Time to Stock Up on Canned Vegetables!
Preparedness Challenge Week 23 The preparedness challenge this week is to add canned vegetables to your food supply. Why Are Canned Vegetables a Good Choice for Your Food Supply? We were recently on vacation in
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What You Need to Know about Treating Water with Chemicals
Have a Back-Up Plan An important preparedness principle is to have multiple contingencies for responding to possible crises. When it comes to water preparedness, try to have several methods for obtaining clean drinking water. In
Stock Up on Puddings and Gelatin Mixes
Dessert mixes might not be the most nutritious food, but they are convenient and comforting, and that goes a long way in an emergency. They add variety, and kids like them—they are familiar foods which can add some normalcy to a stressful time. You can choose instant pudding or cooked pudding, but both require milk. Of course, fruit-flavored gelatins require water and heat, and both pudding and fruit-flavored gelatins set up better if they are refrigerated.
Three Ways to Purify Water
Clean water is extremely important! A lot of times there is water available, but it’s not safe to drink. You should assume that your water is contaminated if the culinary water system has been compromised. Boiling is recommended, but it’s only an option if you have a way to heat it along with needed fuel. For that reason, you need redundant systems—multiple ways to obtain clean water.
Add Canned Meats to Your Food Storage
The preparedness challenge this week is to add canned meat to your food supply. Meat will make your menus more palatable and much more like the food most people are used to eating. Even the addition of small amounts of animal protein to vegetable proteins raises the protein quality of your diet. Canned meats are familiar to most diets and are a nutritious choice, especially when fresh foods aren’t available. You can choose from a wide variety of canned meat, poultry, and fish.
Plan Now to Have Pure Water in a Crisis
Most people rely on their municipal water system to deliver clean, pure tap water for drinking, food preparation, and personal hygiene. A crisis, big or small, may interrupt the delivery of clean water. When that happens you may experience a “boil water advisory.” In some crises the water system may break down entirely, and you may have to rely on stored water or questionable local water sources like streams and ponds.
Build a Breakfast Bucket
This week the challenge is to make your own customized store of breakfast foods. The idea is to collect several breakfast foods and put them together in one food-storage bucket. Or if it works better for you, add them to a dedicated space on your food storage shelves. Choose shelf-stable breakfast items that your family likes to eat. This can includes cooked cereals, pancake mix or muffin mixes, dehydrated or freeze-dried eggs, and dried and canned fruit and fruit juices.
Stock Up on Ready-to-Eat Entrées
The preparedness challenge this week is to stock up on ready-to-eat entrées. A supply of these entrée meals will be indispensable as quick meals to use in an emergency. They require either very little or no preparation at all. There are several options for entrées: canned, frozen, dehydrated, and freeze-dried.
Add Spices to Your Food Storage
The right spices and herbs go a long way to break up food monotony and will jazz up many recipes and transform ordinary storage foods into delicious meals. Don’t skimp on herbs, spices, and other seasonings!
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