Pantry Meal Kits For Budget, Recession Proof Meals 

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This is also a fabulous idea to use to give out to any family in need!

Brooke from Southern Frugal Momma did a similar video about a month ago if anyone needs even more ideas. She also added the tip of putting the expiration date of whichever item will expire first on the outside of the bag as a sort of guide to what to use first in your rotation. Thanks for this video! So many good ideas.

This reminds me of something I did before retiring ... I would put all shelf-stable ingredients including spices for week night dinners in baskets marked with labels Dinner #1, 2, 3 etc. and lined them up on the pantry shelves. I would just have to grab the basket, head to the fridge to grab the protein and head to the prep area/stove and start cooking. It's amazing how much time it saved after working all day! Kimmy, thx for all your great ideas!

Just a PSA I do this when we camp! I save my seasoning bottle or I have used medicine bottles! Put your seasoning in these bottles for each recipe and then you have your seasoning in sealed container!

I volunteer at a food pantry, I love helping the clients along with stocking and organizing shelves. This video helps me to help clients with a meal plan with what they receive from the food pantry.

Would be awesome if you would add the recipes for us who do not cook.

A small jar of pesto, 1Ib of Farfalle pasta, cup of Parmesan cheese. Great cold or warm. I add green olives for a cold salad lunch.

This would make an absolutely wonderful Christmas gift!!! Also a gift for someone who is ill, an elderly person, a person with no transportation, a new mom, etc. The possibilities of recipients and meals are endless!

Can of diced potatoes, can of cream of chicken, can of evaporated milk, canned ham, can of corn and onion you have ham and potato corn chowder, you could also do bacon bits and cheddar for loaded potato soup.

Another good one is a cake mix and a can of soda. You don't need any egg, oil or water for the mix. You literally just mix the can of soda into the mix and bake. And the cool thing is, you can mix all sorts of flavors of sodas and cake to create a new flavor.

WOW! I am going to go back and watch again with a pen and paper! So many good ideas. I have made up some spaghetti kits. Sauce (either bought or home canned), home canned Italian sausage or ground beef (optional), small can of mushrooms (optional), spaghetti. I also included a couple of bottles of water to cook the pasta. The second kit is a pizza kit. It has a packet of pizza dough, bottle of water, jar of pizza sauce, small can of mushrooms, jar of home canned Italian sausage/ground beef, shelf stable pepperoni, jar of cheese dip. If I had any dehydrated onions, bell peppers and tomatoes, I would add those. I'm working on a chicken noodle soup kit.

These would be great for kids going off to college that is able to do meals in their rooms or make up a box with these meals in them and give to newly weds or to a family that just had a baby. (Could do this with another family). Trying to think of kits to make for grandson in the marines.

You've put a lot of thought and work into this video, Kimmie, and we appreciate you taking your time to make it for us. Thank you!

These look like they’d be great to put together before a hurricane. Most of them you would just need a propane burner and water to complete - if your utilities go out in the storm.

What I love most about this post, (aside from your calming, endearing vibe), is that when the power goes out, or sudden weather events, etc. make a family need to scramble out of the house for safety, you can just grab that tote, throw it in the trunk and go (plus a suitcase and toiletries). It would take significant time to think of, and pull out of the pantry, all the various ingredients for several meals during a chaotic, stressful rush to get out, and with no lights to flip on to see what you're doing..

Awesome tutorial! 1. Jambalya: Boxed Jambalya, H2O, canned chicken and Spam/ Vienna sausage 2. Turkey casserole: canned turkey, cream of chicken soup/H2O mixed veg, dried cranberries, turkey gravy and stuffing mix 3.Mississippi Chix over rice: canned chicken, peppercini/juice, pkt AuJus, pkt Ranch dressing, ghee, Rice and h2o. 4. Oat tortilla: rolled oats, nutritional yeast, salt and H2O. 5. Tex-Mex filling: Rice-a-roni, H2O, black beans, corn and nacho cheese

I did this for my family when I was going out of town for a week. each meal was in its own basket on a pantry shelf with the recipe. worked great

This would make a great gift for a newly married couple. I will be buying extras for my niece and her fiancé. I think a clothes basket would make a great presentation for it along with dish towels and utensils and maybe some mixing bowls.

Southern Frugal Momma did this on her channel a few weeks ago. I did this after seeing a few of her go to meals. It’s helped us for just busy nights and not knowing what to make.

Add green can parm to your spaghetti, pasta dinners. Hawaiian Haystacks: canned chicken, cream of chicken soup, crushed pineapple, rice, chow mein noodles, canned veggies of choice could be added. Layered dinner: rice, soup/chicken ( thinned with water or broth to gravy texture), veggies, noodles, pineapple. Cheese if you have it.

This would be a great idea for a busy parent with children who scrambles to get meals ready, or elderly who have difficulty walking on walkers trying to cook, or those disabled. You could open a store and sell these. The first expiration date of the items needs put on outside of bag. Market your idea. This would really help people.

I love this idea. I am working on making a menu of meals we really eat and making sure I have those items. We are well stocked, however, I am noticing that I don't have what I need for all our favorite meals. I make "meal kits" with leftovers in the freezer. I just did that last night. I save everything so one cooked hamburger and a little bit of green beans is now in a ziplock marked as "lunch" and what's in it. "Lunch" means one person, dinner is two or three. It's only my husband and I so that works for us. I love the meals you came up with! Thank you.

This is terrific! The church helps with food for those in need. These kits on hand, to give with basic food stuffs might be something that could be done. One meal that could be prepared without having to figure things out. Just seems like a relief for anyone, something needed just for one night, an unburdening.

Great video! Here’s one of our favorites. Canned green beans. Canned diced potatoes, undrained. 2 Tsp chicken bullion. 1 tsp onion powder or 1 tbsp dried chopped onion. 1 pack of bacon bits (I like hormel chopped bacon), tons of vinegar based hot sauce (I prefer 2 tbsp franks). Simmer together 20-30 mins and serve over cooked rice.

Thanks so much for the ideas! An easy meal we love is Pizza Mac with boxed Mac and cheese, jar pizza sauce, and ground beef. Easy and so good!

I was a nurse working nights. My daughter could never figure out what to buy at the grocery or how to find ingredients to cook dinner on her own. This would have been great. I like the idea of gifting it too.

This would be a great idea to create a storagebin full of meal bags for a wedding shower of an Xmas gift for young couples starting out. I enjoyed your meal ideas Kimmy. I'll be trying that alfredo recipe soon!

So many ideas! Sunshine State channel did a wonderful chicken pot pie recently..with a "Jiffy" pie crust mix! Which idk even existed! Cream of chicken Can of chicken Can of mixed vegos Was great! So many ideas from great homemakers or just "people in charge of feeding their fams"🙄 I recently did a batch of my fav soups and stews..from freeze dried! In mylar & sealed..bc the cost of the Bear creek & others are now over $7 a pkg in Cali!!! Then a few weeks later we did a big fam 8 day camping trip & I brought several.. Plus made up..breakfasts in mylar.. Oatmeals with milks/cream pwd, fruits, sugars..just add water! Pancakes..same..butter pwd..bottle of syrup! And dehydrated hash brown, egg, sausage scrambles! 2 were new ish son in laws I hadn't camped with before! They think I'm a genius🤣🤣🤣 I had 2 boxes total..1 had extra stuff.. Like spices, oil..etc..

I'm in shock. I can't stop watching. This is so amazing. Mothers are amazing inventive people.

Another meal could be 1 can meat only chili,1 can pinto beans, 1 can black beans, 1 can corn, 1 can rotel,1 can diced tomatoes, 1 package taco mix, dried onions to taste,serve over rice. Could also add 4 to 8 oz of Velveeta cheese, and it could be served over Fritos.

I went out yesterday. Bought all the products & have my kits ready. I can hardly wait to receive the recipes to drop in them... To give to those in need.🙌

This is such a great video! It's hard to stare at the cans and figure something out to eat...very smart ;)

I live in central Kentucky and know that a good portion of eastern Kentucky has been hit with devastating flooding. Electric company crews are having trouble getting in to restore power, so these types of meal would be great. I know many Kroger stores and other places are collecting shelf stable foods to donate.

Thank you so much for all these great ideas for the pantry. Another quick meal to keep on hand in a bag is a can of chili and rice.

I saw another channel have emergency meal kits. This makes so much sense.

Seriously the most random thought! I wish you could come organize my RU-vid video output with the little post it. But instead I’m just sitting here watching you!

Bbq pork and beans. One can of pork, one can of baked beans, onion bbq sauce. Would go good with a Jiffy corn muffin topping.

Beef & Tomatoes over Rice: Canned Beef and Stewed heated in a pan, S&P to taste. Sreve over cook rice. Green Beans for a side, seasoned with onion & garlic powder, S&P

I love this idea❤️ I live in California and this gives me an idea for my emergency food box just in case of an emergency. Thanks you ☺️💕

Canned Chicken, Cornbread Stuffing (or Stove-Top Stuffing), Le Seur Peas, and Cranberry Sauce (or Apple Sauce). Canned Ham, Yams, Mac&Cheese, Green vegie and/or yellow vegie.

When I open dehydrated/freeze dried long time storage containers, I immediately put the contents in a ziplock storage bag and try to remove as much air as possible. I also add food grade, reusable desiccants to the ziplock bag. It helps extend the shelf life.

These would be great for hurricane season! I need to "shop" my pantry and see what I can make. Great video!

This be great for a wedding shower.

This is a great idea! Clearly I need to catch up on my Kimmy! Rather than waste all those expensive ziplock bags,I’m going to reuse some of the single use plastic bags I keep getting from the store when I constantly forget my reusable bags. Thanks Kimmy! You’re the best ❤️❤️

I'm really enjoying your quick, inexpensive food prep ideas. I intended to write down only five recipes but they were all such brilliant ideas I ended up recording eleven of your recipes. These meals are delicious, quick and easy , inexpensive as well as great prepping recipes. Thank you very much🤠

The chicken casserole is just tuna casserole made with chicken. I make it all the time. We call it slop. Mac and cheese with mushroom soup. Add in meat of choice hamburger chicken tuna are most common. Sometimes mushrooms and/or tomatoes and veggies with spices to round it out. I grew up eating like that.

This is a perfect idea for those living in hurricane states.

My family is so picky, But I can definitely put meals together just not the great variety you could. This is a great idea. I like that you added desserts. I would love vegetable based recipe ideas on a budget. I’m not vegetarian, but the cost of meat is so high I’m looking for other options. Enjoy the day.

You did such a good job for this. My family is a family of 8 who goes cross country camping in a tent. Next summer we are going for 6 weeks. I use just a camping stove and 2 pots or a car crockpot for lunches. I had about ten meals, but you gave me so many more.

This would be such a great idea for food pantries and to donate to families in need.

I love this video, I’m going to add one baggie to each of our cars to have in case we need it. It’s perfect. Thank you

I do something similar and one thing I do is laminate the recipe cards (you can get self sealing ones at many stores). That way I can reuse the cards multiple times and sort by recipient/person or families the kit(s) is/are intended for.

This is gold! I'm thinking about dropping some meal kits at local pantry.

This is a great idea for Blessing Boxes! Thank you!

I love the idea of meal kits. Thanks so much. I will share this idea 💡 😊 with a friend and a cousin. May Jesus light up your world 🌎 🙏

Thank you Kimmie. This video took time and thought to make. I really like these ideas. I run a karma box pantry and maybe if I put some of these ideas in bags ready to go, some of the items I have will move faster so they don't expire. You truly are amazing. Thank you. Plus it's just great to have these ideas for dinner when you don't know what to have

This is great!! I have a husband whom is totally blind and this would be very helpful for him. Labeling every can is very time consuming and can readers can be $$$$$. So this would help him know what goes together. Thank you.

I really like this idea because the times you will likely use these kits... you're not going to want to have to think about recipes and balancing your rations. Definitely going to reorganize some of the prepper pantry into bags. Thank you.

This is perfect for a working mom, get them prepped and have so many nights that you don't have to put a lot of thought into dinner! Love this!

Bushes has some really good chili bean in cans too. I like the organization part of this. Good idea!

I think these would also be great to make up and drop at a food bank or mini pantry. Especially since they include the recipe!

Thank you for ALL of your hard work, Kim! You're AWESOME!!💗

I’m loving the content!! Thank you 🙏🏻 for all these food storage tips and tricks!

great I deal for different families or neighbors around the holidays that maybe struggling a little or r just in need. also to barter with someone in exchange of something that they may have that u maybe in need of. good way to take part of a potluck for church functions or family reunions.

I have been curious what I could come up with from my pantry. This has helped a lot. Thank you!

Great idea for family is need, like someone else said. I canned homemade sloppy Joe sauce today, you could do that as well with some canned or dehydrated beef, and make your bread or even use the muffin mix. And a Mexican corn bread, with beef, corn and cheese and your Mexican seasoned. So many wonderful ideas. You are fantastic Kim. God bless

Some other good choices to add cheese to a recipe is cheddar cheese soup or the packets of Velvetta cheese soup.

1.Can of chili, can of chili beans, jar of salsa. Make a good quick chili. 2. Pumpkin puree with a box of yellow or spice cake mix makes good pumpkin bread or bars. 3. canned mixed veggies (your choice), veggie broth, quick barley, canned beans(I like chickpeas) pkg of brown gravy mix makes a good veggie soup. 4. Oats, PB, and canned pumpkin make good cookies. 5. Angle food mix and canned crushed pineapple make a good lemon cake. I like the idea of having everything for a meal together, it would make it easy to see what you have and what you need when menu planning.

Great video! I'm going to rewatch later so I can write all these down. Also great idea for my son that is in Boy Scouts. Can be made while camping!!

Such a great idea coordinating ingredients and written instructions! Thank you!

Kimmy!!!!! This video of recession food kits or emergency kits were AMAZING!!!!! I am saving as well as going to try them so I know what my family likes and doesn't like before I pack away for that time. We bought some 25 year meal kits and some look good but I'm on the fence about flavor. I know all these won't have that long of shelf life but it would work in a pinch. Awesome girl!! Can't wait for you to cook them for us so we see them done. Thank you Kim!!

I NEED this! I am Soooooo glad! You did these for us! I love these for myself for quick meals BUT ALSO to quickly just gift for a friend in need. Thank you...🙌

I love this idea! You come up with the greatest things. Thanks for sharing!

Immediately in love with this idea. Thank you for sharing this.

This was SO GREAT! Thank you for all the ideas!!

You have so much knowledge and now more than ever, I can’t thank you enough for sharing it with us! You have a beautiful and generous heart that I hope will become contagious. We need each other to lean on too, and hopefully we will be able to help where we can so that nobody will go to bed hungry. 😢🥺

This is amazing! I think this will be a great strategy to not overwhelm beginners! Thanks!

I’m new to your channel and I feel as tho I have HIT THE LOTTERY!!!! What a wonderful idea!!! I stand and stare at the few things I do have and can never figure anything else that sounds good!!! NOW!!! IT IS GRAB AND GO!!!! Thank U So Much!!!

I've been doing this for a while now and have converted our family favorite meals into shelf stable meals. I use my home canned meats most of the time. I have had so much fun creating these meals and helping my neighbors and friends to also convert their family favorite meals into shelf stable meals! Love love love this! ❤

Couldn't love this more! Thanks for this!

I love that you featured some freeze-dried ingredients from THRIVE Life. That's mostly what I store for my emergency food. Love having cheese, yogurt and sour cream in my food storage!

This is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing. I’m still learning to stockpile and this helps to create meals !

These ideas are FABULOUS! Thank you so much!!!

I love this - it looks like it's easier to use these at home with water/water storage.

Love love love these ideas. I love to meal prep and I'm sick of freezing everything. This is an excellent alternative. Thank you!

Kimmy I am so excited to see how you do a budget holiday haul and how to save on turkey 🦃 and side dishes

I love these as ideas to give to the food pantry. The recipes will help pull all the items together into meals for folks.

Thank you for all the great meal kit ideas.

Good morning Kimmie ,, Always a joy to see a new video from you !,, thank you 🤗❤️

This video means so much to me. You're saving lives. Thank you so much.

Hello Kimmy! What a great idea this is for so many scenario’s. 👏🏻❤️😊

💜💚💙 Wowww. Blown away! In less than 18 minutes, you've crammed more than most channels' 10 videos. (Did I say, 'Wowww'?) Took lotsa notes. 😊 Thanks so much!

Wonderful video with fantastic ideas! Thank you!!

I absolutely love these ideas. Thank you so much. Its quick and easy meals. The whole family can put a meal on the table if mom is too busy to cook.

AMAZING!!! Thank you for sharing this video. I never thought about this and it would make cooking so much easier plus no stressing over if we have items. 👍

This is perfect! I really need to rotate out my current canned foods and I lack inspiration using them. Thanks Kimmie!

Add tuna to the green bean casserole and it's a complete meal. I make a double batch of green bean casserole and add 2 cans of tuna (and cheese). My husband and 4 teenage sons love it! We also do a lot of mac and cheese based dinners (Mac and cheese, meat, veggie). Ramon noodles and powdered cheese with give you a alfredo variation. Our favorite was to add summer squashes to it

Me again... I'm VERY thankful for you & this content you provided for us today. Thank you again🤗

Excited for this! You have been looking amazing. I feel like this is your time ✨