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After I have chosen a menu for the week, I make a list of all the ingredients and how much I need of each item for 1 week of meals. This takes a bit of brain power. I add up the water needed to cook items like oatmeal and boil noodles into consideration as well. I hope to not need to ration our water, but we may need to do that, so I make sure I know how much water is needed for cooking. An item might look something like this:
Shepherd's Pie
1 jar canned ground meat
1 can green beans
1 pkg. brown gravy mix
1 cup of water (gravy mix)
6 servings of mashed potatoes
1 tsp. Seasoning Salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
This is what is written on the recipe card. I re-write the items into my spiral food storage notebook. I do this for each meal.
Next, I multiply each item by 12, which gives me the amount I need for 12 weeks (3 months) of each item. I then combine items onto another list so that I only have one entry for each item. (see pictures)
Ingredient Conversions
If you need help figuring out how many tsp. of salt are in a container or how much wheat you will need to make your bread recipe, Everything Under the Sun has a table of conversions. I highly recommend you read all of Everything Under the Sun by Wendy DeWitt. She explains it so well.
Example: WHEAT........................... # 10 can=5.8 # =12 c=18 c flour when ground1 c wheat = 1 ½ c flour, 1#=2 ¼ c wheat=3.37 c flour
If my whole wheat bread recipe requires 8 cups of wheat flour and a #10 can of wheat kernels gives 18 cups of flour, then one #10 can gives me 2 1/4 of my bread recipe (18 cups of flour per can / 8 cups for my recipe = 2.25 recipes). Since I plan on making one recipe of bread each day (which gives me two 5x9 loaves), that means for a 90-day supply I need 40 #10 cans of wheat kernels to fulfill that ingredient requirement (90 days / 2.25 recipes per can = 40 cans of wheat kernels).
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.Step #2 - Ingredient Calculations
After I have chosen a menu for the week, I make a list of all the ingredients and how much I need of each item for 1 week of meals. This takes a bit of brain power. I add up the water needed to cook items like oatmeal and boil noodles into consideration as well. I hope to not need to ration our water, but we may need to do that, so I make sure I know how much water is needed for cooking. An item might look something like this:
Shepherd's Pie
1 jar canned ground meat
1 can green beans
1 pkg. brown gravy mix
1 cup of water (gravy mix)
6 servings of mashed potatoes
1 1/2 tsp salt 2 Tbsp. Butter (if we have it) 3/4 C. of milk (1/4 c. dry milk + 3/4 c. of water 2 cups of potato flakes
1 tsp. Seasoning Salt1/2 tsp. pepper
This is what is written on the recipe card. I re-write the items into my spiral food storage notebook. I do this for each meal.
Next, I multiply each item by 12, which gives me the amount I need for 12 weeks (3 months) of each item. I then combine items onto another list so that I only have one entry for each item. (see pictures)
Ingredient Conversions
If you need help figuring out how many tsp. of salt are in a container or how much wheat you will need to make your bread recipe, Everything Under the Sun has a table of conversions. I highly recommend you read all of Everything Under the Sun by Wendy DeWitt. She explains it so well.
Example: WHEAT........................... # 10 can=5.8 # =12 c=18 c flour when ground1 c wheat = 1 ½ c flour, 1#=2 ¼ c wheat=3.37 c flour
If my whole wheat bread recipe requires 8 cups of wheat flour and a #10 can of wheat kernels gives 18 cups of flour, then one #10 can gives me 2 1/4 of my bread recipe (18 cups of flour per can / 8 cups for my recipe = 2.25 recipes). Since I plan on making one recipe of bread each day (which gives me two 5x9 loaves), that means for a 90-day supply I need 40 #10 cans of wheat kernels to fulfill that ingredient requirement (90 days / 2.25 recipes per can = 40 cans of wheat kernels).
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