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Showing posts with label Food Storage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food Storage. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Emergency Preparedness–Food Storage Analyzer

I am, quite admittedly, very much a novice at food storage/emergency preparedness.  I completely understand the necessity of it, but I just haven’t got there yet.  I’m working on it.  When we lived in Las Vegas, we barely had enough storage for our household items, let alone extras that we were supposed to keep in a cool (yeah, that’s funny) place in our house.  However, here in Utah, I have this really cool (pun intended) cold storage room in our basement that is made for food storage.  I have the room.  I even have some shelving.  Time to get working. 

Today, my post is about the Food Storage Analyzer, by Emergency Essentials.  I was going to say something like, “While this was easy to use, it literally scared the food storage out of me.”  I changed my mind and decided to be a little more positive and say, this was so informative, it showed me what I had and what I was lacking for each person in my family. 

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It’s very easy to create your own account (or even just try it as a guest).  Creating your own account is so easy and it allows you to continually make changes and even create future shopping lists. 

By entering in the ages and gender of your family, you can see the daily calorie recommendations to base your food storage off of. 

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It’s pretty simple and self-explanatory.  You enter in what you have (or in my case, don’t have).  It’s not only Emergency Essential-specific, you can also enter in items on hand in your own pantry to be included in your totals. 

I’d like to be able to say that I am well on my way to a well-rounded food storage, but alas, I am not.  I am, however, very motivated and always looking for ways to make this journey easier for me. 

Go check out Emergency Essentials Food Storage Analyzer.  You’ll be glad you did.  Okay, maybe you’ll be a little depressed, but maybe you’re more prepared than me!



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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Food Storage

Hubby’s playing with the kids for a minute, so I’m posting my thoughts on Food Storage.  I know people (yep, I know people) who are doing really well with food storage, it really motivates me.  One of my favorite things about my Utah home is my cold storage room in my basement.  Not only is it extra room, it’s cold room, ideal for food storage. 

Food storage to me is more than just stocking up for a disaster, it’s about having that extra jar of peanut butter when I run out, or a “meal” waiting downstairs for when I haven’t time to plan or run to the store. 

There are more than a few companies around who sell the pre-packaged food storage food and I have been curious.  eFoods Global is a premier food reserve company in Utah. This isn't your ordinary food storage or military-style MRE food. This food tastes awesome! Trust me on this one. It is to-die-for delicious!

Their mantra is: SERVE, SAVE, SHARE. You can SERVE it tonight for dinner, SAVE it for future times of need, and SHARE it with others to help them get prepared.   The foods have a 15-year shelf-life and include things like chili, beef stroganoff, chicken and rice, broccoli cheddar soup, corn bread, and many more. 

eFoods is currently offering 6 FREE meals to anyone who will take their "FOOD FREEDOM TOUR". The tour is a series of 5 short videos illustrating why being prepared with food storage is important, and why eFoods is the obvious choice. The tour is located here: http://prepareandprosper.myefoodsglobal.com. The 6 meals are FREE and customers are asked to pay $9.95 for shipping.

I have started watching the videos and will finish them.  Six free meals and the chance to try a great product to add to my food storage is definitely worth the little time investment involved!  If you watch and get free meals, let me know what you think.  Do you have any favorites?  What’s your “rotation” plan? 

I’ll update after we’ve gotten our free meals and tried them out! 

Disclosure:  The links are sponsored by eFoods Global, but, as always, the thoughts and opinions are mine!