I know it's been a while since I've posted on this blog, but I've been busy. Not scrapbooking - oh no, did I just say that? As much as I love scrapbooking, I decided it was time to work on something that is also important to my family. That is FOOD STORAGE! Don't get me wrong, I haven't quit scrapbooking completely. I have done a few layouts, bought a few kits and I still check for freebies each day, but I have been spending the most part of my free time working on food storage. Once, I get my storage to a point that I am comfortable, then I'll be back scrappin like usual.
Check out what I've done:
It all started when I learned how to make bread. The wonderful ladies at
Pantry Secrets came up to Layton and taught a class at my church, and I haven't bought any bread since. That was back in February. If you want to make delicious bread fast go check out their
site. You can do so much more than bread with this recipe. My family loves the stuffed crust pizza, breadsticks, and braids. Here's what my bread looks like. I forgot to take a photo before I sliced and bagged it.
After the bread class, I went right out and bought six 25 pound bags of bread flour and started making bread, braids, pizza, etc. It's so easy and saves my family a ton of money because I'm not going to the store as often. Plus, it tastes better and is healthier.
Then, the case lot sales started and I decided it was time to work on food storage. I wanted to get my 3-month supply of things we eat everyday, but didn't know where to start. Then, I found this wonderful site -
Food Storage Made Easy. You have to go check out their site. These two ladies make food storage so easy and doable. I have downloaded their spreadsheets for figuring out my 3-month supply and year-supply of food. I have also signed up for their baby-step checklists that come out every two weeks.
I'm loving that my family will have the things we need when an emergency arises. Really the site is so full of information, but it's in little bite size pieces so you won't get overwhelmed. Loooove it!
Well, after I figured out how much everyday food my family needed for 3 months, I hit the case lot sales and got some food that I felt was a good price. Then, I had to figure out how to store all of it. So here's what I did in my pantry. Sorry I didn't take before photos, I didn't think about it until it was too late.
I went out and bought some cansolidators. I love how organized they look in my pantry.
Here's the rest of the pantry. I want to get some more organizers for the rest of the things, but that has to wait until I save up for them.
I didn't want it all in my pantry. I wanted to store most of it downstairs where it's cooler, so I went out and bought some gorrilla shelves from Sam's Club. I combined two of them to make 1 short and 1 tall shelf in the spare bedroom - aka food storage room. :) The reason I combined them is because I wanted to have the shelves closer together so the cans would fit better with less wasted space. Here's what they look like.
You can see that I still have room for more food. I will be getting it as things go on sale, and I find good deals. I know that it's still a work in progress, but it makes me feel so good when I look at my shelves of food and know that my family is getting prepared like the prophets have told us to do. Check back later for more exciting food storage info.
