Hey all, I've always been abit of a prepper although I didn't realise it actually had a name.
Over the years my family has been though financial difficulties several times. One of which was so bad the only people eating in our house some days was the kids.
Since then I've always made sure when times where good we had plenty of food in the cupboards ready for when times where bad.
My job is pretty unstable atm, i'm self employed and some weeks we have loads of money and other weeks we barely cover the bills …. I didn't work at all from November till end of Jan and only finally got to pay myself in March!
We had gotten abit complacent after we moved house 2 years ago because times where good and I wasn't as well prepped as I used to be, suffice to say I was glad I had abit of extra food in but it was a wake up call that I wasn't as well prepared as I needed.
The new house is great, I have a nice big basement and there is no reason why I can't fill it to the brim!
I want to be sensible, store what we eat … but that is really hard as lots of what we eat doesn't have a great shelf life and doesn't make good prep's! so I have been forced to pad out my list with some food i'm not sure we even like!! anyhoo heres the list ………
Red Lentils 7kg
Pinto 11kg
Green Lentils 6.5 kg
TVP Veggy Mince 1 kg
Black Beans (Dried) 5kg
Barley 2kg
Pasta 8kg
Quinoa 1.2 kg
Oats 2 kg
Porridge Packets 78 packets
Dehydrated Chicken (Preppers) 24 servings
Dehydrated Beef (Preppers) 24 servings
Egg Powder 1 kg
Mug Pasta/Rice 20 packets
Instant Noodles 20 packets
Rice (Dry) 23kg
Broth/Soup mix 2kg
Instant Mash 2 boxes
Dried Onions 2 kg
Dried Mixed Veg 2 Kg
Baked Beans 44 Tins
Baked Beans with Sausages 18 Tins
Baked Beans with Veggy Sausages 10 Tins
Tuna 4 tins
Hot Dogs (Giant) 4 jars
Hot Dogs (Regular) 10 Tins
Corned Beef 6 Tins
Spam 2 Tins
Chicken Curry 26 Tins
Chicken in White Sauce 6 Tins
Kidney Beans 4 tins
Chickpeas 4 Tins
Beef Chilli 5 tins
Stewed steak 8 tins
Meatballs 4 tins
Tinned Breast 2 tins (small)
Tinned Burgers 2 tins
Refried Beans 6 Tins
Bolognaise (V) 2 tins
Fray Bentos 2 pies
Cured Ham 1 large ham
Tinned chicken (large) 12 tins
Macaroni Cheese 11 tins
Soup (Tinned) 24 tins
Pasta Bake sauce 6 Jars
Pasta Sauce (Tomato) 24 Jars
Stir in Sauce (Tomato) 4 tubs
Stir in Sauce (Cheese) 6 tubs
Micro Rice 15 packets
Olives- Jar 2 jars
Olives- small tin 2 Tins
Evaporated Milk 6 Tins
Coconut Milk 4 Tins
Whole Milk Powder 1 large Tin
Skimmed Milk Powder 2 tins
Coffee Whitener 2 tins
Tea bags 2 boxes (240bags)
Coffee 2 (500g tubs)
Sugar 1 large bag
Coconut Oil 2 Jars
Olive Oil 2.5 ltrs
Peanut Butter 1 large Jar
Lemon curd 2 jars
Jam/Marmalade 5 jars
Honey 2 jars
Maple Syrup 2 jars
Mandarins 16 tins
Pears 2 tins
Grape Fruit 4 tins
Pineapples 4 tins
Peach's 3 tins
Rice Pudding 6 tins
Cartons of Fruit Juice 14 (1 litre)
Salt 2 large tubs
Mayonaise, mustard, ketchup Various
Curry Sauce mix 1 tub mix
Tinned Tomatos/passata 52 tins
Carrots 4 tins
Sweetcorn 12 tins
Mushy Peas 10 tins
Peas 2 tins
New Potatos 12 tins
2 big bags of Dog food for my fluffy friends. (enough to last 2 months)
Kitchen Roll 12 rolls
Toilet Rolls 40 rolls
Water purifying tablets 200
Water 56 litres
Shampoo/Conditioner/shower gel/Soap Various
Paracetamol 12 boxes
Ibrobufin 12 boxes
Aspirin 2 boxes
Lemsip 4 Boxes
Toothpaste 4 tubes
Toothbrushes 2 packs (x4)
Cleaning products Various
These are just my 'basement' stores … in my main kitchen I anticipate I have at least 1 full months worth of dry/tinned goods....herbs/spices/condiments etc...…
I also have 3 freezers full of meat/veg...…. One of which is a 500ltr!!
Most of the food we eat day-to-day is fresh or frozen.
i'm trying to branch out into shelf stable products …. but it's so hard!!! my family really doesn't like tinned veg too much, about the only one we use 'day to day' is tinned tomatos so right now 99% of my veg is in the freezers, this is fine when freezers work!! but if they break or electric goes down then i'm likely to lose months worth of food.
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leiela · 06/05/2019 20:57
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