We built up and continually restock our pantry and long term stores by shopping sales I am aiming for one years worth of all necessaries and getting close. 👵🏻
It can also be looked at as an investment, a few years back a tin of baked beans cost 15p, now the same thing costs 26p. And this is a trend that is only going to keep climbing. We (as a country) import 70% of our fruit and veg from overseas
I just started restocking myself. I gave quite a bit of canned goods and pasta away to a recovery house for women, so this week has been a good time to evaluate and restock. It's not cheap, but it was time to rotate some items.
Our preps are quite tricky, as my OH is vegetarian and I'm carnivore. We have lots of home grown tomatoes canned, and relish, chilli sauce, baked beans, greek beans, all sorts, all from the garden. That's a lot of work when there's a glut. For my meat, I buy and freeze until I have enough to run a full canner. I also buy tinned fish & meat when on offer.
I've just completed a no spend week and soon found out what I didn't have enough of😂 I will make sure I fill those gaps. Look forward to hearing your results on costs Karen x
I worked out, some time ago what we reguarily eat for the 10% Lidil discount. It is also important to keep an eye on what you actually like - tastes change! I've gone off PEK, for example! I built my preps one can at a time, just like you said. Great topic Karen!
A good plan is very important, it shows you what your goal is and how you are going to get there. Right now, we are trying to empty our freezers, not buy any meat until October (Except for a 'picnic' ham that I can slice some pieces to substitute for bacon, and use the bone for soup.) Fruit and veggies aplenty in the garden right now, and I am still planting for maybe a fall crop (or chicken food, lol. We'll see.)
Such a dichotomy Karen, yesterday’s video about eating real food hit home, and I do! More than ever, but I feel a need to prep more than ever at the moment, and I’m trying to empty my freezer so I can buy a new one! But nobody wants to eat soup in this weather, or salads in last weeks weather so?? I just keep checking prices and do what I can
For me I have to have at least a Year's worth of most things I eat depends on expiration date. If I come across something that has an expiration date of 2025 2026 I will stock up even more. I'm feeding four indoor cats three are my daughters for them I keep at least 6 months canned and several months dry cat food and store that in containers. I still had 120 lb of scoopable cat litter but felt like I was getting low so I went out and bought 200 more pounds. It helps that I have a spare bedroom and a full finished basement to use as storage I do leave the cat litter in the garage. I'm 70 years old I've been shopping this way for years so it does take a while to build up a supply a few cans or boxes at a time and always rotate.
Anytime there is an offer on paper products or dried pet food or cleaning supplies I always buy several so that I have them for a bit. Same for dried items that last awhile such as sugar, tea , coffee, rice, pasta etc. just check the prices at various stores u can easily get to and see what is an offer and buy it. I hate paying full price for toilet roll!
I don't have a prepping cupboard or worry about rotation . I use the Armish pantry method. I have a couple of double door cupboards set aside in the kitchen for stuff I'm using and is opened. When I need to replenish that stuff I shop from my "pantry" cupboards and shelving. I write on a blackboard what I have taken so I can buy replacements. I've been prepping so long now I spend as little as €2 a week extra or as much as €25 on the pricier or larger quantity stuff. I never have less than 5 of any single item in stock. I also have a no spend week every month and stash that weekly food budget money away. I make use of the farm as much as possible to keep my food costs down, a perk of the lifestyle I have to live as a farmer. A big way of saving is to only shop once a week. Again no hardship as I have to drive 25 miles minimum to a town. You learn to live without if you forget something. To start prepping take baby steps even just €1 a week over a month can get you quite a bit of stuff. Another way of doing it if your in the habit of buying treats is to forgo a packet of biscuits or crisps and use that money to buy a basic item or 2. It's a painless way. I've now got to the stage where I have gone overboard on see stock like loo rolls, toiletries, cling film etc, it's bordering on insanity. So I'm now cutting back on that stuff. 😂
We built up and continually restock our pantry and long term stores by shopping sales I am aiming for one years worth of all necessaries and getting close. 👵🏻
Good reminder for me! Thanks, Karen! 😊
It can also be looked at as an investment, a few years back a tin of baked beans cost 15p, now the same thing costs 26p. And this is a trend that is only going to keep climbing.
We (as a country) import 70% of our fruit and veg from overseas
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I just started restocking myself. I gave quite a bit of canned goods and pasta away to a recovery house for women, so this week has been a good time to evaluate and restock. It's not cheap, but it was time to rotate some items.
Our preps are quite tricky, as my OH is vegetarian and I'm carnivore. We have lots of home grown tomatoes canned, and relish, chilli sauce, baked beans, greek beans, all sorts, all from the garden. That's a lot of work when there's a glut. For my meat, I buy and freeze until I have enough to run a full canner. I also buy tinned fish & meat when on offer.
We’re opposite; he’s carnivore, i’m vegetarian. Some days, it’s hard to cook and can/freeze meat. Thankfully, he’ll eat a lot of non meat meals.
I've just completed a no spend week and soon found out what I didn't have enough of😂 I will make sure I fill those gaps. Look forward to hearing your results on costs Karen x
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I worked out, some time ago what we reguarily eat for the 10% Lidil discount. It is also important to keep an eye on what you actually like - tastes change! I've gone off PEK, for example!
I built my preps one can at a time, just like you said. Great topic Karen!
A good plan is very important, it shows you what your goal is and how you are going to get there. Right now, we are trying to empty our freezers, not buy any meat until October (Except for a 'picnic' ham that I can slice some pieces to substitute for bacon, and use the bone for soup.) Fruit and veggies aplenty in the garden right now, and I am still planting for maybe a fall crop (or chicken food, lol. We'll see.)
Such a dichotomy Karen, yesterday’s video about eating real food hit home, and I do! More than ever, but I feel a need to prep more than ever at the moment, and I’m trying to empty my freezer so I can buy a new one! But nobody wants to eat soup in this weather, or salads in last weeks weather so?? I just keep checking prices and do what I can
Get a dehydrator and dry your veg and fruit - storage costs nothing then apart from space 🙂
For me I have to have at least a Year's worth of most things I eat depends on expiration date. If I come across something that has an expiration date of 2025 2026 I will stock up even more. I'm feeding four indoor cats three are my daughters for them I keep at least 6 months canned and several months dry cat food and store that in containers. I still had 120 lb of scoopable cat litter but felt like I was getting low so I went out and bought 200 more pounds. It helps that I have a spare bedroom and a full finished basement to use as storage I do leave the cat litter in the garage. I'm 70 years old I've been shopping this way for years so it does take a while to build up a supply a few cans or boxes at a time and always rotate.
It helps to know what your real costs are -- and to see the savings between prices of earlier purchases and prices of those things in today's stores.
Anytime there is an offer on paper products or dried pet food or cleaning supplies I always buy several so that I have them for a bit. Same for dried items that last awhile such as sugar, tea , coffee, rice, pasta etc. just check the prices at various stores u can easily get to and see what is an offer and buy it. I hate paying full price for toilet roll!
Another day, have a good evening.
I don't have a prepping cupboard or worry about rotation . I use the Armish pantry method. I have a couple of double door cupboards set aside in the kitchen for stuff I'm using and is opened. When I need to replenish that stuff I shop from my "pantry" cupboards and shelving. I write on a blackboard what I have taken so I can buy replacements. I've been prepping so long now I spend as little as €2 a week extra or as much as €25 on the pricier or larger quantity stuff. I never have less than 5 of any single item in stock. I also have a no spend week every month and stash that weekly food budget money away. I make use of the farm as much as possible to keep my food costs down, a perk of the lifestyle I have to live as a farmer. A big way of saving is to only shop once a week. Again no hardship as I have to drive 25 miles minimum to a town. You learn to live without if you forget something.
To start prepping take baby steps even just €1 a week over a month can get you quite a bit of stuff. Another way of doing it if your in the habit of buying treats is to forgo a packet of biscuits or crisps and use that money to buy a basic item or 2. It's a painless way.
I've now got to the stage where I have gone overboard on see stock like loo rolls, toiletries, cling film etc, it's bordering on insanity. So I'm now cutting back on that stuff. 😂
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Mine are low, need to stock up.