Ark Prep 101 - A New Way to Store Food!

Food Storage has really come a long way!

They're are so many different options to choose from

when you set up a

Food Storage System!

Here are a few different

options you might like to try:

Bag Meals

Bag Meals are stored in bags and contain EVERY ingredient

you need to make a meal, including the water!

Bag Meals can be stored in the reusable bags

you find at the grocery store. 

It's a good idea to store the recipe with the bag.

Make sure you put the Best Used By Date on the bag.

Use the can or ingredient with the earliest date as your guide.

Mixes

Mixes can be stored in Jars or Sealed in Food Saver Bags.

They usually contain part of the meal.  You will need to add

a few other ingredients to prepare each item.

Categorized Ingredients

This system of storing food can be compared to a grocery store.

"Like Items" are stored together, but each is

stored as a seperate ingredient.

Freeze Dried Meals

Freeze Dried Meals are commercially canned. 

All you have to do to prepared the freeze dried meals

is add water and heat.

They don't have that homemade flavor, but if you're hungry I'm

sure it will taste like you're eating at a 5 star resturant.

(O.K. maybe a 3 star . . . but at least you won't be hungry!)

They do have a long shelf-life when properly stored.

Long-Term Boxes

Long-Term Boxes contain the cans of wheat, beans, rice . . . etc.

that I can at the dry-pack.  I use my long-term ingredients to make

my Mixes and Bag Meals.

They have a long shelf life so they're a great option for storage.

or a

Combination

I use a combination of each of these systems.

I love to have meals on hand or Bag Meals. 

My pantry is set up specifically for the Bag Meals System.

I add a lot of my Mixes into the Bags which makes

mealtime prep super fast and easy!

I love using Mixes, and because the recipes are my family

favorites and made the exact same way I make all of the other

recipes in my favorite cookbooks, I already know my family

will love the end result!

My food storage room is set up in categories:

Bag Meals

Mixes

Long-Term Boxes

Freeze Dried Meals

and then the

Ingredients and Canned Goods are stored more like

I would find them in the store.

I call my food storage

"My Smith's" . . . my last name is Smith,

 so it totally works!

Each day in June

I will be posting a new

Jar Mix Recipe

with the

Instruction Tags and Lid Toppers.

Each day in July 

I will be posting a

Bag Meal

with the

Recipes and Bag Tags.

As well as the

Scheduled Daily Posts!