Here are some tips for new preppers: 1) Dry foods to avoid sealing in Mylar with oxygen absorbers because of their short shelf life (about 2 years): brown rice, barley, whole grain breakfast cereals, whole grain dry pasta. 2) Dry foods that are ideal for sealing in Mylar with oxygen absorbers because of their long shelf life (15-20 years): white rice, rolled oats, instant oats, steel-cut oats, dehydrated vegetables, dehydrated fruit (the really dry, tough, leathery stuff, not the moist kind), pasta made with white flour with or without vegetable puree, instant grits, white flour, complete pancake mixes, quinoa, dried beans/peas/lentils. The soft, moist "dry" fruit snacks can be further dehydrated in a food dehydrator and then packaged in Mylar with oxygen absorbers -- this works with raisins and dry cranberries. 3) Dry foods that can be stored directly into clean, food safe plastic or glass containers: sea salt, granulated cane sugar and whole grain wheat. If you you buy your wheat in 25-lb. bags instead of in long-term storage food buckets, make sure you first freeze the grain for at least 72 hrs. to kill the eggs of grain-eating insects, let the grain come back to room temperature and then pour into a food safe storage container. Always store grain in a cool, dry, vermin-free location. 4) Non-fat powdered milk, both instant and regular, can store for 10 years if packaged in Mylar with oxygen absorbers and stored in a cool location. 5) Heat, light, oxygen and vermin are the enemies of most kinds of food storage. When buying wet foods packaged in glass jars or clear plastic bottles (cooking oil, mayonnaise, pasta sauce...) store in a dark pantry or inside a cardboard box to block light. When buying cooking oil, try to find it packaged in small containers made of glass or plastic (you will use it quicker once the container is opened limiting the time the oil is exposed to oxygen) and plan to rotate the oil every 2 to 4 years. If some oil goes rancid, it can still be burned as fuel. 6) Raw honey will keep in a cool, vermin-free location for as long as its container lasts. 7) Canned tomato sauce, low-fat meatless spaghetti sauce, tomatillo sauce and applesauce can all be dehydrated and turned into something like fruit leathers and then packaged in Mylar with oxygen absorbers. There are food-safe non-stick plastic sheets that fit on the drying racks of the nine-shelf Excalibur dehydrator and these sheets are ideal for dehydrating low-fat, meatless sauces. 8) Most food storage except for some kinds of freeze-dried fruits and vegetables lacks Vitamin C. Without Vitamin C in your diet you will eventually develop a disease called scurvy. Here are your best forms of Vitamin C when your vegetable garden and fruit trees are not producing (Vitamin C tablets/multivitamins (most expensive per daily dose), Tang orange-flavored drink mix (moderate cost per daily dose/serving) and ascorbic acid powder (least expensive per daily dose).
Linda Wright Amazing info! Thank you 🙏🏽 I will be working on storing a few of those items in Mylar bags (15-20 years). New info for me about the meatless sauces. 👍🏼
A good source of Vitamin C is from pine needle tea. From what I understand, has more C than orange juice. Research, if these trees are available in your area. And, how to STEEP the needles correctly. Many videos show gobs of needles being vigorously boiled under a roaring fire. As to the flavor, done correctly, it's rather mild, yet many would consider it to be an acquired taste. Adding honey will do dual duty. Flavor the tea and add its own benefits. #7 - Good idea to recommend dehydrating tomato products. If in metal cans, the shelf life is relatively short. Acid in tomatoes (and in many fruits, especially pineapple) will corrode the metal from the inside. When/As this is happening the product will acquire a metallic flavor, before the seal is broken. Depending on the product, before the "Best By" date. When the seal breaks, that means there's a hole somewhere in the can. Initially it may be so small and near the top of the can, so it may to hard to notice, at first. When the seal is broken, contends should be considered unsafe to eat. Leaking cans, bulging cans, foul odor, mold, unusualy color change and excessive foaming are indicators that the seal is broken. Dehydrating those products and storing them in glass containers, is IMO, one of the best ways keep these on your pantry shelves. IMO, canning in glass jars is the other best way to store for long term. Hope this helps someone reading these threads.
I think lots of people believe there’s going to be some huge dramatic event or events that they need to prep for, but really what we’re probably looking at is a long, boring, somewhat distressing economic depression. It could go on for years. Economies are collapsing all over the world and the World Health Organisation is now flagging that there may never be a COVID vaccine. It’s probably best if you can organise it to be able to get a vegetable garden going and store dry pantry items so you can create meals a bit more fancy than pasta and tomato sauce! I’d say a freezer is really essential, and freeze hard cheeses, butter, ghee etc that could really become rare. I’m stocking up on tons of olive oil too!
FlowerGrower Smith Thank you for this! I am working towards the long term and more than pasta and sauce. I keep telling my family and some friends that the stores’ inventories are patchy. I believe it’s just one indicator. I have 4 potted veggies. I’m in hot AZ. So I am learning about gardening here.
China's food supply has been wrecked by catastrophic floods, drought in other areas and locusts eating what's left. An American meat processor is being investigated for telling us we'll have pork shortages while they shipped meat to China, who owns the company. Don't be fooled into thinking 1.5 billion people on the edge of revolution will countenance starvation. The CCP will feed them, and that food will never reach our stores. A boring 70s style recession ISN'T at all what we're facing. A little geopolitical research will fill in the gaps of your assessment. Poohooing what's out there can be deadly serious if you convince others into complacency.
I live in LA so I do a run on all ethnic stores here. Some people might be intimidated to go in a ethnic grocer. Not me..Sometimes the best things are found in good supply in unexpected places.
Vegetables and fresh fish are always better in these stores. I have not tried looking at canned goods or other possible long term storage food. I will take a look next time.
Ethnic grocery stores are almost always awesome. Just be nice and a good human and don’t make fun of the more unusual ingredients. Usually the smaller shops are the best because their owner operated and they LOVE to share information with you if you just ask and are polite :)
Thank you, Tara. I listed the spices and seasonings that I need. Which do you think will be better budget-wise - Costco or The Dollar Tree? I found Himalayan Salt at The Dollar Tree, which I thought was like treasure. But I am not sure if other spices would be better to just buy in bulk.
@@SimplyCherie Well I will go to Costco for the everyday seasoning(garlic powder, onion powder Lawry's etc) But like the rarely used seasonings (ie: pumpkin spice, lemon extract etc) from the Dollar Tree.... Also another Tip: You my want to purchase Chocolate (It's a shortage You can air tight them in jars or bags)
Thank you for sharing. I'm just learning about this myself. I don't have many of the tools for prepping long term but will work towards it. I've been picking up a few extra cans of tuna, green beans and whatever else I can find that my family eats.
Great video! I have always been a bit of a prepper. I hate running out of things so I always have multiple backups. I started really stocking up back in February on pretty much everything my family eats. I did not panic buy and didn’t buy things my family won’t eat or use. God bless 🙏🏻
Good video. AZ Prepper gives a ton of very useful information about prepping anything and everything. My tip for freezer storage is to try to repackage and freeze meats and rolled sausages as flat and uniform as possible. The meats defrost faster and makes the most of of your freezer space.
Love it. I will take that tip to make it as flat and uniform at possible. I watch AZ Prepper because I am in AZ. I learned dry canning from her. Thank you!
Love seeing this kind of haul, it gives me good ideas of where to start with this stuff. Definitely check your local thrift store for mason jars, I always see a ton in my area, in all different sizes. Hope you and your family are safe and doing well.
I was at Dollar Tree today. They had a lot of pastas, rice and beans. I’ve also been stocking up on their vacuum sealed milk. It’s shelf stable for 1 year. I can’t tell a difference in taste. They have 1%, 2%, and whole.
I watched you tube videos on canning meats and learned all I needed to know. I have canned bacon, sausage, pork chops, chicken breasts, ground beef, and roast beef. And lots of beans canned. Meat was bought on sale saving sometimes as much as 50 percent or more. I purchased tuna and one pound canned hams. The food is already cooked so meal prep is fast. And in the long run, canning saves on the electric or gas bill. I have 7 meat meals ready in 1.5 hour (quarts). If I cooked each meal individually, it would have been more like 7 hours of energy used.
Hi! I am new to your site. U wanted to talk to you about lentils. They are great to eat and store. They cook quickly with no soaking. I have been raised eating them all my life. My mom would change up the soup by adding prunes to make a sweet soup. It was so good. Your family member that is a vegetarian will probably appreciate lentil patties. Can be eaten just as a pattie or put into a sandwich. You drain the cooked lentils. Add seasonings like onion powder/salt, garlic powder/salt, put in eggs to thicken. The more eggs the more you can make. I usually do 5-7. For my batch so I have left overs, for the week. Add bread crumbs of your choice. Fry the size patty you like. Be sure to get the side closest to the heat well done before flipping over so they stay together. That's it. Easy peasy, and a high protein, high fiber meal. Hope that helped. Thanks! 🙂
Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to give this info. I will find a substitute for eggs as a binding agent. I used to make lentil soup but will start again. I love that idea with the prunes.
I noticed you got the August Potato Shreds. Costco carries the smaller same potatoes that are packaged in what looks like a small milk carton. They are sold by the case. The name is Idaho Spuds and they are delicious! Open the carton, add really hot water to the top line and wait a bit. Drain it carefully and open wider, fry up just like freshly shredded potatoes. They are just dehydrated potatoes which you can do yourself. Mine always turn black so I gave up but others have successfully done it. I just remember what the trick was. LOL Nice Pantry you've got going. Keep up the good work.
Bear Creek Soup mix are my favorite to store long term...(@most grocers and Walmart) just add 8 cups of water...I add canned beans, ham, extra veggies to make fuller...but the seasoning is great!!
You can water bath can tomato sauce .and salsa, buy ears of corn and blanch for 4 minutes, put in an ice bath. Cut off and freeze in a gallon or quart storage bag, good up to 2 years!
Food storage tip I learned from Dirtpatch Haven: tomato paste is workhorse and takes up less space in your prepper pantry. Just add water and spices to make pasta sauce, enchilada sauce, regular tomato sauce, etc. Now I stock only 3 kinds of tomato products instead five - paste, diced, stewed. For pasta sauce I use a mix of diced and paste, and the stewed goes well with breadcrumbs, seasoning, and Parmesan. I love the chopped onions by Augason Farms. I use them in everyday cooking. In fact, I opened a new can yesterday. Try the peppers, too! Great in a pinch!
I've always steered away from tomato paste. But now, I understand how it could be a workhorse for my household. So I will start adding it to my storage.
Thanks, Cherie! I’m a beginner...just got the white buckets from the Walmart bakery to store my extra rice, beans, and pasta. This was very helpful! Thanks so much! 💕🙏🏻😷
If the power goes out, your fridge an freezer are both fine for 24-48hrs. The secret is to open them as little as possible or to avoid opening them at all if you can. I lost power for almost 2 days during hurricane Dorian, we only opened the fridge once or twice and the freezer not at all. Everything in the freezer stayed frozen and we didn’t lose anything out of the fridge, even the milk was still cold!
My family like to make ramen stir fry. We cook the noodles, drain them, cook in an egg and add frozen veggies and the seasoning packet. It adds variety.
Put ice in your freezer and frozen water bottles it can save your food longer if there's a power outage. Also you can make ice with fertilizer google it😊
I don’t think I’ve noticed powdered carnation before. Interesting. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that. You reminded me about ghee. Bummer. I already spent my budget for Costco and groceries this month. I’ll have to wait.
Dry milk, canned chicken at Costco, frozen avocado at Costco in sealed bags it's so good with the canned chicken, syrup, canned green beans (we have a aluminum shortage apparently so they are already getting low)
I’m thinking you should print the black bean burger recipes out and tape it to the can. Assuming that power or internet might be out. Good job and thanks for the tips. I’m just beginning my 3 day - 1 weeks storage
Try cooking some lentils with rice like a one pot thingy. You can check Khichdi recipe. Great for healthy eating and also in case you have an upset tummy especially kids can enjoy it with some ghee (clarified butter) even if they are not feeling well. Good and easy nutrition.
I got lucky today and found a brand new foodsaver jar sealer with a hose in the thrift store. Plus 3 boxes of jar lids and rings. Only prep what your family will eat. Pressure can meat. First inventory what you have, keep a list of what you have and what you need. Then buy some each time and go to the store. Prep up people!
Simply Cherie thanks. I’ve been a prepper before prepping was a thing. I was raised in Missouri, on a farm in the 50s and 60s. I’ve never understood why people aren’t preparing for what they may need. Back then if you didn’t garden, can, raise animals, hunt and all that... you didn’t eat.
Hi Cherie 😊 Loved ur Grocery haul👍☺️ We store Rice, Pigeon peas and whole wheat for one year, to store for long term we rub them into Castor Oil. As per whole wheat we have grinding Machine, so we can have our own wheat flour at home. Have a Good Day ❤️
Wow. You are like next level with the grinding machine. I just bought 50 lbs of rice. I will be vacuum seal half of it for my 6-month preps and the other half in mylar bags for long term food storage. What are pigeon peas? And how does castor oil help?
Being keto...I got canned meats and fish, froze eggs, bought olives, artichoke hearts and sauerkraut. Also get condiments, spices, and mixes. I have dressings...save my bacon grease and bones to make bone broth.
Love your video I learn soo much regarding the prepper pantry n Stocking up for Rainy days especially during this time I buys lots of stuff with longer shelf life. Thank you🙏🙏🙏❤
We always keep a couple dozens of cans of corn, green beans, and chili. And make a simple meal out of it by mixing 1 can corn, 1 can green beans, 1 can chili.. we call this the Cadillac dinner 😂😂
I can a LOT of meat in my pressure canner. Beef, chicken, pork, even sausage. With sausage such as Kielbasa, I slice it up into small circles, fry it in a pan to remove most of the grease, and can it.
Mhel 2023: I went back to Walmart to do more prepping and passed by the jar isle and it was completely filled. Picked up another 6 cases. One can never have enough. I guess not too many people ‘can’ where I live in northern AZ or they already have enough (?).
Fry Spam with a little oil. Make it crispy. Hope you will join the Secret Spam Society. lol Shelf-stable milk from DT is on my list. My DT is not the best. But I plan to scout different DTs.
I like how you differentiate between a "Working Pantry" and Long Term Storage. Might I suggest... if there are only 6 cans left... take 3, leave 3. Before a "melt down"... fine, stock up. AFTER a crisis has hit however... that is NOT the time to go onto serious prep mode. Be kind... leave some behind. Some people on a really tight budget are more dependent on what is on the shelf that day... Sharing is the way to go. I am currently eating some things that I prepped 5 years ago.
Thank you, Faith. Sorry that I took the tomato sauce - 6 cans after looking at 4 stores. I had to get it. But I do usually make sure I don't take everything on the shelf. I also don't have the budget. That's great that you are eating preps.
There are some wonderful you tube videos about recanning tomato sauce in smaller quantities. I came across a great deal on spaghetti sauce and am considering repacking in a smaller portions. Make sure you add some citric acid for water bath canning.
@@americafirst9144 I have found it near to the curry sauces and on the overflow lip above the frozen veggies. Even tho TJs is small they pack a lot of merch in unexpected places.
@@lblake5653 I'll look at Trader Joes again. They could have just been out of it. I was being rushed through the store, so it isn't surprising that I missed it. Thanks.
Freeze dried meats, mountain etc. Its a little expensive for a #10 can right now, around $50+. Also check for freeze dried TVP meats, I think they are for vegetarians
Glad you got them. My wide mouth sealer arrived from Amazon. But I'm still waiting for the regular mouth. I had ordered also from Food Saver. I am not sure why they didn't show that it's out of stock or temporarily out of stock. It showed in stock. But it's been over two weeks and showing pending. I looked at all the listings in EBay - thank you for the info! I might just wait. I at least have the wide mouth sealer now.
Clean out juice jugs and store your beans, rice and pasta in them. Add an oxygen absorber and store in a cool, dry, dark place and they will last forever. Also you can buy frozen potato shreds, fruit and veggies and dehydrate them. Store in jars or mylar bags with an oxygen absorber. I love Augason Farms. They also make mixed veggies to add to anything. Have fun!
For meats you want a variety, in all the different ways it comes. So...canned, jerky, freeze-dried, frozen, and fresh. You want most of your meats canned but it's very expensive to buy it that way, as jerky, or freeze-dried. So you might want to invest in a pressure canner (it's easy, just watch the RUclips videos). Once you start canning your own foods, you'll be thrilled. Then you can take advantage of any sales. Just realize that any meat that you can is likely not going to retain it's fresh composition; most comes out shredded but very tender and tasty. There are some meals that lend well to canning as well (I do chicken mole`, shepherds' pie, Mongolian beef, stews, chili, etc). To can your own food you want to consider how much of that food you would need in a week. For a family, that would be at least 2 quarts of chicken, 2-3 quarts of beef. Figure about 2 lbs of meat per quart jar. You can vary the types you can as well. When there's a sale on sausage, cook that and can it. Make chicken, beef, turkey, or pork meatballs (cook those and can). You can pickle and /or can fish too, but that usually won't last quite as long. If you live in an area with good access to fresh fish, dry/dehydrate some as flakes to add to rice, noodles, etc. And don't forget spices; it's important to store things you'll eat but also to have variety to avoid "food fatigue."
@@SimplyCherie Once you do your first batch, you'll be hooked! Just make sure you read the canner directions carefully. Also, the USDA site has a free canning guide that is fairly extensive: nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html or here's an easier to read version: www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/canning/items/show/101 and don't depend on RUclips videos for your canning instructions...some people are doing really unsafe practices! There are also some who give canning classes and have lots of videos on YT who ARE experts, and they will give you all the precautions. Anyway, it's really easy and SUPER satisfying to can your own food.
FYI Dollar stores especially Dollar Tree are excellent sources of cheap canned goods that most people overlook... Also, Walmart has jumbo canned good that are about the size of a can of paint. Potatoes, Tomatoes, Carrots, Green Beans, Corn, Peaches, Pears and others. Get them while you can. They are about $3-5 a piece. Dont wait, buy them *NOW!*
Hi Michael. Someone had mentioned those cans at Walmart. I took a quick look. But my budget for those preps are up for most of August. I might be able to squeeze a few in for August.
@@SimplyCherie I didnt buy any this go around because I have a large amount already. Between freeze dried long term (Wise, MPS, 4 Patriots, Augason Farms etc etc) , cans, and other dry goods like Ramen, Easy Mac, Shells and cheese, and others I am sitting well over 3 years currently. I think I am all set for a while.
Do you have a pressure canner or a big stockpot for water-bath canning? You can buy bottles of 100% juice and make jams. You would have to stock up on sugar and pectin.
Cindy Ibarra Thanks for subbing. So you understand the extra challenge of storing. My daughter likes it now, too. I also saw watermelon and pumpkin butter. They aren’t necessarily cheap but worth having these options.
This is going to be a very stupid question, but I've got a lot of food saved, too, but what about drinking water and heat? We can live a long time without food, but what about drinking water, and heat for if the grid goes down??
Hi Linda. Work towards 2-weeks worth of stored water (1 gallon of water per person per day). So for our family of 4 plus our dog = 5, we have 5 x 14 days x 1 gallon = 70 gallons of water. I have them in cases of bottled water, gallon jugs, and water storage containers like this one: amzn.to/2PfNAUM However, I will most likely get ones that are stackable. These are not supposed to be stacked when full. I will also get a larger barrels to collect water when I have the budget. You can also get a water bob for emergencies: amzn.to/3jYP4AS You fill it in your bathtub so at least you can treat the water or use it for washing and flushing during a temporary emergency. For heat, you will need a camping stove, butane, bbq grill, propane, or wood.
Lifestraw is a portable straw that filters water. About 20 dollars a piece. Can be found in camping section. Could be good if you can get water from a river, but it needs filtered to drink.
Drinking water... Find decent bodies of water near you. You need something that isn't contaminated with chemicals or pesticides. You can filter it though coffee filters or a bandana. You can treat it many ways. You can use plain bleach (no splash proof bottles). Use 8 drops per gallon. Eyedroppers are good to have. Let sit for 30 min. Or, boil it for 5 min. You can use a solar oven to purify water. You can use a camping water filter like a Sawyer Mini ($20 Walmart). Get a water BOB for your bathtub. I like heavyduty 5 gal. jugs you would just load in the car. For next to nothing, you could probably keep water in 5 gallon buckets. At a mnimum, you need purified water of 2-3 gal. per person all ready to go..
Not a stupid question. Get a butane stove for cooking. Takes a little research for the best one for your situation. Get a good water filtration system. If not in the budget filter the water you get from your tap with a brita or something like that then store what you can. I have had a water filter almost 20+ years in Los Angeles and I filter what comes out of that through a brita .Personal choice. I love Evian but I can't afford it.
Savage Patriot Nutritional yeast is a highly nutritious vegan food product with various potential health benefits. It can be used to add extra protein, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to meals. Basically, vegans use it to add flavor and nutrients. I meal prep with Asian sauces and freeze. But I haven’t done any recipes for long term food storage.
It has a nice savory taste if you flour chicken, or meat with moderate taste. Mix it with some flour and poultry seasoning. Dip chicken in the mix or put it in a bag and toss. Or mix it into bisquick with poultry seasoning and make dumplings. Use some chicken broth to mix them up and you will be a fan forever. Dumplings shouldn't be bland.
i got my foodsaver wide mouth jar sealer on July 2 , 2020 from Amazon, you have to check everyday, the next day after i ordered mine they where sold out ,tomato products in cans here are hard to find i had 10 cans but its just me but i been stocking up , we just have Walmarts and Piggly Wiggly here so i buy alot on line also have a Dollar Tree but i dont have a car so have to go when i can get a ride , stores dont deliver to home unless you do mail order
@@SimplyCherie for sure... I dont think I can post a pic in comments. It's not dehydrated, its #10 size of canned veg. Restaurant size. I bought several and figured after I open it, use what we need then freeze or add to a dinner to put in the freezer.
Thank you, Jennifer. I feel more patient after reading this. I had ordered and will trust that it will ship out. Someone else said August 10. How that person knows, I don't know. But I will wait.
When $Tree shopping be sure to compare ounces per container when doing price comparisons with other stores. Often deep discount stores have smaller containers. $Tree, for example, is the only place I've found Clorox bleach in pint jugs. Everywhere else, the smallest container is 1 quart (2 pints). Your mention of coconut milk reminded me that I've seen it somewhere in a much smaller can than what is sold at Food Lion, for example. Possible that when it's on sale at FL, per oz. it'll cost less than what's been sold in a $ type store. Think about what and how much you store in a freezer. They are great for temporarily storing foods to be canned or dehydrated. Good for storing shelf stable items to prolong their shelf life. Lard, tallow, ghee, plant based oils, etc. Often, the only solution for things best stored in a frozen state. However, freezers carry an on-going cost to keep foods frozen. They have a huge liability when they fail either from a physical problem with the freezer or there's no power to run it. FWIW.... When I heard that we would have a more active hurricane season, early this year, I decided to reduce our reliance our freezer as much as possible. As I type, a hurricane/tropical storm is heading our way. Isaias will pass over us sometime tonight. In full "hurricane" prep-mode, today, to batten down the hatches (old but true cliche). Thankful that I'm not in the crowds at checkout lines. Anyway, I've canned most of the meats, excluding some Cornish hens for roasting and chicken leg quarters for grilling. Canned or dehydrated most of the vegetables, except a few like brussel sprouts to be roasted. Been making block ice in the empty spaces. Filling sanitized 2 liter soda bottles almost full of water, barely tightening the cap until the water freezes. Will be using some of those tonight when I transfer fresh foods from the refrigerator into an ice chest. When the water thaws, it doesn't make a mess in the chest. AND, those bottles provide cold drinking water. Usually sorely needed after a hurricane. Just some thoughts FWIW....
Awesome! I have been hesitant with a deep freezer as well as a vacuum sealer. But I am going for it. I found a small generator for a power outage. I love the tip about putting water in bottles as "ice".
@@Pluscelamemechose Yes, that is good news. While we had some deaths in our area and a lot of damage, at the coast, it was much the same here. We did get about 2.5 inches of much needed rain. AND..... It was a good drill to go through our hurricane preparations. Everything rounded up, cleaned up, filled up, moved, stored, etc. It'll be easier for the next one, this season. For example, I couldn't find where I hid our emergency radio from myself. Searched high and low before I found it. It takes a while to clean and sanitize water coolers, ice chests, stock pots and such that haven't been used since the last hurricane or ice storm. Now they're ready to fill again for the next one.
Can someone suggest the best way to store flour, pasta, pancake mix, packaged macaroni and cheese, packaged rice combos (e.g., Knorr broccoli and rice), rice, sugar, crackers, and cereal/oats? Do I need to put them in mylar bags or can I just store them in a plastic tub? Can I use plastic containers or glass containers? Thank you for your suggestions.
I have been stalking the internet for the wide mouth jar sealer because I have seen a lot of preppers advise to do everything especially, mylar bags in plastic tubs and canning. I have seen a few who prefer canning. So I am starting with canning them in vacuumed sealed mason jars.
Simply Cherie not just soup but also meat. Anything that would have the juice sucked out of and possibly interfere with the heat seal. I freeze bagels before sealing so they don’t squash. If I do not freeze the bagel , all the air gets removed and the bagel 🥯 goes flat.
I just started prepping this week because I was injured in a car accident and it's a long term injury and wont be easy to get to a store both my parents are terminally I'll and my dad has cancer also so I need to start prepping. Any tips on food storing long term? I know absolutely nothing about mylar bags and canning:(
I would definitely start with canned goods like soups, beans, meat, seafood, veggies, and fruits. Add pasta, sauce, crackers, cereal, oatmeal, granola, bars, and the baking staples like flour and sugar. Once I was able to stock up 1-month's worth, I started the mylar bags and canning. There are A LOT of preppers who are good with mylar bags and canning. Here are a couple videos that helped me. Once you watch, the YT algorithm should suggest more videos. How to Vacuum Seal Food in Mylar Bags for Long-term Food Storage (Canadian Prepper): ruclips.net/video/gzhieFpoLAQ/видео.html CANNING: Crackers for Long-term Food Storage (Obsessive Prepper AZ): ruclips.net/video/fyltpQxtKwU/видео.html Pressure Canning for Beginners (Prepper Potpourri): ruclips.net/video/aV-mpIwAs9s/видео.html
Gaye Levy's website, Backdoor Survival, has a lot of good food storage tips. She also has a book on Amazon, Prepper's Guide to Food Storage. 1.99 on Kindle right now. www.backdoorsurvival.com/how-to-seal-food-in-mylar-bags/ article is a good how to on Mylar bag storage.
I just fry it with a little oil and eat it with white rice. That is the Filipino way. It can also be for fried rice - Spam fried rice - yum. Musubi is a treasure. lol Here is their website for recipes: www.spam.com/recipes
I went ahead and ordered. They will send when it is in stock. But I also requested an email alert on Bed Bath & Beyond as per the other comment from someone.
Here are some tips for new preppers:
1) Dry foods to avoid sealing in Mylar with oxygen absorbers because of their short shelf life (about 2 years): brown rice, barley, whole grain breakfast cereals, whole grain dry pasta.
2) Dry foods that are ideal for sealing in Mylar with oxygen absorbers because of their long shelf life (15-20 years): white rice, rolled oats, instant oats, steel-cut oats, dehydrated vegetables, dehydrated fruit (the really dry, tough, leathery stuff, not the moist kind), pasta made with white flour with or without vegetable puree, instant grits, white flour, complete pancake mixes, quinoa, dried beans/peas/lentils. The soft, moist "dry" fruit snacks can be further dehydrated in a food dehydrator and then packaged in Mylar with oxygen absorbers -- this works with raisins and dry cranberries.
3) Dry foods that can be stored directly into clean, food safe plastic or glass containers: sea salt, granulated cane sugar and whole grain wheat. If you you buy your wheat in 25-lb. bags instead of in long-term storage food buckets, make sure you first freeze the grain for at least 72 hrs. to kill the eggs of grain-eating insects, let the grain come back to room temperature and then pour into a food safe storage container. Always store grain in a cool, dry, vermin-free location.
4) Non-fat powdered milk, both instant and regular, can store for 10 years if packaged in Mylar with oxygen absorbers and stored in a cool location.
5) Heat, light, oxygen and vermin are the enemies of most kinds of food storage. When buying wet foods packaged in glass jars or clear plastic bottles (cooking oil, mayonnaise, pasta sauce...) store in a dark pantry or inside a cardboard box to block light. When buying cooking oil, try to find it packaged in small containers made of glass or plastic (you will use it quicker once the container is opened limiting the time the oil is exposed to oxygen) and plan to rotate the oil every 2 to 4 years. If some oil goes rancid, it can still be burned as fuel.
6) Raw honey will keep in a cool, vermin-free location for as long as its container lasts.
7) Canned tomato sauce, low-fat meatless spaghetti sauce, tomatillo sauce and applesauce can all be dehydrated and turned into something like fruit leathers and then packaged in Mylar with oxygen absorbers. There are food-safe non-stick plastic sheets that fit on the drying racks of the nine-shelf Excalibur dehydrator and these sheets are ideal for dehydrating low-fat, meatless sauces.
8) Most food storage except for some kinds of freeze-dried fruits and vegetables lacks Vitamin C. Without Vitamin C in your diet you will eventually develop a disease called scurvy. Here are your best forms of Vitamin C when your vegetable garden and fruit trees are not producing (Vitamin C tablets/multivitamins (most expensive per daily dose), Tang orange-flavored drink mix (moderate cost per daily dose/serving) and ascorbic acid powder (least expensive per daily dose).
Linda Wright Amazing info! Thank you 🙏🏽 I will be working on storing a few of those items in Mylar bags (15-20 years). New info for me about the meatless sauces. 👍🏼
@@SimplyCherie You are most welcome. Good luck and please stay safe.
A good source of Vitamin C is from pine needle tea. From what I understand, has more C than orange juice. Research, if these trees are available in your area. And, how to STEEP the needles correctly. Many videos show gobs of needles being vigorously boiled under a roaring fire. As to the flavor, done correctly, it's rather mild, yet many would consider it to be an acquired taste. Adding honey will do dual duty. Flavor the tea and add its own benefits.
#7 - Good idea to recommend dehydrating tomato products. If in metal cans, the shelf life is relatively short. Acid in tomatoes (and in many fruits, especially pineapple) will corrode the metal from the inside. When/As this is happening the product will acquire a metallic flavor, before the seal is broken. Depending on the product, before the "Best By" date. When the seal breaks, that means there's a hole somewhere in the can. Initially it may be so small and near the top of the can, so it may to hard to notice, at first. When the seal is broken, contends should be considered unsafe to eat. Leaking cans, bulging cans, foul odor, mold, unusualy color change and excessive foaming are indicators that the seal is broken.
Dehydrating those products and storing them in glass containers, is IMO, one of the best ways keep these on your pantry shelves. IMO, canning in glass jars is the other best way to store for long term.
Hope this helps someone reading these threads.
Darn! I just put several bags of pasta with vegetables into long term mylar bags!
Oldtimer Lee yes is this true. White pine trees especially with the long needles. Purslane as well.carries a lot of vitamin C.
I think lots of people believe there’s going to be some huge dramatic event or events that they need to prep for, but really what we’re probably looking at is a long, boring, somewhat distressing economic depression. It could go on for years. Economies are collapsing all over the world and the World Health Organisation is now flagging that there may never be a COVID vaccine. It’s probably best if you can organise it to be able to get a vegetable garden going and store dry pantry items so you can create meals a bit more fancy than pasta and tomato sauce! I’d say a freezer is really essential, and freeze hard cheeses, butter, ghee etc that could really become rare. I’m stocking up on tons of olive oil too!
FlowerGrower Smith Thank you for this! I am working towards the long term and more than pasta and sauce. I keep telling my family and some friends that the stores’ inventories are patchy. I believe it’s just one indicator. I have 4 potted veggies. I’m in hot AZ. So I am learning about gardening here.
China's food supply has been wrecked by catastrophic floods, drought in other areas and locusts eating what's left. An American meat processor is being investigated for telling us we'll have pork shortages while they shipped meat to China, who owns the company. Don't be fooled into thinking 1.5 billion people on the edge of revolution will countenance starvation. The CCP will feed them, and that food will never reach our stores. A boring 70s style recession ISN'T at all what we're facing. A little geopolitical research will fill in the gaps of your assessment. Poohooing what's out there can be deadly serious if you convince others into complacency.
Better know the growing zones, right now we are in zone 9 for planting... food pantry will help, stock the f up....
We do need to prep
Olive oil has many, many purposes!
I live in LA so I do a run on all ethnic stores here. Some people might be intimidated to go in a ethnic grocer. Not me..Sometimes the best things are found in good supply in unexpected places.
Vegetables and fresh fish are always better in these stores. I have not tried looking at canned goods or other possible long term storage food. I will take a look next time.
I agree. I always go to the latin markets here in Orange County.I found TP at the Middle Eastern market when the TSHTF.
Ethnic grocery stores are almost always awesome. Just be nice and a good human and don’t make fun of the more unusual ingredients. Usually the smaller shops are the best because their owner operated and they LOVE to share information with you if you just ask and are polite :)
Also start prepping for spices and seasonings.... Like salt (get a variety) which can be used in many & different ways
Thank you, Tara. I listed the spices and seasonings that I need. Which do you think will be better budget-wise - Costco or The Dollar Tree? I found Himalayan Salt at The Dollar Tree, which I thought was like treasure. But I am not sure if other spices would be better to just buy in bulk.
@@SimplyCherie Well I will go to Costco for the everyday seasoning(garlic powder, onion powder Lawry's etc) But like the rarely used seasonings (ie: pumpkin spice, lemon extract etc) from the Dollar Tree.... Also another Tip: You my want to purchase Chocolate (It's a shortage You can air tight them in jars or bags)
I'm happy to see more people prepping for time off knead nobody can count on the government good job😊
Thank you, Marcia. And I agree.
Thank you for sharing. I'm just learning about this myself. I don't have many of the tools for prepping long term but will work towards it. I've been picking up a few extra cans of tuna, green beans and whatever else I can find that my family eats.
Great job, Marie! Whatever we can do. Something is better than nothing. Then the ball will start rolling faster.
Great video! I have always been a bit of a prepper. I hate running out of things so I always have multiple backups. I started really stocking up back in February on pretty much everything my family eats. I did not panic buy and didn’t buy things my family won’t eat or use. God bless 🙏🏻
Fantastic! And your family will appreciate you.
Good video. AZ Prepper gives a ton of very useful information about prepping anything and everything. My tip for freezer storage is to try to repackage and freeze meats and rolled sausages as flat and uniform as possible. The meats defrost faster and makes the most of of your freezer space.
Love it. I will take that tip to make it as flat and uniform at possible. I watch AZ Prepper because I am in AZ. I learned dry canning from her. Thank you!
@@SimplyCherie I live in AZ too!
Love seeing this kind of haul, it gives me good ideas of where to start with this stuff.
Definitely check your local thrift store for mason jars, I always see a ton in my area, in all different sizes.
Hope you and your family are safe and doing well.
Great idea!
I was at Dollar Tree today. They had a lot of pastas, rice and beans. I’ve also been stocking up on their vacuum sealed milk. It’s shelf stable for 1 year. I can’t tell a difference in taste. They have 1%, 2%, and whole.
repackage and vac seal your instant milk powder. 1 and 2% will last alot longer. whole milk powder has to much fat content and does'nt last long.
Thank you for the tip about the milk there.
Will be doing the milk next week.
This is motivating. I am doing the milk next week.
Great!
I watched you tube videos on canning meats and learned all I needed to know. I have canned bacon, sausage, pork chops, chicken breasts, ground beef, and roast beef. And lots of beans canned. Meat was bought on sale saving sometimes as much as 50 percent or more. I purchased tuna and one pound canned hams. The food is already cooked so meal prep is fast. And in the long run, canning saves on the electric or gas bill. I have 7 meat meals ready in 1.5 hour (quarts). If I cooked each meal individually, it would have been more like 7 hours of energy used.
Get what you can afford. I'm doing the same with the beginners food saver and dehydrater. You are doing so well keep up the great job.
Thank you, Melanie. I appreciate the encouragement.
Thank you for your vlogs, I did find it pleasant to watch and it was informative.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi! I am new to your site. U wanted to talk to you about lentils. They are great to eat and store. They cook quickly with no soaking. I have been raised eating them all my life. My mom would change up the soup by adding prunes to make a sweet soup. It was so good. Your family member that is a vegetarian will probably appreciate lentil patties. Can be eaten just as a pattie or put into a sandwich.
You drain the cooked lentils. Add seasonings like onion powder/salt, garlic powder/salt, put in eggs to thicken. The more eggs the more you can make. I usually do 5-7. For my batch so I have left overs, for the week. Add bread crumbs of your choice. Fry the size patty you like. Be sure to get the side closest to the heat well done before flipping over so they stay together. That's it. Easy peasy, and a high protein, high fiber meal. Hope that helped. Thanks! 🙂
Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to give this info. I will find a substitute for eggs as a binding agent. I used to make lentil soup but will start again. I love that idea with the prunes.
I noticed you got the August Potato Shreds. Costco carries the smaller same potatoes that are packaged in what looks like a small milk carton. They are sold by the case. The name is Idaho Spuds and they are delicious! Open the carton, add really hot water to the top line and wait a bit. Drain it carefully and open wider, fry up just like freshly shredded potatoes. They are just dehydrated potatoes which you can do yourself. Mine always turn black so I gave up but others have successfully done it. I just remember what the trick was. LOL Nice Pantry you've got going. Keep up the good work.
Yes, we have eaten those. The ones in this video are more for long term storage. We do not touch these for years.
Thank you for taking your time to share your ideas with us. It is very helpful. May you be blessed.
You are so welcome.
We really like augason's vegetable stew mix. I followed the recipe on the container (with a few additions). The family liked it!
Thanks you for telling me!
I'm just starting and having a good time trying too stock up
Great job, Debra!
Hi there
Have a good day be safe god bless
Bear Creek Soup mix are my favorite to store long term...(@most grocers and Walmart) just add 8 cups of water...I add canned beans, ham, extra veggies to make fuller...but the seasoning is great!!
You can water bath can tomato sauce .and salsa, buy ears of corn and blanch for 4 minutes, put in an ice bath. Cut off and freeze in a gallon or quart storage bag, good up to 2 years!
Food storage tip I learned from Dirtpatch Haven: tomato paste is workhorse and takes up less space in your prepper pantry. Just add water and spices to make pasta sauce, enchilada sauce, regular tomato sauce, etc. Now I stock only 3 kinds of tomato products instead five - paste, diced, stewed. For pasta sauce I use a mix of diced and paste, and the stewed goes well with breadcrumbs, seasoning, and Parmesan.
I love the chopped onions by Augason Farms. I use them in everyday cooking. In fact, I opened a new can yesterday. Try the peppers, too! Great in a pinch!
I've always steered away from tomato paste. But now, I understand how it could be a workhorse for my household. So I will start adding it to my storage.
Try it once, see how it works for you. Not everything works for everyone.
Thanks, Cherie! I’m a beginner...just got the white buckets from the Walmart bakery to store my extra rice, beans, and pasta. This was very helpful! Thanks so much! 💕🙏🏻😷
Wonderful! You are going for it! Love it.
If the power goes out, your fridge an freezer are both fine for 24-48hrs. The secret is to open them as little as possible or to avoid opening them at all if you can. I lost power for almost 2 days during hurricane Dorian, we only opened the fridge once or twice and the freezer not at all. Everything in the freezer stayed frozen and we didn’t lose anything out of the fridge, even the milk was still cold!
Oh thank you for sharing. That is good to know!
My family like to make ramen stir fry. We cook the noodles, drain them, cook in an egg and add frozen veggies and the seasoning packet. It adds variety.
Put ice in your freezer and frozen water bottles it can save your food longer if there's a power outage. Also you can make ice with fertilizer google it😊
This month I got ghee, coconut oil, olive oil, sea salt, more flour, powdered carnation for cooking and mazeca to make corn tortillas.
I don’t think I’ve noticed powdered carnation before. Interesting. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that. You reminded me about ghee. Bummer. I already spent my budget for Costco and groceries this month. I’ll have to wait.
Dry milk, canned chicken at Costco, frozen avocado at Costco in sealed bags it's so good with the canned chicken, syrup, canned green beans (we have a aluminum shortage apparently so they are already getting low)
I have never noticed the frozen avocados. I will look next time.
I’m thinking you should print the black bean burger recipes out and tape it to the can. Assuming that power or internet might be out. Good job and thanks for the tips. I’m just beginning my 3 day - 1 weeks storage
omg genius. Thank you! I was planning to add prep recipes to my recipe binder. And your tip is perfect!
Try cooking some lentils with rice like a one pot thingy. You can check Khichdi recipe.
Great for healthy eating and also in case you have an upset tummy especially kids can enjoy it with some ghee (clarified butter) even if they are not feeling well.
Good and easy nutrition.
I have seen ghee in a lot of places now. I need to get some.
Great job, everyone should be doing this.
Yes, keep stocking up, everyone.
Been a prepper for over 30 years now. You have a nice selection there..
Fantastic, Cheryl! You should do some videos.
I got lucky today and found a brand new foodsaver jar sealer with a hose in the thrift store. Plus 3 boxes of jar lids and rings. Only prep what your family will eat. Pressure can meat. First inventory what you have, keep a list of what you have and what you need. Then buy some each time and go to the store. Prep up people!
That is awesome. We are prepping!
Simply Cherie thanks. I’ve been a prepper before prepping was a thing. I was raised in Missouri, on a farm in the 50s and 60s. I’ve never understood why people aren’t preparing for what they may need. Back then if you didn’t garden, can, raise animals, hunt and all that... you didn’t eat.
Hi Cherie 😊 Loved ur Grocery haul👍☺️ We store Rice, Pigeon peas and whole wheat for one year, to store for long term we rub them into Castor Oil. As per whole wheat we have grinding Machine, so we can have our own wheat flour at home. Have a Good Day ❤️
Wow. You are like next level with the grinding machine. I just bought 50 lbs of rice. I will be vacuum seal half of it for my 6-month preps and the other half in mylar bags for long term food storage. What are pigeon peas? And how does castor oil help?
@@SimplyCherie Pigeon peas r like lentils another name Toor Dal. Castor Oil prevents Rice, Dal and wheat from Rotting.
Being keto...I got canned meats and fish, froze eggs, bought olives, artichoke hearts and sauerkraut. Also get condiments, spices, and mixes. I have dressings...save my bacon grease and bones to make bone broth.
I hadn't thought of artichoke hearts. Thanks!
@@SimplyCherie No problem!! :)
Fantastic information and video Cherie, thank you!
You are so welcome!
Love your video I learn soo much regarding the prepper pantry n Stocking up for Rainy days especially during this time I buys lots of stuff with longer shelf life. Thank you🙏🙏🙏❤
And also having a family
You are so welcome!
Thanks for being sweet.
We always keep a couple dozens of cans of corn, green beans, and chili. And make a simple meal out of it by mixing 1 can corn, 1 can green beans, 1 can chili.. we call this the Cadillac dinner 😂😂
Oh you made me laugh. Love it.
You can buy the 6pound cans of tomato sauce and re can it into smaller jars.
Great money-saving idea.
I do that with the 6 lb, 6 ounce large cans of Italian cut green beans. Recanning into 12 ounce jars which is the perfect size for me and my husband.
I can a LOT of meat in my pressure canner. Beef, chicken, pork, even sausage. With sausage such as Kielbasa, I slice it up into small circles, fry it in a pan to remove most of the grease, and can it.
I found a pressure canner at Walmart! $20 less than what I was about to order online.
I have an Instant Pot sausage and lentil soup recipe I found on RUclips. Making it Sunday along with cornbread. Sounds so good.
Sounds yummy.
Thank you. This video was very helpful. New sub 😊👍
Thanks for the sub! Glad it was helpful, Veronica.
I just went to Walmart today, picked up six cases of quart Kerr jars. They had cases and cases of quart and pint jars in their shelves. $11.99 a case.
Ray Wolf Wow. That’s great! Not here. But I plan to keep checking.
Lots of cases in Houston Walmart, just picked up a case this morning. They had quart, pint, half pint and other sizes
Mhel 2023: I went back to Walmart to do more prepping and passed by the jar isle and it was completely filled. Picked up another 6 cases. One can never have enough. I guess not too many people ‘can’ where I live in northern AZ or they already have enough (?).
i got 3 cases of
I guess this is why nobody else can find any ---
New subscriber here. I really appreciate your videos. Very concise and easy to follow. Thanks !! 🙋🏼♀️🍅🥕
Thanks for subbing!
The Augason pancake mix is really good. They also have it in blueberry and it’s good also. I do like Augason Farms.
Oh good to know. The blueberry one was 3 times the price. It's towards the end of my list. I need to get the meat and meatless meats first.
I agree. Augason pancake mix is delicious.
I like the dollar tree shelf stable milk, tuna is another favorite, wheat pasta which I can't find anymore. I am curious about Spam want to try it.
Fry Spam with a little oil. Make it crispy. Hope you will join the Secret Spam Society. lol
Shelf-stable milk from DT is on my list. My DT is not the best. But I plan to scout different DTs.
Nice video..This comment section is a wealth of information too...thanks everyone!
Agree, Tammy! I'm loving it and taking copious notes.
I just saw that foodsaver has the jar sealers back in stock. Ordered yesterday. Good luck.
Awesome! Thank you! I ordered.
Just cook some lentils in water. When it cools down add a tangy condiment or salad souce. Yummmmy 😍
Wow. That sounds amazing for being so simple.
I like how you differentiate between a "Working Pantry" and Long Term Storage.
Might I suggest... if there are only 6 cans left... take 3, leave 3.
Before a "melt down"... fine, stock up. AFTER a crisis has hit however... that is NOT the time to go onto serious prep mode. Be kind... leave some behind.
Some people on a really tight budget are more dependent on what is on the shelf that day... Sharing is the way to go.
I am currently eating some things that I prepped 5 years ago.
Thank you, Faith. Sorry that I took the tomato sauce - 6 cans after looking at 4 stores. I had to get it. But I do usually make sure I don't take everything on the shelf. I also don't have the budget. That's great that you are eating preps.
There are some wonderful you tube videos about recanning tomato sauce in smaller quantities. I came across a great deal on spaghetti sauce and am considering repacking in a smaller portions. Make sure you add some citric acid for water bath canning.
Thanks, Melissa. I got a pressure canner and citric acid.
I’m new to this. Why citric acid? Thanks!
Great video.Thanks for the ideas! ❣️
Thanks for watching!
If you have a big lots in your area. Try there for coconut milk. I get mine there for about 1.00 a can .
omg. Thank you! I don't shop at Big Lots but I will look now.
HiCherie, the coconut milk you can find at Trader Joe’s. It’s a great quality and thats what we’ve been getting.
Thanks for the tip! I plan to go there next week.
What do they store it near? I couldn't find it. Thanks.
America First baking goods
@@americafirst9144 I have found it near to the curry sauces and on the overflow lip above the frozen veggies. Even tho TJs is small they pack a lot of merch in unexpected places.
@@lblake5653 I'll look at Trader Joes again. They could have just been out of it. I was being rushed through the store, so it isn't surprising that I missed it. Thanks.
Freeze dried meats, mountain etc. Its a little expensive for a #10 can right now, around $50+. Also check for freeze dried TVP meats, I think they are for vegetarians
I will look for the freeze dried TVP meats. Thanks.
I just ordered a combo regular and wide mouth lid sealer on EBay and saw several single wide mouth lid sealers on there while I was looking.
Glad you got them. My wide mouth sealer arrived from Amazon. But I'm still waiting for the regular mouth. I had ordered also from Food Saver. I am not sure why they didn't show that it's out of stock or temporarily out of stock. It showed in stock. But it's been over two weeks and showing pending. I looked at all the listings in EBay - thank you for the info! I might just wait. I at least have the wide mouth sealer now.
great prepper. great sharing.
Thanks, Mary Precious.
Clean out juice jugs and store your beans, rice and pasta in them. Add an oxygen absorber and store in a cool, dry, dark place and they will last forever. Also you can buy frozen potato shreds, fruit and veggies and dehydrate them. Store in jars or mylar bags with an oxygen absorber.
I love Augason Farms. They also make mixed veggies to add to anything.
Have fun!
Dollar tree sells 2 pound boxes of pasta. Also they have a website
People need to stock up on all the stuff that ran out in march
Thank you. I didn't know they have 2-lb boxes of pasta. I agree - stock up everyone!
For meats you want a variety, in all the different ways it comes. So...canned, jerky, freeze-dried, frozen, and fresh. You want most of your meats canned but it's very expensive to buy it that way, as jerky, or freeze-dried. So you might want to invest in a pressure canner (it's easy, just watch the RUclips videos). Once you start canning your own foods, you'll be thrilled. Then you can take advantage of any sales. Just realize that any meat that you can is likely not going to retain it's fresh composition; most comes out shredded but very tender and tasty. There are some meals that lend well to canning as well (I do chicken mole`, shepherds' pie, Mongolian beef, stews, chili, etc). To can your own food you want to consider how much of that food you would need in a week. For a family, that would be at least 2 quarts of chicken, 2-3 quarts of beef. Figure about 2 lbs of meat per quart jar. You can vary the types you can as well. When there's a sale on sausage, cook that and can it. Make chicken, beef, turkey, or pork meatballs (cook those and can). You can pickle and /or can fish too, but that usually won't last quite as long. If you live in an area with good access to fresh fish, dry/dehydrate some as flakes to add to rice, noodles, etc. And don't forget spices; it's important to store things you'll eat but also to have variety to avoid "food fatigue."
Awesome. I am conscious about food fatigue. I just got a pressure canner! I will brave into canning meat.
@@SimplyCherie Once you do your first batch, you'll be hooked! Just make sure you read the canner directions carefully. Also, the USDA site has a free canning guide that is fairly extensive: nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html or here's an easier to read version: www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/canning/items/show/101 and don't depend on RUclips videos for your canning instructions...some people are doing really unsafe practices! There are also some who give canning classes and have lots of videos on YT who ARE experts, and they will give you all the precautions. Anyway, it's really easy and SUPER satisfying to can your own food.
Foodsaver.com carries the vacuum sealing attachments (for regular & wide-mouth mason jars, bottles, resealable bags, etc). Look under "accessories."
Thanks. I really can't find it. I ordered on Amazon and will wait for it to ship when it's available.
With your lentils, you can use them cooked to stretch meat, like ground meats.
I order in bulk from Sam Club and prep them... vacuum seal and Mylar bags for long term storage .
I started. Love it!
Always buy your tomato products in glass I had a case of sauce in cans in my pantry it ate thru the bottom and leaked all over my cabinet
I also saw a video that shows that it can be reused as a mason jar. So I got a couple last night.
I got my wide mouth vacuum sealer on ebay. That was a few years ago but also the only place I could find one.
found mine at a thrift store for 50 cents
FYI Dollar stores especially Dollar Tree are excellent sources of cheap canned goods that most people overlook... Also, Walmart has jumbo canned good that are about the size of a can of paint. Potatoes, Tomatoes, Carrots, Green Beans, Corn, Peaches, Pears and others. Get them while you can. They are about $3-5 a piece. Dont wait, buy them *NOW!*
Hi Michael. Someone had mentioned those cans at Walmart. I took a quick look. But my budget for those preps are up for most of August. I might be able to squeeze a few in for August.
@@SimplyCherie just was at my local Walmart today. They were on clearance for 2 for $5. 6 1/2 pound cans. Good deal!
@@SimplyCherie I didnt buy any this go around because I have a large amount already. Between freeze dried long term (Wise, MPS, 4 Patriots, Augason Farms etc etc) , cans, and other dry goods like Ramen, Easy Mac, Shells and cheese, and others I am sitting well over 3 years currently. I think I am all set for a while.
Michael Douglas Goals!
@@SimplyCherie going on 6 years of steady prepping.
Do you have a pressure canner or a big stockpot for water-bath canning? You can buy bottles of 100% juice and make jams. You would have to stock up on sugar and pectin.
Hi Dawn. I would like to water bath can soon.
I love your channel I am looking forward to following your journey 😊
Hi , New subscriber , my daughter also has an allergy to certain nuts . She loves the sunflower butter. Good video ❤️
Cindy Ibarra Thanks for subbing. So you understand the extra challenge of storing. My daughter likes it now, too. I also saw watermelon and pumpkin butter. They aren’t necessarily cheap but worth having these options.
Good video! I decided on the Allkeys Food Vacuum Sealer instead though. Happy Prepping!
Lili Atkins That one looks sleek. Happy prepping to you, too!
@@SimplyCherie 👍 Also, try "That Seals It," to reseal #10 Auguson Farms Cans. www.amazon.com/dp/B07SHXV2M6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_KcwkFbRK7HEJ6
Some can beans are helpful!
I have a stock of canned beans. But I am upping the dry beans. Thanks!
I'm looking at getting a dehydrator but can't afford those expensive ones just yet. How do you like yours?
This is going to be a very stupid question, but I've got a lot of food saved, too, but what about drinking water and heat? We can live a long time without food, but what about drinking water, and heat for if the grid goes down??
Hi Linda. Work towards 2-weeks worth of stored water (1 gallon of water per person per day). So for our family of 4 plus our dog = 5, we have 5 x 14 days x 1 gallon = 70 gallons of water. I have them in cases of bottled water, gallon jugs, and water storage containers like this one: amzn.to/2PfNAUM However, I will most likely get ones that are stackable. These are not supposed to be stacked when full. I will also get a larger barrels to collect water when I have the budget. You can also get a water bob for emergencies: amzn.to/3jYP4AS You fill it in your bathtub so at least you can treat the water or use it for washing and flushing during a temporary emergency. For heat, you will need a camping stove, butane, bbq grill, propane, or wood.
Lifestraw is a portable straw that filters water. About 20 dollars a piece. Can be found in camping section. Could be good if you can get water from a river, but it needs filtered to drink.
Drinking water...
Find decent bodies of water near you. You need something that isn't contaminated with chemicals or pesticides. You can filter it though coffee filters or a bandana. You can treat it many ways. You can use plain bleach (no splash proof bottles). Use 8 drops per gallon. Eyedroppers are good to have. Let sit for 30 min.
Or, boil it for 5 min.
You can use a solar oven to purify water.
You can use a camping water filter like a Sawyer Mini ($20 Walmart).
Get a water BOB for your bathtub.
I like heavyduty 5 gal. jugs you would just load in the car.
For next to nothing, you could probably keep water in 5 gallon buckets.
At a mnimum, you need purified water of 2-3 gal. per person all ready to go..
Not a stupid question. Get a butane stove for cooking. Takes a little research for the best one for your situation. Get a good water filtration system. If not in the budget filter the water you get from your tap with a brita or something like that then store what you can. I have had a water filter almost 20+ years in Los Angeles and I filter what comes out of that through a brita .Personal choice. I love Evian but I can't afford it.
Great video Cherie, thank you for the inspiration.
You are so welcome!
For the jar attachment set for vacuum sealing, I found it available (cheapest and quickest) on the Food Saver website. 😊
Someone else said that so I checked. Unfortunately, I don't see it.
Oh, no! Maybe they are out now! 😕
They are sold out everywhere I had 3 set but my daughter borrowed one that she will never return LOL
Great job! I really like your videos.
Can you show us how you use Mylar bags. I have some with zip lock top
SPAM is the bomb! Fry it up, it's better than bacon, as leftovers. Bacon is icky., reheated in microwave.
Angela L You’re correct about microwaving bacon. There must be some secret SPAM Society somewhere. lol
I've been stocking up on Spam but I've never eaten any of it. How do I prepare it ? TY.
@@cherylmarshall6874 slice and fry. Or slice and use for sandwich meat.
@@wygirl6256 Thank you very much 🧜♀️
Great videos!! What is nutritional yeast used for?
Video series idea: show what asian sauces or ingrediants you prep/store and how to cook with them.
Savage Patriot Nutritional yeast is a highly nutritious vegan food product with various potential health benefits.
It can be used to add extra protein, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to meals.
Basically, vegans use it to add flavor and nutrients.
I meal prep with Asian sauces and freeze. But I haven’t done any recipes for long term food storage.
It has a nice savory taste if you flour chicken, or meat with moderate taste. Mix it with some flour and poultry seasoning. Dip chicken in the mix or put it in a bag and toss. Or mix it into bisquick with poultry seasoning and make dumplings. Use some chicken broth to mix them up and you will be a fan forever. Dumplings shouldn't be bland.
Pluscelamemechose I tried it in our pasta sauce and we liked it. I’ll try your ideas.
It’s also awesome sprinkled on popcorn!
i got my foodsaver wide mouth jar sealer on July 2 , 2020 from Amazon, you have to check everyday, the next day after i ordered mine they where sold out ,tomato products in cans here are hard to find i had 10 cans but its just me but i been stocking up , we just have Walmarts and Piggly Wiggly here so i buy alot on line also have a Dollar Tree but i dont have a car so have to go when i can get a ride , stores dont deliver to home unless you do mail order
I am checking every day now. I ordered and am waiting for them to ship when it is available.
Walmart has been selling #10 cans of green beans, carrots, potatoes, and corn for $2 to $3.86. Great value...
Kelly Eisenhardt Wha what? I will go look. I got the Augason Farms 48-hour kit yesterday online. So I suppose I’ll have to go in to see those cans.
@@SimplyCherie for sure... I dont think I can post a pic in comments. It's not dehydrated, its #10 size of canned veg. Restaurant size. I bought several and figured after I open it, use what we need then freeze or add to a dinner to put in the freezer.
Amazon has the wide mouth vacuum sealer attachment in stock today
I got it. But it didn't have the hose. I need to get a hose now or wait to see if Food Saver will actually send my order.
Wow great haul hun 👻
Thank you! 🤗
Hard to get right now but have you considered a solar powered refrigerator
Oh wow. I honestly have never heard of one. I need to save up for a good generator. So I will most likely prioritize that first.
I got my widemouth vacuum sealer on Amazon. If it has date of being in stocks and let you order do it. Will ship. Mine shipped in week.
Thank you, Jennifer. I feel more patient after reading this. I had ordered and will trust that it will ship out. Someone else said August 10. How that person knows, I don't know. But I will wait.
I found the wide mouth sealer on Amazon 2 weeks ago. Hope it is still in stock for you, Food Saver was selling them on Amazon.
I ordered and am waiting for them to ship them.
I'm going to start prepping too. Tfs!
You got this!
You say you're going to put the cereal in the Mylar bags. How long does it last in the Mylar bags? Thank you.
25+ years! This has very good information about mylar bag food storage: www.primalsurvivor.net/mylar-bags-food-storage/
Remember what happened with the toilet paper? That will happen with food. Thanks for sharing.
Good point! Stock up everyone.
Try the food saver site for the jar sealer.
It is not there. Thank you though.
I found mine on food savor site.
When $Tree shopping be sure to compare ounces per container when doing price comparisons with other stores. Often deep discount stores have smaller containers. $Tree, for example, is the only place I've found Clorox bleach in pint jugs. Everywhere else, the smallest container is 1 quart (2 pints). Your mention of coconut milk reminded me that I've seen it somewhere in a much smaller can than what is sold at Food Lion, for example. Possible that when it's on sale at FL, per oz. it'll cost less than what's been sold in a $ type store.
Think about what and how much you store in a freezer. They are great for temporarily storing foods to be canned or dehydrated. Good for storing shelf stable items to prolong their shelf life. Lard, tallow, ghee, plant based oils, etc. Often, the only solution for things best stored in a frozen state. However, freezers carry an on-going cost to keep foods frozen. They have a huge liability when they fail either from a physical problem with the freezer or there's no power to run it.
FWIW.... When I heard that we would have a more active hurricane season, early this year, I decided to reduce our reliance our freezer as much as possible. As I type, a hurricane/tropical storm is heading our way. Isaias will pass over us sometime tonight. In full "hurricane" prep-mode, today, to batten down the hatches (old but true cliche). Thankful that I'm not in the crowds at checkout lines.
Anyway, I've canned most of the meats, excluding some Cornish hens for roasting and chicken leg quarters for grilling. Canned or dehydrated most of the vegetables, except a few like brussel sprouts to be roasted. Been making block ice in the empty spaces. Filling sanitized 2 liter soda bottles almost full of water, barely tightening the cap until the water freezes. Will be using some of those tonight when I transfer fresh foods from the refrigerator into an ice chest. When the water thaws, it doesn't make a mess in the chest. AND, those bottles provide cold drinking water. Usually sorely needed after a hurricane.
Just some thoughts FWIW....
Awesome! I have been hesitant with a deep freezer as well as a vacuum sealer. But I am going for it. I found a small generator for a power outage. I love the tip about putting water in bottles as "ice".
Don't worry about isaias. It went over my house in St. Croix and didn't even rain. Sort of a wash out of a storm.
Pluscelamemechose That’s good news.
@@Pluscelamemechose Yes, that is good news. While we had some deaths in our area and a lot of damage, at the coast, it was much the same here. We did get about 2.5 inches of much needed rain. AND..... It was a good drill to go through our hurricane preparations. Everything rounded up, cleaned up, filled up, moved, stored, etc. It'll be easier for the next one, this season.
For example, I couldn't find where I hid our emergency radio from myself. Searched high and low before I found it. It takes a while to clean and sanitize water coolers, ice chests, stock pots and such that haven't been used since the last hurricane or ice storm. Now they're ready to fill again for the next one.
You are doing great! Great haul.
Thank you so much!
that was really helpful for me, thank you!!!!
I'm so glad!
Can someone suggest the best way to store flour, pasta, pancake mix, packaged macaroni and cheese, packaged rice combos (e.g., Knorr broccoli and rice), rice, sugar, crackers, and cereal/oats? Do I need to put them in mylar bags or can I just store them in a plastic tub? Can I use plastic containers or glass containers? Thank you for your suggestions.
I have been stalking the internet for the wide mouth jar sealer because I have seen a lot of preppers advise to do everything especially, mylar bags in plastic tubs and canning. I have seen a few who prefer canning. So I am starting with canning them in vacuumed sealed mason jars.
Freeze wet food prior to sealing. Just a helpful hint.
Oh thank you. I was planning to make some soup and was wondering about the liquid. It sounds logical but I hadn't thought of that. Thank you.
Simply Cherie not just soup but also meat. Anything that would have the juice sucked out of and possibly interfere with the heat seal. I freeze bagels before sealing so they don’t squash. If I do not freeze the bagel , all the air gets removed and the bagel 🥯 goes flat.
Dry milk, powdered milk, wheat berries, grain mill
I will be picking up powdered milk.
Firehouse subs sells their pickle buckets( food grade) for $3
What a golden tip! Thank you.
I just started prepping this week because I was injured in a car accident and it's a long term injury and wont be easy to get to a store both my parents are terminally I'll and my dad has cancer also so I need to start prepping. Any tips on food storing long term? I know absolutely nothing about mylar bags and canning:(
I would definitely start with canned goods like soups, beans, meat, seafood, veggies, and fruits. Add pasta, sauce, crackers, cereal, oatmeal, granola, bars, and the baking staples like flour and sugar. Once I was able to stock up 1-month's worth, I started the mylar bags and canning.
There are A LOT of preppers who are good with mylar bags and canning. Here are a couple videos that helped me. Once you watch, the YT algorithm should suggest more videos.
How to Vacuum Seal Food in Mylar Bags for Long-term Food Storage (Canadian Prepper): ruclips.net/video/gzhieFpoLAQ/видео.html
CANNING: Crackers for Long-term Food Storage (Obsessive Prepper AZ):
ruclips.net/video/fyltpQxtKwU/видео.html
Pressure Canning for Beginners (Prepper Potpourri):
ruclips.net/video/aV-mpIwAs9s/видео.html
I don’t have any advice, but I’m sending you and your family lots of well wishes!
@@SimplyCherie thank yo uso much your an angel! We had a massive hurricane yesterday and have been without power so I started my prepping today!
Gaye Levy's website, Backdoor Survival, has a lot of good food storage tips. She also has a book on Amazon, Prepper's Guide to Food Storage. 1.99 on Kindle right now.
www.backdoorsurvival.com/how-to-seal-food-in-mylar-bags/ article is a good how to on Mylar bag storage.
How do you eat your SPAM? I don't think I've ever had it, so I have no idea how to use it! IDEAS, PLEASE?! :)
I just fry it with a little oil and eat it with white rice. That is the Filipino way. It can also be for fried rice - Spam fried rice - yum. Musubi is a treasure. lol Here is their website for recipes: www.spam.com/recipes
Simply Cherie thank you! I will definitely try this! :)
I ordered my vacuum seal hose and lids for wide and reg on Amazon. :)
I went ahead and ordered. They will send when it is in stock. But I also requested an email alert on Bed Bath & Beyond as per the other comment from someone.
@@SimplyCherie I found they came in stock in approximately a week. :)
Amazon has a set of small and wide mouth with clear tube.
Thank you. I ordered and am waiting for them to ship both.