Estimated Food Storage Plan

Extra Spaces in each category are provided for additional food items you desire

ITEM

Total Quantity Needed
for ______ People

Amount on Hand

Quantity to buy

GRAINS: ( 65% Should be whole grains)

 

 

 

Wheat*

 

 

 

Rolled Oats* (quick, regular)

 

 

 

Commeal*

 

 

 

PearledBarley*

 

 

 

Rice, white

 

 

 

Enriched White Flour

 

 

 

Pasta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL GRAINS:

 

 

 

 

LEGUMES: (For canned beans, store 2 1/2 times any part of dried bean quantities given below)

Divide suggested amounts between the two legumes on each row according to your preference.

Dry Beans: Kidney / Red

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Pinto / White

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Lima / Black

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Lentals / Split Peast

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Legume ABC Soup Mix

 

 

 

Peanut Butter – is ½ protein & ½ fat.  Only the protein portion is calculated Legume total. (total amount to store)

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TOTAL Legumes:

 

 

 

 

Fats and Oils:

 

Vegetable Oil

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Olive Oil

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Shortening

 

 

 

Mayonnaise

 

 

 

Salad Dressing

 

 

 

Penut Butter: The Fat Portion is Recorded here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL Fats and Oils:

 

 

 

 

SUGARS:

 

Granulated, White

 

 

 

Brown

 

 

 

Powered

 

 

 

Honey

 

 

 

Corn Syrup

 

 

 

Molasses

 

 

 

Maple Syrup

 

 

 

Jams and Preserves

 

 

 

Fruit Drink Powder

 

 

 

Flavored Gelatin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL Sugars:

 

 

 

 

Milk:

 

Nonfat, Dry Milk

 

 

 

Evaporated Milk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL Milk:

 

 

 

 

Salt(Iodized)

 

 

 

Multi-Vitamins

 

 

 

Garden Seeds

 

 

 

Water: 2 Week Supply

 

 

 

 

Expanded Basic Food Storage Plan

These items are critically important for cooking with Basic Food Storage

Yeast, Dry

 

 

 

Baking Soda

 

 

 

Baking Powder

 

 

 

Dried Eggs

 

 

 

Vanilla

 

 

 

Bullion (beef, chicken, ham)

 

 

 

Powdered Shortening

If you store these items they should be recorded in Fats & Oils section.

Powdered Butter

© 2003, Probert, Harkness, Emergency Food in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

 The charts above allow you to plan your basic food storage in 20 minutes. Amounts suggested in "Estimated Food Storage Needs for one Year" are based on recommendations in the booklet, "Essentials of Home Production and Storage," Church of Jesus Christ publication, 1978, p. 10. The few Expanded Basic Foods have been added to greatly increase the variety of recipes that can be prepared with the "basics".

Print a copy of both charts. On the estimated needs chart, find the column for the number of people in your family and copy, in pencil, the number of pounds listed for each food on to your "Basic Food Storage Plan". Now tailor your plan to the tastes of your family by moving desired number of pounds of a less favorite food to a preferred one.

To keep things SIMPLE, Leslie Probert and Lisa Harkness recommend planning for all members of the family, including children, as though they were adults. Oil and powdered milk have a shorter shelf life. Therefore, store only the amount of each that you will reasonably rotate through while children are young. As children reach teenage years, store full adult amounts.