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How to Make Dirt Cheap Long-Term Food Storage Meals At Home
Monday, August 26, 2013 11:11
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Long-term storage food like Mountain House and Wise Foods have become increasingly popular in the prepper community. Unfortunately, the prices per meal on these just-add-water foods have caught up to the demand. Currently, a single serving of these types of meals (and let’s be honest, those servings are tiny) is running anywhere from $2.50-$3.50 depending on the variety and vendor.
Today we’re going to discuss how we can make a comparable alternative to these long-term storage food options for less than half the typical price. We’re also going to give you a sample recipe to make your own long-term storage meal that will put the Mountain House and Wise brand to shame.
What you’ll need
- A food dehydrator – Obviously an expensive Excalibur brand dehydrator would be ideal, but any dehydrator that has accurate temperature gauges and displays will work just fine.
- Ingredients (will vary by recipe, we’ll give ingredients to these examples in the recipe)
- Sealable bags – This isn’t completely necessary. You could put these meals in an unsealed jar or bag, but taking the air out will significantly extend the shelf-life of your meals. The cheapest option would be an inexpensive handheld vacuum sealer with the included sealable bags
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Dehydrated foods retain their nutritional value. Freeze Dried food do not.