Simple Food Storage Tips...Prepper Pantry Stockpile...How To Start What To Buy Emergency
Food Stockpile hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper today I wanted to share with you some simple tips
for food storage prepping food stockpile doesn't have to be complicated sometimes we suffer from
analysis paralysis prepping there's too much to do I don't know where to start food storage it's
just like if you have a cluttered kitchen what can you do to help clean up your mess when you just
don't feel motivated pick up one thing and move it you've set yourself in motion you've gotten
the job underway and just by picking up one thing and moving it it gets your momentum going to pick
up something else and keep going and food storage is the same way if you just start simple then you
can keep going so don't overthink prepping food storage try to just set some little basic goals
prepping baby steps so that you can start building your prepper pantry food storage stockpile baby
steps if you already have food supply you can keep building it keep it going so the best
advice is to start prepping today wherever you are it doesn't matter get going prepping today
you haven't missed the opportunity to have buy food store food on hand to become a prepper and
have a prepper Pantry food storage stockpile you can start wherever you are if you have
nothing then you need to get going buy food you might have to get going a little bit faster than
if you've already been prepping storing food for a while it's not too late it's never too
late to start taking care and preparing to take care of yourself and your family in the future
make a budget figure out what money do you have that you can buy some extra food some prepping
supplies it's very important that you spend the money that you have and you don't ever go into
debt over prepping if you are in debt just overall it's a good time to try to cut back
get out of debt get some reserved cash on hand because in real emergencies it's amazing how
important having cash can be then once you have that extra cash and you have your budget then you
know how much can you spend a little at a time so that you can add to your food storage stockpile
prepping supplies maybe you can buy one item a week maybe you can buy five dollars worth or ten
dollars worth every time you go to the store it's up to you to decide how much can you afford and
how quickly do you want to achieve those goals add something food every time you go to the store but
make sure you're only buying foods that you know how to cook that you know how to use and you're
actually willing to eat don't buy food that you don't want to eat because you think it's prepper
food it's cheap it's easy or whatever the reason you want to buy extras of foods you actually eat
because your prepper pantry is a working pantry you are working your way through it you're using
those Foods rotating and replacing those Foods so say you want to buy a package of spaghetti noodles
then if you know you're going to use a package of pasta this week then you would buy two one that
you can use one that you can put away in your stockpile and that's how you start building a
little at a time if you can buy two three even ten extras and you know that pasta is something you're
going to eat and that's how you have a supply of foods that you actually use but if you're just
starting don't just buy one food item because if something happens tomorrow and all you you
have is a big old pile of pasta that's not going to be very handy for making meals so you should
start with variety get some different canned foods packaged foods and so that you have a variety of
soups chilies ravioli boxes of cereal oatmeal so that you can make a few varied meals and you don't
just have one type of food that doesn't really nothing to go with it you want to have foods
that you can combine to make quick and easy simple meals when you're choosing your Foods think of it
as short-term medium term and long term and the short-term Foods would be the tear open and eat
if the power goes out the water stops running you can open up something and just eat it you don't
have to do any preparation at all it can be a box of granola bars a jar of peanut butter and a box
of crackers you can have cereal and maybe some powdered milk on hand if that's something that
you enjoy eating and then you have the foods that are require a little bit of cooking you can mix
together some cans of soup and vegetables mashed potatoes macaroni and cheese jars of pasta sauce
dry pasta noodles those are easy meals that you can reach into your pantry and pull out
make dinner today that doesn't require very much cooking doesn't require very much planning and
sometimes in an emergency we don't want something that requires a lot of thinking either because
we're already stressed out and we need to just be able to take care of business get a meal on the
table and figure out what to do next with whatever the crisis situation is look over the foods that
you have if you have packages of food that are becoming near the date the expiration date they
won't necessarily become spoiled no longer good or safe to eat but they should be foods that you
make it a priority to rotate those Foods now if you have foods that have been there for a few
years and you've never used them there's a reason why is it something you didn't really like in the
first place or did you just forget or did you get disorganized and you brought new food home and
just shoved the old food back and put the new food in the front and that's where it's important to
try to stay organized how to rotate food storage stockpile when you buy say you have 10 cans of
soup in your pantry and you bring home five more then you want to reach around and pull all the
old soup to the front and put your new soup in the back so that you're continuing to rotate
it don't just pick out the one favorite all the time if you've added six different varieties if
you're only willing to eat one just buy that one otherwise your other food isn't getting rotated
used and uh placed if you also find that you have dented cans don't put those in the back put them
in the front and use those first because sometimes the dents can damage the longevity of the can cans
aren't built to last like they used to they're not as sturdy they're Dent as soon as you throw
them into the grocery cart and it used to be you could practically drop them out of the back of the
car on the way home and they didn't get a dent in them but isn't true anymore things aren't made to
last so we have to be cognizant of that and make sure that we're carefully stockpiling our food
so that we prevent it becoming damaged and then if can food does get dented it's still going to
be food that you can use but you need to use it sooner rather than later if you bring home boxes
of mashed potatoes they're just loose potatoes in the box that's not going to last so you want
to put it into some type of an airtight container so that instant potatoes can last longer but make
sure that you label mashed potatoes and include the directions so that you'll know how to use it
I also like to take foods like boxes of Kraft macaroni and cheese Pasta Roni Suddenly Salad
and I put those into clean airtight containers like a jar I put it in the jar put on a tight
fitting lid the package can't get wet bugs can't get into it Critters can't chew on it and it helps
the food last longer the better we store our food the longer it's going to last so if you have foods
that are just in cardboard boxes or cellophane wrappers you really need to make sure that you
make an effort to store those airtight so stored foods last longer the better we store our food the
longer it lasts and that's what we're working on having our food lasts the longest and be the most
top quality so that we can make healthy delicious meals out of whatever food we have on hand then
once you have the medium term food storage then you want the longest lasting foods you can pick
up long lasting dry foods as you go along get a bag of rice a bag of beans different kinds of
grains popcorn oatmeal pasta foods can last nearly forever but we need to store them in an airtight
container if you like milk you can get powdered milk it can last nearly forever but you need to
store it well and the longest lasting foods are going to be the single ingredient foods that don't
include any dairy they don't include any oil they don't include eggs so that they're not going to
have something in them that can get rancid that's why white rice lasts longer than brown rice which
has natural oils in it I also like to buy number 10 cans of food that's already designed to last
and you can get Long Term Foods from Augason Farms or from the LDS or the Mormon church and the food
is already packaged to last for 30 years I'll put a link to the LDS website so you can see what kind
of food they have because they're generally the most affordable you get a box with six of each
item I'll also put a link to some of the Augason Farms foods because they're very top quality I
pick them up sometimes at Walmart here in Alaska but they aren't available at all Walmarts I'm
aware of that you can also find Augason Farms foods at Walmart online or even on Amazon and
the prices fluctuate so if there's something that you want keep looking it up again and again and
eventually maybe it'll come to a price point that you can afford stockpile food gradually
of the Basic Foods pay attention to the foods you eat and those are what you want to have extras of
if you like to bake make sure you have the baking supplies flour sugar baking powder baking soda and
all of those ingredients to make the baked goods that you like also think about it what if you go
to the store and you can't buy bread anymore you might want to have some options so that you can
make some at home I keep yeast in the freezer and then a few years ago I even picked up a
bread machine at a thrift store an Oster bread machine and I have just had more fun tossing
in a few ingredients plugging it in turning it on and fresh baked bread is available on the counter
in my house for way less money than the price of a loaf of bread at this store these days so not only
is it enjoyable it's easy it's delicious and it's economical I'll put a link to a video I made about
this simple bread machine in case that's something you want to try yourself self when you're putting
food away to last say the dried foods that can last for a long long time store it in different
size containers sometimes you can put it even into a clean canning jar and put on a lid you can store
it in mylar bags add oxygen absorbers seal them up put them into five gallon buckets but keep
things manageable I don't want to go and open up a 50 pound bag or bucket of beans and rice if I
want to have more in my pantry so I like to store some of those Foods in smaller quantities so that
I can rotate them more easily and then if I don't get around to opening the five gallon bucket it
doesn't really matter because food still going to be good for 30 years but you don't want to just
completely ignore those Foods you want to still learn how to cook and use and serve the basic
foods that you have in your prepper Pantry in your food storage stockpile and that's how it's going
to be successful is if you're actually using these Foods rotating replacing and continuing to nourish
your family with affordable filling and nutritious Foods is every meal you make yourself going to be
the best top quality most delicious meal ever no and that's some of the fun of trying out new foods
new recipes is that you get to experiment and see what you like and what you don't like if you don't
experiment and try foods that aren't the best how do you know when something is the best we have to
experiment and try new things so be adventuresome and willing to take those chances of trying new
foods and new recipes these are some simple food starch tips that I hope help you along your
journey to being self-sufficient having the things that you need if you have other tips to share with
us please leave it in the comments below the more of us who prepare the better off we're all going
to be and we're building a community together so that more of us can be prepared to face an
unknown future I hope you'll like my video share it with someone else you think might enjoy it
and please subscribe to the AlaskaGranny channel youtube prepper prepping channel