Prepper Pantry Shelf Meals From Food Storage 3 Weeks of Dinners Recipes prepping food shortages hyperinflation
hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper as you can see my kitchen is cluttered with food I'm going to
put together some pantry recipes some shelf meals with canned food from long term food
storage emergency prepping stockpile I show you how I assemble canned and dry foods together have
a meal set aside together in my prepper pantry sometimes we want to just reach in the pantry pull
out something to make dinner we don't want to sort through all of our food stockpile
trying to figure out what to make for dinner let me show you some of the ways that I store food
for long term and how I assemble meals together I have shelf meals in prepper pantry pull it out
make a meal within a matter of minutes fortunately nearly all of the foods that I chose for these
pantry shelf meals were dated for December 2024 so I have a minimum of three four five years
in these canned foods you always still want to check stored food when they're approaching their
expiration date many canned and packaged foods can last longer but you need to keep your eye on them
the first prepper pantry shelf meal is a version of Hoppin' John it's an easy
Hoppin' John Hoppin' John is usually onions bacon grease black eyed peas ham and cayenne
pepper so this prepper pantry shelf meal has a can of black eyed peas a can of smoked ham
a cup of rice and I've added a can of hominy to give it a little different texture and flavor
according to what your tastes are you can season it with minced onion and cayenne pepper
but I'm not putting the seasonings in the shelf meal bag they don't need to be in the
bag they're easy enough to grab off of your spice rack when you're making this meal you could store
the rice in a ziploc bag I like to store rice in a little canning jar because it keeps rice fresh
and critters can't get in there gnaw on the rice combine your Hoppin' John shelf meal ingredients
in gallon ziploc bag and put the directions on a piece of paper and slide it into the bag
you don't need to write on the bag you can reuse the ziploc bag after you've served this meal
close up the ziploc bag don't need to worry t how airtight it is foods are already sealed to last
in your pantry I'm making three sets of each meal to set aside in my prepper pantry I could
eat this meal once a week I have enough food to serve this meal once a week for three weeks
the next meal includes pasta I bought one box of pasta and divided it up two cups each into
three pint-sized canning jars pasta is sealed to be airtight and will last here's an easy
recipe for Pasta Fagioli which is a nice Italian soup begin with four cups of chicken bouillon
4 cups of water proper amount of powder or chicken bouillon cubes you won't put the water away
with this meal it's just to demonstrate that you need to remember that you're going to need
water with this recipe one big can of pasta sauce one can of diced tomatoes one can of black beans
one can of kidney beans one can of cannellini beans and a small can of carrots the big can is
just too many carrots for my family if you want to use a large can go ahead two cups of dried pasta
add all ingredients together except the pasta cook for about 15 minutes then add the pasta and you
continue cooking 9 to 12 more minutes depending on your pasta until your pasta is done I have little
tiny jars that I use for the spice packet add four teaspoons of chicken bouillon powder one teaspoon
each of oregano pepper parsley flakes chopped garlic and minced onion if you have garlic powder
onion powder use the same measurement use what spices you have to make this recipe work for you
this prepper pantry shelf meal is too big to fit in a gallon ziploc bag when I was in the
lower 48 I picked up some giant jumbo size ziploc bags at Dollar Tree the jumbo ziplocs came in a
box of five they're definitely a great size 2.5 gallon if you have a large family or a larger
recipe look for the 2.5 gallon ziploc bags you can see Pasta Fagioli ingredients fit nicely
in the oversized ziploc bag including the pasta and spice mix I can add the directions
zip it up and set this prepper pantry shelf meal aside in the pantry I'm going to make three of
the Pasta Fagioli prepper pantry shelf meals the next prepper pantry shelf meal
is called Ranch Chili sometimes it's nice to just have the spice and seasoning packets already
prepared from the store so this recipe for Ranch Chili requires two of those packages Ranch Chili
includes a ranch dip mix a taco seasoning mix a can of diced tomatoes a can of black beans
a can of kidney beans a can of pinto beans and one can of chicken combine all of the
ingredients heat it through serve it with sour cream cheese roll it up into tortillas
scoop it as a dip with fritos serve it over rice think of all the ways that you normally serve
chili and that's the way you can serve Ranch Chili Ranch Chili is the type of meal you could use just
about any type of meat that you have on hand you could use a can of chicken a can of turkey a can
of roast beef or even a can of pulled pork whether you pronounce it Pozole or Pozole
you are going to love the simple stew type recipe from Mexico Pozole prepper pantry shelf meal you
need a can of pinto beans a can of hominy a can of fire roasted salsa style tomatoes a can
of pulled pork season it as you wish with chili powder onion powder garlic powder add seasonings
when you get around to preparing Pozole I wouldn't store with spices you probably want to use fresh
spices when you're actually preparing Pozole prepper pantry shelf meal if you can't find
spicy salsa style tomatoes use a can of regular diced tomatoes and add in a few spoonfuls of
chunky salsa if you can't find the pulled pork try Pozole with roast beef you could serve it
with rice tortillas whatever you have on hand that could make this meal fit your tastes and flavors
I have this big bin that I bought I'm going to put these prepper pantry shelf meals away and
store them in an out of the way place they'll last for two three four maybe even five years
depending on how well the ingredients store you need to check on stored foods when foods like
tomatoes go past their best by date they can tend to leak and the other ingredients usually will
last fine but always check on your stored food to make sure that everything still looks good
there's still room in the box so I'm going to add a package of egg noodles a package of
cheerios and a jar of Nico Fortificada powdered milk I always like to add a bag of paper plates
with extra napkins orphan silverware and a p38 and a p51 can opener they're the little
military can opener then you have emergency can openers if you need them anytime you can add a few
rolls of toilet paper in with your food storage stick them in you know what goes in must come out
you know that you're going to need toilet paper no matter what your day brings
my bin is full I have four bags of prepper pantry shelf meals food that I can make
one night a week for three weeks and one of them is a big meal so I would have 15 dinners in here
and likely there would be leftovers there would be lunch or you could stretch the food longer so the
way I see it there's at least three weeks worth of dinners in this bin along with cereal milk
noodles some plates napkins and silverware and of course toilet paper add a few plastic garbage bags
if this is a bin that you want to put away for your family the bin is closed it doesn't matter
if it's air tight because everything in it is already sealed up to last for a long long time
make sure you're adding a stockpile of water to go with the food that you're storing getting the
foods that you need you're setting extra aside in your prepper pantry and that you're working
through your pantry using up those foods so that you're still making meals for your family no
matter what the day brings food is still available so stock up and then store food so it will last as
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