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Special Considerations for Storing Baby Foods

If you have a baby in the house, it is important to consider what baby will need in an emergency. As with many stored foods, the nutritive value of canned foods slightly decreases over time. For most people this is not a big problem, but for infants those vitamins and nutrients are more crucial. It is also more important to keep your foods fresh and safe for feeding to baby. Here are some points to consider when storing food for babies and toddlers: Look ahead. Unless you want to have to update your baby’s emergency food supply every couple of … Continue reading →

Food Storage: Milk

One important item to store is milk. It is important to plan for short-term emergencies and long term use of food storage when you are considering how much milk you are planning to store. If you have a child between ages one and two you will want store milk that is three percent (whole milk), because it aids in brain development. This is especially true if you are looking at long term use of the milk. If it were to just get you by in a pinch, then I wouldn’t worry about it as much. You do have several options … Continue reading →

Food Storage: Five Options for Storing Grains

It is important to store a large variety of items in your food storage. There are many different options that you can store under the grain category. You will need to take into account your family’s needs, and store according to what they will eat. It is important that they become used to eating the foods you store. You will also need to take into account any food allergies that your family may have. Here are five options you can choose from in order to store food. You should choose to store a little from each category. 1) Wheat is … Continue reading →