How to Create Your Own Prepared Pantry What is a Prepared Pantry?

How to Create Your Own

Prepared Pantry

What is aPrepared Pantry?

It’s a 3-month supply of

meals your family eats

on a

Regular Basis

It also includes a 3-month

supply of household &

bathroom supplies you use on

a

Regular Basis

How do we create our own

Prepared Pantry?

First, you need to

create your

Master Menu Ingredient List,

which becomes your

Master Shopping List

Determine your family’s top 25 meals

(include breakfast, lunch and dinner)

Enter your family’s recipes in Chapter 9

of this Preparedness for Life Series

Cookbook

Drag-n-drop your recipes into the Menu

Planner (four meals per day to create a 28 meal master list)

Print your new Master Menu Ingredient/

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Next, you need figure out

what supplies you should have

and how much you need for

Your Family

You most likely know how much

household and bathroom supplies your

family uses on a regular basis

Start watching sales for those products

and stock up when it’s a “great” deal

Build up enough for at least three

months

Tip: You can easily get a year’s supply of items

like toothpaste or deodorant in one trip for FREE

just by watching sales!Use your space bar

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After you have your 3-month

supply of household &

bathroom items, you should

start

working on your

Other Supplies

Prospering Families has found

a great tool to figure out what

supplies your family needs:

Food Storage

Planner

The

The Food Storage Planner (FSP) lists

food, equipment & supplies needed to

be prepared

FSP prioritizes items in survival,

standard & luxury categories

We recommend that you work on

gathering & obtaining “survival” items

while you work on your Prepared

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By simply entering a little

information about your

family….

You can have a complete list

of

Needed Supplies

Now, you need to inventory

your food and supplies to know

what you already have

On Hand

Print copies of the Pantry Inventory &

Freezer Inventory worksheets from this

Program

Inventory everything you have in your

pantry, fridge, freezer, cabinets, closets,

storage, etc.

Compare your Inventory Lists with your

new Master Menu Ingredient/Shopping Lists

from both the Preparedness for Life

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Later, in chapter 6, we’ll teach

you how to become a savvy

shopper by using shopping

strategies to quickly build up

your Prepared Pantry

And finally, we’ll teach

you how to plan your meals

around sales to maximize your

Food Budget

Ready…

Go!

Set…