well stocked prepper pantry what foods to stockpile how to stock prepper pantry hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper as preppers we can prevent hardships by having a well-stocked pantry
what are some categories of foods that you should have in your prepper pantry to help you be able
to prepare easy meals and keep your family fed no matter what the day brings
start with dried foods start with all different kinds of pastas get some packaged things
like pasta salads pasta mixes there are many different varieties hamburger helper
instant things all kinds of different foods that you could put together to make a meal
a lot of them will last for a very long time especially if you store them in a airtight
container in a cool dry dark place how to make stored food last longer I like to take pastas
and I put them in the freezer for a day or two to make sure that there are no wheat weevils in them
wheat itself already has some little bugs that are already living inside of the kernels and so
you want to prevent those from hatching later on by freezing them for a few days then thaw them out
completely so that you don't get any condensation and you can do simple things such as store them in
a clean canning jar you can store them in a food saver container you can store them in mylar bags
with oxygen absorbers in five gallon buckets easy ways to store food stockpile I like to store my
food in containers that easily fit in my pantry they're easily accessible and then they're on hand
to make meals so smaller containers work better for my family but you need to decide what is
the easiest format for you to store food and how it's going to be most applicable to your lifestyle
store foods according to what you choose to eat the flavors that you enjoy and the foods
that you know how to cook you can find regular pastas you can find pasta made from chickpeas
one of the categories pasta to be careful of is egg noodles because they have eggs in them so
they aren't going to be as long lasting in prepper pantry as just plain pastas
but you can still have them in your food storage but you need to rotate them within
maybe two to three years whereas plain old pastas macaronis and noodles will last for nearly forever
I've never had pasta that I stored in an airtight container ever become unfit to eat it was always
perfectly fine just as fresh as the day I bought it as long as you store pasta airtight in a cool
dry dark place next look for rice you can get plain rice store rice in an airtight container
and you can also buy rice mixes I like to take mixes like pasta salads rice-a-roni
different easy to cook box mixes and I open them up and I put them into a ziploc bag and I store
them inside a canning jar or another container I have put them in like tupperware containers
but as the years have progressed I've been using canning jars or five gallon buckets
with airtight lids I found that those just lasted a little bit better the better that you store your
food the longer it's going to last I've had the mixes stored like this in airtight containers
and they've lasted for seven eight nine years so far and they've still been good the thing about
storing mixes and things like that the basic pastas and rices are probably going to be fine
far longer than the little packets of spice mixes the spices have mixed different other kind
of ingredients and some of those will go rancid you can throw away the little spice packet if it
doesn't smell right and you can probably still use the pasta or the rice the noodles whatever else
was in that container the next pepper pantries food basic so that you can make meals out of
your pantry and prevent hard chips are tomato products you can take a simple can of tomatoes
and you can spice it up all different ways to make the flavors suit what you choose to eat
these go great with all kinds of pastas they go great with rice you can add them to all different
kinds of ingredients to make bigger better meals you can buy everything from tomato paste to
sauces you can find diced tomatoes you can even find them flavored like with basil and oregano
and garlic you can find fire roasted tomatoes you can find different varieties that help make
your food categories have different flavors choose some that you want to make into chili
have some that you want to make into enchiladas have something to make into pasta sauces and I
love to stock up on jars of pasta sauces there's so many different varieties I prefer them in a jar
over a can I just think that they're a better quality they have a better flavor and of course
there's always going to be your family favorites sometimes I find them on sale and I buy some that
aren't necessarily my favorite because I need to make sure that I have enough food in my stockpile
my favorite are usually the Classico pasta sauce I like them because I think they're delicious I also
like that the jars are canning size jars so a lot of times with the pasta sauces you can't get the
flavor out of the lids when you want to reuse them but with the Classico a regular canning jar
lid and ring can fit on here so you can use them easily to store dried food again I don't use the
recycled jars for new canning I use canning jars that I buy purposefully for that but I
use these all the time to store dry ingredients and it works great other jars are just fine too
but the challenge is getting the flavor the scent the aroma out of the lid of flavorful foods
so when you're shopping look for a variety find different flavors because every single day if
you ate the same pasta over and over again yes you have something to eat if it was hard times and you
had nothing else but if you had a different flavor every day it isn't quite so boring you can avoid
food fatigue do we want to eat pasta every single day probably not but if just from these foods you
could make a huge variety of meals that could keep your family going if you see a type of sauce or a
food that you think you might like buy one take it home and try it if you like it you can always go
back and get more don't stock up on food you're not familiar with simply because it's on sale if
you find you don't like it and you bought a lot of them you've wasted your food storage dollars
and you've also wasted your prepping space where you need to store foods that you choose to eat
the next category of food to help you have a well-stocked pantry are things like broths
bouillon cream of something soups choose sauces that are already prepared in a can
like Manwich sauce or a jar of pizza sauce you can find salsas you can find everything from
mango salsa green salsa red spicy salsa and you can even look at a variety of salad dressings
and marinades like a raspberry vinaigrette or even a simple Italian dressing all of these foods are
inexpensive ways to add variety flavor and keep your pantry full keep your family fed
when you're stocking up on broths and stocks look for vegetable broth look for cream of celery soup
look for varieties that help you add different flavors some vegetables into your meals and then
if salt is a concern look for low sodium options those are always available always be reading the
nutritional guidelines and the ingredients so that if you have food allergies or foods you care to
eat or not eat that you're aware of what you're bringing home for your prepper pantry then you
also want to have an idea how you're going to use these foods don't just buy random foods that you
don't know what you would do with them you need to have an idea I could use the vegetable broth
to make a nice big pot of soup I could use the cream of something to make a casserole I could
use the salsa to go with some beans and rice and make it spicy and yummy every prepper pantry needs
some dried beans but you also need beans that you can eat for dinner tonight if you need to a lot of
the dried beans and rice that people put away in buckets that are 50 pounds sealed to last for 30
years that's not something on a day-to-day basis that you want to go to to try to figure out how
to feed my family tonight or this weekend but you can do that simply with a variety of canned foods
you can buy the lentils and split peas in dried format they're a great way to add to your variety
of your beans that some people don't think about but you can also find split pea soup lentil soup
heat these up serve them over your rice add them to some pasta and you have a nutritional way to
get protein flavors variety and meals into your family when you need to you can buy all different
kinds of beans choose a wide variety from three beans pinto beans white beans navy beans
black beans look at all the different varieties find ones that you like don't just buy one kind
look for recipes even that include different varieties of beans so that you can continue to add
variety and flavor into your meals then look for things like easy prepared beans like refried beans
baked beans and even chili with beans in them all of these varieties are great to expand on
the meals with the pasta the rice the sauces the soups and the stocks that you have so that you
can continue to make fuller bigger better meals and guess what all of these foods are inexpensive
you can pick one up to use this week pick up another one and put it away in your food storage
so as you find a recipe that you use the foods in your food stockpile then you want to replace
those foods and add two add three at four so that you have another meal another day until you have
quite a supply of food that you know how to use the foods that you have in your stockpile and you
can continue to make regular meals for your family find a way to incorporate fruits and vegetables
into your meals do you grow a garden do you go to farmer's market are there favorites that you pick
up at the grocery store look for them in canned and frozen even dehydrated freeze-dried format
so that you have them in your food stockpile the one challenge I've had with canned fruits is they
just don't last like these other foods I've been trying to find ways to include more fruits in
my food stockpile without having the cans that spoil leak bulge and are no longer good to eat
so fruits and vegetables are something you need to make sure that you're incorporating but they don't
last as long as these other foods so you need to make sure that you're keeping that stockpile
rotated and that you're still going to have a variety of them to go with your regular meals
next your well-stocked pantry needs some canned meats canned meats are great because they can live
on your shelf long past the best values by cell by day you can count on those lasting unlike things
like cans of fruit which just don't last but the canned meats can go long term does that mean you
should count on them lasting past the sale by date you want to try to rotate your foods within
the guidelines of that date never throw food out simply because you think it's expired just because
of the date on the package when you have a can of food that's past the sell by best buy use by date
look it over does it have anything that looks leaking bulging weird then go ahead and open it
if it spurts throw it away immediately now look it over does it look fine does it smell okay
you can take a little taste and decide for yourself does it seem like it's still okay
then it's probably fine to eat I've done that many times any time a food gives any kind of suspicion
to me I throw it away immediately but I've been able to use almost all of the foods that I've had
past the best by sell by use by date and nearly all of them have been okay but not always that's
why you want to look carefully and if you're ever in doubt throw it out maybe you like to eat tuna
maybe you like canned chicken you can find canned roast beef you can find cans of pulled pork you
can find spam and even lunch and loaf that many people think is just as good as spam for a lot
less money you need to decide what are the meats that you like there's other kinds of fish besides
tuna you can get salmon oysters kipper snacks sardines choose the foods that you like if you
like ham stockpile that if you like chicken have that on hand if you don't like tuna don't buy it
all of these meals are for your taste there is no one right way to stock your prepper pantry
the only right way is what meets your food choices your budget your taste the meals that you know
how to cook and your family is willing to eat that's how you make your prepper pantry really
be successful if the foods in it provide and nourish your family and meet your needs everyone
is different choose the foods that work best for you prevent hardships for your family by having
a well-stocked pantry look through the categories of foods make sure that you're getting a variety
if you continue to rotate your foods replace them grow your prepper pantry then you're going to have
a far better outcome in times of emergency going forward you always have enough to feed your family
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