Getting Prepared

I have felt an urgency the last year to get my house in order.  We've heard it a million times and some of us have heeded it and others have procrastinated.  I know I was on the journey and got derailed, but it's time to get back on and finish.  Most of my postings now will have information I have found to help make getting our food storage and emergency readiness done easier or great products and prices I've found.  To find the long term basics you need, go here: http://www.areyouprepared.com/Food-Storage-Calculator-s/109.htm  To start with, here's a link to a site that helps you, with spreadsheets, figure out what you need based on what your family likes to eat.  There are many helps out there, but this one was unique from any of the others I've found.  http://apreparedhome.com/food-storage-worksheets/  This week, spend some time putting together 2 weeks of menuts that your family enjoys for breakfst , lunch, dinner, (I add snack and dessert), and beverage.  You can get  your families input d uring FHE.  That's what we'll be focusing a portion of our FHEs for this year as well. 

I have tried the TVPs and HATE them.  I'm sorry, I just can't do them, but now they have freeze fried meats that when reconstitued, are just like fresh (or as close as it gets).  I'll be getting info on things like that for those of you , like me, who are a bit more picky.  (I don't want to spend money of stuff I don't like or won't use-like LENTILS!)  Black beans all the way!.  Anyway, I digress.  I would love insight from each of you if you have learned things while you've put your food storage together.  For those of you who haven't, let's do this together.  There are many plans out there for all sorts of budgets.  We just have to start!

This week: Get your menus done and enter into the spreadsheets.

Next week, 72 hour kits!  (I've been learning a ton!)