I am not sure the general stigma of food storage is expensive, gross and only for extreme emergencies. If done correctly, your food storage contains most of the items you use everyday such as rice, wheat, sugar, salt, oils, potatoes, milk and the list goes on and on. Some items last up to a year, some much longer, but if you regularly rotate your food from your storage, your storage will always be updated and it will help save those precious dollars each month from going to the store and hopefully into your savings account.
How does this work? My family powdered milk is due to expire this year. So instead of wasting it, we started buying whole milk versus the 2% we usually drink. With the whole milk, we mix half powdered milk with 1/2 whole milk. We make sure its mixed well in a blender, chilled in the fridge and were ready to go. The taste difference is virtually no existence. The kids have no idea which gallons are mixed or which are completely fresh. So, instead of spending $5.50 for two gallons, we get 4 gallons out of each $5.50.
This can be done with almost everything you have stored up. I recently have done the same formula when making mashed potatoes. The results are the same and my fresh potatoes last twice as long.
With simple steps and simply trying a little, your food budget can stretch a ton and you eat like your normally do anyways. If you have your food storage and need ideas or new recipes or need to start building a food storage, head on over to www.marlenesmagic.com. Find the 7 steps and it will teach you what to get and in what order to make your food storage effective for now and in an emergency. The book it self teaches the steps, but it also includes over 200 pages of recipes. Marlene was a gourmet chef and included all her favorite dishes to keep everyone in the family happy!
Happy Cooking!
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People do tend to think that having a food storage is expensive but I've found that it really isn't because you're storing what you usually use and like you said you rotate. When you buy new stuff you take out the storage stuff and use that and put the new stuff in. I'm still in the beginning stages of my food storage but with what I have my family of four can eat for at least a month except for the perishables. I just started a new blog for people of my country and anyone else interested because it is such a burden for me how unprepared people really are for when life hits hard. It is still in its infancy but I have already quoted you twice and linked to you. www.equippedtosurvive.blogspot.com
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