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What do you buy?  Is it expensive?  How do you use it?  HELP!
What do you buy? Is it expensive? How do you use it? HELP!

Food Storage With Friends!

This past summer brought about several natural disasters, the start of economic turmoil, and record high gas prices leading to higher food costs. I started worrying about this with several of my friends and family members and our overwhelming response was we all felt like it was finally TIME to get started with our food storage. For a long time we have felt too overwhelmed by this task and just didn't know where to start. It seemed so HARD and EXPENSIVE and DAUNTING (and who knows what wheat even LOOKS like let alone how to use it!)

So how do you take an unpleasant task and make it enjoyable? Do it with a friend (or a group of friends)! This works really with with dieting, exercise, studying, and ... food storage. Keep reading to discover the ways YOU can have "Fun With Food Storage" too!


Having Fun?

If you're having fun with your food storage you can add this button to your blog too!
If you're having fun with your food storage you can add this button to your blog too!

Fun With Food Storage Network

These three great food storage blogs have teamed up to form an official Food Storage Network. You can get all your food storage information all in one place and have a lot of fun while you're doing it! The network site is a place to go for chats, forums, giveaways, product reviews, plus summaries of all the blog posts from each of the network sites.


Learning How To Grind Wheat is FUN!

Plan It @ foodstoragemadeeasy.net

Jodi and Julie guide you through the process of getting your food storage put together using a series of ten babysteps as follows:

  • Getting Started: Emergency plan/72 hour kits/budget/plan
  • Step 1: Shelves
  • Step 2: Water
  • Step 3: Three Months Supply - Normal Foods
  • Step 4: Long-Term Food/Recipe Education
  • Step 5: Grains
  • Step 6: Legumes
  • Step 7: Baking Ingredients
  • Step 8: Fruits and Vegetables
  • Step 9: Comfort Foods
  • Step 10: Non-Food Items

They share their experiences as they work on the steps themselves. They post recipes as they learn to use new types of foods. They love to do research but are great at simplifying things down to what is REALLY important so it doesn't overwhelm beginners. It truly is Food Storage Made Easy!


Kids Have Fun W/ Food Storage!



Buy It @ theobsessiveshopper.net

Shauntell truly IS an obsessive shopper! She is an expert at finding amazing deals by combining sale prices with coupons. She teaches a four step process for following her plan, which is simplified even more if you live in a few lucky states ;)

  • Step 1: Organize your coupons
  • Step 2: Doing your online pre shop
  • Step 3: Doing your actual shop
  • Step 4: Tracking


Some Progress!

Disasters Kit
Disasters Kit

All Is Safely Gathered In

Come, ye thankful people, come;

Raise the song of harvest home.

All is safely gathered in

Ere the winter storms begin.

God, our Maker, doth provide

For our wants to be supplied.

Come to God's own temple, come;

Raise the song of harvest home.

 

LDS Hymns, no. 94


Learning From Each Other

Eat It @ everydayfoodstorage.net

Crystal is the recipe queen! She is constantly posting delicious and gorgeous recipes on her blog and they ALL incorporate food storage items. Her philosophy is that you should be using food storage every single day so that it becomes second nature to you. Then in a true emergency you will be better prepared and can continue cooking and eating like normal. Cooking with your food storage can also save you a lot of money on your grocery bill as some dry items are cheaper (milk and eggs), you buy foods ONLY when they are on sale, and it's cheaper to avoid convenience foods like store-bought bread.


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Andrea  says:
12 months ago

This is so great. It's like an all in one resource that is so fun and handy!

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foodstorage  says:
12 months ago

Thanks Andrea! It really is a fun concept. Did you figure out which one of the "girls" I am? Hehe.

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Write On!  says:
12 months ago

Great information about food storage, and making it easy! Thanks:-)

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countrywomen  says:
12 months ago

Great hub. We used to get the wheat grinded in India but didn't know it can be done here in US. Saw the video and have to checkout the cost benefit of buying 200$ appliance.

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foodstorage  says:
12 months ago

Countrywomen - In our research we've found it definitely worth it for us! I'm hoping to do a more in depth wheat post down the road. So make sure to check back.

Write On! - Thanks for commenting. I love all your hubs!

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countrywomen  says:
12 months ago

foodstorage - thanks for checking out my hubs. Well I will have to check out the per unit cost of wheat and then compare it to the raw wheat grain. And figure out how long it will take to recoup the cost (besides the obvious extra effort/electricity bill). If you already have analysed this then can you publish that information. Thanks for the hub.

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TLC Grandparent  says:
12 months ago

I am a big proponent of food storage, as was my parents. Now my grown children are really getting into it. It make sense for so many reasons. Thanks for the very useful information here!

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guidebaba  says:
12 months ago

Nice Hub.

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foodstorage  says:
12 months ago

countrywomen - ok we didn't analyze it THAT far. We felt like it was worth more in terms of the fact that we are storing wheat for food storage and we need to learn to use it and to rotate our supply. So the convenience of having a good grinder to process our wheat (plus the cost savings of homemade foods versus storebought), plus the health benefits made it worth it to us.

TLC Grandparent - It seems that my generation has not done very well with self-reliance yet. It's awesome that your kids are on the ball!

Guidebaba - Thanks for stopping by :)

clint  says:
12 months ago

Food storage, Great subject Your Hub Really gives some Good Ideas for people to use in a practile way. Its Great !

Mike  says:
12 months ago

Great summary of the food storage process. It really isn't TOO hard if you can relax and let yourself have "fun" with it.

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countrywomen  says:
12 months ago

Foodstorage - Can you give me the overall cost of raw wheat in pounds and the current factor I can ignore for now to work out the savings. I bought a $400 plus vitamix juicer which after the first 1 month haven't been using that often hence I wanted to make sure in future I take sensible decisions.

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foodstorage  says:
11 months ago

countrywomen - I bought wheat for $14 for 25 pounds at Walmart. I'm assuming it is not available for everyone at walmart. At emergencyessentials.com you can buy 245 pounds for $251.75 including shipping. In Utah they also have some great sales in the fall at regular grocery stores, you just have to keep your eyes open. Hope that gives you a starting point.

Clint and Mike - Nice to see some men who recognize the value of food storage as well!

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G-Ma Johnson  says:
11 months ago

nice job my new friend...and welcome aboard...looks like you will do just fine...G-Ma :o) Hugs

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MormonSoprano  says:
11 months ago

Very cool post. I always feel massive guilt when I read anything about food storage. I guess the point is that we can't let ourselves get overwhelmed, and we should try to add a little bit at a time as our budget's allow. I purchased several 5 gallon water containers which are stackable and I store in the garage, so that is a big start. (we can live w/o food for many days, but not w/o water). I always try to buy 2 of a staple which goes on sale. (we have about 6 mo supply of peanut butter right now)

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foodstorage  says:
11 months ago

G-Ma Johnson - thank you so much. Coming from you that means a lot. You are a hub expert!

MormonSoprano - You are doing better than a lot of people! Having your water and your 72 hour kits are truly the most important things. (72 hour kits are going to be my next hub attempt). If you just break down the other stuff into small steps and just decide to attack one thing each month or so it really is not TOO hard! Thanks for stopping by :)

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