How Do I Gather and Build Food Supplies?
1. Gather family favorite recipes
2. Select 7 nutritious meals your family enjoys
3. Using these meals, create a shopping list.
4. Determine your weekly food budget
5. Begin by purchasing a few items to start building a 1 week of meals.
6. Gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for 3 months.
Every family should keep an emergency three month food supply and a two week supply of drinking water in their home at all times. You of course don't need to run right down to the grocery store right now and spend a bunch of money to accomplish this. Just as you would with a savings account, it can be built slowly adding a little more each month until you meet your goal. One way to do this buying a few extra items each week to build up to a one-week supply of food. At that point, you can gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for three months. Make sure that these items regularly rotated so they don't go bad.
It is important to remember that these are foods that you can get at your grocery store of choice. It should be based on what your family will eat and be replaced as you go through your meals. The shelf life of these foods isn't intended to focus on long shelf life but on foods that will keep for 3 months that you will actually cook with.
Start with stuff you KNOW you will eat and know you can use/cook! If you can't do three months, start with a week, even if you do it a can or box or two at a time.
