Yes! I went out the morning before the lockdown announcement was made… needed a couple of hens for bone broth. People were running around like ants filling their carts and I literally needed only those two hens because I was stocked on everything else at home!
I gotta say it...going into a store and slamming them on their prices and offering less expensive alternatives WHILE IN THEIR STORE is boss level brass cojones! 👑
She is SO right tho. 😂 Jewel (owned by Albertsons) is my most local/ convenient grocery store. When I shop there, my mind is consistently blown by how incredibly high their prices are. I walk out shaking my head in complete sticker shock EVERY time. 😂😭 I'm so happy she said it.
As of this week, I am now living alone. My youngest child moved into his own apartment. Not only am I entirely readjusting my food budget, recipes, and shopping habits, but I decided to begin an emergency pantry. Today I purchased my first two items--a sack of flour and a sack of cornmeal. Both are sitting in my small chest freezer. I know a lot of single adults who suffer with food insecurity, and I don't want to be put in that position again.
I would tell my neighbor my freezer was full of meat and I did not have room for more and he would get mad at me. He was jealous. He would say "It must be nice" And I would say "Yes it is nice" And then we would BS about whatever.
I would like to have unsweetened packaged juices. If fresh fruits arnt available and there is a craving for fruits thn the juices can satisfy the taste buds as its sweet as well. Plus it gives some calories, substitutes just eating plain sugared candies. Also some vitamin c will get added to the diet.
I started doing that 19 years ago. Our daughter is lactose intolerant and I couldn’t find any seasoning packets or premade sauce without lactose or dairy products. It works as pizza sauce too.
I would add powdered milk and peanut butter. Also canned veg and tomatoes. Pasta. Canned soup. Tea and coffee. Little by little, one item a time and it quickly adds up. Thank you for another fantastic video Christine.
I have found shelf stable milk & oatmilk at dollar tree and have used for cooking. The shelf life is not super long but it is an option if you can rotate it through.
I appreciate doing it at a ‘regular’ store. Much more inclusive. If someone is lucky enough to have a discount store they can buy more but it applies to a lot more people this way.👍🏼
If anyone needs another prepping/stocking up tip My husband gets paid every Friday and I immediately have my grocery budget taken out into a different account. I then Grocery shop for the next week either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday depending how busy we are. If there aren't any good sales, I sometimes take that money and go to somewhere like Aldi where everything is super cheap and use it to get stock up items like canned goods, salad dressings, peanut butters, jellies,etc. OR if that stuff is all good, I'll keep that money in that account and accumulate it over the next couple weeks and then go to Costco or sams (or both) and get those items I get there in a BIG haul.
I think you nailed the first nine weeks. Week ten I'm buying $5 of canned tomatoes. I find diced the most versatile. Lots of flavor, vitamin C, lots of ways to use them.
I would add pasta, and a few cans of vegetables and fruit. For a while we followed 5.00 fridays, picking up a couple of sale items around 5.00. It could include tissues, dish soap, toothpaste or batteries. It was a nice way to put something extra away each week.
Something to consider as an alternative for bread is cornmeal. Cornbread is made from a batter, and you can add veggies, meat, or cheese to it. You can even make it sweet. It's still an inexpensive choice, but it's MUCH easier to make than bread because you aren't guessing about the yeast or kneading or rising.
I started doing this a couple years ago and this summer we had a tragedy in our family. But it is such a relief to have food security while we battle to get back to a financial place that is survivable.
Christine I love how you are giving us these creative ways to feed our families on a low budget and showing how we can even build a pantry on an extreme budget. I’d add more spices to the pantry list - as little amounts are left over each month. Great job!!! These videos are really on point now with the high prices of groceries
I would add molasses to the list. It's great for making your own bbq sauces and for making brown sugar (I haven't bought brown sugar in over 10 years)!
♥ I usually keep dried mashed potatoes (like Potato Buds) on hand for the times I run out of potatoes and don't want to go to the store. Years ago, there was a government surplus program, where we could get dried/powdered whole eggs that made good scrambled eggs, and you could use it when baking. I wish stores would carry it. I noticed some on Amazon, but it seems so expensive.
Several months ago I bought an electric canner (it was a little over $300 I think, so not super cheap but not like a freeze dryer or anything really costly) and ever since then I've been canning meat that we find on clearance. Saves the freezer space and it's wonderful to have ready-to-go meat on the shelf for the days that I don't really feel like cooking. 20 minutes or so to heat it up good, a couple of extra ingredients for a soup/stew or something for a side dish, and a from-scratch dinner is on the table!
My mother went to the store every day. I became the opposite and now have to have enough food to feed the neighborhood at all times 😂. Thanks for the advice and help with what to cook from that. Love your channel!
Your videos are always so full of useful information but they're never boring. I appreciate the extra effort you put into your videos by inserting entertaining film clips.
I’ve always kept several gallons of vinegar to use for cleaning, cooking and laundry. Baking soda I keep several pounds to use for cooking, cleaning, laundry and other things. I always keep my pantry stocked. My parents always said to be prepared because you never know what can happen. I’ve been trying to teach my sons the same things. Love your videos. You are one of my favorite TH-camrs.
I’m currently recovering from a broken hip and I have been bingeing on your videos, Christine! You are a hoot and you are wicked smart, too! I’m not cooking these days; I am living in an Assisted Living facility 😂and I miss cooking so much! You have amused and enlightened me as well as educating me about so many things! Thrive Market, for example! Thanks for all your entertainment and being a fabulous parent. You are so encouraging and inspirational! Hugs to you and all your family from Nebraska! ♥️🙏😂
With a food dryer you can shop the frozen vegetables when they are on sale. Come home, pop them straight on the drying trays. Once dry, pour into wide mouth canning jars with the sealing attachment. No need for freezer space and usually several bags fit in one jar. Its so cool.
Cooking oil (Canola or olive oil) is a must for a prepper pantry, I think. You need it for baking most breads and muffins unless you have applesauce at hand.
Canola oil and other seed oils are poison. They literally damage your cells. Organic olive oil, avocado oil or coconut oil or even ghee are far healthier. 👍🏻
Canola oil was developed by Canadian Oil Company. I would suggest anyone using or thinking of using this to do search, then make your own decision about using it.
Great list! If the item for the week is less than the $5, you could add some super cheap seeds (i see them a lot at the dollar store for 25-50 cents) for quick growing stuff like radishes (did you know the greens are edible? Best if cooked), lettuces, etc. Growing these in a windowsill will give you a little nutritional boost to your stored foods! Canned tomato paste would be good too, to add flavor and nutrients, and is usually less than $1.
I just want to say I am so glad I found your channel a few weeks ago! I cut our July grocery budget by over $500 (too embarrassed to say what our average has been the past few months). Even with cutting it I was about to stock our pantry with some things! I can't wait to keep it going in August. Thank you for the content. I would love to see a live Q&A! -Teacher Mom with family of 4
Always make me laugh when people get so freaky at the word "prepper". There are earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, tornados, cash shortages and oh yes - COVID, we don't need the end of the world to be ready with a prepper pantry! These are always great videos and reminders in case of an emergency!
On the honey, the person I buy raw honey from told me when it gets hard and crystallized to put it in the top rack of the dishwasher with a load of dishes and its the perfect temp to make it liquid again. Our honey does come in glass containers , so not sure about a plastic honey dispenser. Has worked perfectly every time!
Christine i know this isn't pantry related but had to tell you made your banana bread recipe today......WOW!!! Hands down the best banana bread i have ever made! Im 55 & I've made tons of banana bread using different recipes. No more!
I enjoyed this video and think your suggestions regards what to buy as long term storage staples are really great. In addition to your suggestions, I would personally add the following ingredients to the list: canned meat or fish, a few packets of dried herb mix, dried milk and egg powder, bags of dehydrated dried mixed fruit, packet mash potato powder, dried cornmeal, instant coffee powder or teabags, vanilla extract and tins of bone broth.
Excellent content as always. When i began stocking my pantry, I had different focuses each week too. One week was 15 boxes of pasta. Next week 15 cans of vegetables. Next week 15 cans of different variety beans. Next week was 20 lbs flour, 20 lbs sugar. Next was baking needs like spices, salt, baking soda/powder, cornmeal, cornstarch, then ramen, instant potatoes, mac n cheese, cereal. Then i focused on canned protein like tuna fish, canned chicken, spam, corn beef hash. I started this last may when prices were cheaper and could get a lot of stuff each week for $20. I wait for meat sales and stock my freezer with meat. Save all carcasses and make your own chicken broth and ham stock.. it freezes well or you can pressure can it.
This is a realistic way for a family or individual shopper. This is a skill that all high achoolers should learn. I trained my son to shop, cook, clean, wssh his own clothes, work to pay for his own car expenses while a teenager. My daughter in law has thanked me every few years. It was hatd for her though to adjust to storing good and keep a fairly full fridge/freezer. She is from Germany and still prefers buying just a few fresh items every day or so and has adjusted particularly during the pandemic as my son was working remotely and needed easy to prep meals.
This video is very helpful, setting aside a small amount in the budget for preps is the best idea. It's very relevant to today's food prices. Thank you Christine.
Hint, jarred yeast ends up less expensive in the long run, just seal it well after use and keep in your fridge. Also don't bother with the "fast rising" or "for break maker" yeast. It is bitter and will make your bread have a bitter taste. Stick with the regular "slow rise" yeast. Honestly the rise time is virtually the same and the regular yeast is not bitter.
This is great. I don’t have a lot of extra space, my family of 6 lives in a small home. But I do have extra stuff and enough to get us by for an extra month or so if need be. I just rotate stuff out.
I buy canned meat, tuna fish and rice. If chicken is on sale I'll buy it and can it myself. I think saving for a pressure canner is a good investment too
What I would add, instant mashed potatoes, sweetened dry creamer for coffee drinkers. Maybe next time conversation on rotation. I could improve there. Loved this! And, maybe point out that spending ahead keeps preppers at home when toilet paper is flying off shelves. There were some lessons to be learned from Covid. Keeping bleach, and other disinfectants, hand sanitizers. A reasonable supply, masks. Enough until supply can catch up to demand. Drink mixes to look forward to once a week. What will you make from your storage items? How do we know if we have enough variety? Are you storing what you eat? How does that all work? Do you have canned fruit/ vegetables?
One thing you didn't mention is basic spices, though you often talk about salt and pepper taking the cook a long way. Good video, Christine. I wonder if I could get my husband to watch things like this. Maybe together he and I could do better.
Thank you for the reminders! I'm working my way thru your Dollar Tree stock up items now. Need to find a Dollar Tree that treats their stressed employees like human beings! Most around me are trashed when i go to them! We can always use the content you post because it is in our best interest to do so and because it is real life!!! Thank you for all you do for us and your family!
OMG😲 LIKE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!!!????🔍👀 Thank you Thank you Thank you Idk about anybody else but I missed the line for knowing about a kitchen... Seriously. I can open and close a refrigerator door really really well and... Well that's it. Somewhere between dance class, choir practice, band, rotc, piano, ballet, baton (yes, baton practice) I learned nothing. No home economics class. Like, I know nothing. Thank you!😇 I'm retired now, so I'm ready to learn😄 Signed, 53 yrs old & starving in SF🌉
Thank you for this information. I'm on Medicare and can't afford to buy anything that's not on sale. That's how I shop. I watch my grocery store flyers. I've found that the dollar stores are my friend. And Aldi. Waaay more bang for your buck.
We're in a busy season, so our prepper pantry reflects that. We have: Canned meat (chicken & tuna) Canned beans & chili Canned soup Waterglassed eggs Tomato sauce Spices & bouillon GF pasta Packaged potatoes Jars of pasta sauce We also have a deep freeze full of meat, produce, etc. (I know this isn't typical of food prep for some people)
Yes a longterm pantry is a must for my family as we live in maryland and snowoves to pile up her 5-12 times a year. I always buy everything on sale..i keep a list of items and when they tend to go on sale at their cheapest. I buy then, and if I find a crazy low sale due to overstock or whatnot i will grab several if its something we normally use. Cooking from scratch and gardening and hom3 canning is helpful too.
I'd add canned fish (like tuna) and the biggest applesauce you can get. Applesauce might sound weird but it's a great sub for oil in baking, much less expensive and has great shelf life.
Husband loved your smart ideas to start a pantry slowly if need be on a budget. Great ideas. He was the one who started watching you a few years ago....
Great Job, like always ❣️ I personally don't do much baking. The baking soda, I use it a lot, but in cleaning, myself and my clothes. It is an excellent exfoliater.
You really inspired me to watch for markdowns at the grocery store. This morning at my local Kroger store, I noticed they had sliced mushrooms marked down. I was able to get 12 packages, 1 pound, each, for just $1.41! I am headed home to sauté them and then put them in my freezer to use in recipes
Here in Va, if you have your own business, there is a restaurant depot store to buy in bulk. You can get 40 pounds of chicken drum sticks for $20 bucks.
Great item I have as well!! Love our Safeway (basically, Albertson’s) for sales, especially the For U app, which saves you even more. Also, love your sense of humor and fun! Really enjoy your collaborations with Dawn from The Minimal Mom! You ladies are a hoot together!! 💕😃🌸 Thanks for all the great tips!!
Great video as always. I also came on to say how excited I was to see you on The Rachel Cruze show today!! 😍 I knew you went there a while ago but somehow my brain didn't compute that you'd have the potential to be on her show. Lol So so cool!! I've been a Dave Ramsey follower for nearly 20 years. My mom brought me to see him in person when I was 16. What a gift that conference was for me all these years later. ❤️❤️❤️
I absolutely love this idea! You are so good at this stuff! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and tips with us!x I think i'll take some ideas of products from this and your other prepper pantry videos and create a pantry 'wish list. Then I can use that with your idea of checking the offers brochures to stock up. 👍
i love your idea of using only $5 a week to start the prepper pantry. that is something that almost everyone can do. after watching your video about dollar tree prepper pantry items i was happy to see that both of my local dollar trees carry baking powder. thanks for all you do. p.s. could you please do a video on how to prepare foods for long term storage. i have the 5 gallon buckets with gamma lids and one of them with pinto beans went bad, got moldy and smelly.
Great list. When the shelves were bare during COVID I went to the Asian store near me and got 50 pounds of jasmine rice. Next I got 30 pounds of beans, a huge bag of flour and a large quantity of yeast. Past that was literally everything you listed.
I buy the twin packs of yeast from Sam’s and freeze one. The other one I split. I have a quart milk jar I recycled for my refrigerated yeast and I have a small recycled olive jar that I keep in my baking cabinet.
Hi, I just found out a few months ago that I am allergic- in some things have a sensitivity to yeast, butter, milk, eggs, rice, potatoes, beef,vinegar,sugar basil, and a bunch of things I can't remember all of them. I cried for about 2 weeks before I said buckle up Buttercup 🤷♀️ I just didn't understand how, but I had a burning mouth, had uterine cancer, then went through chemo before I found out. It will be hard for me to do this. But I did find plant butter and Oat milk. I can have bisquick but my biscuits fall apart. I'm sorry so long. Hard trying to figure something out. But I lost 70 pounds lol
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I said it before and will say it again. My prepper pantry got me through the panic rush of Covid without ever feeling the shortages.
We were so caught off guard and I vowed never again. A lesson learned.
i do all my food shopping at target.cuz its cheap.i know i shouldnt shop there its literally cheaper.i can get eggs for 4.00 the brown eggs.
you shouldnt use aluminum ....its bad for you i read tht it causes dementia.
Yes my sister was shocked that I never needed anything. Never really went to store.
Yes! I went out the morning before the lockdown announcement was made… needed a couple of hens for bone broth. People were running around like ants filling their carts and I literally needed only those two hens because I was stocked on everything else at home!
I gotta say it...going into a store and slamming them on their prices and offering less expensive alternatives WHILE IN THEIR STORE is boss level brass cojones! 👑
It's miracle on 34th street! Lol
She is SO right tho. 😂 Jewel (owned by Albertsons) is my most local/ convenient grocery store. When I shop there, my mind is consistently blown by how incredibly high their prices are. I walk out shaking my head in complete sticker shock EVERY time. 😂😭 I'm so happy she said it.
Love this!!! First rule should be buy what you eat...otherwise your shooting yourself in the foot...
As of this week, I am now living alone. My youngest child moved into his own apartment. Not only am I entirely readjusting my food budget, recipes, and shopping habits, but I decided to begin an emergency pantry. Today I purchased my first two items--a sack of flour and a sack of cornmeal. Both are sitting in my small chest freezer. I know a lot of single adults who suffer with food insecurity, and I don't want to be put in that position again.
Best to YOU and Keep it going!! 👍👍🇺🇸
I would tell my neighbor my freezer was full of meat and I did not have room for more and he would get mad at me. He was jealous. He would say "It must be nice" And I would say "Yes it is nice" And then we would BS about whatever.
I would like to have unsweetened packaged juices. If fresh fruits arnt available and there is a craving for fruits thn the juices can satisfy the taste buds as its sweet as well. Plus it gives some calories, substitutes just eating plain sugared candies. Also some vitamin c will get added to the diet.
Keep going on this list, please! I'd love to see it become a series where over the course of a year, you've done $5 a week for the prepper pantry.
this! i would 100% want to see this as a series!
Me too would love to watch this as a series
The older my girls get the more they want to learn how to make things from scratch....makes me soo happy!
And it tastes soooooo much better
I know cooking but NOW I am learning the smaller tricks finer aspects of cooking and tht makes my Mom happy 😊
For pasta sauce, another route is to simply buy tomato sauce and season it with Italian Seasoning, season all and garlic powder...best stuff ever
I started doing that 19 years ago. Our daughter is lactose intolerant and I couldn’t find any seasoning packets or premade sauce without lactose or dairy products. It works as pizza sauce too.
That was my mom's recipe before the convenient jar sauce times. She always had about 80 cans of tomato paste one hand. I learned from the best
What is season all?
@@donnastucky5576 it’s a seasoning salt.
@@donnastucky5576 It's a seasoning. It's also called Season It All. Morton's is the brand I use.
Salt never goes bad.
I would add powdered milk and peanut butter. Also canned veg and tomatoes. Pasta. Canned soup. Tea and coffee. Little by little, one item a time and it quickly adds up. Thank you for another fantastic video Christine.
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I have found shelf stable milk & oatmilk at dollar tree and have used for cooking. The shelf life is not super long but it is an option if you can rotate it through.
I appreciate doing it at a ‘regular’ store. Much more inclusive. If someone is lucky enough to have a discount store they can buy more but it applies to a lot more people this way.👍🏼
I mean, it's not necessarily lucky to have the only source of food near you being dollar tree.
If anyone needs another prepping/stocking up tip
My husband gets paid every Friday and I immediately have my grocery budget taken out into a different account. I then Grocery shop for the next week either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday depending how busy we are.
If there aren't any good sales, I sometimes take that money and go to somewhere like Aldi where everything is super cheap and use it to get stock up items like canned goods, salad dressings, peanut butters, jellies,etc.
OR if that stuff is all good, I'll keep that money in that account and accumulate it over the next couple weeks and then go to Costco or sams (or both) and get those items I get there in a BIG haul.
I think you nailed the first nine weeks. Week ten I'm buying $5 of canned tomatoes. I find diced the most versatile. Lots of flavor, vitamin C, lots of ways to use them.
I would add pasta, and a few cans of vegetables and fruit. For a while we followed 5.00 fridays, picking up a couple of sale items around 5.00. It could include tissues, dish soap, toothpaste or batteries. It was a nice way to put something extra away each week.
Good idea
Also at Dollar Tree pick up canned meat
$1.25 or fish same price always nice to have.
Something to consider as an alternative for bread is cornmeal. Cornbread is made from a batter, and you can add veggies, meat, or cheese to it. You can even make it sweet. It's still an inexpensive choice, but it's MUCH easier to make than bread because you aren't guessing about the yeast or kneading or rising.
Don't you know? You have to add grated cheese and jalepenos to cornbread.
I started doing this a couple years ago and this summer we had a tragedy in our family. But it is such a relief to have food security while we battle to get back to a financial place that is survivable.
Christine I love how you are giving us these creative ways to feed our families on a low budget and showing how we can even build a pantry on an extreme budget. I’d add more spices to the pantry list - as little amounts are left over each month. Great job!!! These videos are really on point now with the high prices of groceries
Thank you so much!
I would add molasses to the list. It's great for making your own bbq sauces and for making brown sugar (I haven't bought brown sugar in over 10 years)!
I was going to make the same suggestion.
Great idea!!! Thank you
It is also high in iron! People used to give a teaspoon of it in water once a week to their children for the iron content.
♥ I usually keep dried mashed potatoes (like Potato Buds) on hand for the times I run out of potatoes and don't want to go to the store. Years ago, there was a government surplus program, where we could get dried/powdered whole eggs that made good scrambled eggs, and you could use it when baking. I wish stores would carry it. I noticed some on Amazon, but it seems so expensive.
the Asian grocery stores are GREAT places to stock up!!!!!1
Several months ago I bought an electric canner (it was a little over $300 I think, so not super cheap but not like a freeze dryer or anything really costly) and ever since then I've been canning meat that we find on clearance. Saves the freezer space and it's wonderful to have ready-to-go meat on the shelf for the days that I don't really feel like cooking. 20 minutes or so to heat it up good, a couple of extra ingredients for a soup/stew or something for a side dish, and a from-scratch dinner is on the table!
Great idea!
I got my electric canner and I have been canning up a storm.
My mother went to the store every day. I became the opposite and now have to have enough food to feed the neighborhood at all times 😂. Thanks for the advice and help with what to cook from that. Love your channel!
Your videos are always so full of useful information but they're never boring. I appreciate the extra effort you put into your videos by inserting entertaining film clips.
I’ve always kept several gallons of vinegar to use for cleaning, cooking and laundry. Baking soda I keep several pounds to use for cooking, cleaning, laundry and other things. I always keep my pantry stocked. My parents always said to be prepared because you never know what can happen. I’ve been trying to teach my sons the same things. Love your videos. You are one of my favorite TH-camrs.
I’m currently recovering from a broken hip and I have been bingeing on your videos, Christine! You are a hoot and you are wicked smart, too! I’m not cooking these days; I am living in an Assisted Living facility 😂and I miss cooking so much! You have amused and enlightened me as well as educating me about so many things! Thrive Market, for example! Thanks for all your entertainment and being a fabulous parent. You are so encouraging and inspirational! Hugs to you and all your family from Nebraska! ♥️🙏😂
With a food dryer you can shop the frozen vegetables when they are on sale. Come home, pop them straight on the drying trays. Once dry, pour into wide mouth canning jars with the sealing attachment. No need for freezer space and usually several bags fit in one jar. Its so cool.
Cooking oil (Canola or olive oil) is a must for a prepper pantry, I think. You need it for baking most breads and muffins unless you have applesauce at hand.
Canola oil and other seed oils are poison. They literally damage your cells. Organic olive oil, avocado oil or coconut oil or even ghee are far healthier. 👍🏻
Canola is crap…just do Olive oil
Olive oil gets rancid and you can’t fry properly with it.
@@ManyaP64 We fry with organic olive oil all the time, and our bottles are dated out over a year. 🤷🏼♀️
Canola oil was developed by Canadian Oil Company. I would suggest anyone using or thinking of using this to do search, then make your own decision about using it.
Great list! If the item for the week is less than the $5, you could add some super cheap seeds (i see them a lot at the dollar store for 25-50 cents) for quick growing stuff like radishes (did you know the greens are edible? Best if cooked), lettuces, etc. Growing these in a windowsill will give you a little nutritional boost to your stored foods!
Canned tomato paste would be good too, to add flavor and nutrients, and is usually less than $1.
Seeds for fast growing veg is a great idea. Micro greens would be a good option here.
I just want to say I am so glad I found your channel a few weeks ago! I cut our July grocery budget by over $500 (too embarrassed to say what our average has been the past few months). Even with cutting it I was about to stock our pantry with some things! I can't wait to keep it going in August. Thank you for the content. I would love to see a live Q&A!
-Teacher Mom with family of 4
Always make me laugh when people get so freaky at the word "prepper". There are earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, tornados, cash shortages and oh yes - COVID, we don't need the end of the world to be ready with a prepper pantry!
These are always great videos and reminders in case of an emergency!
If the end of the world comes you won’t be thinking about what’s in your pantry you’ll be thinking about if you’re going to heaven or hell….
@@natalieeubank4533 And then you'll have lunch.
On the honey, the person I buy raw honey from told me when it gets hard and crystallized to put it in the top rack of the dishwasher with a load of dishes and its the perfect temp to make it liquid again. Our honey does come in glass containers , so not sure about a plastic honey dispenser. Has worked perfectly every time!
That doesn’t sound wise when you could just sit in a glass of hot water and not chance poisoning yourself
Christine i know this isn't pantry related but had to tell you made your banana bread recipe today......WOW!!! Hands down the best banana bread i have ever made! Im 55 & I've made tons of banana bread using different recipes. No more!
i have been thinking about stocking my pantry, and this is a fantastic way to get started. For my family I would add coffee and tea.
When the time comes for my daughter to move out I will refer her to your video. When I tell her things she doesn't listen:)
I have watched many prepper videos no one has given such great advice. Wonderful video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I enjoyed this video and think your suggestions regards what to buy as long term storage staples are really great. In addition to your suggestions, I would personally add the following ingredients to the list: canned meat or fish, a few packets of dried herb mix, dried milk and egg powder, bags of dehydrated dried mixed fruit, packet mash potato powder, dried cornmeal, instant coffee powder or teabags, vanilla extract and tins of bone broth.
Great idea $5 wk. U can get a lot of these items getting $5 worth at a time. Thank u.
I love this idea, I'm in the uk so according to Google it'd work out as £3.87. It's a very affordable way of building a pantry.
Sharing this video with my beginner granddaughter.....she's overwhelmed and over thinking. thank you
Excellent content as always. When i began stocking my pantry, I had different focuses each week too. One week was 15 boxes of pasta. Next week 15 cans of vegetables. Next week 15 cans of different variety beans. Next week was 20 lbs flour, 20 lbs sugar. Next was baking needs like spices, salt, baking soda/powder, cornmeal, cornstarch, then ramen, instant potatoes, mac n cheese, cereal. Then i focused on canned protein like tuna fish, canned chicken, spam, corn beef hash. I started this last may when prices were cheaper and could get a lot of stuff each week for $20. I wait for meat sales and stock my freezer with meat. Save all carcasses and make your own chicken broth and ham stock.. it freezes well or you can pressure can it.
This is a realistic way for a family or individual shopper. This is a skill that all high achoolers should learn. I trained my son to shop, cook, clean, wssh his own clothes, work to pay for his own car expenses while a teenager. My daughter in law has thanked me every few years. It was hatd for her though to adjust to storing good and keep a fairly full fridge/freezer. She is from Germany and still prefers buying just a few fresh items every day or so and has adjusted particularly during the pandemic as my son was working remotely and needed easy to prep meals.
Thanks for doing this at a more costly store. Sometime it's all we have!
Stopping another Christine video to come watch this Christine video 😂
I literally just came from watching her on the Rachel Cruze show 😂
@@thealexandrawayi was watching the sheet pan compilation 😅
Who is Rachel Cruze?
@@susanmolnar9606Dave Ramsey's daughter
@@carmarasmussen8118 I still don’t know him. I looked him up and still don’t know. I live in CT so maybe it’s a local thing. Thanks for your reply.
This video is very helpful, setting aside a small amount in the budget for preps is the best idea. It's very relevant to today's food prices. Thank you Christine.
So you're saying we should take that best buy date "with a grain of salt"? 😂😂
That's exactly what I was thinking. I thought she was going to say it.
Himalayan or celtic salt is a must
I love this video. For people who don’t know where to start, you make it simple, easy and affordable.
Always check the international aisle-Mexican, Indian you can get spices bay leaves
Hint, jarred yeast ends up less expensive in the long run, just seal it well after use and keep in your fridge. Also don't bother with the "fast rising" or "for break maker" yeast. It is bitter and will make your bread have a bitter taste. Stick with the regular "slow rise" yeast. Honestly the rise time is virtually the same and the regular yeast is not bitter.
Thank you! I had no idea.
I've started skipping yeast and making a wild yeast starter. Amazing!
@@SheilaR.08could you explain how you do this?
Freezing pantry items for 2 days kills all bugs. A great preventative.
This is great. I don’t have a lot of extra space, my family of 6 lives in a small home. But I do have extra stuff and enough to get us by for an extra month or so if need be. I just rotate stuff out.
I buy canned meat, tuna fish and rice. If chicken is on sale I'll buy it and can it myself. I think saving for a pressure canner is a good investment too
You really are a wealth of information. 😀 My mom used to give us baking soda baths when we got sunburned as children
Our pantry helped get us through my two strokes. Haven't been able to work yet. So it's helped immensely.
What I would add, instant mashed potatoes, sweetened dry creamer for coffee drinkers. Maybe next time conversation on rotation. I could improve there. Loved this! And, maybe point out that spending ahead keeps preppers at home when toilet paper is flying off shelves. There were some lessons to be learned from Covid. Keeping bleach, and other disinfectants, hand sanitizers. A reasonable supply, masks. Enough until supply can catch up to demand. Drink mixes to look forward to once a week. What will you make from your storage items? How do we know if we have enough variety? Are you storing what you eat? How does that all work? Do you have canned fruit/ vegetables?
One thing you didn't mention is basic spices, though you often talk about salt and pepper taking the cook a long way. Good video, Christine. I wonder if I could get my husband to watch things like this. Maybe together he and I could do better.
This is great! I would add pasta sauce, mac and cheese and instant potatoes. Also, canned soup and meat, oh and canned veggies and fruit. :)
I keep a box if instamt mashed potatoes in my pantry. I used them to thicken gravy, soup, sauces, etc
Another thing people forget is powdered milk. Great buy.
Thank you for the reminders! I'm working my way thru your Dollar Tree stock up items now. Need to find a Dollar Tree that treats their stressed employees like human beings! Most around me are trashed when i go to them! We can always use the content you post because it is in our best interest to do so and because it is real life!!! Thank you for all you do for us and your family!
OMG😲 LIKE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!!!????🔍👀
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Idk about anybody else but I missed the line for knowing about a kitchen... Seriously.
I can open and close a refrigerator door really really well and... Well that's it.
Somewhere between dance class, choir practice, band, rotc, piano, ballet, baton (yes, baton practice) I learned nothing.
No home economics class. Like, I know nothing.
Thank you!😇
I'm retired now, so I'm ready to learn😄
Signed, 53 yrs old & starving in SF🌉
I would add cocoa powder to the list, great baking staple in my kitchen! Fabulous list for sure, you hit all the important must haves!
My favorite part, the overboard clip ! LOVE!!
We include instant potatoes, stuffing mix, gravy, soups, tuna, boxed mac and cheese, egg noodles, cereal, and canned fruits and veggies.
Thank you for this information. I'm on Medicare and can't afford to buy anything that's not on sale. That's how I shop. I watch my grocery store flyers. I've found that the dollar stores are my friend. And Aldi. Waaay more bang for your buck.
Red grapes are my favorite. Great video and thanks for sharing!
I have recently added cream of mushroom and chicken soup to my pantry
Well thanks to you, Christine! I ATTACK all clearance labels I see. I’m addicted to sale items LOL!!
We're in a busy season, so our prepper pantry reflects that.
We have:
Canned meat (chicken & tuna)
Canned beans & chili
Canned soup
Waterglassed eggs
Tomato sauce
Spices & bouillon
GF pasta
Packaged potatoes
Jars of pasta sauce
We also have a deep freeze full of meat, produce, etc. (I know this isn't typical of food prep for some people)
Yes a longterm pantry is a must for my family as we live in maryland and snowoves to pile up her 5-12 times a year. I always buy everything on sale..i keep a list of items and when they tend to go on sale at their cheapest. I buy then, and if I find a crazy low sale due to overstock or whatnot i will grab several if its something we normally use. Cooking from scratch and gardening and hom3 canning is helpful too.
I love your videos. You always keep it simple and I love your TV and movie references. :)
I'd add canned fish (like tuna) and the biggest applesauce you can get. Applesauce might sound weird but it's a great sub for oil in baking, much less expensive and has great shelf life.
Also a sub for eggs if needed
Husband loved your smart ideas to start a pantry slowly if need be on a budget. Great ideas. He was the one who started watching you a few years ago....
Green all the way
Great Job, like always ❣️
I personally don't do much baking.
The baking soda, I use it a lot, but in cleaning, myself and my clothes. It is an excellent exfoliater.
You really inspired me to watch for markdowns at the grocery store. This morning at my local Kroger store, I noticed they had sliced mushrooms marked down. I was able to get 12 packages, 1 pound, each, for just $1.41!
I am headed home to sauté them and then put them in my freezer to use in recipes
My Prepper freezer has boosted my self esteem for several years every time I walk past the $4.89 12 oz pks of bacon that I got for $2.19 each❤
red grapes are delicious. Jello lasts a long time and just adds to a flavorful snack for kids
Hi watching from the small island of Jamaica where no discount store is here so helpful thanks
Only buy dried beans if they are part of your weekly meal plans. The longer they are stored the longer they take to cook. Rotate
Here in Va, if you have your own business, there is a restaurant depot store to buy in bulk. You can get 40 pounds of chicken drum sticks for $20 bucks.
Great item I have as well!! Love our Safeway (basically, Albertson’s) for sales, especially the For U app, which saves you even more. Also, love your sense of humor and fun! Really enjoy your collaborations with Dawn from The Minimal Mom! You ladies are a hoot together!! 💕😃🌸 Thanks for all the great tips!!
Southern Frugal Momma does this on her channel.
Lots of great prepper pantry tips
Kept expecting to see a shout out….🤷🏼♀️
Great video as always. I also came on to say how excited I was to see you on The Rachel Cruze show today!! 😍 I knew you went there a while ago but somehow my brain didn't compute that you'd have the potential to be on her show. Lol So so cool!! I've been a Dave Ramsey follower for nearly 20 years. My mom brought me to see him in person when I was 16. What a gift that conference was for me all these years later. ❤️❤️❤️
Plain instant potatoes, canned tomato products, canned fruits, canned tuna and chicken, baking mix, maple syrup, coffee, tea bags
I absolutely love this idea! You are so good at this stuff! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and tips with us!x I think i'll take some ideas of products from this and your other prepper pantry videos and create a pantry 'wish list. Then I can use that with your idea of checking the offers brochures to stock up. 👍
I love the $5 per week on staples idea. I honestly hadn't thought of doing that. I'm excited to get started! Thank you!
Love winco bulk section
I would say powdered milk or shelf stable milk, especially if you have Littles.
Great video. Lots of useful tips! Very actionable.
Olive oil. You can’t get a lot for $5 but it’s really useful. Also tomato paste.
Thank you for another amazing and practical video!! Info I wish I had when I started out on my own!
I love your videos! Great suggestion and great clips from shows to show humor.
Christine and family have a great week have fun thanks from Oklahoma
Your channel is wonderful. Such a variety of helpful things we all need to know.
i love your idea of using only $5 a week to start the prepper pantry. that is something that almost everyone can do. after watching your video about dollar tree prepper pantry items i was happy to see that both of my local dollar trees carry baking powder. thanks for all you do. p.s. could you please do a video on how to prepare foods for long term storage. i have the 5 gallon buckets with gamma lids and one of them with pinto beans went bad, got moldy and smelly.
My pantry got me through the first 3 month of covid with a month early newborn. I didn't leave my property from February-May.
This was the BEST list of items to purchase for a pantry. Thanks for sharing.
Great list. When the shelves were bare during COVID I went to the Asian store near me and got 50 pounds of jasmine rice. Next I got 30 pounds of beans, a huge bag of flour and a large quantity of yeast. Past that was literally everything you listed.
I would add bulk yeast over packaged yeast - $5 usually, and has oodles more yeast. You can put in a sealed jar in the refrigerator or freezer.
I buy the twin packs of yeast from Sam’s and freeze one. The other one I split. I have a quart milk jar I recycled for my refrigerated yeast and I have a small recycled olive jar that I keep in my baking cabinet.
Love the Hispanic aisle!
Hi, I just found out a few months ago that I am allergic- in some things have a sensitivity to yeast, butter, milk, eggs, rice, potatoes, beef,vinegar,sugar basil, and a bunch of things I can't remember all of them. I cried for about 2 weeks before I said buckle up Buttercup 🤷♀️ I just didn't understand how, but I had a burning mouth, had uterine cancer, then went through chemo before I found out. It will be hard for me to do this. But I did find plant butter and Oat milk. I can have bisquick but my biscuits fall apart. I'm sorry so long. Hard trying to figure something out. But I lost 70 pounds lol