This is very true. Last year we planted dry pinto beans and had excellent germination. They can be picked before they develope at the green bean stage. Excellent green beans and much cheaper than bean seed in the little packets. All dried beans can be grown for green beans.
❤ 15 bean soup.. should plant them. Lol. I think I need to pull out some beans and process them to jars; almost got it done last weekend. We have some home grown pigs coming home to freezer, we asked for all we needed.
Plant a whole package of beans. Save a quart jar of beans to plant next year. Maybe plant two packages so you have some to store. Later you may can some of those beans for easy dinners
I actually had to go to town after 2 months of no shopping. I promised my granddaughter some avocados and a few other little things. I bought 10 lb of hamburger at 2.79 16 pints of meatballs with sauce with sauce. My granddaughter's 10 and she helped and this is part of her homeschooling! We call it home economics and survival. She's been canning with me since she was little and has a great concept of the process. She also loves watching you. Thank you for all you do
Buy her a kitchen setup. I got my first casserole dish when I was 10. It was loaded with the ingredients for homemade baked beans along with the hand written recipe. ( my favorite gift from an aunt) over the years, flatware and a solid cedar chest.)
Keeping extras had kept us going through bad weather, power and water outages, layoffs, car breakdowns, injuries, illnesses, unexpected expenses, unexpected guests, family unexpectedly moving in and quarantine. Now, with the world-outlook, I have more.
It's so encouraging to read this. We had a power outage just last night after a storm passed. It was only an hour but I could warm up some canned food and I made a belly full of beef stew. I live in the country and I have a gas stove and I used one of those long lighters to start the burner since the electric starter didn't work without electricity. Just another case of why we prep.
Thank you for teaching us the right ways to do things to stock our pantries! I grew up watching my sweet grandmother, who was disabled with a cripling disease when I was a baby. She worked hard in her garden, canning, cooking and loving her family well. I miss her so much, and I'm thankful I listened and learned some of those skills. Unfortunately, I was in that generation that was starting to be taught that convenience, fast food, pre-made grocery store foods were the way to go. I regret not being more involved and learning more from her. She's been gone 30+ years, and I'm in my 60s and I love your channel and the quality information you provide. Thank you!!!
It’s not my house so my space is very limited so I turned the bottom of my tv stand into an open pantry area and I have several number 10 cans and a few buckets stored in my closet… I’m doing the best I can with what I have to work with ❤
I’m in the same situation. I’ve got everything I’ve canned so far this year under my bed, in the closet, under the computer desk, literally anywhere I could squeeze in a flat of jars. 😂
Tuna Burgers a recipe my mother found somewhere. Awesome. 13 oz.tuna, 3/4 cup bread crumbs, 1/2 chopped celery, 4 tblsp. minced onion, 1/2 cup mayonaise, 4 tblsp. heinz chili sauce, 2 tsp lemon juice. Combine ingred. into patties and fry on lightly oiled skillet until each side browned. Serve on hamburger buns with lettuce and tomatoes and thousand island dressing. Hoping someone on here tries it!!!!!
I just found your channel on the video that said take you back to this one that started the last video. I have been prepping since 2009 when we had an ice storm that knocked out my power for 2 weeks and me and my family were stranded with nothing! I grew up on the corner of rickety and rackety in Michigan just like you. Our childhoods are pretty much identical! So since 2009 I said I’d never be unprepared and have done just like this video have put back every week! Everyone even my children thought I was nutz but didn’t care! So now after all these years especially since how my money has grown smaller since being stolen in 2020, I can only do 40$a month but I still do it and as I’m raising my 9 year old granddaughter am showing her how to can and grow garden and how to camp and survive! But now no one is laughing at me any more they’re looking to me for answers and to help show them how to do things! It’s amazing the turn around but sad as well! I enjoy your channel and look forward to seeing some more. Remember folks you can never stop learning and always keep your head on a swivel! GOD bless and thank you for what you do! III%out
So true I'm 58 and for the first time in December learned how to render lard just like my grandmother did. She passed when I was 15 and I was never around her much sadly but I know she was looking down with a big smile seeing me do this 😊
I admire the simplicity in this. The video that tagged me to this one is even better. As one who was in one of those home economics classes in the late 60/70's, this lack of critical thinking skills was done by design. Not to be used as my excuse but I make my purpose to learn, teach and give to those who never were given that opportunity. I had a childhood where eggs were an exception and beans were considered the staple protein. We knew no better. But my grandmother was a depression child and she set the example I chose to follow.❤this!!
I have a phenomenal recipe for easy tomato basil bisque soup made from canned tomatoes. There’s only two of us so I share a quart with my 94 year old bestie who doesn’t cook anymore. I’d love to can it before the cream is added. I wonder……? Anybody know?
For canned chicken or beef, I will fry it a little bit in some oil and butter, just to get some meat flavor in the pan but not enough to dry out the meat, and then remove it from the pan and make a roux with some flour and some more butter. We will use the juice from the jar the chicken or beef was in for the liquid and if we need more liquid we will add chicken broth or milk or plain water. Then we season it up. If all that is too hard, just make up a gravy packet, brown gravy for beef, chicken gravy for chicken. Cook until gravy no longer tastes like flour and is as thick as you like it. Add more liquid if it gets too thick for you. Add the meat back in and heat through. Serve over mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, on it's own, or over noodles or rice if you prefer. Second for either canned chicken or beef, cut the chunks smaller and use in making enchiladas.
Can I dehydrate corn and grind it into corn flour? Or will it make a mess when used and liquid hits it? Sorry if this sounds stupid, but I just cannot find a package of corn flour that is not 10 lbs in the grocery store, and I won't use that much of it.
@@BinfordMJ I don't know, perhaps Leisa does. I buy a 50lb. bag of feed corn (whole) at the feed store because I use it in one of my sewing projects. I pick it like you do beans, remove any husks, etc., give it a good rinse, let it dry then grind. There are some fascinating foods to be had at your local feed store; be sure to sterilize them before using - learned that the hard way.
Oat flour from oatmeal; easy, peasy. Add to bread. Dozens of recipes available for so many different things. Just toss oatmeal in the blender. I want to make garlic sesame sticks.
My pantry saved us. December 2020 my husband (Who was the main breadwinner? )passed away very quickly due to Covid. The March before we paid off our house and my masters degree and all of our debt and I told him I wanted to get a couple years of food in storage and he handed me $5000 . And for my birthday in September 2019, he bought me 2 all American canters the big ones And for my anniversary in 2019, he bought me 25 cases of jars. We had two years of ugly chicken, rice beans, a crap ton of canned vegetables. And I am now trying to get that much food back now that we are a little bit more settled. Thanksgiving I literally canned 10 -20lb + turkeys 80 pounds of pork and 80 pounds of chicken leg and thigh quarters that should last me and my two adult daughters two years. Now I gotta work on the vegetables. however, we Will be starting in May that’s our goal two years worth of vegetables: we will also be having a huge garden. We’re gonna try to double it this year. And this year I want to canned tomatoes I’ve never came tomatoes before. And I would appreciate all the tomato recipes. My suggestion is do a tomato month please please please how to Can them and what to do with it afterwards. And I loved canuary.
I am so sorry for your loss. He sounds like a great guy. I'm so thankful that you had a pantry to rely on during that difficult time. You sound like me with canning. This week my Piggly Wiggly has boneless skinless chicken breast on sale for $1.99/pound and I'm going to can it. A lot. Besides being a great boon for preparedness, it's a great convenience and makes meals as easy as opening a jar. I have always canned and I'm 66 years old. My pantry is rather extensive. I have recently begun purchasing freeze dried foods from Thrive Life. Talk about getting spoiled! I don't have to chop meat or vegetables when I prepare a meal! I wish you well in your future.
@@suegeorge998 My daughter now works at a grocery store so at Thanksgiving I ended up buying 13 turkeys 20+ lb at $.39 A pound and canned 10 of them. Then I went and got some chicken leg and thigh quarters 80 pounds at $.49 a pound canned that and then went and got 80 pounds of pork butt at $.98 a pound and canned that. Because the kid works at the store they’re one main perk is they don’t have to abide by limitation. And we have used that to our advantage. Yes, I made a ton of stock. I’m sure we have two years worth of meat here. And now we’re starting on vegetables and I do have a 14 bed garden with about 100 buckets too. This year it’s eat what you can can what you can’t.
What a huge loss for you and your family. A great man who supported you in the best way indeed. I am so sorry for your loss. Thankfully you had all of that pantry stock to help you during this very rough patch and Im sure you learned a whole lot of skills to pass along to younger ones.
I don't drain my ground beef for tacos, then put oatmeal at the end to absorb the fat. It stretches the meat, and there's no waste. if you didn't know, you couldn't tell it's in there.
Something to add to the idea of "don't stock it if you don't eat it" which you have partially covered here is, if you don't already eat these things begin experimenting while you aren't in crisis to find ways to enjoy them. As a personal example, one of my pandemic projects was learning to cook and eat some of the less desirable animal proteins (organ meats, etc.) because I already had a pretty good garden and pantry but I figured if things got really squirrelly the shelves might be empty of chuck roast but there would more likely be tongue or heart or liver to be had. It hasn't gotten that bad so far but now I've got another tool in my toolbox to keep my family fed if I should ever need it.
Hi Leisa, this is such a valuable lesson. Slow and steady wins the race. I think that sometimes people think that it's all or nothing. This how normal people stock their pantries. By normal I mean people that aren't rich. Like me. This is how I stocked my pantry. Aldi helped a bunch as did the dollar stores. I only buy food on sale so I'd watch the weekly sales flyers. I have some store cans of food but for meat I do can grocery store meat that is on sale. Plus my garden veggies. I have several health problems and I'm 66 years old. As long as you have a little bit of land, get out there and plant tomatoes, peppers, and these are vegetables that do pretty well in pots. Shove a few onion sets in around the plants.
Nice little start to build a pantry. I dontvremember when I started stocking up but it enhanced during lockdown when things were scarce, I had a well stocked pantry during but restocking was near impossible, I certainly don't want that again 😂 back up to the back up. I actually got laughed at for having toilet paper stacked to the ceiling till you could get none😅 guess who got called when they run out😂😂😂 little ole Me😊 4 years later the stacks not as big but its there. Anyhow, I stock up 6 products in multiples on top of my groceries last month it was 12 jars coffee, 6 cans of ghee, 20lbs sugar, 12 lard, 24 butter, 6 lbs red lentils. This month is a cleaning stock up for kitchen and bathroom. So I don't always do food but it's well stocked regardless. Thank you for your tips😊
When the big c happened I had to continue to go to work, I’m an old retired nurse now lol but guess who didn’t have to run to the store for toilet paper or anything else? Yep me yay!!!
I need to have a complete knee replacement. Thank goodness i I have a well stocked party. I started building up that pantry during the pandemic and I am so glad I did. Thank you lisa.
Leisa. I have just watched this video after seeing thr kerfuffle it caused. I just wanted to say that you are one of a couple of people who have really helped me to get my pantry stored well since 2021, not just with food. I had to sell my pressure canner as with energy prices in the UK I cannot justify having a pot sit on my gas hob for a 75 minute processing times. However I still make savoury things using the water bath method and am learning to stock my shelves and freezers with protein and other cooked goodies. I don't think a refresher course is EVER a bad thing as it always reminds you of SOMETHING you forgot or tells you something you DIDN'T know. You keep on keeping on lady as we appreciate your efforts, time, energy and care so very much.♥️
Thank you for addressing the barter-business! I find it crazy and unsafe to even consider it. Once people find that you have things, you are setting yourself up to be taken advantage of at best, to be attacked at worse. Also, currency began for a reason. I think there would be violence with fights over the value of work or goods. (I feel the same about precious metals, who would accept it, if it can't be used by anyone?) I do have a number of quick and inexpensive foods if anyone truly needs help and it is within my power to do so.
I use some of my home canned foods as a thank you to my neighbors who have trucks that can pull my small trailer used for my meat goats. If I offer money, I get "oh no, it was no problem." If I offer a jar of unstuffed pepper soup or a pound of goat meat ( from one of my goats that hasn't given me kids and should have), most of them either have had goat meat and love it but can't get it or have never had it but are willing to try it. Good advertising for my meat goats!
I’m going through my working pantry because there are a number of items that were bought when my family ate them. Now they don’t. So I am switching gears. More protein, less carbs. So longer term carbs.
You can use the chicken for white chicken chili. You can use tuna in macaroni and cheese. Tuna salad sandwiches, a tuna and egg casserole. Hard boiled eggs. Tuna in a salad, chicken, and a salad. Beef, you can make beef sandwiches depending if it’s chunk or not, you can make maybe beef stew, vegetable beef, soup, chunk or shredded. Beans are beans and they’re by themselves cooked up though or add to a dish for a meal. I love beans.
My family is usually horrified, but I most commonly used ramen as a quickie soup starter for 1 or 2. Break up the noodles, add extra water, seasonings to taste and whatever veggies and meat bitlets I have around.
I was married to someone that was self employed and it was feast or famine many times. I had three kids and learned to put things up by canning, freezing and dehydrating. Through winter storms and no work in construction, being in where it’s warm and plenty in the pantry got us through many days. Sometimes during the year I might find things on sale that I might not normally buy, so during slim times I might have to be creative with things we didn’t usually eat, but sometimes it was almost a party with three little kids to try something different! Most of the time it worked out and they had fun and had no idea how we could be struggling but had something they enjoyed. So my kids are all grown up now. I just started building a pantry again about a year and a half ago. It’s come in handy when we’ve had unexpected expenses. So I got into fermenting and remembering my canning and dehydrating days, I’m building on all that. I wish I had a garden, etc…. but being a city girl, there are so many adventures to get into to learn about food and all these things you can do with it. Thank you so so much for sharing the information and your expertise to encourage us. This can turn into such a personal way we can take care of ourselves and loved ones, since our pantry can be whatever is special to us. Thank you so much!
I used to have a friend who received "commodities ". They always gave her a large can of salmon, which she hated and gave to me. I love making salmon patties, so I was a happy camper. I gave her paper towels or toilet paper, which they either did not give out or were stingy with. We were both happy . This was a LONG time ago. Way before shortages.
I tried making tuna patties like salmon crochets. They were delicious and I could not tell the difference. My husband was shocked when I told him( after he ate it😂). Tuna is cheaper too
A local church is a food pantry. Once a month they have a variety of items. They also have a small clothing "closet" with hand me downs at a very good price. In fall they have coats & boots too. But they give 3 choices each month of "cleaning" items. They have small bottles of "awesome" , a roll of toilet paper, a dollar size bottle of Dawn dish soap or another dish soap, they have deodorants, or a box of kleenex, toilet bowl clearer, and bar soap including Lava. They are now remodeling & building a lot bigger pantry. It should be very nice, with a drive thru covered area when it's done.
I bought a case of tinned salmon when it was on half price, Lidl here in the UK and now I co9k extra mashed potatoes then make salmon patties for the freezer.
Videos like this are beneficial even for people who already stock their pantry. We all need reminders and inspiration, and sometimes you just want to prep something quick and easy!
Love it. I'm in my 30s and didn't learn canning growing up. My great grandma knew how to do it (especially pickled beets haha) but i was to young to learn. We have a small pantry but I do have some deep cabinets that are in another room that are relatively empty because we were going to tear the cabinet out but I don't see that happening as quickly as we originally planned so I'm taking your advice as well as patera over at Appalachian homestead and do the 5 cans a week. We have a discount grocery store that I'll keep an eye out on. One of the things I am finding more interesting and I presume because they are traditionally low income (as was I growing up and even now) but the Hispanic/etnic food areas are cheaper then the other areas of the store. I am newer to the channel here and wanna do some research on a solar panel for my freezer but I am learning to can more. I did pressure canned potatoes (4qts) & nothing blew up and they were deliciously edible :)
One other tip...you can get a gallon of organic coconut oil from Azure Standard. I do that, and because I'm a wack-a-doodle, I scrape out the coconut oil into a pot, warm it up, and then pour it into glass pint jars for storage. So, that makes it $1.87 a pint. Even if you get the virgin version at $25.04 a gallon, that still makes it only $3.13 a pint. Whoop whoop!
I just realized today that I'm still doing January's freezer and pantry challenge! I am cleaning out all the "back of the freezer" meat and using any older canned goods, either home or commercially, for my meals. I can probably go most of this month before I have enough food used (just me at home), so I can start restocking the freezers! I have only had to purchase fresh tomatoes, sour cream, and a couple of green peppers (and ice creme - it's been soo long since I had any because I had no freezer space!)
Thanks Leiza! Everything except the Coconut Oil works for me. Allergic to Coconut! Made Whatever's Left Soup today. A handful of yard weed leaves, herbs, leftover chicken & onion scraps, a bit of split red lentils, & some leftover veg & rice. Threw in 1tsp chicken bullion & some water. 3 hours in crock pot, homemade soup, & 4 leftover containers out of the fridge.😊
I have starting to “prepare” for whatever comes by growing my pantry. You can save so much money by shopping the weekly ad sales at the grocery stores and I keep a book with what a given item cost at different stores. It’s very exciting saving money. But watch clever marketing!! For instance , for three different items I was price checking at walmart, they had 2 packs and three packs BUT buying three individual bottle of the same size instead of the three packaged together was $4 or $5 dollars cheaper. It’s great to be able to look online at different store prices and build my shopping list from there.
Great information! Keep it coming! I am another person my pantry saved recently. I didn’t intend to do the January pantry challenge, but was hit with a major financial challenge just before Christmas. Thank goodness for a stocked pantry! I was able to avoid grocery shopping for 6 weeks and was able to put that money toward bills. I am still mostly living off pantry items and only buying fresh produce and dairy so far for February. So, thanks again, Leisa. Your channel was instrumental in helping me survive and even thrive during these tough times!!
This is a great way to show someone how to start. Showing how to build a pantry is priceless ❤ who doesn't love your ideas.....mmmmm your chicken and beef ideas! I put tuna on everything- wish I could can it myself ❤ thank you- 😊
@@tammyr2966 maybe it be frozen first? I quite buying fish that was "fresh" because it always turns out to be pre-frozen and mostly deforsted. Sounds exciting to try! Thank you Tammy.
Growing up as a child, we did not have to ask "what is for dinner"? We had the exact same meals Every Sunday, Roast and Potatoes. every Monday, was the exact same thing as the Monday before. Every Tuesday was the exact same as last Tuesday, Every Wednesday was KD and hamburgers, .... I am almost 50 and look forward to others ideas with "Everyday items" Thank you so much for this video. xx
Great video. I’ve been giving these forever foods to the Foodbank and wondering if recipients will know how to use them. If you have never cooked dried beans, you don’t know. But they are so much more delicious than canned! My top tip on beans is soak overnight, drain the water and rinse. Then add more water and bring to boil. Simmer for the length of time on package. Another top tip is that I dump the boiling water at least once during the cooking process. Rinse, refill, bring to boil again. I do this up to 3 times to help cut the grassiness. That’s a lot of food there, in those dried beans. This is a great place to start, for those who haven’t - for whatever reason - started. A great service. I learn thing from you all the time! I would love to see forever food recipes - for those just starting, and those who aren’t! Chickpeas salad can be used in a sandwich in place of egg salad. Don’t forget to love on chickpeas and lentils. Salt is a good one to buy, too. Salt and sugar and water can be used to make homemade electrolyte replacement. Sugar is great to put up because you might want it also for jamming and pickling. Pickling salt is another one to get on the shelf. Vinegar and salt go a long way to making refridgerator pickles. 💖
Like you I wonder if the food pantry recipients know how to use some of the things they get. IMHO a food pantry service would be to have lessons once in a while how to use certain foods. Many people simply do not know how.
My husband helped a local farmer for one day and got 5 gallon buckets of garbanzo beans. What a deal!!! Anyway peanut butter and jelly will get you thru the very first hours of an emergency. It helps with the kids.
Lisa could you please do a few series on economical and practice storage ideas for these preps. A lot of us are challenged on the how tos to store these items as well as all the other dry goods. You cover the costs here but there are additional parts to consider: space - containers etc. everyone can't do the food saver myloerbags buckets etc Thank you for helping make prepping for our families logical and doable. Also a series on easy beginner recipes and cooking ideas that don't require electricity.
Quick challenge... I did pack beans, and feed corn, and rice, last year into bucket in mylar. Just needed some ox absorbers (PackfreshUSA), the bags, a wood strip, and a clothes iron. My vac sealer wouldn't make enough heat to seal mylar, so I adapted. Just for that one 5 gallon bucket, and just on that day. I'm going to politely say that you have no reason to not store a few thing for longer term what ifs... you have to come out swinging some times.
Good grief, another hot mess?? I took this video to be an encouragement to anyone who is just starting a pantry or needed some ideas. I read the bru-haha over oats. Most of us know our country is in trouble, but it's not because of oats, and someone not knowing how to cook them. If they can read, they can follow the directions on the box. Problem solved. I continue to help teach when I am needed. I try to help wherever I'm needed, but I can't solve the massive problems in our country. To me, it starts with God and home. Thank you for teaching me how to can!! Thank you for your encouraging and, sometimes, funny videos. You always make me smile! In a nut shell, I always learn something from you that I didn't know or think of before. I'm all for teaching and learning, and I really appreciate your heart and your videos! ~~Hugs to you and Phil from Crazy California.~~ (Deb)
I work with dogs for a living & have 2 chocolate labs. I have a lot of rice in my long term storage, not for us but for the dogs. I’ll always have 2 extra bags of dog food for them, BUT if a major crisis happens. I can double their food by adding rice cooked in my canned broth. When dogs get sick & need a bland diet, the Vet says to feed them chicken & rice. I prefer brown rice, but also have 5 lbs of white rice. I keep all my sugar(& flour) in food safe buckets with screw on lids. Got them from Lowes for a decent price. Popcorn is another thing the dogs share with me for a snack.😂
My grandpa used to heat leftover rice in milk for a hot cereal for breakfast. He would add some brown sugar and eat it before he went to work. I think he liked it more than oatmeal!!
Liesa I had to laught out loud when you came to rice for our storage I was having cube steak and needed some rice reached in my cabinet canister was empty so I went into my pantry got a bottle of rice down 2013 still had the absorber pak inside opened and heard the air in the soda expell I cooked 2 cups in my rice cooker for dinner tonight and for tomorrow, you are so right if it's stored right it will last, Thanks girl for all you do!!
The best thing about canning and great food storage when things do go bad in what ever way we aren't having just soup! We can cook nearly anything with what is put away. Beef stroganoff? Mango chicken? Pulled pork? Yes please!! And now that I've started on bread making a whole new world is opening up there too. Pizza, tortilla, focaccia, burger buns, hotdogs. The list is endless!! Im so pleased with how it's all progressing and the family loves trying new things. Win win!
FYI: coconut oil contains almost no essential fats. It's important to also store oils that contain essential fats, even if their shelf life is shorter.
I think you should write an Ebook of “dining from the pantry” of meals you can make using pantry stores. I’d buy it. - Something I can send straight to a printer; Maybe PDF format of pages.
Lent is coming soon. Tuna, mac and cheese normally go on sale. Time to buy a little extra. The tuna will last a long time. In 1978, in the Air Force, we ate C-rations packed in 1964. No one got sick. Store it in a cool, dry place!
I have an attachment to my vacuum sealer for jars. I put all my “bug out” dry beans in 1/2 gallon jars & vacuum sealed them. I got dried organic whole milk from Sam’s. A lot canned storage foods from ALDIs. I stocked up by the case early 2021, but they still have good prices. Same with rice. I did my first 2 canner rounds of ugly chicken…AAAAmazing!
That can of chicken goes great in a pot of stuffing (cornbread is my favorite), and a packet of country gravy (one-pot meal). Add some cranberry sauce on the side and it’s yummy 😋🤤
Hi Leisa, I just finished canning 12 more pints of "ugly chicken". One of my local grocery stores has it on sale for #1.99/pound. I like that you coined that phrase. It certainly is accurate! Also last night we lost power due to a storm. I broke into my Thrive Life supplies and made beef vegetables and rice soup. I have a gas stove and without electricity the starter didn't fire so I used one of those long lighters and I had dinner! It was such an eye opener moment. I bought 2 more lighters and matches. Back ups for my backups.
We lost everything in all of our pantries in our house fire this year. We are building it back again. Still worth having it although it did not help us through that situation.
The best buy date didn't mean to much when I was growing up. We had a small grocery store down on the corner and we got out dated food for half price all the time. I never paid a mind to it. But I would be in the store and Mr Berronik would till me to have my Dad come down to the store, and then we kids would come down to the store and bring food home. So my family lived on out dated food all through my childhood.
I haven't tried it, but I have a recipe that has lentils added to taco 🌮 filling to stretch the ground beef. You could have added a couple of boxes of salt 🧂 with the remaining money. 😊
I add several items to my weekly shopping trips. Doesn't put me over-budget, either. I add peanut butter at least once a month! Great protein addition, too.
As a Packaging Specialist I can tell you there are two categories of shelf life. There is extendable and non-extendable. Non-extendable would be things like liquid milk in jugs and these items would use the wording "Use by . . . .". The extendable shelf life items are ones that use the wording "Best if used by" . These items are still edible and can be eaten beyond the date. The "Best if used by" is just telling you that the quality may have decreased some but the product is still edible.
The recipe ideas for these foods are super helpful. 👍🏻 Thank you. I think your advice to not buy what you wont eat is paramount. A couple years ago I bought a bunch of SPAM 😂 and we dont ever eat that. My kids had questions marks swirling over their heads on that one. I still plan to use the SPAM cubed up in scrambled eggs to keep from wasting. I really like quinoa as a breakfast substitute for oatmeal. Its really good sweetened up with maple syrup, butter and brown sugar. 😋
Not sure if you thought of this for SPAM....... Dice it up and use in fried rice with veggies, Dice it up and put in 15 Bean Soups, Dice it up and lightly fry it before adding to scalloped potatoes, Dice it up and add to Navy beans along with diced carrots, onions, and celery. Hope this helps!
Having all these things are great, but what most of us have trouble with is coming up with all the ideas you have!!! I go brain dead in times of crisis. I think the most important thing to have in our pantry is you!!!!!!😄💜💜💜
We boil pasta, wash in cold water to remove the starch so it wont stick together. We add chicken, bacon, sweetcorn, onion and mayo. Its lovely. Also boiled then washed pasta, we put salt a bit of vinigar and black pepper in a bowl of tuna then add sweetcorn and onion. Add to pasta then add mayo. We vacuum seal it in bags for the freezer. It dosent last long at all xxxx
@@lauraIngleswilder74 your very welcome huni. They are great as a lunch or dinner. We vacumm seal about 350 grams in each as thats a good meal for us. But each persons different with amounts xxxx
I also use my empty 20 oz or 16.9 oz soda bottles to store my beans and rice. I rinse the bottle out and let it dry thoroughly. Then I put my rice or beans in the bottle and add an oxygen absorber. Then I crank the lid down tight. You will find the next day or the day after due to the oxygen absorber absorbing the oxygen that the bottle will suck in showing that it is a water vapor proof enclosure which will store the rice or beans for a long time if not years.
This is an excellent video that makes an important point: being prepared is within the reach of near everyone. It does not have to be a daunting proposition, and the feeling of security it gives is great for one's mental health. I have had a stocked storeroom (that's what we call our pantry) all my life. Most of my 70+ years I have lived near the poverty line, but being prepared has really softened the blow during those times when things took a turn for the worse (something that can happen anytime, to anyone). Thank you dearly for what you do.
Prepping in the USA is different from prepping here in England, it's been a bit of a learning curve to start prepping here in the UK after decades of prepping in the USA. The pre-canned chicken here has pork gelatin in it (why?!) and it's still crazy expensive. Luckily I have a pressure canner, lots of jars, lots of lids, and a spouse that loves ugly chicken (and other ugly meats). Beans are the worst. I can find dry pintos, but not canned. I can find canned black beans but not dry. Hurts my little 'merican brain. No Walmarts in England, but we have ASDA, which is very similar.
Totally agree with you. I'm British and I wish we did the beans like the American have. There us very little choice here. I have managed to get a canner. I feel the need to do chicken and minced beef and pork. But I need videos to show me how to use it. Everything is so expensive for canning.
I bought oats. Cooked them up with freeze dried fruit. Then I freeze dried the completed product. Now I’ve got instant oatmeal. No protein but a good breakfast to have. I’m doing sausage and other proteins.
Store what you eat and eat what you store. I have a simple rotation program so my food is getting used and replaced. Newest food on the right older food on the left. I just scoot the jars to the left when I am putting new jars of like food on that shelf.
You have taught me so much in a short amount of time. 😊 Your canning Ugly Chicken and Ugly Pork Butt are the best videos to help stock my shelves. I appreciate everything you share with us subscribers. And, being from Michigan makes it that much more special.
This is very good info for the ones who dont can. I like how you say " no shame no foul". Thank you for all the info you give us. I always learn something new. I just starting canning a couple years, so all the info helps.❤️🙂
Added canned ham that lasts too to any beans or split peas. Canning split soup turned brownish on me with it. Got more of that than Spam and a bit cheaper too. Can't find the BACON kind.
Great ideas, the husband loves ham in a can, the ingredients are suspect - he calls it a guilty pleasure. Not spam, its like minced ham (looks like tuna - almost) but it's shelf stable. So many items to chose from. I have beans, I don't like them - I have gotten good at discussing them for me. 🥂
Hey there, you can get the same size jar of coconut oil at the DT for $1.25. I get them there all the time. You can get some great stuff there for a whole lot cheaper than even Walmart. That haul is a great stock up haul. Even if you do it every other month. Keep on stocking and prepping. Got to get prepared for whatever is coming. God bless and be safe out there. 💜🙏🏻💜🙏🏻💜
Great advise to start stocking now. I grabbed 2 1 lb bags of black beans from my pantry to can while I was prepping snacks for Super Bowl. I paid .59 a bag and did 9 pint jars. I haven’t bought canned beans in several years because I save so much canning my own. And those dry beans are a forever food. Even if you don’t can they cook up fast in an Instant Pot and can be frozen for quick meals.
Love the menu suggestions from basics! So easy to get into a rut, I am always looking for new ideas. One of the best burrito I’ve ever eaten at a roadside food truck was black bean, sweet potato and caramelized onions. Add a dollop of sour cream and you’ve covered all the amino acids that make up complete a protein. If you follow Leisa’s suggestions of 10 small packages to put by for $10/week, once a foundation is set, you can use a larger part of the budgeted commitment towards larger sized packages of one item in rotation. Start with 10 1lb packages, do that 4 times. Next pick up 1-2 of the items you use most often and buy as much as you can using same amount of $. Next month pick another item or two. Rinse and repeat. That’s how I did it.
Great ideas. As a vegetarian I can really stretch my budget. Love beans and split peas and lentils, so life is good. It really is amazing how you can sneak beans into many things to convert dishes to vegetarian/vegan.
I buy the canned beans too, because I eat those on the whim. Easy bean stew with rice. I also buy Augason Farms which are inexpensive and shelf safe for over 20 years. They are really good too. This video got some amazing ideas and tips. Thank you.
Thank Leisa! I have learned from you here just during Canuary. I’m 57 I thank you and others that share their knowledge. And for the lady that put such a rude and self centered comment shame on you. We need to remember that we are all human and we should treat each other with understand, respect and love. ❤
a quickie low carb meal that i love to make is a can of chicken, beef or turkey, a small can of mushrooms, a little bit of boulion powder & heat it in a sauce pan. Then right before putting in a bowl, some shredded parmesan! so good!
Luckily I bought the 11 pound container of Organic Coconut oil from Costco a few years back... and then I bought another one before the first one was gone! The first one I am still working on and it's half way down and smells just as good as the day I opened it and the date on it is 2018!!
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Don't forget in dire times a bag of beans is a bag of SEEDS.
This is very true. Last year we planted dry pinto beans and had excellent germination. They can be picked before they develope at the green bean stage. Excellent green beans and much cheaper than bean seed in the little packets. All dried beans can be grown for green beans.
❤ 15 bean soup.. should plant them. Lol. I think I need to pull out some beans and process them to jars; almost got it done last weekend. We have some home grown pigs coming home to freezer, we asked for all we needed.
Plant a whole package of beans. Save a quart jar of beans to plant next year. Maybe plant two packages so you have some to store. Later you may can some of those beans for easy dinners
I actually had to go to town after 2 months of no shopping. I promised my granddaughter some avocados and a few other little things. I bought 10 lb of hamburger at 2.79 16 pints of meatballs with sauce with sauce. My granddaughter's 10 and she helped and this is part of her homeschooling! We call it home economics and survival. She's been canning with me since she was little and has a great concept of the process. She also loves watching you. Thank you for all you do
Buy her a kitchen setup. I got my first casserole dish when I was 10. It was loaded with the ingredients for homemade baked beans along with the hand written recipe. ( my favorite gift from an aunt) over the years, flatware and a solid cedar chest.)
Keeping extras had kept us going through bad weather, power and water outages, layoffs, car breakdowns, injuries, illnesses, unexpected expenses, unexpected guests, family unexpectedly moving in and quarantine. Now, with the world-outlook, I have more.
It's so encouraging to read this. We had a power outage just last night after a storm passed. It was only an hour but I could warm up some canned food and I made a belly full of beef stew. I live in the country and I have a gas stove and I used one of those long lighters to start the burner since the electric starter didn't work without electricity. Just another case of why we prep.
Thank you for teaching us the right ways to do things to stock our pantries! I grew up watching my sweet grandmother, who was disabled with a cripling disease when I was a baby.
She worked hard in her garden, canning, cooking and loving her family well. I miss her so much, and I'm thankful I listened and learned some of those skills. Unfortunately, I was in that generation that was starting to be taught that convenience, fast food, pre-made grocery store foods were the way to go.
I regret not being more involved and learning more from her. She's been gone 30+ years, and I'm in my 60s and I love your channel and the quality information you provide.
Thank you!!!
It’s not my house so my space is very limited so I turned the bottom of my tv stand into an open pantry area and I have several number 10 cans and a few buckets stored in my closet… I’m doing the best I can with what I have to work with ❤
I use my towel closet and used it for food. Use plastic containers or freezer bags if needed. Store can goods under bed. Put towels other places.
I’m in the same situation. I’ve got everything I’ve canned so far this year under my bed, in the closet, under the computer desk, literally anywhere I could squeeze in a flat of jars. 😂
Hey, I'm proud of you 😊! You're doing the best given your situation 👝🎒🗄. Don't forget water (read labels). Keep up the good work .
Tuna Burgers a recipe my mother found somewhere. Awesome. 13 oz.tuna, 3/4 cup bread crumbs, 1/2 chopped celery, 4 tblsp. minced onion, 1/2 cup mayonaise, 4 tblsp. heinz chili sauce, 2 tsp lemon juice. Combine ingred. into patties and fry on lightly oiled skillet until each side browned. Serve on hamburger buns with lettuce and tomatoes and thousand island dressing. Hoping someone on here tries it!!!!!
Sounds great!
I just found your channel on the video that said take you back to this one that started the last video. I have been prepping since 2009 when we had an ice storm that knocked out my power for 2 weeks and me and my family were stranded with nothing! I grew up on the corner of rickety and rackety in Michigan just like you. Our childhoods are pretty much identical! So since 2009 I said I’d never be unprepared and have done just like this video have put back every week! Everyone even my children thought I was nutz but didn’t care! So now after all these years especially since how my money has grown smaller since being stolen in 2020, I can only do 40$a month but I still do it and as I’m raising my 9 year old granddaughter am showing her how to can and grow garden and how to camp and survive! But now no one is laughing at me any more they’re looking to me for answers and to help show them how to do things! It’s amazing the turn around but sad as well! I enjoy your channel and look forward to seeing some more. Remember folks you can never stop learning and always keep your head on a swivel! GOD bless and thank you for what you do!
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So true I'm 58 and for the first time in December learned how to render lard just like my grandmother did. She passed when I was 15 and I was never around her much sadly but I know she was looking down with a big smile seeing me do this 😊
I admire the simplicity in this. The video that tagged me to this one is even better. As one who was in one of those home economics classes in the late 60/70's, this lack of critical thinking skills was done by design. Not to be used as my excuse but I make my purpose to learn, teach and give to those who never were given that opportunity. I had a childhood where eggs were an exception and beans were considered the staple protein. We knew no better. But my grandmother was a depression child and she set the example I chose to follow.❤this!!
I found some big 30oz cans of crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes on sale for $0.99 at our local grocery store.
I have a phenomenal recipe for easy tomato basil bisque soup made from canned tomatoes. There’s only two of us so I share a quart with my 94 year old bestie who doesn’t cook anymore. I’d love to can it before the cream is added. I wonder……? Anybody know?
@@Brineytoescheck with the "NATIONAL CENTER FOR HOME PRESERVING"
For canned chicken or beef, I will fry it a little bit in some oil and butter, just to get some meat flavor in the pan but not enough to dry out the meat, and then remove it from the pan and make a roux with some flour and some more butter. We will use the juice from the jar the chicken or beef was in for the liquid and if we need more liquid we will add chicken broth or milk or plain water. Then we season it up. If all that is too hard, just make up a gravy packet, brown gravy for beef, chicken gravy for chicken. Cook until gravy no longer tastes like flour and is as thick as you like it. Add more liquid if it gets too thick for you. Add the meat back in and heat through. Serve over mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, on it's own, or over noodles or rice if you prefer.
Second for either canned chicken or beef, cut the chunks smaller and use in making enchiladas.
Great tips!
Thanks for your tips, I will be trying this as I'm always looking for ways to use canned chicken.
Thank you for helping new pantry builders to see how uncomplicated it can be. Just start with one can at a time.
The forever foods, beans and rice, can also be ground into flour. Dried corn and popcorn can also be ground for cornmeal.
So many uses
Can I dehydrate corn and grind it into corn flour? Or will it make a mess when used and liquid hits it? Sorry if this sounds stupid, but I just cannot find a package of corn flour that is not 10 lbs in the grocery store, and I won't use that much of it.
@@BinfordMJ I don't know, perhaps Leisa does. I buy a 50lb. bag of feed corn (whole) at the feed store because I use it in one of my sewing projects. I pick it like you do beans, remove any husks, etc., give it a good rinse, let it dry then grind.
There are some fascinating foods to be had at your local feed store; be sure to sterilize them before using - learned that the hard way.
Oat flour from oatmeal; easy, peasy. Add to bread. Dozens of recipes available for so many different things. Just toss oatmeal in the blender. I want to make garlic sesame sticks.
My pantry saved us. December 2020 my husband (Who was the main breadwinner? )passed away very quickly due to Covid. The March before we paid off our house and my masters degree and all of our debt and I told him I wanted to get a couple years of food in storage and he handed me $5000 . And for my birthday in September 2019, he bought me 2 all American canters the big ones And for my anniversary in 2019, he bought me 25 cases of jars. We had two years of ugly chicken, rice beans, a crap ton of canned vegetables. And I am now trying to get that much food back now that we are a little bit more settled. Thanksgiving I literally canned 10 -20lb + turkeys 80 pounds of pork and 80 pounds of chicken leg and thigh quarters that should last me and my two adult daughters two years. Now I gotta work on the vegetables. however, we Will be starting in May that’s our goal two years worth of vegetables: we will also be having a huge garden. We’re gonna try to double it this year. And this year I want to canned tomatoes I’ve never came tomatoes before. And I would appreciate all the tomato recipes. My suggestion is do a tomato month please please please how to Can them and what to do with it afterwards. And I loved canuary.
I am so sorry for your loss. He sounds like a great guy. I'm so thankful that you had a pantry to rely on during that difficult time. You sound like me with canning. This week my Piggly Wiggly has boneless skinless chicken breast on sale for $1.99/pound and I'm going to can it. A lot. Besides being a great boon for preparedness, it's a great convenience and makes meals as easy as opening a jar. I have always canned and I'm 66 years old. My pantry is rather extensive. I have recently begun purchasing freeze dried foods from Thrive Life. Talk about getting spoiled! I don't have to chop meat or vegetables when I prepare a meal! I wish you well in your future.
@@suegeorge998 My daughter now works at a grocery store so at Thanksgiving I ended up buying 13 turkeys 20+ lb at $.39 A pound and canned 10 of them. Then I went and got some chicken leg and thigh quarters 80 pounds at $.49 a pound canned that and then went and got 80 pounds of pork butt at $.98 a pound and canned that. Because the kid works at the store they’re one main perk is they don’t have to abide by limitation. And we have used that to our advantage. Yes, I made a ton of stock. I’m sure we have two years worth of meat here. And now we’re starting on vegetables and I do have a 14 bed garden with about 100 buckets too. This year it’s eat what you can can what you can’t.
What a huge loss for you and your family. A great man who supported you in the best way indeed. I am so sorry for your loss. Thankfully you had all of that pantry stock to help you during this very rough patch and Im sure you learned a whole lot of skills to pass along to younger ones.
You are an inspiration. I never learned how to can, but have a good stock up of canned products. Thank you for sharing
I don't drain my ground beef for tacos, then put oatmeal at the end to absorb the fat. It stretches the meat, and there's no waste. if you didn't know, you couldn't tell it's in there.
That’s a very Scottish way of doing things 😊
My grandmother taught me to do this for meatloaf rather than breadcrumbs. A splash of milk (I know it sounds crazy) makes it even better!
Many years ago my brother lost his job and it was their pantry that saved them.
Something to add to the idea of "don't stock it if you don't eat it" which you have partially covered here is, if you don't already eat these things begin experimenting while you aren't in crisis to find ways to enjoy them.
As a personal example, one of my pandemic projects was learning to cook and eat some of the less desirable animal proteins (organ meats, etc.) because I already had a pretty good garden and pantry but I figured if things got really squirrelly the shelves might be empty of chuck roast but there would more likely be tongue or heart or liver to be had. It hasn't gotten that bad so far but now I've got another tool in my toolbox to keep my family fed if I should ever need it.
Hi Leisa, this is such a valuable lesson. Slow and steady wins the race. I think that sometimes people think that it's all or nothing. This how normal people stock their pantries. By normal I mean people that aren't rich. Like me. This is how I stocked my pantry. Aldi helped a bunch as did the dollar stores. I only buy food on sale so I'd watch the weekly sales flyers. I have some store cans of food but for meat I do can grocery store meat that is on sale. Plus my garden veggies. I have several health problems and I'm 66 years old. As long as you have a little bit of land, get out there and plant tomatoes, peppers, and these are vegetables that do pretty well in pots. Shove a few onion sets in around the plants.
Nice little start to build a pantry. I dontvremember when I started stocking up but it enhanced during lockdown when things were scarce, I had a well stocked pantry during but restocking was near impossible, I certainly don't want that again 😂 back up to the back up. I actually got laughed at for having toilet paper stacked to the ceiling till you could get none😅 guess who got called when they run out😂😂😂 little ole Me😊 4 years later the stacks not as big but its there. Anyhow, I stock up 6 products in multiples on top of my groceries last month it was 12 jars coffee, 6 cans of ghee, 20lbs sugar, 12 lard, 24 butter, 6 lbs red lentils. This month is a cleaning stock up for kitchen and bathroom. So I don't always do food but it's well stocked regardless. Thank you for your tips😊
When the big c happened I had to continue to go to work, I’m an old retired nurse now lol but guess who didn’t have to run to the store for toilet paper or anything else? Yep me yay!!!
AMEN ! Excellent that sounds great to me !! I'm trying to do the same thing
I need to have a complete knee replacement. Thank goodness i I have a well stocked party. I started building up that pantry during the pandemic and I am so glad I did. Thank you lisa.
I'm having the same surgery in 2 weeks. So glad to have food already at home
Leisa. I have just watched this video after seeing thr kerfuffle it caused. I just wanted to say that you are one of a couple of people who have really helped me to get my pantry stored well since 2021, not just with food. I had to sell my pressure canner as with energy prices in the UK I cannot justify having a pot sit on my gas hob for a 75 minute processing times. However I still make savoury things using the water bath method and am learning to stock my shelves and freezers with protein and other cooked goodies. I don't think a refresher course is EVER a bad thing as it always reminds you of SOMETHING you forgot or tells you something you DIDN'T know. You keep on keeping on lady as we appreciate your efforts, time, energy and care so very much.♥️
Thank you for addressing the barter-business! I find it crazy and unsafe to even consider it. Once people find that you have things, you are setting yourself up to be taken advantage of at best, to be attacked at worse. Also, currency began for a reason. I think there would be violence with fights over the value of work or goods. (I feel the same about precious metals, who would accept it, if it can't be used by anyone?) I do have a number of quick and inexpensive foods if anyone truly needs help and it is within my power to do so.
I agree with you on these ideas.
I use some of my home canned foods as a thank you to my neighbors who have trucks that can pull my small trailer used for my meat goats. If I offer money, I get "oh no, it was no problem." If I offer a jar of unstuffed pepper soup or a pound of goat meat ( from one of my goats that hasn't given me kids and should have), most of them either have had goat meat and love it but can't get it or have never had it but are willing to try it. Good advertising for my meat goats!
I’m going through my working pantry because there are a number of items that were bought when my family ate them. Now they don’t. So I am switching gears. More protein, less carbs. So longer term carbs.
You can use the chicken for white chicken chili.
You can use tuna in macaroni and cheese. Tuna salad sandwiches, a tuna and egg casserole. Hard boiled eggs.
Tuna in a salad, chicken, and a salad. Beef, you can make beef sandwiches depending if it’s chunk or not, you can make maybe beef stew, vegetable beef, soup, chunk
or shredded.
Beans are beans and they’re by themselves cooked up though or add to a dish for a meal. I love beans.
We like to use canned beef and chicken in instant ramen. Throw in whatever veggies you have, and you have a complete meal.
Great idea
My family is usually horrified, but I most commonly used ramen as a quickie soup starter for 1 or 2. Break up the noodles, add extra water, seasonings to taste and whatever veggies and meat bitlets I have around.
@@dagneytaggart7707 exactly!
I was married to someone that was self employed and it was feast or famine many times. I had three kids and learned to put things up by canning, freezing and dehydrating. Through winter storms and no work in construction, being in where it’s warm and plenty in the pantry got us through many days.
Sometimes during the year I might find things on sale that I might not normally buy, so during slim times I might have to be creative with things we didn’t usually eat, but sometimes it was almost a party with three little kids to try something different! Most of the time it worked out and they had fun and had no idea how we could be struggling but had something they enjoyed.
So my kids are all grown up now. I just started building a pantry again about a year and a half ago. It’s come in handy when we’ve had unexpected expenses.
So I got into fermenting and remembering my canning and dehydrating days, I’m building on
all that. I wish I had a garden, etc…. but being a city girl, there are so many adventures to get into to learn about food and all these things you can do with it.
Thank you so so much for sharing the information and your expertise to encourage us. This can turn into such a personal way we can take care of ourselves and loved ones, since our pantry can be whatever is special to us.
Thank you so much!
Great video! Use oats for meatloaf and cookies. Like the idea of turning it into “flour” as a coating.
I put oatmeal in my meatloaf too! I never liked meatloaf until my husband made some and I loved it! He used oatmeal instead of crackers.
I've used both black and white beans to stretch recipes with ground beef.
You blew this one out of the park. Thank you for sharing this important message ❤😊
You are so welcome
I used to have a friend who received "commodities ". They always gave her a large can of salmon, which she hated and gave to me. I love making salmon patties, so I was a happy camper. I gave her paper towels or toilet paper, which they either did not give out or were stingy with. We were both happy .
This was a LONG time ago. Way before shortages.
Thats a great trade! Its rare that they provide hygiene items which is unfortunate
I tried making tuna patties like salmon crochets. They were delicious and I could not tell the difference. My husband was shocked when I told him( after he ate it😂). Tuna is cheaper too
A local church is a food pantry. Once a month they have a variety of items. They also have a small clothing "closet" with hand me downs at a very good price. In fall they have coats & boots too.
But they give 3 choices each month of "cleaning" items. They have small bottles of "awesome" , a roll of toilet paper, a dollar size bottle of Dawn dish soap or another dish soap, they have deodorants, or a box of kleenex, toilet bowl clearer, and bar soap including Lava.
They are now remodeling & building a lot bigger pantry. It should be very nice, with a drive thru covered area when it's done.
I bought a case of tinned salmon when it was on half price, Lidl here in the UK and now I co9k extra mashed potatoes then make salmon patties for the freezer.
Love cooking my popcorn with coconut oil!
Videos like this are beneficial even for people who already stock their pantry. We all need reminders and inspiration, and sometimes you just want to prep something quick and easy!
Thankyou. My pantry will keep me out of the store for a long time. Split pea soup is excellent. Thanks for all you do.
You are so welcome!
Love it. I'm in my 30s and didn't learn canning growing up. My great grandma knew how to do it (especially pickled beets haha) but i was to young to learn. We have a small pantry but I do have some deep cabinets that are in another room that are relatively empty because we were going to tear the cabinet out but I don't see that happening as quickly as we originally planned so I'm taking your advice as well as patera over at Appalachian homestead and do the 5 cans a week.
We have a discount grocery store that I'll keep an eye out on. One of the things I am finding more interesting and I presume because they are traditionally low income (as was I growing up and even now) but the Hispanic/etnic food areas are cheaper then the other areas of the store.
I am newer to the channel here and wanna do some research on a solar panel for my freezer but I am learning to can more. I did pressure canned potatoes (4qts) & nothing blew up and they were deliciously edible :)
One other tip...you can get a gallon of organic coconut oil from Azure Standard. I do that, and because I'm a wack-a-doodle, I scrape out the coconut oil into a pot, warm it up, and then pour it into glass pint jars for storage. So, that makes it $1.87 a pint. Even if you get the virgin version at $25.04 a gallon, that still makes it only $3.13 a pint. Whoop whoop!
I just realized today that I'm still doing January's freezer and pantry challenge! I am cleaning out all the "back of the freezer" meat and using any older canned goods, either home or commercially, for my meals. I can probably go most of this month before I have enough food used (just me at home), so I can start restocking the freezers! I have only had to purchase fresh tomatoes, sour cream, and a couple of green peppers (and ice creme - it's been soo long since I had any because I had no freezer space!)
That is awesome!
Faaaaantastic!!!! I’m still doing the challenge too so don’t worry about it :)
I need a video on oatmeal pizza crust, please, and thank you 😊
Noted!
I found several recipes on Pinterest. (I can't have GLUTEN.) Oat WRAPS, too!
Thanks Leiza! Everything except the Coconut Oil works for me. Allergic to Coconut! Made Whatever's Left Soup today. A handful of yard weed leaves, herbs, leftover chicken & onion scraps, a bit of split red lentils, & some leftover veg & rice. Threw in 1tsp chicken bullion & some water. 3 hours in crock pot, homemade soup, & 4 leftover containers out of the fridge.😊
I have starting to “prepare” for whatever comes by growing my pantry. You can save so much money by shopping the weekly ad sales at the grocery stores and I keep a book with what a given item cost at different stores. It’s very exciting saving money. But watch clever marketing!! For instance , for three different items I was price checking at walmart, they had 2 packs and three packs BUT buying three individual bottle of the same size instead of the three packaged together was $4 or $5 dollars cheaper.
It’s great to be able to look online at different store prices and build my shopping list from there.
Great information! Keep it coming! I am another person my pantry saved recently. I didn’t intend to do the January pantry challenge, but was hit with a major financial challenge just before Christmas. Thank goodness for a stocked pantry! I was able to avoid grocery shopping for 6 weeks and was able to put that money toward bills. I am still mostly living off pantry items and only buying fresh produce and dairy so far for February. So, thanks again, Leisa. Your channel was instrumental in helping me survive and even thrive during these tough times!!
This is a great way to show someone how to start. Showing how to build a pantry is priceless ❤ who doesn't love your ideas.....mmmmm your chicken and beef ideas! I put tuna on everything- wish I could can it myself ❤ thank you- 😊
You are so welcome!
If you can buy fresh tuna, you can can it yourself! Albacore is the best! My parents used to can it. It was the best tuna I’ve ever had!
@@tammyr2966 maybe it be frozen first? I quite buying fish that was "fresh" because it always turns out to be pre-frozen and mostly deforsted. Sounds exciting to try! Thank you Tammy.
Growing up as a child, we did not have to ask "what is for dinner"? We had the exact same meals Every Sunday, Roast and Potatoes. every Monday, was the exact same thing as the Monday before. Every Tuesday was the exact same as last Tuesday, Every Wednesday was KD and hamburgers, .... I am almost 50 and look forward to others ideas with "Everyday items" Thank you so much for this video. xx
White beans, tuna, onion with balsamic vinaigrette! Yummy!
I would have never thought of this combination, but it sounds so good. Maybe tomorrow?
Beef make open face sandwich with gravy made from the broth. Chicken you can make chicken and dumplings.. Enjoyed this video 😊
Great video. I’ve been giving these forever foods to the Foodbank and wondering if recipients will know how to use them. If you have never cooked dried beans, you don’t know. But they are so much more delicious than canned! My top tip on beans is soak overnight, drain the water and rinse. Then add more water and bring to boil. Simmer for the length of time on package. Another top tip is that I dump the boiling water at least once during the cooking process. Rinse, refill, bring to boil again. I do this up to 3 times to help cut the grassiness. That’s a lot of food there, in those dried beans.
This is a great place to start, for those who haven’t - for whatever reason - started. A great service. I learn thing from you all the time!
I would love to see forever food recipes - for those just starting, and those who aren’t!
Chickpeas salad can be used in a sandwich in place of egg salad. Don’t forget to love on chickpeas and lentils.
Salt is a good one to buy, too. Salt and sugar and water can be used to make homemade electrolyte replacement.
Sugar is great to put up because you might want it also for jamming and pickling. Pickling salt is another one to get on the shelf.
Vinegar and salt go a long way to making refridgerator pickles. 💖
Like you I wonder if the food pantry recipients know how to use some of the things they get. IMHO a food pantry service would be to have lessons once in a while how to use certain foods. Many people simply do not know how.
BTW use your bean soaking water on your plants - they'll thank you for it.
Yes!
“Because…because!” ❤️😂
Great inspiration in this video. Thank you, friend!
My husband helped a local farmer for one day and got 5 gallon buckets of garbanzo beans. What a deal!!! Anyway peanut butter and jelly will get you thru the very first hours of an emergency. It helps with the kids.
Lisa could you please do a few series on economical and practice storage ideas for these preps.
A lot of us are challenged on the how tos to store these items as well as all the other dry goods. You cover the costs here but there are additional parts to consider: space - containers etc. everyone can't do the food saver myloerbags buckets etc
Thank you for helping make prepping for our families logical and doable.
Also a series on easy beginner recipes and cooking ideas that don't require electricity.
Quick challenge... I did pack beans, and feed corn, and rice, last year into bucket in mylar. Just needed some ox absorbers (PackfreshUSA), the bags, a wood strip, and a clothes iron. My vac sealer wouldn't make enough heat to seal mylar, so I adapted. Just for that one 5 gallon bucket, and just on that day.
I'm going to politely say that you have no reason to not store a few thing for longer term what ifs... you have to come out swinging some times.
Good grief, another hot mess?? I took this video to be an encouragement to anyone who is just starting a pantry or needed some ideas. I read the bru-haha over oats. Most of us know our country is in trouble, but it's not because of oats, and someone not knowing how to cook them. If they can read, they can follow the directions on the box. Problem solved. I continue to help teach when I am needed. I try to help wherever I'm needed, but I can't solve the massive problems in our country. To me, it starts with God and home. Thank you for teaching me how to can!! Thank you for your encouraging and, sometimes, funny videos. You always make me smile! In a nut shell, I always learn something from you that I didn't know or think of before. I'm all for teaching and learning, and I really appreciate your heart and your videos! ~~Hugs to you and Phil from Crazy California.~~ (Deb)
I work with dogs for a living & have 2 chocolate labs. I have a lot of rice in my long term storage, not for us but for the dogs. I’ll always have 2 extra bags of dog food for them, BUT if a major crisis happens. I can double their food by adding rice cooked in my canned broth. When dogs get sick & need a bland diet, the Vet says to feed them chicken & rice. I prefer brown rice, but also have 5 lbs of white rice. I keep all my sugar(& flour) in food safe buckets with screw on lids. Got them from Lowes for a decent price. Popcorn is another thing the dogs share with me for a snack.😂
My grandpa used to heat leftover rice in milk for a hot cereal for breakfast. He would add some brown sugar and eat it before he went to work. I think he liked it more than oatmeal!!
Liesa I had to laught out loud when you came to rice for our storage I was having cube steak and needed some rice reached in my cabinet canister was empty so I went into my pantry got a bottle of rice down 2013 still had the absorber pak inside opened and heard the air in the soda expell I cooked 2 cups in my rice cooker for dinner tonight and for tomorrow, you are so right if it's stored right it will last, Thanks girl for all you do!!
The best thing about canning and great food storage when things do go bad in what ever way we aren't having just soup! We can cook nearly anything with what is put away. Beef stroganoff? Mango chicken? Pulled pork? Yes please!! And now that I've started on bread making a whole new world is opening up there too. Pizza, tortilla, focaccia, burger buns, hotdogs. The list is endless!! Im so pleased with how it's all progressing and the family loves trying new things. Win win!
FYI: coconut oil contains almost no essential fats. It's important to also store oils that contain essential fats, even if their shelf life is shorter.
I think you should write an Ebook of “dining from the pantry” of meals you can make using pantry stores. I’d buy it. - Something I can send straight to a printer; Maybe PDF format of pages.
Lent is coming soon. Tuna, mac and cheese normally go on sale. Time to buy a little extra. The tuna will last a long time. In 1978, in the Air Force, we ate C-rations packed in 1964. No one got sick. Store it in a cool, dry place!
I have an attachment to my vacuum sealer for jars. I put all my “bug out” dry beans in 1/2 gallon jars & vacuum sealed them. I got dried organic whole milk from Sam’s. A lot canned storage foods from ALDIs. I stocked up by the case early 2021, but they still have good prices. Same with rice.
I did my first 2 canner rounds of ugly chicken…AAAAmazing!
Thank you Lisa. I always pick up extra things for my pantry when I grocery shop. Because you never know….
That can of chicken goes great in a pot of stuffing (cornbread is my favorite), and a packet of country gravy (one-pot meal). Add some cranberry sauce on the side and it’s yummy 😋🤤
Hi Leisa, I just finished canning 12 more pints of "ugly chicken". One of my local grocery stores has it on sale for #1.99/pound. I like that you coined that phrase. It certainly is accurate! Also last night we lost power due to a storm. I broke into my Thrive Life supplies and made beef vegetables and rice soup. I have a gas stove and without electricity the starter didn't fire so I used one of those long lighters and I had dinner! It was such an eye opener moment. I bought 2 more lighters and matches. Back ups for my backups.
You got it!!
We lost everything in all of our pantries in our house fire this year. We are building it back again. Still worth having it although it did not help us through that situation.
The best buy date didn't mean to much when I was growing up. We had a small grocery store down on the corner and we got out dated food for half price all the time. I never paid a mind to it. But I would be in the store and Mr Berronik would till me to have my Dad come down to the store, and then we kids would come down to the store and bring food home. So my family lived on out dated food all through my childhood.
I haven't tried it, but I have a recipe that has lentils added to taco 🌮 filling to stretch the ground beef.
You could have added a couple of boxes of salt 🧂 with the remaining money. 😊
I add several items to my weekly shopping trips. Doesn't put me over-budget, either. I add peanut butter at least once a month! Great protein addition, too.
Black beans can be used in a brownie batter hummus. My kids don't know that sometimes it has black beans, coco powder helps hide the color.
As a Packaging Specialist I can tell you there are two categories of shelf life. There is extendable and non-extendable. Non-extendable would be things like liquid milk in jugs and these items would use the wording "Use by . . . .". The extendable shelf life items are ones that use the wording "Best if used by" . These items are still edible and can be eaten beyond the date. The "Best if used by" is just telling you that the quality may have decreased some but the product is still edible.
The recipe ideas for these foods are super helpful. 👍🏻 Thank you. I think your advice to not buy what you wont eat is paramount. A couple years ago I bought a bunch of SPAM 😂 and we dont ever eat that. My kids had questions marks swirling over their heads on that one. I still plan to use the SPAM cubed up in scrambled eggs to keep from wasting.
I really like quinoa as a breakfast substitute for oatmeal. Its really good sweetened up with maple syrup, butter and brown sugar. 😋
Not sure if you thought of this for SPAM....... Dice it up and use in fried rice with veggies, Dice it up and put in 15 Bean Soups, Dice it up and lightly fry it before adding to scalloped potatoes, Dice it up and add to Navy beans along with diced carrots, onions, and celery. Hope this helps!
Having all these things are great, but what most of us have trouble with is coming up with all the ideas you have!!! I go brain dead in times of crisis. I think the most important thing to have in our pantry is you!!!!!!😄💜💜💜
I make granola using oats to add to my yogurt. Soooo good
We boil pasta, wash in cold water to remove the starch so it wont stick together. We add chicken, bacon, sweetcorn, onion and mayo. Its lovely. Also boiled then washed pasta, we put salt a bit of vinigar and black pepper in a bowl of tuna then add sweetcorn and onion. Add to pasta then add mayo. We vacuum seal it in bags for the freezer. It dosent last long at all xxxx
Those recipes sound deliciou! Thanks for sharing
@@lauraIngleswilder74 your very welcome huni. They are great as a lunch or dinner. We vacumm seal about 350 grams in each as thats a good meal for us. But each persons different with amounts xxxx
Tuna and beans( strained) with a little olive oil, with a little black pepper, very Italian side dish!!
I also use my empty 20 oz or 16.9 oz soda bottles to store my beans and rice. I rinse the bottle out and let it dry thoroughly. Then I put my rice or beans in the bottle and add an oxygen absorber. Then I crank the lid down tight. You will find the next day or the day after due to the oxygen absorber absorbing the oxygen that the bottle will suck in showing that it is a water vapor proof enclosure which will store the rice or beans for a long time if not years.
This is a great video, Leisa. ive been wanting.to help those coming to the food bank to cook, Ill send them your way, too.
Thank you!
This is an excellent video that makes an important point: being prepared is within the reach of near everyone. It does not have to be a daunting proposition, and the feeling of security it gives is great for one's mental health. I have had a stocked storeroom (that's what we call our pantry) all my life. Most of my 70+ years I have lived near the poverty line, but being prepared has really softened the blow during those times when things took a turn for the worse (something that can happen anytime, to anyone). Thank you dearly for what you do.
Lisa from that torn bag of wheat I got 12x1L jars of hard red wheat and two thirds of another.❤❤
Prepping in the USA is different from prepping here in England, it's been a bit of a learning curve to start prepping here in the UK after decades of prepping in the USA. The pre-canned chicken here has pork gelatin in it (why?!) and it's still crazy expensive. Luckily I have a pressure canner, lots of jars, lots of lids, and a spouse that loves ugly chicken (and other ugly meats). Beans are the worst. I can find dry pintos, but not canned. I can find canned black beans but not dry. Hurts my little 'merican brain.
No Walmarts in England, but we have ASDA, which is very similar.
Totally agree with you. I'm British and I wish we did the beans like the American have. There us very little choice here. I have managed to get a canner. I feel the need to do chicken and minced beef and pork. But I need videos to show me how to use it. Everything is so expensive for canning.
I pop my popcorn in olive oil. It stays crisp for a week and I don't put butter on it. I make it when there's a crowd, and I never have any leftover.
Sounds great
I bought oats. Cooked them up with freeze dried fruit. Then I freeze dried the completed product. Now I’ve got instant oatmeal. No protein but a good breakfast to have. I’m doing sausage and other proteins.
Store what you eat and eat what you store. I have a simple rotation program so my food is getting used and replaced. Newest food on the right older food on the left. I just scoot the jars to the left when I am putting new jars of like food on that shelf.
You have taught me so much in a short amount of time. 😊 Your canning Ugly Chicken and Ugly Pork Butt are the best videos to help stock my shelves. I appreciate everything you share with us subscribers. And, being from Michigan makes it that much more special.
I am slowly building my pantry.
Thanks, Leisa! I know it takes more ingredients than you bought but those white beans make great baked beans.
Yes they do
Can you. N Baked beans that are left over (home made?) I CANNOT make a small batch! They would have .meat in them. Thank Leisa
This is very good info for the ones who dont can. I like how you say " no shame no foul". Thank you for all the info you give us. I always learn something new. I just starting canning a couple years, so all the info helps.❤️🙂
Added canned ham that lasts too to any beans or split peas. Canning split soup turned brownish on me with it. Got more of that than Spam and a bit cheaper too. Can't find the BACON kind.
Try YELLOW Split peas
Just found you and I am 65 and cooking for us hope to see more of this stuff thank you much
Mabuhay! From the Philippine Islands. Great Ideas!
I love split pea soup, yum. Oatmeal raisin bread. Popcorn is my go to.
Great ideas, the husband loves ham in a can, the ingredients are suspect - he calls it a guilty pleasure. Not spam, its like minced ham (looks like tuna - almost) but it's shelf stable. So many items to chose from. I have beans, I don't like them - I have gotten good at discussing them for me. 🥂
It can be done, and on a budget 😊
I’d love to see recipes of some of these. I have medical issues so I tend to prep meals on my good days.
Hey there, you can get the same size jar of coconut oil at the DT for $1.25. I get them there all the time. You can get some great stuff there for a whole lot cheaper than even Walmart. That haul is a great stock up haul. Even if you do it every other month. Keep on stocking and prepping. Got to get prepared for whatever is coming. God bless and be safe out there. 💜🙏🏻💜🙏🏻💜
Thanks for all the ideas! Our pantry definitely helped when my husband lost his health.❤
You are so welcome!
Great advise to start stocking now. I grabbed 2 1 lb bags of black beans from my pantry to can while I was prepping snacks for Super Bowl. I paid .59 a bag and did 9 pint jars. I haven’t bought canned beans in several years because I save so much canning my own. And those dry beans are a forever food. Even if you don’t can they cook up fast in an Instant Pot and can be frozen for quick meals.
You paid 59¢/pound a few years ago. Have you priced dry beans recently!? Almost always over $1/pound. I had sticker shock when I looked recently.
Love the menu suggestions from basics! So easy to get into a rut, I am always looking for new ideas.
One of the best burrito I’ve ever eaten at a roadside food truck was black bean, sweet potato and caramelized onions. Add a dollop of sour cream and you’ve covered all the amino acids that make up complete a protein.
If you follow Leisa’s suggestions of 10 small packages to put by for $10/week, once a foundation is set, you can use a larger part of the budgeted commitment towards larger sized packages of one item in rotation. Start with 10 1lb packages, do that 4 times. Next pick up 1-2 of the items you use most often and buy as much as you can using same amount of $. Next month pick another item or two. Rinse and repeat. That’s how I did it.
Great ideas. As a vegetarian I can really stretch my budget. Love beans and split peas and lentils, so life is good. It really is amazing how you can sneak beans into many things to convert dishes to vegetarian/vegan.
Super simple, inexpensive and still healthy.
You are precious, thank you for sharing your knowledge to help us for what is coming
I buy the canned beans too, because I eat those on the whim. Easy bean stew with rice. I also buy Augason Farms which are inexpensive and shelf safe for over 20 years. They are really good too. This video got some amazing ideas and tips. Thank you.
Liking and commenting so that this reaches more people that NEED it. Good on ya, Leisa. Keep on keepin' on!
Thank Leisa! I have learned from you here just during Canuary. I’m 57 I thank you and others that share their knowledge. And for the lady that put such a rude and self centered comment shame on you. We need to remember that we are all human and we should treat each other with understand, respect and love. ❤
Thank to for listing all the possible recipes with simple ingredients. Some really great ideas.
You are so welcome!
HI LISA GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHAT YOU SHOW US❤🙏🏽!
a quickie low carb meal that i love to make is a can of chicken, beef or turkey, a small can of mushrooms, a little bit of boulion powder & heat it in a sauce pan. Then right before putting in a bowl, some shredded parmesan! so good!
Sounds delish!
@@SuttonsDaze so good! & was a good substitute for chicken noodle soup when I was sick with some extra broth added.
Luckily I bought the 11 pound container of Organic Coconut oil from Costco a few years back... and then I bought another one before the first one was gone! The first one I am still working on and it's half way down and smells just as good as the day I opened it and the date on it is 2018!!
Wonderful!
I had coconut oil that last about 10 years that I just finished using.