Living Life in Rural Iowa
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Prepping. Homesteading. Frugal living. Tired of the BS that is our world today. Random thoughts by Erica.
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The start of cleaning out my food storage. I started with my kitchen pantry shelves and accumulated this motley selection of items. I still have three cabinets to sort through in the kitchen and then I need to tackle the basement food storage.

This pantry challenge will be going on for a while. I needed to do this for a year or better. I'm making lists of what needs to be replaced, but I don't see a lot of this being replaced. My food choices have changed over the years.

We will be having some interesting meals and desserts in the next few months...

#pantrychallengereimagined #pantry challenge #foodstorage #prepping #preparedness
The start of cleaning out my food storage. I started with my kitchen pantry shelves and accumulated this motley selection of items. I still have three cabinets to sort through in the kitchen and then I need to tackle the basement food storage.

This pantry challenge will be going on for a while. I needed to do this for a year or better. I'm making lists of what needs to be replaced, but I don't see a lot of this being replaced. My food choices have changed over the years.

We will be having some interesting meals and desserts in the next few months...

#pantrychallengereimagined #pantry challenge #foodstorage #prepping #preparedness
Sunday dessert using up the food pile: Lemon Bars. My Grandma Rene made these. My mom made these. I make these because they are so simple!

This is food storage friendly dessert. I'm not a fan of baking or making desserts so I like simple, easy, and delicious. This fills all criteria.

The recipe is in the last photo. For the life of me, I never remembered having coconut in them. My mom does not like coconut so she left it out. I do too.

Lemon pie filling (2019)
Angel food cake mix (new)
Vanilla Extract (homemade)

#pantrychallengereimagined #pantrychallenge #foodstorage #prepping #preparedness #nofoodwaste
Sunday dessert using up the food pile: Lemon Bars. My Grandma Rene made these. My mom made these. I make these because they are so simple!

This is food storage friendly dessert. I'm not a fan of baking or making desserts so I like simple, easy, and delicious. This fills all criteria.

The recipe is in the last photo. For the life of me, I never remembered having coconut in them. My mom does not like coconut so she left it out. I do too.

Lemon pie filling (2019)
Angel food cake mix (new)
Vanilla Extract (homemade)

#pantrychallengereimagined #pantrychallenge #foodstorage #prepping #preparedness #nofoodwaste
Tonight's supper and food storage challenge: I had a pork roast in the freezer that was processed in 2019. Still good, but needs to be used up.

On the bottom of the slow cooker, I sliced a red onion and put the pork roast over it. On top of the pork roast, I put the can of cream of celery soup and a packet on dry onion soup mix from the food storage pile. I also added the half package of mushrooms from the fridge, black pepper, and thyme on top. Cooked for 10-11 hours on low and it was delicious.

I also used a packet of instant mashed potatoes along with some boxed instant mashed potatoes from the cabinet. Both needed to be used up.

We also added sliced carrots that were canned in 2015. Those were still tasty too.

You might have figured out that sell-by and best-by dates don't phase me much. While I do think you should be aware of them and use the food in a timely manner, they are just a manufacturer's suggestion. Well, except for dairy and lunchmeat - then you should definitely pay attention to the dates!

#pantrychallengereimagined #pantrychallenge #foodstorage #nofoodwaste #preparedness #prepping