Our Little Home: Food Storage Basics

In January our ward, along with other community members, sponsored a Prepardness Fair. We presented the workshop on Food Storage for which I prepared a handout which I'm posting. It is a good starting place. I'll cover different aspects in later posts.

Food Storage Basics

Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Family - Security
Store What You Eat or ( Learn To Eat What You Store)
Rotate! First In, First Out
Inventory It!

Store a 3 months supply of everything you use everyday
Store a year’s supply of basic items: grains (multiple kinds), milk, sweeteners, salt, oils, legumes, etc
USE your food storage daily
Include spices, yeast, baking powder and soda

Freeze Dried Meals vs. Basics

Basics – can be used for multiple purposes including cleaning

Food Fatigue
Comfort Foods

Fresh Food Dilemma: Sprouts, Garden Seeds
Eggs: Own, Local, Powdered, Substitutes - unflavored gelatin, flaxseed meal
Oils

Shortening – Only a 1 year shelf life

Coconut Oil – Indefinite shelf life

Olive Oil / Vegetable Oil

Butter – canned, powdered, frozen

Beans

Meat

Frozen, Canned, Dried, TVP

Other Protein Sources

Grain, Legume and Nut Combinations

Cheese – fresh, frozen, waxed, canned

Milk

Country Cream – great taste, can make yogurt, can be mixed stronger for condensed milk substitute and sweetened for sweetened condensed milk

Morning Moos – a milk drink – great for baking as well as drinking, can be mixed stronger for condensed milk substitute and sweetened for sweetened condensed milk, smoothies etc., cannot make yogurt or cheese

Non-Fat Dry Milk – great for making yogurt and cheese as well as adding dry to casseroles for added nutrition or making your own Hamburger Helper Mix or Gravy Mixes, not so great for drinking

Instant Powdered Milk – good for making Hot Chocolate Mixes, Orange Julius, smoothies, more expensive but easier to mix

Storage