Food Storage Simplified!

Our ward had a meeting (an enrichment) about simplifying food storage. There was a lady that I guess perfected this so we watched her video. Then we discussed how to do this...

In a nutshell, you use your 7 or 14 favorite dinner recipes, and 7 or 14 favorite breakfast recipes. Then, you write those recipes on their own individual index cards. Include EVERYTHING you need to make those recipes like water, seasonings, (this is where I would include special tools that you need, like a grinder, a sieve, etc.). so now you take those cards and tally your ingredients, 1t salt, 1 1/2t salt 1t salt, and 2t salt, 1/2t. That equals 6t salt. Now if you have seven recipes then multiply that number by 52 equalling 312 teaspoons of salt for your year supply. If you have 14 recipes then multiply that number by 26 equalling 156 teaspoons of salt. Do this with all the ingredients in your recipes to find out how much you really need to put into your year supply. Now you don't need to store 50 pounds of flour per person for a year. That's is a whole lot of flour!!

This technique will let you eat your favorite foods, even in times of crisis. Also you will be going to bed early and waking up late, so you only need 2 good meals, breakfast and dinner (served around lunchtime) then you can make a loaf of bread for an evening snack. Also remember that you have favorite desserts that you can have as well. Pick four of your favorite and do the same thing as the breakfast and dinner cards. Except multiply these by 13. This will give you a different dessert once a week four four weeks, you can have an apple pie every week if you wanted!!! And the breakfast/dinner depending on if you chose 7 or 14, you will have a different meal everyday of the week, and they will be things that you LOVE!!

OK, once you have all your food gathered, leave it for a YEAR!!! Then go in, check every jar lid, get all the food that will expire in the next year, and replace it. ITS THAT SIMPLE! Rotate once a year instead of all year long.

This technique has made it so much simpler for me to get everything I need and it is not overwhelming like every other food storage method I tried. I love it and will post more things about food storage in the future so keep watch!