Recently I did a
little bit of moving and reorganizing of my long term food storage (LTFS) as
little Miss Bunny Foo Foo was running under my feet and one of us was destined
to get hurt. If it was her I’d be
absolutely devastated so I got busy one day and moved out the LTFS shelf from
one side of the room so I could give her a large area in the downstairs bedroom
with an enclosure to keep us both safe and consolidated everything in a smaller
area. I can now easily access what I
need and she pretty much has the run of the majority of the room. Win-win for both of us!
Once I had moved
the shelves over I reorganized everything into categories. I prefer to organize like with like so this
just made sense to me. I have it set up
with extra baking items, condiments and spices, fruits and vegetables, meats, home
canned soups (I no longer buy commercially produced soup products), tomato products, home canned beans, rice, pasta, dried legumes, and milk products.
Zombie apocalypse foods 
Meats
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| Vacuum sealed packages of pasta, rice & legumes + water (ignore the binders on top of the boxes, those got moved 😂) |
You will notice
I have gaps on the shelves. This is a
working pantry, not a hoarding situation, so this is to be expected. I am going to be working this year to keep
those gaps to a minimum but also make sure what I have on hand is getting used
on a regular basis. I make it a regular
practice to rotate my stock and use what I am storing so nothing goes to waste.
Home canned soups & broths 
Home canned tomato based products
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| Beans & milk products I plan to do up more beans soon as I use them often |
The only
exception is the top shelf where I keep my freeze dried and dehydrated
foods. Just in case there is a zombie
apocalypse I’ve that covered. Seriously
though, I do keep a small stock of these items, just in case. I recognize that I have limited control over
most things, especially weather events, power outages, etc. You just never know what might happen in the
future.
Vegetables & baking products 
Fruit & condiments
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| Home canned fruits, pickles, relish & olives |
Since I am a
lone household of one I currently have my LTFS set up to feed two people for a
year with only items I enjoy eating.
This allows me to feed others and share what I have on hand whenever I
choose to do so. I hope you enjoyed the
tour!
I did enjoy the tour. I also stock like items with like to keep things organized and easy to see how much I have of something and I only stock up on items we routinely use and enjoy. I have a large pail of zombie food too and last year I really started doing more dehydrating. It really comes in handy having the dehydrated fruits, veggies and herbs this time of year when making soups and stews so often.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I use my dehydrated onions and celery quite a bit. My favorite snack is dehydrated apples.
DeleteLove the tour! How does the bunny like the new space?
ReplyDeleteShe escapes often. LOL
DeleteThat's inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI'm working on my set up. I'm eating down the garage freezer so I can stock it with prepped meals in addition to bargain meats I buy that my husband likes to grill.
Now that it's just me and hubs I want to cook less! I remember days of cooking for 6. How did I do it after a long day? I guess I was just tired all the time. I watch my grandchildren now during the week but I don't want to be tired like that any more. So I am trying to stream line a lot of things. I don't have to be tired like that nor overcommitted and overwhelmed.
I'm with you on all of that. I love having my own home canned pre-prepared items on the shelf as well as pre-made meals in the freezer. Like you, I have no idea how I managed it ALL working full time and raising a family. Good grief!
DeleteI am basically counting down the days until I can get my pantry in order! This looks very neat and organized and ready for that apocalypse!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine you are chomping at the bit. Have fun with it!
DeleteI did enjoy the tour!
ReplyDeleteWhen you're ready to re-stock on beans (kidney and black beans) -- Amazon has one at a regular-to-high price. BUT if you order more than two, the price drops hugely.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074H5QQ61?ref=fed_asin_title&th=1
How are your girlies doing?
Thank you for sharing with us.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :)
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