No More Panic Buying - Prepper Pantry Meal Ideas - Stock Your Prepper hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska
Prepper no more panic buying for your prepper pantry food storage stockpile plan your meals shop
for your prepper pantry just like you do for your regular meals don't just randomly grab food in the
store that leads to the feelings of insecurity and panic and being unprepared plan out your emergency
meals just like you do your regular meals you want to have plenty of food on hand so you have
food you need no matter if there are shortages you can't get to the store or an emergency situation
that's out of our control here are some ideas of how you can have extra food in your food storage
stockpile in your prepper pantry and how you can put together meal ideas with foods to have
in your prepper pantry food storage breakfast can be as simple as granola bars some fruit
some juice a glass of milk breakfast doesn't have to be complicated this is also the right kind of
food that you can have in your bug out bag you can keep granola bars in your car for a get home bag
you just need to make sure that you pay attention to the dates on the food and rotate the food yes
they will last a little longer but because of the nature of all the ingredients in granola bars they
tend to become stale just like other foods the better you store them the longer they're going
to last take food out of the cardboard box and store them in a plastic container with a lid
or even into a ziploc bag for an extra layer of airtight container maybe you like to eat cereal
I can remember when my kids were little and there was a certain time of year before school started
when cereal went on sale and you could buy it for like a dollar a box I think those days are
completely gone but it's still time that you can find cereal on sale but don't over buy cereal it
does get stale you can put it into an airtight container and it'll help it last longer pay
attention to the date on the cereal and you need to sort of use that as a very strict guideline
for things like cereals because there's so many ingredients in them and they do become stale
store them in an airtight container can help them last longer but they're really not the type
of food that you can try to seal up to last for years and years pay attention to the serving size
because a box of cereal might say it has oodles of servings and if your kids are anything like mine
that's not even close to the amount of cereal that my kids like to eat they would pour big huge bowls
and that was what they needed for their meal so don't be caught short because you paid attention
just to what they say is a serving you might even look at what their serving size is pour that in a
bowl and see if that's enough that's how you can determine how much cereal you actually need is to
pour it out in the bowl and then see what is that measurement and how many servings are in a box
cereal needs milk you can find the shelf stable milk that comes in a carton it's the UHT
or ultra high temperature and it's been something like double pasteurized so that it can last
on the shelf in your pantry for like a year or two I've stored the cartons of milk in my refrigerator
unopened a year past the date it still tasted fine powdered milk is great too my favorite is
the Nido Fortificada powdered milk find it on the Hispanic aisle it's not usually with the
other powdered milk this is powdered whole milk it actually is very delicious it's the only powdered
milk that anyone in my family can tolerate so if you haven't found a powdered milk that you like
look for this one or add this to your stockpile because maybe it can help the non-fat milk tastes
better yes the non-fat milk will store longer but if nobody enjoys it and nobody wants to eat it
you don't want to stock up on food that no one's going to enjoy and that was the problem that I had
with the regular nonfat dry milk it didn't matter what brand I bought it didn't matter how I tried
to doctor it up there wasn't even a way I could hide it in recipes that that weird flavor always
seemed to come through but this one is great you can open it right up you can repackage it into
clean canning jars if you want and store them away then whenever you need milk you can just
take a scoop out and put it right into your meal into your recipe stir it into a glass if you want
a glass of milk but it's great to use in your recipes anyway you just scoop it out and add it
when you're making different meals when you might need some milk just add the water scoop out what
you need and you don't have to worry if you don't use a lot of milk that you're having milk in your
refrigerator that's becoming spoiled because this stuff is just like real milk and it is very tasty
find your favorite kind of hot cereal do you like oatmeal cream of wheat
grits there are all kinds of hot cereals that are very filling nourishing and delicious
plus they have the added benefit that you can put this in an airtight container you can get years
and years of storage out of foods like oatmeal and other hot cereals that are one ingredient
because they are suitable for the longest deepest long-term food storage they can last for decades
think about the toppings you want for your hot cereal i like raisins craisins maybe you like
brown sugar and whatever the toppings are that you prefer on your hot cereal make sure that you have
some of those on hand as well things like dried fruit can last several years put them into say a
clean canning jar with a tight fitting lid but don't use an oxygen absorber with
dried fruit the oxygen absorbers are for the longest driest foods like rice beans flour
and those types of foods and not for these because these have too high of a moisture content
and if you try to use an oxygen absorber with foods that have too much moisture in them you
have a risk to botulism i made a video about foods you should never use oxygen absorbers
i'll put a link to it so that you can watch that if you have any concerns and like more information
if your family likes pancakes or waffles look for the ones that you just need to add water they're
great they last a long time in your pantry but store them in an airtight container you don't want
the food going stale and you also don't want any critters chewing on your paper or your cardboard
boxes the fewer ingredients that you need to have on hand to make the meal the easier it's going to
be if you're in a hurry or in some kind of an emergency situation try to make it as simple
for yourself as possible pancake syrups maple syrups whatever you like for your toppings on
your pancakes or waffles make sure you have that on hand as well and realize that real maple syrup
yes it's very expensive but it's a forever food it's never going to spoil just like honey it can
last forever in your prepper pantry so have some of your pancake syrup toppings but maybe put a
little bit of maple syrup aside too what are your favorite beverages do you like tea hot chocolate
coffee coffee doesn't store very well long term so look at the instant coffee it's like freeze-dried
or dehydrated crystals and that can last for a very long time it may not be your favorite but if
you want coffee you're definitely going to be glad that you put some aside in your prepper pantry
what about lunch and dinner it's the same thing plan out a few meals that you can safely keep in
your pantry that'll last for a long time then if you need a quick meal or some emergency comes up
you can go and get one of those prepper meals out of your pantry and have something on the table
to feed yourself and your family in a jiffy look over canned foods you can find chili's beef stew
soup all kinds of different canned foods that are open and eat you can look for the packaged meals
like the hormel completes meals and pouches that you can just tear open and eat get a few days
worth of those and then you'll have some emergency meals then look for easy to cook foods Kraft mac
and cheese Pasta Roni rice mixes Knorr sides a can of meat a side of vegetables and you have a meal
look at different ways that you can combine those meals and have them on hand for your meals you can
get things as simple as a box of pasta a jar of Classico pasta sauce and you can have a spaghetti
dinner if you choose some of the gluten-free pastas realize that they have smaller amount
fewer servings less ounces in the box so plan accordingly how much gluten-free pasta
would you need with the jar sauce so that you have enough to eat
there are all kinds of choices that we can make we can buy everything from canned ready-to-eat meals
and entrees canned meat instant potatoes all types of foods that you can have in your prepper pantry
so that you'll have meals on hand make a meal plan of what your family likes to eat
and those are the types of meals that you want to have on hand in your prepper pantry
one of the things that I've done is take like a ziploc bag and I put all of the meal together in
the ziploc bag then if I need to make a meal in a hurry I can pull one bag out you can have dinner
on the table within a matter of minutes so figure out what works for you but put extra food aside
think about the essentials make sure you have a good supply of those as well
something I read recently was to plan on having 10 percent extra food 10 percent more food than you
thought you needed because there's always going to be food that spoiled jars that get broken
maybe your mylar bag got a hole in it and the food became spoiled
the way we avoid panic buying is knowing that we have done our best we have things on hand and
we'll be able to make the best of whatever comes our way stock up on food while things are readily
available the future is uncertain and we all love to eat if you liked my video I hope you'll share
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