$10 food storage stockpile prepper pantry haul Dollar Tree hi it's alaskagranny I was able to
do another ten dollar prepping pickup at Dollar Tree to add to my food storage stockpile prepper
Pantry prepping doesn't have to be expensive complicated or difficult in any way you just
need to pick up one food item at a time if that's all you have because as you've seen
prices going higher what do you think is going to happen in the future things are going to become
more expensive as foods become more expensive we don't necessarily have more money so food items
that you have today can help be there for you in the future when they could become too expensive
to continue to buy so stock up food now that's a great way to save money in the future so what are
the eight food items I bought for my ten dollar pickup at Dollar Tree food storage stockpile first
was a little jar of asparagus Spears I haven't ever bought Dollar Tree asparagus before but
there was a lady buying them and she was telling me these are very delicious a jar of asparagus is
a great way to have a different kind of vegetable in your prepper pantry stockpile you can just open
these up eat them as is you can put asparagus into a salad there's lots of ways to use asparagus and
they're already cooked so in an emergency you don't have to start cooking asparagus which
they're so delicious spring is coming fresh ones are going to be available but in the meantime I
have a little jar of them it's been harder to find the Hungry Jack shredded hash browns these
are dehydrated Dollar Tree had three boxes so I picked up all three Hungry Jack hashed browns are
great you can just pour Hungry Jack hash browns into a clean canning jar put on the lid and
they're in an airtight container Hash Browns can last for many years I like to not only rehydrate
hash browns and use them as hash browns they're great to pour into soups and stews that might
require potatoes you can add some Hungry Jack hash browns out of your prepper pantry they'll
rehydrate while your soup or stew is cooking and bubbling away on the stove I do have one to report
the Idahoan brand packets of mashed potatoes have always been my favorite I've had lots and lots of
them in my food storage stockpile but I did have one that was put away it was expired eight years
past the best by use by sell by date and it had completely turned yellow and didn't smell good I
somehow didn't take a picture of it but I thought I would tell you yes Idahoan mashed potatoes can
last for several years past the date but I've discovered eight years is too long so make sure
that you're rotating the foods that you're buying within a reasonable amount of time the reason the
Hungry Jack's shredded potatoes are going to last longer than the idahoan mashed potatoes
is if you look at the ingredients basically the shreds are just potatoes and the mashed potatoes
include other ingredients which say for example oil which is going to go rancid and so Foods
aren't going to last forever don't put away foods that have multiple ingredients and think that you
can get the same amount of longevity that you can out of say a single ingredient like rice or beans
it just isn't possible you can stretch it out a few years but don't count on it going forever if
you're buying these Foods it's because you plan to eat them rotate and replace them I picked up
two more boxes of hydromate electrolyte powder which is a hydration support and maybe you've
seen them as hydration multiplier or something like that Hydromate are two packets for a dollar
25 I was recently in at the pharmacy and while I was waiting for something I noticed a different
brand hydration multiplier on the shelf and guess what they were two dollars per packet so if having
a hydration support is something that you're interested in how you can turn regular water
and make it better more nutritious and healthier for your body and just different ways that we want
to make sure we can get the fluids that we need so check out the hydramate at Dollar Tree they're
a great buy at a dollar 25. I also picked up another packet of the Sunkist orange peach
mango drink powder there's six little packets Sunkist drink powders add into water they make it
more flavorful Sunkist drink powders add vitamin C which your body can't store vitamin C you need
to have some every single day so if this makes a delicious drink that helps you have the vitamins
that you need why not have them in your prepper pantry and your food storage stockpile the last
thing I bought was Dollar Tree pizza crusts Dollar Tree pizza crust can last a few months but I don't
stockpile piles of them the reason I needed to buy one this day was because in my stockpile I have
a jar of pizza sauce a box of pepperoni and these need to be rotated so how simple to buy an already
pre-made pizza crust at Dollar Tree to be able to prepare pizza so the only thing I needed to add
for a dollar 25 was a crust so I can open the crust top it with sauce add some cheese
pepperoni and any other topping you want there's so many ways that you can top a pizza think of
the favorite ways that you like to enjoy Pizza you can put Alfredo sauce chicken you can top it with
artichoke hearts fresh vegetables so it's nice to be able to pick up a pizza crust for a dollar 25
Dollar Tree have it in your pantry the date on this is five months ahead of when I purchased
it and so yes I could put this together in my pantry with a few of the other items and then
have that as a quick and easy meal but it's probably not going to last longer than that
and I wouldn't count on stretching it out till the very last day something to know if you're
using a jar of the pizza sauce is you just don't need the whole jar for a pizza so something that
I do with the leftover pizza sauce is heat up some meatballs and use pizza sauce as a
little dip or a dunk and that makes makes a very delicious snack or part of another meal
so make plans on how you're going to use up the entire amount of food that you have so that
nothing gets wasted that's part of the reason that American Grocery bills are so high is the amount
of food waste so try to plan and be creative and think of how can I use every single item that I
have in my prepper Pantry anything that I open so that nothing gets wasted use your sauce for pizza
use it for a dip for meatballs even add it with some other ingredients and turn it into a nice
pot of soup but try not to waste it don't just shove food in the back of the refrigerator and
keep pushing it back until it isn't any good anymore keep it on the front keep it in mind
and then use up the things you have to get the full value out of your grocery dollars leave us
some comments what are you doing to help add to your prepper Pantry stockpile what things are you
finding at the Dollar Tree and all the great tips you have on how to use those products to make more
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