What does your 10 day isolation store cupboard /meal plan look like

[InTheLongGrass]

Very late to the party here.
We have generally decently stocked cupboards, and a small freezer.
A 10 day isolation, starting just before I did a supermarket shop was decidedly random and not particularly balanced!

So, who has actually thought this through, and has a 10 day cupboard meal plan (3 meals a day, 2 adults, 2 kids who eat pretty adult meals) they would be prepared to share? Better still if they have the shopping list!!

I find the easiest way to cook and freeze full meals. That’s way they have plenty of veg and protein in them already. We have always cooked this way though. Ie if I make cottage pie or Curry or similar, I always make one and freeze 1-2. Effectively our own ready meals for when lacking time or effort.

No takeaways available here.

Those frozen meals combined with whatever we have in would be fine.

Always have a supply of bagels/ rolls/ pitta in the freezer or part bake type as well

I stay ahead of myself with my supermarket deliveries so I've currently got bookings through to the end of Jan and as soon as today's arrives I'll book the first Feb slot. I've also been slowly increasing cupboard stocks all year and never let any ingredient run out completely. Then I do my meal plans every Sunday when I finalise my shop for the next day.
If I didn't do that, then it would just be to rely on the cupboards and freezer - so lots of pasta/dal/chicken/curry dishes.

It does help that we have an enormous fridge freezer that would probably store enough for the family for more than a month. Our old under the counter ones that we used to have wouldn't hold much as we get through about 30 pints of a milk a week for starters!

I often buy a good weeks worth of food to feed 5, but that fills my cupboards and fridge, and I'm using that up every day. I have a small extra fridge in the shed.

It would mean storing 150 meals on top of three meals a day if it was being kept as emergencies. Wouldn't work and would be unnecessary.

I live alone so it's far easier for me.
The most difficult things to do are fresh vegetables, I have tinned veg as well as frozen as back up (ditto fruit) but I also make whole batches of casserole which are packed with lots of chopped vegetables. These are easily defrosted and if I were isolating because I was ill (for instance) a portion sized casserole would be easy for me to deal with and very nutritious, with everything in it.

Freezer and cupboards are well stocked but we get twice weekly supermarket deliveries of fresh food anyway.

We have enough non perishable food to last two months
No family here to help with shopping , only elderly parents so not ideal!
I have menu planned until 27th january and I am determined to stick to it fortunate to have a garage and shelving and one small and one regular size freezer, I also use a vaccuum sealer machine to avoid wastage
We have been mild 'preppers' for a good few years as DH is Self
Employed so if he becomes unwell we would rely on one wage
I dont panic buy or use supermarket deliveries
Plus we really need to stop buying treats and get back to normal eating

Hmm, seems I need a bigger freezer!
And a better neighbourhood network after moving 3000 miles a year ago!
Thank you. I'm on the right lines for the storage I have available.

Worth bearing in mind if you are stuck, cannot afford to stock up and don’t have access to deliver op or whatever, that you may well have a local foodbank or community fridge/pantry.

Community fridge or larders have surplus food available to all, ours will drop off if you have to self isolate. And if you have nothing in then your foodbank may also be able to drop off a parcel - they’d rather do that than have anyone go hungry. And if you wouldn’t normally need them and feel bad about it you can always donate back a similar volume of food once you are able to do so.