I use a mixed approach. Have some of the dehydrated stuff, bags of rice, beans and a few other things. A few cases of MREs.
The canned stuff goes much quicker then you would think. I’ve gone to counting the cans figuring 365 days x 3 meals. Its a lot of cans and bags.
The canned stuff goes much quicker then you would think. I’ve gone to counting the cans figuring 365 days x 3 meals. Its a lot of cans and bags.
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Indeed it is. My plan is basically grains and dried or fresh fruit for breakfast, since that is what the family likes best. Rotating 7 to 14 different meals.
One meal per day is Homemade Soup and Homemade bread or salads in season.
I basically buy stuff by the case, and they have 12 cans per case. I buy 1 case, if I only want to eat that item once a month. If I want to eat an item once a week for a year, I buy 4 cases plus 4 cans, and so forth. Cases are stacked on dollies 5 cases high. That leaves room for a case of tuna, clams, or other type of cans that size. I have room to stack 10 of these along the floor under the pantry shelves. Which gives me 600 cans of veggies and fruits. 120 cans of tuna etc.
I kinda do the same thing for canned meats. I buy them by the case on sale. Chicken and Pork, I buy on sale and can my own. These all work on the same principle-Once a month is one case for the year. Twice a month is 2 cases for the year. etc.
I store pantry stable stuff like flour, baking soda, dehydrated potatoes etc. fast mac etc too. Just not as much of it. I also store some of the long term storage stuff in the #10 cans. As I clean out a closet, and make room, I add some more long term stuff.
I just went in and pulled out all cans of 2013 dates and stacked them together to see what I had left and make sure to use it before I start dipping into the 2014 stash. Now that I have it set up and organized, it’s a lot easier to keep track of what I need to buy next and what needs to be used up first.
It can all be readily seen by scanning the shelves.