menu for a week

[Ahastyatom]

!!! Sadly I have a nice stock of fizzy drinks too... Plus fruity waters in a mix of fizzy and still plus packets of fruit powders to add to water. Will add Lipton's ice tea to my try it list too, thank you for mentioning.

To save space I've been stocking up with bottles of sparkling spring water and just add juice or squash to make a nice fizzy drink.

[Decaff]

Good idea Hasty, think someone also mentioned a soda stream as a good way to make fizzy drinks.

[ForgeCorvus]

Theres also the old way, Citric acid and Sodium Bicarbonate.

These have loads of other uses as well

Bicarbonate of Soda

[Carefulnow]

I'm starting to think about what am I going to do with my stocks and fill in the blanks so thought plan a menu for a week. Next step is box it up for bug in/out situation. Any suggestions for adding or changing would be great

Breakfast

Porridge with jam or honey 


Lunch

Tinned soup assorted
Tinned fruit assorted 
Something else?


Dinner

Meatballs + pasta
Tinned spag ball
Pasta, packet cheese + tinned ham
Tinned chilli + rice
Tinned curry + rice
Tinned mince, beans + spuds
Corn beef beans tinned spuds


Desert

Tinned Custard + tinned fruit
Tinned rice pud + jam 

Snack

???

Just wondered do you eat your canned food as your main meals at the moment? If not I would encourage you to try and integrate them into some seasonal dishes.

For example. Take your tinned soup and simmer some Pasta with it. Add a roux to thicken the soup. Put some vegetables in with it like Carrot, Mushroom and Potato. Then you have a nice dish which is filling.

As for protein I advise any prepper not to buy canned meat because it is extremely expensive. Your end up paying £5 to £7 a kilo for ham. Your better off getting yourself a can kit/jar kit and buy chicken & fish by the box in bulk. If you know where to go you can buy chicken breast for £2 a kilo. Then its just a matter of cooking it and making potted chicken.

My mum uses potted chicken to make chicken, mushroom & vegetable pie. Add some mashed potato and onion gravy and its brilliant.

I learned the hard way. I did the whole canned goods routine but found in the space of 2 years those canned goods turned into wasted money. I ended taking a 3 months supply to the food bank because I didn't want to waste food while people where struggling.

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Anyway

Anyway here are my suggestions more relevant to your question.

Tinned soup = combine with Vegetables & Pasta.

Tinned Fruit = combine with porriage & butter to make flapjacks. You might need a Pygmy goat for your milk/cream though. ..... to make butter of course.
Use custard and rice pudding as side dip.

Canned meat = Make a Pie and serve it with Mash Potato & Gravy.

Canned Spaghetti = Combine with Pearl Barley, Root Veg, Potato to make stew.

Tinned Chilli = Make steamed savoiry buns and use Tinned Chilli as filling.
Tinned Curry = same.

Rice = Combine with Pearl Barely & Wheat. Grind it into flour for bread.

Caned Beans = Mash into pulp with Carrot and herbs. Fry in dry pan. = Veg Burger.
Baked Beans