We recently found a blog called Safely Gathered In which gives practical advice on how to create a 3 month supply of food that you will actually eat. It breaks the process down into steps that I can actually do, and that's half the battle! Here's what we worked on for FHE tonight.
We made a chart that has spaces for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, for 14 days. Then we brainstormed 14 dinner recipes that can be made only from nonperishable items. We tried to do a few vegetarian meals, a few with canned chicken, a couple with tuna, and even a couple with beef (one using jerky - we'll see how that works out!). Here's our list:
Spaghetti
Chicken Pot Pie
Taco Soup/Black bean soup
Jerky Curry
Chicken Salad w/ homemade bread
Thai Chicken w/ rice
Chicken/Tuna w/ egg noodles
Chicken & Rice casserole
Pasta & Sauce
Beef Stew
Bean & Rice Soup
Tomato Basil Soup
Coconut Curry Chicken
Chicken & Biscuits
Some of these came from recipes from the Safely Gathered In blog, others were ideas we had ourselves.
The next step will be to compile a list of all the ingredients for these meals, and multiply by six to cover three months.
After that we'll do the same for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Once we've got our complete shopping list, we can start looking for really good deals on these items. And before you know it... Three months' supply! Voila!
Do you have any ideas for "pantry only" meals? What kinds of system do you have for building food storage?
Monday, December 8, 2008
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