concerned with when I went to a Dollar Tree
a week or so ago because they had hardly any of the one pound bags himalayan salt and i actually
saw some little tiny jars the size of the spices and seasonings that was himalayan salt and so that
may be the largest container you'll be able to get for one dollar at the Dollar Tree in the future
look on the cleaning supplies aisle Dollar tree stores have cotton mops you don't want microfiber
you can get a cotton mop and then you have an unlimited supply of emergency wicks for your oil
lamps you can make an oil lamp if you have a cotton wick so a mop gives you a nearly
unlimited supply I'll put a link to a video I made a few years ago on how to make your own oil lamps
using the strings of a mop for the wick it's very simple to make your own oil lamps and a one dollar
cotton string mop to add to your prepping supplies could be invaluable in a grid down situation
so what did I buy at the Dollar Tree well the first thing I bought was a pool noodle if you
do not have an emergency toilet get a pool noodle they had red and green ones for Christmas time but
it doesn't matter what color it is pool noodle already has a hole in the middle you can take a
knife and slit pool noodle along the edge and then fasten it over the edge of a five gallon bucket
put a bag in it hook pool noodle over the bag onto the edge of the bucket and you have an
emergency toilet if you don't have one get one of these because for one dollar then you're going to
have emergency toilet should you have an issue and your plumbing stops working then you want to make
sure that you can still go I bought a few more of the jumbo ziploc bags they're two and a half
gallon ziploc bags are great for putting together shelf meals and then my son just gave me a recipe
for how to marinate a whole chicken in buttermilk so i thought these oversized bags would be great
because then you could fit your chicken in you could add all of the seasonings that you want
a whole body chicken will fit better into a two and a half gallon ziploc bag rather than a gallon
ziplock bag look in the school supplies for the pencil boxes these are great they have a hinged
lid and they're just the right size for storing your plastic utensils forks knives spoons you
can put all of your set together in one pencil box or when i go camping with a group
i get several boxes and i put forks in one spoons in one knives in another because then if you're
only going to have cereal or something you can just get the one box utensils out and then people
aren't digging through knives forks spoons everything maybe dropping them on the ground
and getting them dirty they can just reach in to the spoon package get a spoon
reach into the fork package get a fork reach into the knife package get a knife
but if you don't need so many you can put the entire set into one pencil box
I've been buying the dermasil lotion from dollar tree for a very long time and they had these large
containers tubes of dermasil lotion i haven't seen or they've been very short supply let me show you
a trick for how to get the very last drops out of any kind of a tube for example the dermasil lotion
i have this dermasil lotion tube that's nearly empty but you know there's always
still a lot of product still inside so i take my scissors and snip off the bottom
of dermasil lotion tube reach inside scoop it out with your finger or with a rubber spatula
then you take your scissors and you cut it lower
there's still several days worth of lotion in this little part of the tube container
now take the bottom of the tube container and you can pinch it right over the rest of the bottle and
you can still have a sealed tube container and you can pop off the top get out the lotion put the lid
back on and you have several days worth of lotion that you're able to access easily from your tubes
Dollar Tree only had one package of cotton rounds i like cotton rounds they're great for taking off
makeup they're good in your first aid kit you can turn them into char cloth fire starters you
can dip them into a melted wax and make fire starters but the nicest thing about using
cotton rounds for first aid is they don't leave any cotton fibers when you're cleaning with them
that a cotton ball can leave little fibers behind and a cotton round does not so these
are great to have for all kinds of reasons with your emergency prepping gear supplies dollar
tree finally had a new supply of the path solar lights that i like these work really great i've
used dollar tree solar lights clear through the winter in alaska they keep working they're great
to have with your emergency supplies for example with your emergency toilet you can store one
inside it when you're not using it with your extra toilet paper extra toiletries then should you need
to use your emergency toilet you can take out the supplies line it with a plastic bag and then
you have a little light to put with it say if you want to use it out in the yard or you have it in
the bathroom where there's no electricity you can activate one of these Dollar Tree solar lights are
fully charged when you buy them and when you pull the tab it activates it so if you leave it with
your emergency toilet and you haven't activated solar light yet then in an emergency if it's dark
and you need a light you can pull this pull the tab out and your light is ready to work i keep
several of these solar lights with my emergency lights simply because they're so convenient then
you can put dollar tree solar lights out in the sun again you can let them get recharged in the
daytime bring them in in the night they're a great way to add light to your home when you need it
in an emergency without having to rely on candles and oil lamps or having any kind of burning flames
you want to be very careful if you have small children and pets that you can have lights that
are safe they won't get knocked over next I bought apple pie filling it's wonderful when you can find
this for one dollar it's usually three four even five dollars I have a recipe where I put
the pie filling and a cake mix into a crock pot to make a dump cake I'll put a link to a
video on how to make a dump cake in your crock pot because it's so simple you dump it in put
on the lid and pretty soon you have a yummy tasty dessert that's just sweet and delicious
I found a can of seasoned field peas and snaps I'm not even sure what it is so it's always fun
to find a new and different food and try it out my thought of field peas and snaps sounds like
it should be green peas and green beans but it doesn't look like that on the label so I'm going
to be interested to open this and have a nice surprise with a meal one of these days if you've
ever tried seasoned field peas and snaps let me know what you do with it and if it's enjoyable
and if this was a good idea to get this or not recently i was able to get some cans turkey gravy
today i found beef gravy so i bought one of those i also picked up another turkey gravy and just
like i've always said inspect your cans before you get them but then you have to be careful because
it already has a dent i guess when they were tossing it in the bag it got conked
onto another can and now this canned gravy needs to be put in the front of the pantry and used
sooner rather than later because it's dented up near where the seal is and that's not a can that
i would feel confident that i could put it away for the life of the can which is several years
but now i wouldn't feel that way i feel like i need to use this within a few weeks
i found Goya refried beans i've tried many of the Goya products before but I've never seen the
refried beans i like refried beans i like to make bean burritos and other kind of Mexican dishes
so i thought i would give these a try and see if it is a tasty recipe i found a can
of hartford house chili with no beans chilling with no beans usually has more meat than actual
chili it's also great if you want to make chili dogs it's nice sauce over other kinds of foods
having chili with no beans gives you an option for changing up your recipes if you don't just want to
have beans all the time but you enjoy the flavors of chili i bought a box of jello vanilla pudding i
don't necessarily think it's the least expensive way to buy jello pudding but i have several
packages of the Gossner shelf stable milk and so sometimes it would be nice if i needed to open the
milk to use it for something then i have milk left over i can use up the rest of the milk and make
some jello pudding i found a box of five minute grits these i thought were a good deal i usually
pay far more for grits in Alaska than one dollar for a box so i was happy to get a hold of these
i made a video before on how to make grits in your crock pot and i also made one on how to
make your grits into cheese grits so i'll put a link to those videos if you're interested in
different ways to prepare your grits potato gnocchi these are like little potato dumplings
and they're really good i haven't seen them in a long time and so i was happy to snap these up
if you're not familiar on how to use gnocchi i have made a few videos about it and you can check
that out and see if it's something that you want to try i was excited to find a big box of pasta
especially since it was 25 percent more there are 20 ounces of pasta in this box for one dollar
and generally what i've been seeing lately in other stores is the pasta is not available for one
dollar a pound anymore and this is one dollar for more than a pound a pound and a quarter so this is
a good way to have additional food in your prepper pantry pasta is a food that can last nearly
forever and one way that i like to store pasta noodles is i just break these long pasta noodles
in half i insert them into a clean jar and i screw on the lid i just want to keep out the air and
i've never had a problem with pasta not lasting if you just put it in the cardboard box on your
shelf though you risk that critters can chew on the box or little things can contaminate it
the better you store your food the longer it will last so try to store your food the best you can
dried foods like pasta spaghetti noodles macaroni need to be stored in an airtight container
these are the items that I picked up at the Dollar Tree today to add to my prepper pantry and my
prepping supplies make sure that you're taking an inventory of all of the things that you have
rotate your food so that it stays fresh as possible and then pick up a variety of supplies
for all of the different needs that you might have to help your life run as smoothly as possible
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