Call me crazy, but a friend of mine and I have decided to try to live off our food storage for a month and see how we do. We figured we will probably learn alot of things and it will help us to see what we really really missed and what we would want to have in our food storage in the future. Here are the rules: ]
No buying food in the month of May.
Simple huh? :) We did make 1 exception and that is for milk. You can go to the store and buy milk. My friend, Kathie and I both have a substantial amount of dry milk which we use when our regular milk is about half gone. (Just make up a half gallon of dry milk and pour it into the jug of 2% you buy at the store, but SHHHH! don't tell anyone in my family or they would probably turn their noses up) But, we are both not quite ready to live entirely off dry milk, so we made an exception.
I wanted to document each day so I could look back and remember recipes, how soon I ran out of stuff and what I really missed.
So here we go:
Day 1
Fast Sunday :) That makes it easy
Boys only
Breakfast: cereal
Lunch: leftovers from Red Robin and PB and J on homemade bread
Dinner (everyone): Roast, rice, bagged Asian salad, jello
Day 2 - Monday
Breakfast - cereal
Lunch - PB and J sandwiches on homemade bread
Dinner - leftover roast, leftover potaoe, cheese soup, broccoli salad
*Made 2 loaves of wheat bread and made baby food.
Day 3 - Tuesday
Breakfast - cereal
Lunch - chicken nuggets, leftover potatoe, cheese soup
Dinner - Used the last of the roast to make a beef stew (stretch the meat with wheat berries)
I know it's only been 3 days and we have a long way to go, but I find myself worrying about the food we have. For example, when the boys are hungry and want a snack, I have this internal debate, "We shouldn't eat the crackers because once they are gone what will the baby snack on?" "We shouldn't eat the string cheese, because that is what Jason takes for breakfast." "We should only eat our fresh fruits and veggies very sparingly, because 4 weeks is a long time for fresh!" I was freaked out on day 1 because I thought I didn't have any more cheese, but I found a few blocks in the freezer outside and was very relieved. I can't imagine the stress that would be on me if this were truly and emergency. It will be good to have a practice and see what I can learn so in the event of a real emergency I can put my mind to rest.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
1 month food storage challenge!
Posted by Jen Olson at 8:56 PM 2 comments
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