Trying to guess how much food you’ll need for meals next week is a pretty daunting task, so can you imagine what it is like to calculate how much food you need for a month, or a year, or even three years? I’m going to introduce you to a few methods of determining your long-term food […]
101+ Meals in a Jar Recipes
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Meals in Jar are a great way to put aside whole meals for your food storage. Through the canning or dry vacuuming process, you can put a meal up to help create long-term food storage. While there are all sorts of fun things you can store in a jar in the fridge or keep on […]
Build a Better Pantry: The Menu Planning Challenge pt 5 {The Samples}
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To be honest, one of the reasons I wrote this series is that I completely got out of the habit of meal planning. Dinner times became more of what I can throw together that doesn’t require a lot of prep and cooking. So I really needed to kick start MY new year’s resolution of a […]
Build a Better Pantry: The Menu Planning Challenge pt 4 {The Resources}
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Phew..you made it! If you’ve been following along with the series, you’ve now got the beginnings of a great menu planning system, a start on building a better pantry to be prepared for whatever life throws you, and you’re ready to go on your own, right? But what if you need more info? So far […]
Build a Better Pantry: The Menu Planning Challenge pt3 {The List}
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So…are you feeling daunted by the task at hand? Were you able to come up with 20+ meals for your family that you love, and then come up with a menu plan for the week? Today, we’re going to talk about going from menu plan to shopping list. The Menu Shopping List Because I try […]
Build a Better Pantry: The Menu Planning Challenge pt2 {The Plan}
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It’s Day Two. Are you excited about the next step? Hopefully you’ve competed Assignment 1 in our Menu Planning series. Getting a list of family friendly meals together at your finger tips will really help you in our next step. DAY TWO: The Meal Planning Session: When I’m sitting down to prepare a […]
Build a Better Pantry: The Menu Planning Challenge pt 1 {The Cards}
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Now you’ve done it. You’ve made that resolution. You know the one we make every year: “We’re going to cook more meals from scratch.” or “We’re going to eat at home more” or “We’re going to cut our food budget in half” or “We’re going to eat more healthy meals”. Yeah, we make those every […]
Build a Better Pantry: How I Use Meal Plans to Build My Food Storage
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Prepare yourself. This Build a Better Pantry Series post is going to be about math. Just resign yourself that you’re going to have to do it, find your happy place, and get out a pen, some paper and calculator. Maybe a big eraser, too. We’re going to make some meal plans. You’ll thank me for it later. […]
Build a Better Pantry: How I use Price Lists to Help Me Prepare for an Emergency
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Building a Better Pantry needs to be a priority for all those hoping to increase your food storage to prepare for emergency situations. Whether you’re just trying to make sure you’ve got 3 days worth of food, 3 weeks worth of food or 3 months worth of food, finding the best ways to shop and […]
Build a Better Pantry: How I use Sales Cycles to Build My Food Storage
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When you’re shopping for foods for your family, don’t you always wish you could plan ahead a little and know when stuff was going to be on sale? Well, you totally can with knowing your sales cycles! And you can build your PREPared pantry while you’re doing it! You are Building a Better Pantry! I […]