Stored food ideas

Ok, so for those storing food in preparation for the collapse of the dollar/hyperinflation/job loss or just in case.....of anything.....I thought I would give a few suggestions on things to store that would be either little luxuries later or just make your life easier instead of pulling flour, grain, rice, sugar, etc out of your 5 gallon buckets or just constantly eating your canned goods.

One idea is beef jerky. For those of us who do not have farm animals or access to them, having meat protein will be important. Of course, make sure you are stocking canned meats now, ie., salmon, chicken, tuna, spam, ham....I've even found canned roast beef. It's really good over rice. Anyway, beef jerky can store for long periods and you won't need to freeze it. You will need to invest in a dehydrator and vaccum sealer if you don't already have them.

Also, fruit roll ups. Especially if you have kids.....this would make a nice healthy treat when treats become harder to come by. Apple fruit roll ups are really good...you can add any additional fruit to them. Make sure your dehydrator has leather trays. Simply pour apple sauce (any flavor) onto the trays. I like to sprinkle some with cinnamon sugar too! Don't pour it too thin or it becomes super thin once dehydrated and not really much of a fruit roll up :) Anyway, vaccum seal in bags and stored correctly they should store for a very long time.

I got a great idea of making homemade granola from a friend yesterday! By all means, granola and trail mix would be ideal to vaccum seal and store because they are full of protein, fats, and all kinds of vitamins and minerals depending on what you put in yours. I'm going to make some granola today and let you know how it turns out!

By the way....even if you don't store food, these are great just healthy snacks for your family and fun to make!