Monday, March 12, 2012

Inventory and Storage Planning

Setting Up Your Food Storage?

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Inventory and Storage Planning


When you decide finally that you want to set up a food storage where should your begin? Storing your favorite foods and household items can be as easy as checking your grocery receipts and inventorying them into a structured list. 


It's tedious but it can be done. 


Put into regular practice, you have a basic storage plan. 


Multiply use x family members vs a set time goal and here is a simple version of a long term home preparedness storage system.


By adding the foods that can be stored long term and keeping in mind what your family REALLY eats, a food storage pantry can be a source of good nutritional support and foods your family WILL consume. There is nothing worse than stocking up on items your family won't use. You might as well throw that money down the trash chute!


Our survival foods may not come in the forms found in the grocery store. We can can items in mason jars or purchase dehydrated and freeze-dried foods already packed for use. Simply re-hydrate and use in a recipe. Make sure you are drinking PLENTY of water if you use these foods. They will cause gastric distress if you don't. Be warned! 


Use these foods in your meal planning. Here you may have to get a little creative. Make a survival food menu night about every 2 weeks to help your rotate your stock and prepare the routines you'll need to know for accessing this food when you need to. Let the family help you do this. Maybe assign something to each of them and make it a pot luck kind of night. This helps give you some idea of how to use these foods. And what you will need to get your family used to eating them if needs be.


Keeping your survival foods stock fresh and acclimate your family for the event you have to rely on your emergency stash.


When the foods we store are in basic forms such as grains, add them to mealtime favorites a little at a time to get the family used to the textures and digesting them. Wheat, if it can be tolerated (no gluten allergies!) , can be used in baking as flour and in cereals, as cracked wheat. Substitute it a bit at a time in creative recipes so that you know how you may use it when the time comes you have to cook with it.



Emergencies aren't always those major disasters we originally think food storage is for. Somethings to plan ahead for are crazy work schedules, medical leave, or situations with employment lapses. Think ahead. Plan well. Be Prepared

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For Related Information:


Article: Preparedness Keys


Site: Survival Recovery


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