Family Home Storage

Family Home Storage "Our Heavenly Father created this beautiful earth, with all its abundance, for our benefit and use. His purpose is to provide for our needs as we walk in faith and obedience. He has lovingly commanded us to “prepare every needful thing” (see D&C 109:8) so that, should adversity come, we can care for ourselves and our neighbors and support bishops as they care for others. "We encourage members world-wide to prepare for adversity in life by having a basic supply of food and water and some money in savings. "We ask that you be wise as you store food and water and build your savings. Do not go to extremes; it is not prudent, for example, to go into debt to establish your food storage all at once. With careful planning, you can, over time, establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve." —The First Presidency, All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage, Feb. 2007, 1

Basic Food Storage Ideas

By Janet Towne

Build a small supply of food that is part of your normal daily diet.  One way to do this is to purchase a few items each week to build a one week supply of food, then you can gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for three months.

Basic Food Storage Items

You might want to consider the following basic items for storage.  These amounts are enough to sustain an average woman for one year.  A man would need more, a child would need less.

Grains (rice, wheat or other cereal)                    300 lbs

Powdered milk                                                        100 lbs

Sugar or Honey                                                        30 lbs

Salt                                                                             5 lbs

Water                                                                         14 gallons

*These items provide a diet that supplies approximately 2,300 calories per day.  The amount recommended for an average 25 year old woman.

The following is a delicious salad and a way to use your wheat.

A Meal in One Salad

3 hard boiled eggs cut up

1 sweet pickle, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

1 large carrot, grated

1/4 green pepper, chopped

1/4 onion chopped

6 radishes (optional)

1 cup mayo

1 can tuna, chicken, or ham

2 cups cooked whole wheat

mix all together and chill

*serves 8

To cook the whole wheat:

1 cup whole kernel wheat

2 cups water

1/2 tsp. salt

put in crock pot and cook overnight on the lowest setting