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How to build your VEGETARIAN food storage for $5 a week

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VEGETARIANS NEED TO EAT TOO!

It is very easy to build up a vegetarian food storage.

WHAT IS FOOD SECURITY?

Firstly, the reason you need for food storage is for food security. That is to say, things happen that may disrupt your accessibility to purchase food… for example, pandemic, weather related interruptions to the food supply chain, unemployment, work and family concerns, etc. Subsequently, having a full pantry will bring you peace of mind that you can feed yourself for a period of time.

HOW DO YOU BUILD UP FOOD STORAGE?

It is very easy to build up vegetarian food storage for yourself for about $5 a week.

PRINT and take my FREE SHOPPING LIST with you to the store, and start your food storage today!

HOW IT WORKS:

This vegetarian food storage plan is built on a $5 per week budget. Every 20 weeks, the plan repeats.

The plan is to spend $5 a week (or more, if your can) on the items listed.

TIPS AND TRICKS TO KEEP YOUR FOOD STORAGE FRESH!

  • Store at room temperature (so not in your garage, attic, or storage shed).
  • Write the expiration date on the packaging with a permanent marker. This will be much easier for you to see as your won’t have to ‘search’ the packaging for it more than once.
  • “Shop” from your food storage first BEFORE you go to the store. Then buy and replace that item when you go shopping.
  • Continue to build up your food storage from the FREE Shopping List every week.

CHECK OUT MY OTHER SHOPPING LIST!

If you eat meat, check out my other $5 shopping list, HERE.

How to build your food storage on only $5 a week

· food storage

WHAT IS FOOD STORAGE?

Food storage is extra food in your pantry that you use, it’s not just to store. Basically you build your own grocery store in your kitchen. Ideally, your food storage would be ‘shelf stable’, which means that it does not require refrigeration to keep it fresh.

FOOD STORAGE = FOOD SECURITY

Your food storage is your insurance policy against food supply disruption. For example, our food supply chain can be disrupted at any time by weather and pandemic, as we’ve all just experienced. However, it also can be disrupted by unemployment, health problems, or our own busy schedules!

HOW TO BUILD YOUR FOOD STORAGE:

Firstly, this is my own FREE customized plan of how to build a very solid emergency supply of food for only $5/week. PRINT THIS OUT and take it with you when shopping. Then, follow the food suggestion purchase for each week. After that, follow my food storage tips & tricks below to maintain your food storage. Finally, you will see how quickly you have built up a sustainable and healthy food storage system!

To clarify, this shopping list works on a 20 week cycles… which means that the plan repeats every 20 weeks.  Consequently, this shopping list fits any budget from $5/week upward!

HOW IT WORKS:

    Since food costs and availability vary regionally, set your weekly budget to an amount that works best for you.  For example:  week one is canned tuna.  That is to say, if you have $5 to spend on food storage this week, buy as much canned tuna as you can for $5, etc.

    These are 20 week cycles that repeat.  Subsequently, at the end of 52 weeks, you will have amassed a good sized amount of food storage.  

Firstly, you need to only buy foods that you will eat and with which you are already familiar.  Food storage does you no good if you don’t know how to cook with it or you don’t like it.  

Secondly, it is also very important to rotate your emergency food supply forward so that you are always aware of the expiration dates and are following the preppers “first in, first out” rule of eating.  This way, you will never have expired foods in your food storage.

Maintaining your emergency food storage:

    Most importantly, before you go to the grocery store, first “shop” from your food storage.  Whatever items you “shop” from your food supply, replace on your new shopping trip.  Be sure to go ahead and follow the FREE Food Storage Shopping List and continue to stock your food storage.

Tips & Tricks for food storage success:

    Use a permanent marker and write the item name & expiration date on the top of each can or food item.  This makes rotating your food forward for freshness very quick and easy.

    Store your food in your house, not in the garage or shed or attic.  It’s very important that your food be stored at the same temperature as your house.  This will keep your food fresh as long as possible.

TO SUM IT UP:

BUILD UP YOUR FOOD STORAGE WITH FOODS THAT WILL KNOW YOU WILL:

  • eat
  • know how to prepare
  • rotate

VEGETARIAN?

Check out my totally FREE VEGETARIAN food storage shopping list HERE!

WHY YOU NEED IT

· $100 weeks, food storage, July 2019, pantry, week 30

BIG RIGS

We all need truckers, right? They are the life blood of this nation. I really am impressed and thankful that they deliver our food and everything we need… right to our neighborhoods. Have you ever heard the Jim Croce song, Speedball Tucker? Love that song, Jim, and truckers! thank you guys (and gals!).

BAD WEATHER

These photos are from an ice storm in Dallas several years ago. The truckers were delayed just 3 days, and this is what happened… my main concern was the lack of avocados… but that’s just me. Gotta have my guac!

FOOD SECURITY

But really, the main threat to anyone’s food is lack of funds, due to medical costs, lack of employment or under employment, Murphy surprises, and the like. Truckers usually can get the food through almost any sort of weather surprise. They are built that way….

WHAT IS FOOD STORAGE?

I have opinions (are you surprised?) and categorize food storage into 2 main categories: short term & long term. Basically meaning the difference in shelf life. Short term food storage lasts for up to 2 years. Long term food storage lasts for longer than that.

I will just let these pictures speak for themselves. This is Dallas.