Emergency meal kits

I saw on another blog where a lady posted that we should make up emergency meal kits so if an event happened you would have those and not have to think about what to make. I think its a good idea not only for emergencies but also for your kids to be able to make a meal without too much trouble. One lady suggested buying those plastic shoe box's and placing shelf stable ingredients into it along with a menu and cooking instructions. Here are a few shelf stable meal kit ideas I came up with.

Be sure to eat these meals at least every 6 months and immediately make a new kit. Its a good idea to put a use by date on the kit.

1.Tuna on crackers. Cans of tuna, small jar of mayonnaise, small jar of relish, crackers and a jar or can of fruit. (I would tell my kids that if we are at home and they are using the kits to use the mayo and relish in the fridge first).

2. Beef gravy, biscuits and instant potatoes.
1 or 2 jars of beef stew meat, seasoned flour, instant potatoes, powdered milk, biscuit mix and 1 or 2 cans of green beans.
Mix the seasoned flour with water to make a paste and add to the liquid from the stew meat to make a gravy. Make biscuits according to package directions. Make instant potatoes according to package directions.

3. Bean burritos
Dehydrated re fried beans, small jar taco sauce, black olives, tortilla mix and dehydrated cheese if available. Re hydrate beans in hot water. Make tortilla by mixing the tortilla mix with water and kneading and rolling and cooking.

4. Salmon patties with tartar sauce and peas.
Canned salmon, crackers, small jar of mayo, small jar of relish, powdered eggs, small jar of cooking oil, 1 or 2 cans of peas.
Make salmon patties with the egg powder, crackers and salmon. Cook in oil until brown. Make a tarter sauce with the mayo and relish. Top cooked salmon patties with the tarter sauce. Warm peas and enjoy your meal.


5. Spaghetti with lentils
Spaghetti sauce, 1 c. lentils, angle hair pasta.
Use the lentils in place of ground beef, it cooks fast and tastes great. I am not sure what seasonings to use with this meal.

6. Canned soup, crackers and a jar or can of fruit.

7. Small jar peanut butter, small jar jelly, crackers, fruit.

8. Chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes and a vegetable if desired.
Canned chicken, egg noodles, cream of chicken soup, chicken bullion, instant potatoes and a can or two of vegetables.

9. Chicken and dumplings, mashed potatoes and a vegetable.
Canned chicken, dumpling mix, instant potatoes and a can or two of vegetables.

10. Canned chili, crackers, canned fruit.

11. macaroni and cheese. Vienna sausage. Fruit (powdered milk)

Do you have any shelf stable meal ideas? If so leave a message in the comments. Thank you.