Food Storage Websites

[5ft Diva]

I was looking on the Internet for some helpful food storage websites. These look fun. The feeling I get from these sites is somewhere between the 'girl next door' and 'The Flylady' (baby steps). Hope this helps.

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[runamyrun]

Thanks! I briefly looked at the sites, but I am excited to look at them more deeply. This will be a great help.

[5ft Diva]

Just wait until you check out the three month food storage plan. I'm so excited to use this!

(Make sure you watch the video)

[5ft Diva]

Okay, I wanted to report on my progress using the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] website. I started to fill it out (like I filled out maybe 10 boxes) on Sunday night and then I finished filling everything out last night (Monday) after putting the kids to bed. Accumulatively it took me about 4 hours to come up w/ all of my numbers for a three month food storage plan. I am so excited. Now instead of guessing how much food we eat in three months, I know! Did I say I was excited?! Now I can just go to Macey's w/ my little shopping list and start putting a dent in this plan.

E also gave me a really good idea yesterday that I absolutely had to share w/ all of you because it's just too good to keep to myself. On the shelf where you store your item (say, Tartar sauce - E's example) you label it Tartar Sauce so your kids know where to find it/where it goes and then on that label you also put the amount of bottles of Tartar sauce you'd need for your three month or 12 month food storage so that all you have to do is eyeball the inventory and know when you're low and how many you need the next time you go shopping. Isn't this an awesome idea?! Well, at least I thought it was. It really doesn't take much to make me happy, does it?!

[Erudite]

Thanks! But you should have shared YOUR idea about location too. 5D has her each shelf in each area of her food storage room labeled A1, A2, etc. So area 1 is A, shelf 1 of A is A1. And she has a B, C, D, and E, I think. Then she knows approximately where it is and can send a child to "Look for tartar sauce in C3 or C4". SOOOO many times I will send a child, tell the child exactly where it is according to how my brain works "it's on your left about halfway down and about eye level" and the child comes back empty handed, so that I still have to go get it myself. I thought that her's was a smart way to be able to find things quickly and easily for everyone in the household who can read.

[Erudite]

Also, my Aunt just forwarded this system. It's kinda what I used to get started in the food storage thing, though I clearly need to try 5D's newly found system too. It sounds awesome. This system (see attachment) is a very simple way to get started for anyone who is not computer savvy.

[runamyrun]

Erudite, thank you for sharing this. I watched a presentation of hers on a dvd, and I really enjoyed it, but I didn't have any of her info on paper. This will help a lot!

[5ft Diva]

Great information! I love it when people who are really good at what they do share their work with those of us who aren't so good at it!!! Thanks, E, for that link.

[Erudite]

I just found the food storage made easy site and pulled up the 3 month spreadsheet and watched the video tutorial that goes with it. Then I came here to report that and found that it's already been reported...and by 5D who this Fall was saying she wanted to get on top of it all. 5D...good news...I think you probably are more on top of it than you thought if you've done the whole sheet!

Anyway, I find my problem in making a menu and sending a grocery list to my DH is that I often forget breakfasts and lunches. I like that this system includes those. What I've been doing is eyeballing my food storage room for what seems like it needs more stuff and then sending my DH one or two items on the list marked "get food storage amounts of this". That at least gets us a few more things, but not the stuff that is on sale and not necessarily the most needed item. So I'm hoping with a better system, I can be more on top of that. Plus the Macey case lot sale is coming right up!

So! Off I go to fill out the 3 month spreadsheet.

[natickgirl]

You ladies are very inspiring! I'm just starting to rebuild my food storage now that we've moved...