Prepping for the 2022 Roller Coaster & Storing Milk Long Term 

Personally I love grocery hauls. That’s how I discovered prepping channels. I think they probably give your channel more visibility too, so I say continue with them. Have a great 2022!

I use powdered milk a lot in the mixes I make and have found a tip that I will pass on. If you run the powdered milk from the box into a blender, food processor, grinder first before your preferred method of storage, it will be WAY easier to reconstitute and won't have lumps.

I think your grocery/prep haul is so much more realistic for most people.

I enjoy your pantry hauls because you have creative ideas like using pizza crust mix to make flat bread. Please keep doing them!

Every 8 - 12 weeks I take about 45 minutes and do a 'Shake' of my Gosner's , evaporated milks, juices etc... Because these and a few juices tend to 'settle' and as they age to and beyond their 'best by' dates this settling can get difficult to re-suspend and regular Gentle shaking or even just inverting can greatly extend and improve the quality when you do open them

I love the hauls because every once in a while I see something I never thought of. BOILED PEANUTS!?!? I got a can now I just need to give them a try.

I've canned regular milk along with cream cheese, butter, bacon, any kind of cheese, I have been canning for years and started when the old-timer's canned everything and I learned from them. Started canning my items in 2012. I open them up to check if they are still good they are still as fresh as if I just canned them.

You are right I get tired of some that use click bait then basically just shop. There is so much more than food, but food is important. I enjoy your input and look forward to your videos.

Pantry Preps are Absolutely Important 💯

All respect. Keep it up and informing.

I keep several versions of milk too-the $1 tree milk is excellent shelf stable for a good long while-it surprisingly taste decent

You are one of the best on RU-vid. Love all your videos and I’m learning a lot

Your haul videos not only helped me be more thorough and motivated to continue my prepping. My family thinks I am bonkers but I am ready and when time comes, they will be thankful! Keep up the good work! You're a wealth of information!

Nice video! I read that gossner milk guarantees 1 year past the expiration date. Love the flavor of it. ✌

I love the grocery hauls. It gives me ideas as well as the storage . It’s great to learn from one another . Your channel is awesome. Thank you and happy new year 🎆

The best buy date isn’t a throw out date. It isn’t bad, just not as fresh. I read this in a book recently and found it very helpful.

I only drink water and never liked flavored water until I found these individual packets and I love them!!!!!! So I am stocking up on them. I have learned so much from your youtube videos so God bless you for taking the time to care about others and share your knowledge. I subscribed and it was the best thing I ever did!

Great video, appreciate it ! Hope everyone is paying attention and stocking up!

Great tip on rounding the sharp corners. Thanks!

I personally appreciate the food hauls. It gives me ideas I didn’t think of before, so please keep doing them…thanks!

I have never used mylar bags with the oxygen absorbers, but have some in case my Food Saver is inoperable. Personally, if I am packaging multiple use foods where I have to reopen the bag several times, I would not cut the access off. Especially dry foods. You will get a lot more use from one bag,thus saving money.

I love grocery hauls and pantry challenges. It's fun seeing what others are thinking about. Helps me think outside the box.

Haul videos: I think it's because many of us are interested in what people buy, so that we can experience new items and expand our menus.

Thank you for helping me , your so very practical without being showy .

Really enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing the info.

Im here for all the videos!

I love the grocery hauls. I’m not super new to prepping, been doing it about a year now, but I always find new things I haven’t seen or paid attention to.

I love your grocery hauls. Keep teaching all your ideas.

Nice haul! Enjoyed the video

I love your grocery hauls! It’s a great way to see what I may have forgot or not thought of. ☺️

Thanks for showing how to do the mylar bags! I have some, but haven't used any yet. I have a flatiron too, so I should be okay. The bags won't break, & I need my jars for canning tomatoes. Great video!

Pizza crust mix is also good for making cinnamon rolls.... Which are always a crowd pleasing ,comfort food. When the Stuff Hits the Fan we'll need some comfort food. All you need as well is margarine, butter or even butter flavored crisco and cinnamon and you have a yummy treat. 😊

I'm totally going to try that evaporated milk with pudding! That sounds great! If you lightly bang the bottom of the jar on the counter top a couple times, it will compact the powder a bit more and you will get much more room in the jar to put more in. I do that when storing my flour in jars. Off topic but I saw DeSantis at the "Let Us Worship" event in FL the other day. He really needs to reconsider running for president. He's got my vote! Happy New Year sister! 🎊🎉✝️❤️

I love the grocery hauls as well. Do what YOU like. It’s your channel! It’s great that you are helping educate people! Love your channel! ❤️

I love the hauls to be honest and what you have to say about why you prep and tbe meat ,potatoes all that...lol people always going to have something to say glad your not stopping the hauls.

I always love the pantry hauls!! Happy New Year!!🎆

I have never seen the chicken noodleo's in our Walmart, But a great haul. keep on doing it. I will be putting by dry milk in jars in the next week. Thanks for sharing.

I've used those dry milk packages 5 years past the best buy date and they were still good.

I enjoy the grocery hauls as I always get ideas on things I should be buying. Thank you for another great video.

i love the hauls don't let anyone change how you do you're channel

hi there...love your videos.... i'm in Broward county... prepping like crazy for 4 months now... alaskan prepper is great ,love his info.. Aldi's has some great deals and their products taste great

I like the hauls in addition to the more important prepping items. It gives me an idea what I should buy the next time I’m out shopping

I always get new ideas watching the food hauls.

I love the grocery hauls and pantry tours, as well as any other information that you may have..

I look forward to your videos. Seems most prepper channels I watch are couples. One of many reasons I like your channel, I'm not part of a couple, but also have a son. The thing I like especially about your dollar tree hauls, it gives me things to look for. Your dental repair kits..it took me going to 5 dollar tree stores before I found them. At the same store, I found roll on aroma therapy, essential oils. Also found gel shoe inserts & gel heel shock absorbers. And just a couple dollar trees carry almond milk. Happy New Year to you & your son & your viewers. Stay safe & alert. And prep as best you are able. It can be overwhelming at times. But, if you prepare for natural weather emergencies in your area, you're already started.

The nonfat powdered milk is a great addition. I have countless amounts canned and stored. And you're right sunshine there is more to prepping then just food storage. Happy new year to you and yours and to the community. ✌️

I get some handy ideas of WHAT to store from your shopping hauls sometimes that I hadn't considered before. Sometimes just hearing how you use some of the items gives me ideas too. Of course, the meat and potatoes are the most satisfying. I'm glad you'll continue the hauls too though! Thanks. 🤗

Thank you for sharing great video as usual much appreciated and thank you for the tips.

Thanks for the milk storage info. I am putting up my dry milk next.

I love your pantry hauls!! All of your videos are very informative, helpful and just enjoyable. I even love your car chats. 😊

I have used evaporated milk up to 8 months passed the expiration date, and it was fine. I also used to buy gossners carton milk at dollar tree for a dollar. Was great for kids dorm rooms. They can store in closet or under bed, take out and put in mini fridge. My kids used it for cereals and coffee.

Happy new year 🎉 the reason the powdered milk was cheaper in the little pouches is because you got actually less milk because the weight of the pouch itself.

Milk is important to me. So this is good info. I’ve done the same as you so I feel better knowing I’ve done right. I have both Mylar bags and quart jars.

I love your grocery hauls you give me great ideas and notification of new products so I run off to dollar tree or Walmart!

I really like your Channel, you Prep in a way it meets my needs, I don't have fruit trees, livestock, kind of hard to grow veggies here in the Henderson/Vegas area so this type of prepping works for me, thanks and keep up the good work! Mahalo!

I LOVE HAULS, AND PANTRYS

Hello Sunshine I’m glad you’re keeping the grocery hauls. They some times give me ideas of food I might not have thought of. 👍

I've canned since was was a teenager helping my mom and aunts. It was a huge family project. Everything was from my uncle's garden. We helped hoe/seed and gather, prepare and can. So beginning to the end product. We had the canners and jars. But today if you don't have a LARGE garden to raise you veggies it's more expensive. We had cattle, pigs, chickens and raised all of our meats. Had our own cornmeal processed and bagged up. We picked figs, peaches, and pears from our trees, Blackberries and plums from the sides of the dirt roads. It's not like that today. It's very costly to can today. I found one case of jars during the pandemic!! No canning supplies to be found. So unless you canned prior to the pandemic it's not practical. Canned good are no where near as good but having buying is cheaper. And the time and energy to can is expensive.

This was a really helpful and informative video, thank you!

I'm taking a break from canning this month. I'm going to be a dehydrating freak this month. Lots of different veggies. Most of it I'll be making it into veggie powder. I did a LARGE haul of puddings, canned milk, canned fruits, more soups and a ton of other canned foods all in one grocery haul one month. My daughter and grandsons picked up my groceries and hauled it in for me. My daughter was kind of fuming and said NO MORE! LOL. I understand but she has quietly been lugging my monthly hauls in for me since. I love her guts! Take care and Happy New Year!

Thanks for the tip on the pizza crust mix. Didn't know about it because it's not sold in my store. I'll have to drive down to the Walmart I hate going to.😬 BTW, what's not to like about food hauls? I love them. Thanks and Happy New Year. 🎉🎉🎉

Love the pantry hauls! Keep them coming! Have a beautiful and blessed year! 💙🌼💙

I love prepping hauls!

Like the tip on the evaporated milk.

Great storage idea for that powdered milk! I bought some end of 2020 and I’ve been wondering what I should’ve done with it to keep it longer. Also for those little packs in a bug out bag might consider some propel or even the great value brand electrolyte packs. In the summer months they come in real handy

We always price by the ounce, been doing it for over 30 yrs that way, but by choice we've always been frugal by choice. Thx for the vid

Grocery Hauls gives me ideas of other things to get. I love watching you

Happy New Year! 🎆

You can put a slit in top of package and fold up and stuff in jar and vaccum seal your jars, saving on oxygen absorbers. Also tamp your jar down you get more product in them😀😀

I like seeing the grocery haul, but at almost lightning speed with a why'd you included it in your 'What If Preparedness Pantry'. Having your haul spread out on the table or counter, so you can focus your camera & talk without touching or opening the package on screen is much appreciated. The cutting of the Corners on a curve was a Great Tip. I store my unused & recycled Mylar bags in a Copier Paper box cutdown to 5" with an old Tea Towel in the bottom to protect the Mylar bags from sharp items and being folded.

ohh pizza crust mix I need to add that on my list. thanks for sharing!

I first found your channel through a food haul and I still love them. Creators usually include more than just the food they buy, like little hints, and I find that helpful. You always include extra tips with your food hauls and I appreciate that. I guess I'm the dummy in the group. I didn't know you push in the button on the lid of the canning jar. I thought it was only for when you use a water bath. Doh! No, I can't believe it's 2022. I remember people stocking up when 2000 was approaching. So many people thought that would be the crisis point, end of the world, return of Christ, etc. Wishing you and your son a happy, healthy, safe and blessed 2022.

You can also use a brake line bleeder if you don’t have food saver or electricity to seal jars up.😀

HAPPY NEW YEAR. Good prep haul. Hope you had a great Christmas and excellent new year.

Keep doing what your doing !

one thing we have done is we have added protein powder as a dry milk alternative alongside of our instant milk. the protein powder could at least in the short term be a meal. and there are different ones from whey protein to pea protein. and... it comes in a wide variety of flavors. but we store vanilla because it is the most like milk.....

Can also use the vacuum jar sealer accessory with the food saver to seal regular & wide mouth mason jars. Removes the oxygen & seals the lid.

Thanks for sharing . Love the hot iron idea. Won't toss mine out.

Thanks for the tip about tge evaporated milk in pudding

I like your haul videos it helped me for sure

I am always 💯 down for pantry hauls. It gives me good ideas, and after I went and reorganized mine today I have a lot of newfound room for things I haven't thought of yet...

I would cut the corner of the pouches and slip an oxygen pack inside and reseal the pouch . Jars to take up more room

Happy New Year 💝🎉

I do like grocery hauls. I like to see what others are buying. I think that people that are new to prepping would benefit from watching grocery hauls of what preppers buy from the store. Especially that could make a pretty good meal. That's not just chef Boyardee or MREs lol I know when I was new to your channel it helped me stock my cabinets with food for my kids. 💝 I know there's more than just food to buy, but that (food) was the first step here. I honestly love you and your channel and look forward for all of your videos and helpful tips and advice and whatever we should be prepping/buying.

Love your hauls!

I love the hauls !

I add evaporation can milk to the powdered milk to make it tastes better

Do what you want girl it's your channel and and I love meat and potatoes lol

Just an FYI on the Great Value canned chicken. You can order a case of 12 - 12.5oz cans online for $19 and change. It's the least expensive way I've found to stock it.

Wishing you a very happy new year, Sunshine! :)

Good video. 👍 Question: how long do you think the milk will last in the canning jars vs how long will it last in the sealed Mylar bags? Any idea? Either way, thank you 😊

Great content and information. 🙏 Happy New Year

Thanks for the tips and great ideas! Happy New Year!!!

I like the grocery hauls.

I got Nido powdered milk on Amazon for a good price and your haul reminded my I need pizza dough and carrot’s so your haul helped me .🙂 I’m thinking about buying a pressure canner just have to save up . Good video.

You can buy bags of baby carrots or frozen and can them. If you can bottles of water it sterilizes it.

great video as usual ...ty for tips

Great ideas! Thanks 😊 New Subscriber from Alabama ❤️

I got my first two cans of spam because of your channel. I'm planning to try them, because I haven't eaten any before (I know crazy). But most of my family are not preppers. I only have a younger sister in Texas who does prep. I'm planning to get my powder milk soon too.

That was really Cool how you did that! I have the same boxed milk, and I was wondering if it could be canned or sealed, so thanks for showing this!