Food Storage & Preparedness

[Paradise Hills Relief Society]

The new year is almost here and it's time to rededicate ourselves to
preparing our families and pantries! What can you do? Where do you
start? On the left side of this blog is a list of links including
links to the cannery price list (which will calculate your totals for
you) along with several great food storage and preparedness websites.
As a good starting point for your supplies, try the "Family Home
Storage Starter Kit" ($29.75) from the Church Distribution Center. It
includes:


* All is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage pamphlet
* All is Safely Gathered In: Family Finances pamphlet
* All is Safely Gathered In: Basic Recipes pamphlet
* Financial reserve and drinking water teaching aids
* Two #10 cans of hard red winter wheat (11 lbs. total net weight)
* Two #10 cans of white rice (10.8 lbs. total net weight)
* One #10 can of pinto beans (5.2 lbs. net weight)
* One #10 can of quick oats (2.4 lbs. net weight)

Already have the basics and not sure what to do next? Are you using
what you have, rotating and replenishing? Perhaps you need to kick it
up a notch and try new recipes using your food storage. Several links
to the left are to websites with fun and family-friendly recipes and
you can also find articles in the Ensign with good food storage
suggestions.

Links to some "Random Sampler" articles from the Ensign as well as the
Food Storage Kit Recipes book from the Mesa Home Storage Center are
listed on the PHRS blog's right side bar along with a weekly guide to
a year's supply. Although food storage and preparedness may seem
overwhelming at first, remember how to eat an elephant - one bite at a
time. The documents are also uploaded to this group's "files" area.

You CAN do it and we're here to help! If you have any suggestions,
recipes or ideas you'd like to share, please let us know!