3 Month Food Supply Made Easy 

I was able to build up 3 months for many of our regular items, and 6-9 months for a few things that have been on sale. I also learned pressure canning this summer, and have over 200 jars of veggies, meat, broth and fruit. Thank you so much Leisa, for all your work!

Rice and beans for me and my family. Puertoricans, we cannot live without it and home made Sofrito.

This is Survival food nothing fancy, buy one flat of 14 different chunky soups and several boxes or bags of instant rice, make the rice for two or four and pour the hot soup over it, this makes 168 meals or 5.6 months of meals for two, if you double it you’ll have 336 meals, almost a years worth, Like I said it’s survival food but you’ll be eating. If you have canned potatoes you can add extra potatoes to stretch it too. Once you have your survival food you can expand to nicer meals, but this will get you started. Buy 25 pound bags of oatmeal or cream of wheat, 25 lbs of sugar and 25 or 50 lbs of powdered milk now you have breakfast covered. ** this is something most people don’t know powdered milk and instant milk are not the same, you can drink instant milk as soon as it’s made, powdered milk has to be refrigerated for 8 hours to reconstitute, but it taste much better than instant milk, most people can’t tell the difference between powdered milk and fresh milk in taste test, add some chocolate quick or strawberry quick and you just moved into normal life.

Dog food, cat food, basically whatever kind of feed you need for indoor and outdoor animals. Don't forget chocolate, it makes everything seem better!

Easy Rolls 2 cups self rising flour , 1 cup milk, 4 T. mayonnaise, 450 oven, muffin pan, cook 10 min.

Don’t forget ginger ale chicken broth crackers jello in case some one gets flu needs clear liquids

You can make beer bread with pancake mix. 3 cups pancake mix and 1 12 oz can of beer.

Mac n cheese boxes, can add vegetables, meats or add to soup, or eat plain. Can use as "flavoring" to a bigger dish of misc. Ingredients on hand.

If you have pets rememember them pick lots of cans of food. Cat and dog treats too.

When my younger son went away to college, I packed him several First Aid products in a shoebox to slide under his bed. On campus there weren’t nearby stores, and being alone and sick is a rough time to be without OTC medicines.

Another thing you could add to your list that I feel is very important is a hand can opener. Especially with people stocking up on canned goods a hand can opener will work even if the power goes out. By the way great video thank you

Anyone new to stocking up should think about spices. If you are accustomed to shopping and eating fresh foods you may find canned or frozen a little bland. You may want to be sure and have spices and herbs to accent your pantry foods.

Lisa you are amazing . You work all day and all the things around the home and still put out all the helpful videos you do. Bless you.

I went to a local discount grocery store today. I found numerous pallets of vegetables available. I bought about $50 worth of staples for use during the winter. I have dehydrated numerous vegetables and fruits for the winter as well. Paper products and cleaning products seem to still be in short supply; at least on the grocery shelves at discount stores and name brand stores. I think I am good with paper and cleaning stuff. The duration of the surge of virus cases determines whether I am ready for an extended "stay-at-home" time. It all remains to be seen. Take care everyone.

Great advice, I wrote down 14 dinners and got 6 of each for my 90 day supply, it made it quick and easy for my family. For breakfast I did 7 different ones , and lunch we normally eat leftovers.

Oatmeal can be ground into flour if in a pinch also.

Popcorn can be ground into cornmeal or flour

We love fried spam with cabbage, onions we sometimes throw in napa cabbage, mushrooms, bean sprouts, water chestnuts in there with soy sauce. Salt n pepper, sometimes 5 chinese spice, or wasabi seasoning, all kinds of things you can do with it serve over rice

Eemember to prep for your pets !!!

I have 10 freezer crockpot meals x 3 =30 meals plus 1 Boston pork butt made 3 ways x 3 = 9 meals

I stock extra food by keeping an eye on the food sale ads, and buy extra of what's on sale - store brand mac & cheese, canned veggies, tomatoes and beans, pasta. I can't remember the last time I bought a regular priced can of veggies or bag of pasta. At Dollar Tree I like the tuna & chicken salad kits. They come with a small can of the meat (already mixed with mayo, etc.) and some crackers. The meat is enough for a sandwich . I buy them when I'm camping for a simple meal that doesn't have to be refrigerated, and keep them for emergencies.

Hi Leisa. Great video. My formerly apathetic daughter where food storage is concerned watch and hung on every word. She was especially interested in your first aid dresser. Could you do a video on how yours is set up? She already has a dresser picked out to get our first aid stuff more complete and organized. Thanks for all the good advice.

Things like sour cream, cream cheese, cottage cheese, most any cheese, milk can all be frozen. They may not have the same texture but will be great for cooking. Milk will separate but you just have to shake it really well.

It's easier for me to think in 100 days instead of three months. I can come up with ten lunches and ten dinners and just do ten each of them. Breakfast is boringly the same, oatmeal.

Spam fried rice is amazing so whenever I'm stocking for any time more than a week, I buy a couple cans of spam. As for water, I do filtration rather than bottles. We have a brita pitcher, and we use the 6-month filter and we always have at least one backup on hand 😊

FYI You can buy Pedialyte powder which you add to water and is easier to store and lasts longer than the already made stuff.

Great video. I made a 6 week meal plan and plan to double it. It's so great to not have to think about what you're going to make, especially when life inside and outside your home is kinda crazy.

I realize I'm in Texas, as far north as the Dallas burbs, but canned mango [as well as papaya etc] might be found in the canned foods [also canned and bottled fruit juice drinks] in the "Mexican/Hispanic" grocery aisles in our major grocery stores, not in with the mainstream canned fruit/veg sections. Not sure how you're using mango but if blended as the fruit juice into a smoothie rather than a whole fruit plate, that might work. But here every smaller grocery store, is much more prevalent than larger food chains, incl huge WM!

Pet supplies, condiments, dish detergent and laundry soap. Multi-vitamins, chapstick, aluminum foil and plastic wrap, vegetable and/olive oil, cooking spray. Garbage bags, bathroom cups.

My pantry is built around pastas, soup ingredients, and potatoes. Because I can add dried veggies and canned or dried meats to those super fillers. I bought a 50 lb box of potatoes each for me and 6 other relatives and friends from a local grower. He sells millions of spuds in the Midwest. He sells to the public every year, the potatoes are graded for size, they are clean enough to eat but I rewash them. They keep well on the floor by the inside wall of my attached garage in Northern WI until late April when they begin to wrinkle and sprout. 50 lbs cost me $16.00. About half the price in the store. Each of my family now has a lot of fresh dug potatoes that will fill them up for several meals. I always have many boxes and cans of soup broth on hand. I even have 4 each of 2 qt jars dehydrated celery, diced onions and carrots in case my fresh supply gets cut off.

Frozen or dried fruit to go in the pancakes makes them even better. For me that's blueberries, and strawberries.

I canned a dozen fresh mangoes (in chunks) when they were 50cents each this summer. They are gorgeous in the jars!

I did a meal plan for 3 mths. With left over allotments. For our freezer I have packed in 1/2 gallons of water..keeps it cold if we lose power and its water to drink. Hugs

I have seen mango in jars at Costco and have bought dehydrated mango at Big Lots.

Thank goodness we can, huh? 😊 But my sis doesn't can things yet still keeps a very well stocked pantry room just naturally following the tips you are giving. She always buys extra of everything every time she shops.

Condiments! Mayo, ketchup, relish, hot sauce... etc.

Cleaning supplies: white vinegar, blue Dawn, and baking soda. Spray bottle(s) with 1 part vinegar, 1 part water and a few drops of Dawn makes your all purpose cleaner. Heat the vinegar and water and add 1/2 c Dawn makes a heavy duty cleaner. Need soft scrub? Dawn and baking soda. Windows? What do you clean your jar lids with before putting the lids on? Toilet bowl cleaner? One cup vinegar and a squirt of Dawn - add some baking soda if you have hard water. And depending where you buy it, vinegar is one of the few things that have returned to pre-pandemic pricing. And you need it for pickling anyway.

Pap and grandma had a back porch they enclosed for the winter with storm windows. The weather hit that side of the house pretty hard. At the beginning of november it was usually at or below freezing regularly. This is when they started what they called the winter pantry. Theyd put up a couple big tables and the baking would start. She made cookies, pies, pumpkin and zucchini breads ahead of the holidays. Everything went on the back porch. Most of the stuff was in big tins or disposable aluminum trays. If she knew it was to be brutal, she even had casseroles and sides out there. Twice they had a raccoon try to get in, but pap was a good shot! Thought this might help somebody in some way. Keep safe and sound!

Thanks for your helpful tips! Fortunately, I have been prepping for several months now. I think I'll be fine through at least February 2021. IIn my stash, I have packages of dried soups, rice sides, and muffin mixes that just require water. Several people rely on electric can openers. Just to be safe, if the power goes out, have a manual can opener available to open cans of food.

Just got a 5 pound bag of pancake mix, and my spouse has had me make waffles twice in the past week!

I do this already and so glad I did start when I did. My next goal is dehydrating vegetables to free up room in the freezer.

My dollar tree carries canned mango. My kids love it!!! I find lots of really ok stuff there.

Hi! New subscriber...so glad I'm prepped for about 9 months...I think we're going to be locked down again here in NJ

Sawyer water filter are the ones I get. They filter more water.

As always, another great video. Pakgs of brown gravy (I like Pioneer Brand, reasonable at Walmart) because I love hot roast beef sandwiches. Maybe a good idea to watch some videos that have 2 or 3 ingredients for a desert or a breakfast meal and have those ingredients on hand. Don't forget some shortening or lard for biscuits in case you don't feel like baking bread. Or learn to make the flat bread. Just a couple of my ideas. Thanks for sharing yours Leisa. Have a Blessed day.

You give us all a lot of good information and ideas about what to stock up on. I think the most important thing you tell us is to stock up on things you'll eat. I don't want a full pantry and have half the things be basically useless because we won't eat it unless it was the the only stuff left and we were hungry.

I went looking through the stores here in Southern California. I am finding that TP and other paper products are in short supply or off the shelf. I can not find packages of yeast anywhere. Canning supplies (jars, lids, and other supplies.) Meats are also in short supply or un available like certain types of steaks and other beef items. Tip: If are running short on yeast, you can make your dough and take some of that dough and put it in the freezer. Then you can let it thaw out and reintroduce it in your new dough and treat it as your starter yeast. This is what the big bakeries do when making sour dough bread to keep the same variety of yeast stock.

We did some grocery shopping at Menards, lol. They were well stocked and 11% rebate.

we have 2 75gal. rain barrels , we made sure that we have a lot of cold and flu meds, and for headaches, chap sticks, vicks inhailers we just got a big tough Mr Buddy heater 18,000 BTU just in case the elect goes out, now we have to get the propane bottles and fill up the 30lb. bottle we have going to do that next week, hopefully the elect. wont go out, we live in town but you never know what will happen, thank you have such a good job on the video you have given me a lot of good ideas

It is soooo funny that you mentioned Cream of Bacon soup..... I saw it in the $ General the other day and thought..... Wow that is different... I did not know they even made that! I did not pick one up though. I did not know what to think about it and I did not want to buy it and then not like it. lol. Well I guess I will have to go back and get it and try it now that you have said something about it. lol

Dill pickle juice is great for leg cramps plus the electrolytes needed too

PANCAKES!! My dad always put corn in the batter. It is soooo good!

Best advice I got was list 7 meals you like and stock accordingly. Took off a lot of pressure.

Also sanitary napkins and a few Pampers make great compression bandages in your med kit. We had to use them once when we were out cutting wood and one of the guys lost his grip on a chainsaw. worked great on the way to the hospital. Everyone is ok. A bottle of vodka makes a great disinfectant too, and helps the caregiver if temporary stitches need to be administered!

My biggest tip for stocking freezer produce and worrying about the power going out: get a kitchen scale, some jars and non-iodized salt and then you can lacto-ferment just about any veggie and quite a few fruits. I live in an area that gets power outages, and in the light of my flashlight, I was weighting out salt, veggies, and filtered water into jars for preservation. Obviously, when there is power, look up how to do it and print out any resources you'll want to have on hand when things are offline, just like canning.

Great tips, Leisa. I think breaking it down like that will make it doable even for people who's incomes have been impacted this year and give them some peace of mind.

Doing my final little shopping for baking needs for the holidays tomorrow. I hope it's not busy. 💗💗💗

Also stock up on food/meds for your pets 🐾🐾❤️

This is one of the BEST informative videos I’ve seen! It is fully reality based for all audiences no matter what methods of food preservation is being used. Thank you so much!!!

Along with cleaning products don't forget laundry products and any paper supplies that you use. Thanks, Leisa.

You rock!! Thanks for the great advice. Remember our 4 legged friends ❤🐕🐈

Walmart has canned mango diced. Our favorite fruit salad has diced mangos. And it’s a lot of work to peel and dice mangos when cooking for 30 people.

Just went into L.D. today. Ugh! So many ppl have no idea how bad this is going to get. Thank you Leisa for making ppl aware and what to do! ❤️🙏🏻

Thank you for all your information. You are such a inspiration . Stay safe and hopefully we can get through all of this.

You are right about snacks. I have stocked up many months of ingredients for regular meals, but the natives are restless and running out for snacks.

Just an fyi watch the water flavor packets if you have removed aspartame from your diet. Snack idea, POPCORN! You can add flavors to it.

Love it! Going in with a 3 month mindset is so much more attainable than thinking about how to get a year + supply! Great ideas, as always!

Ooh oatmeal with apple caramel jam. Oh yum o

My Dollar Tree has canned mango. 🙂

Awesome!!! I love the dresser idea!!! Thank you for making this chore easier!!!

Try looking at a middle eastrrn or mediterranian grocery store for canned mango. You can also find dried mango

Many stores have weekly specials, especially now right before Thanksgiving, so I have stocked up on frozen turkey breasts and hams. Yes, I bought 4 ham halves yesterday, and will buy more so I can can them.

Thank you Suttons Daze. Your vids motivate me to keep filling gaps. Here in East Texas this week, stock is VERY thin. Some quantity limit signs but there is little to no stock under the sign. The shelves are "faced" and there are many feet of empty shelves. No county or state lock downs, yet. Shop early am supposedly they restock before am opening. Shop the stores you don't usually go to. Hopefully you can find what you need. I am hearing 1st person about more and more funerals.May never need all this, but it's tangible insurance I can put my hands on. Please be well. Remember to lift your eyes up.

Thank you, I always learn something. yes yes

I was so happy to see this pop up. I've been working on some canning the last couple weeks and have binged watched so many of your videos. Thank you for all you do!

Great list! Buy what you eat is the best advice. I might have missed it, but did you mention coffee?

Remember fruit especially for the kids who refuse to eat vegetables. Very important so we dont get scurvy. A way to stretch fruit is an inexpensive jello. Mix a 3 oz box of jello and add your can Of fruit for a nice treat twice a week. I know most of the younger generations use a lot of instant foods but sometimes it’s best to Include items that will stretch things further when you have a family to feed. And I hate to say it but the one doing the majority of the cooking should be thinking of real foods instead of convenience foods because they are better for our bodies and satisfy longer.

You can buy canned vegetables 🌽🥕at Walmart for $.50.

If you are going to keep this 3 month supply separate from your working pantry know that brown rice has the husk and therefore had oil and may go rancid at some point after the best bybuy date. White rice will keep forever~ like honey that is pure with no add ins.

Yeah for Black Friday at Thrive!

The little popcycles that come in a box in plastic tubes are a great prep especially if you have kids. Even if you don't freeze them. They're flavored water. Extra water storage, cheap, kids don't wast even when drinking them and they enjoy them. If someone is sick and you can freeze them it will help. Blessings to everyone

THANK YOU FOR SHARING! Been subscribed a little a month ago and learning alot. Appreciate it! GOD BLESS U!

I found Jared mango at Sam's Club! It tastes great! Love your videos! Blessings 🖤

This was an amazing review and I'm feeling much more prepared !!

I look forward to your videos everyday. My mom and I used to can years ago and got out of it but in the past 8 months we have really gotten back into it. Your videos have really helped us get a great start on prepping and I really appreciate you and all that you have taught me. Thank you 😊

Look in the Delmonte fruit section as the have diced mango in cans. I got some for my hubby. I use the frozen ones to make sorbet. Enjoyed your calm manner while discussing this. Some just cause panic.

Canned Mango is at the Family Dollar Tree ( I buy it, its yummy!).

Fresh potatoes, beets, carrots, turnips, cabbage, hard squash, apples, onions, oranges, lemons, limes, all last weeks or months if stored properly.

I found canned mango in the clearance section at Albertsons. The brand is Roland. I paid $2.99 and that was half price. Bought 2 and wish I had bought the other 2 or 3.

Along with the first aid supplies remember to get your prescriptions for 90 days with your physician most insurance companies will pay for this rather then 30 days supply. great ideas about the dresser I will have do that and things out of the way.

At Wally World (WMart)Fruit isle top shelf by the canned grapefruits

I bought a dozen cans of cream of bacon but didnt like the flavor as well as i thought i would. Lookin forward to some recipes using it!!!!💞💞💞💞😺😺😺😺

Caned meats? Deviled ham is my favorite!!!

Thank for this video, so much better than the peppers that ate just trying to scare the heck out of everyone,,,,

Hello first I like to say I have learned many things from your videos. Thank you. I believe in one of them I heard you say that you purchased a commercial canner burner, could you tell me where I could find one? Again thank you

Dollar Tree has canned Mango, sliced and the brand is Pampa

Great info! Thanks, Leisa. 😊

Low carb or keto food. I am trying to not become diabetic and all the food lists are heavy carb. My family mostly eats low carb but in an emergency I am the only one that is borderline and necessary to stay away from a high carb diet.

Lol my goal now is 18 months

Excellent video. Thank you for all the non food item ideas too