3 months supply of food you normally eat along with your long-term storage.

“Build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet. One way to do this is to purchase a few extra items each week to build a one-week supply of food. Then you can gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for three months. These items should be rotated regularly to avoid spoilage“.-The First Presidency

I want this to be very clear. We have been asked by the Prophet to have a 3 month supply of foods that we eat regularly in addition to our long-term supply of food, NOT instead of our long-term supply.

Put your three month supply of food together with meals ready to eat. This food supply is easy to use in an emergency.

Benefits of a 3-month Supply?

 During an crisis, you will still have an emergency food supply.

When there is some type of disaster, the grocery store shelves are the first to empty. A truck strike or earthquake can cause serious problems.

 A three month supply of meals ready to eat is a nice way to ease into using your long-term food storage and get used to the life-style adjustment.

When the time comes that you can’t go to the store for food, things will not be normal. If you are not used to eating food out of your food storage, a three-month supply of meals ready to eat will be a great buffer zone.

When you are out of your comfort zone in the middle of chaos and confusion, the last thing you want to think about is “What’s for dinner?” To add to the stress, you also might get to fix dinner without electricity!

* On a busy or “bad” day, dinner is a snap with meals ready to eat!

Have you ever pulled out a recipe, only to find your missing an ingredient! With this plan, all the ingredients are “In the Bag”!

* Your kids can learn how to cook with these easy meals. Even your 10 year old can open a can and mix in the spices!


6 Steps to Building a 3-Month Supply

When you set out to put together your three-month supply of meals, it seemed overwhelming. Here’s a plan.:

Pick out 2 weeks of recipes. Use easy meals your family eats now. If you came to the forum you would have been given several meal plans, shopping list and all less needed to carry out this plan. If not, see me and maybe I can hook ya up!

Convert each meal to “non-perishable” foods. If you use fresh chicken, use canned or dehydrated. You get the idea.

Write each converted recipe on a 3 X 5 card. Run each card off 6 times.

Times each ingredient by 6 and write how much or how many you need on a shopping list. There you have it a 12 week supply of food.

Go shopping!!! Remember to take some help! You can do this in one big trip if you have the money, or gather the supplies over the next few months.

Note: Use name brand labels. The metal is heavier and stores longer.

Take each recipe and all the ingredients and put them in a gallon freezer bag - right down to the spices and cup of rice. that way everything you need is right there. No hunting for things or finding your out of something.

Use Ziploc freezer bags, they hold up better. You can also buy the Jumbo size bags for a large family. Put the spices in a snack size bag. The ingredients like rice or a cup of biscuit mix can go into a sandwich size bag.

Now put the recipe in and ZIP . . . It’s “ in the bag!”

Store them in boxes under the bed or bins in the closet. You want them to be easily accessible. Keep a few meals ready to eat in the pantry and use them on busy hectic days. Keep the recipe cards. When you have a few stacked up, go to the store and replace the ingredients. This is a great way to rotate your three-month supply of food. Start eating your food storage now and save money!

Now, if you want to add in a few breakfast meals, you can. If your family has one good meal a day all ready to go, you‘ll be MILES ahead of everyone else. They’ll all be scrambling around trying to scrape together anything to feed their family.

One good meal a day is more than many people around the world get! But a few breakfasts would be a bonus! Peaches, canned ham, muffin mixes, etc. Cracked wheat cereal is a favorite at our house! That would be easy to do-- If you have a wheat grinder? You could even have pancake mix, TVP or canned bacon, powdered eggs and dry mix of Orange Juice. What a great start to a day!

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