Welcome to the Done-For-You Meal Planner shopping page!
Here, you’ll find handy links to some of the foods featured in our done-for-you meal planner. We’ve organized them to simplify your meal planning—just click through to grab the ingredients. We hope it makes your food storage planning easier!
Freeze-Dried Foods
The ideal food storage pantry contains staples from the grocery store along with various freeze-dried foods to add more versatility and variety.
MUST you have freeze-dried food in your food storage? No! Simple canned foods and staples as outlined in “Quick & Ready Survival Pantry” are just fine!
The reason Survival Mom includes freeze-dried foods in her own food storage is that many foods, such as pulled pork and mangoes, are best stored as freeze-dried.
If you’ve never used freeze-dried food before, check out this tutorial.
DAIRY
Cheddar Cheese — Rehydrate and use in omelettes and in multiple recipes.
Instant Milk — To use for homemade yogurt, smoothies, oatmeal, and bread recipes.
Other cheeses that are nice to have on hand:
PROTEINS
These are especially important for stocking up if you want a low-carb menu, have allergies to grains, or are diabetic.
Chicken Slices — As a high-protein meal stretcher and to use in any chicken/veggie dish.
Ground Beef — Easy to use for extra protein in soups, chili, and in so many other dishes. For some great tips, read this.
Instant Black Beans — Useful as a meal-stretcher and for vegetarian/vegan meals.
Sausage Crumbles — Just a small handful adds a lot of flavor to eggs, a pasta meal, or to soup. Read this for more ideas.
Scrambled Egg Mix — Nothing in this but eggs, and so very, very useful, especially for low-carb meals. Also check out OvaEasy Dehydrated Egg Crystals.
FRUIT
Blackberries — Low-carb and low-glycemic diets allow berries in small amounts. Freeze-dried berries maintain their color, flavor, and nutrients with no added sugar.
Blueberries — These and any other FD fruit can be added to smoothies, oatmeal, yogurt, and eaten right from the can.
Mango — Lots of Vitamin C here. Rehydrated, it could be added to a fruit salsa or tropical smoothie.
VEGETABLES
For your food storage pantry, veggies can be store-bought canned, home-canned, dehydrated, or freeze-dried.
When “vegetables” are listed in the meal planner, use anything that strikes your fancy! They also are excellent as low-carb meal-stretchers.
Asparagus — Nice to have for ham and asparagus egg dishes, quiches, or rehydrated for a salad addition.
Corn — One of Lisa’s favorite additions to soups, chowders, Mexican rice, and even chili. A half-cup or so is plenty for added flavor.
Cucumbers — These are tiny, crunchy dices, and are so good in tuna/chicken salad or any time you want something crunchy.
Kale — This can be rehydrated and chilled for a kale salad or added to soups.
Mushrooms — Freeze-dried or canned, if you like mushrooms, they can be added to so many different recipes for a little more flavor and texture.
Potato Dices — Here’s another handy meal-stretcher. Canned potatoes are just as handy, and we’ve included them in our Spam Hash breakfast recipe.
Tomato Dices — Tomatoes in all forms are included in all of Lisa’s food storage plans. Tomato paste, tomato sauce, canned tomatoes, etc. — they all come in handy and are so versatile.
OTHER
Beef Bouillon — Whether you stock up on canned/carton broth (chicken, beef, vegetable), make your own, or buy powdered bouillon, this ingredient gives you the foundation for soups, stews, sauces, and gravies.
Country White Dough Mix — If you want to include sandwiches or any other bread in your food storage, you can freeze loaves of bread but only for a few weeks before it gets freezer burn. This mix is handy in a pinch, but ideally, you’ll want to find a super-basic bread recipe, and then stock up on those ingredients.
Instant Brown Rice and Instant White Rice — For really quick meals, these just make things easier. Regular rice will always be cheaper.
Nice to have on hand…
Shelf-Stable Bacon — Expensive and it would be cheaper to can your own, but if you really want or need to have bacon in your emergency food storage, this is one option.
Canned Brown Bread — A few cans of this ensures you’ll always have something with your meal of hot soup or stew!
Heavy Cream Powder — If you must have cream in your coffee, this is what Lisa stocks up on!
Pilot Bread Crackers — When you don’t have time to make homemade bread but still need something for a quick tuna/chicken salad meal or with chili or soup, these are ideal. They have a long shelf life. Sometimes they can be found in the bulk food section of stores like WinCo.
Red Feather Canned Butter — This tastes, spreads, and melts just like the real thing.