Just Add Water

If you missed the Relief Society meeting last Thursday, we had Sister Amy Taylor from Rigby present a class called "Just Add Water".  It was fantastic! 

First - if you did not get a booklet that she had available for you please talk to a member of the Relief Society presidency and get one.  They have terrific information to help us get started.

She reminded us that not only are we supposed to be working on our years worth of food storage for our family, we should have 3 months of food that is very familiar to us and easily prepared and stored.  This would be food that will be rotated more than every 25 years like our other food storage.  Much of it will need to be used within 1-2 years.

She had prepared ingredients for 13 weeks of food - breakfast, lunch and dinner and put each meal into a large ziploc bag.   Each week you would eat the same meal 1 time throughout that week.   Each bag was well thought out and labeled for easier organization.  She has provided us 3 meals a day, 7 days a week for 13 weeks worth of meal ideas as well as a price guideline for each item.  All meals are shelf stable, only add water, need no refrigeration and can be cooked without electricity.

Here is an example dinner:  (pretend it's in a bigger bag)
Spaghetti with Canned Vegetables (If you hit the Winco sale you can make a cheap meal!)
Spaghetti Sauce $.48
Noodles $.50
Green Beans $.33
Estimated Cost:  $1.31


Here is how she has the 21 meals broken down in her booklet:

Chicken Tortilla Soup
13 cans of chicken $2 ea
26 cans of broth $.50 or 52 bullion cubes $.08
13 cans of diced tomatoes w/ green chilis $.75
13 cans of black beans $1.00
13 cans of corn $.75
7 bags of corn chips (optional) $1.50
Estimated Cost $73 (with cubes and chips)

There were also a bag of goodies and a bag of medications.  One tip I got was to buy a bunch of your medications at the dollar store and save you bundles of money.  I never thought to do that.

She has made a super great guideline for us to start from or even copy so we can be more prepared for emergencies.  I love it and am so thankful for good people like her that can draw it out for us. 

This blog Food Storage Made Easy has a lot of similar helpful information. HERE

Amy also shared Chef Tess Bakeresse's 52 Method Jar Info.  HERE