Store
What You Eat, Eat What You Store….Know How
Start with
making a Menu: Make a list of 3 of each meal that your
family would eat and that could be prepared and stored easily. *Add more meals as you go…
Breakfast #1- FrenchToast,
Syrup, Juice
Breakfast #2- Cold Cereal, milk
Breakfast #3- Oatmeal with
Milk
Lunch #1- Boxed Macaroni
& Cheese, Corn
Lunch #2- Fish Sticks,
Rice, Green Beans
Lunch #3- Lunch Meat
Sandwiches, Chips
Dinner #1-
Spaghetti, Dinner Rolls, Green Beans
Dinner #2-
Tacos, Chips, Carrot Sticks
Dinner #3- Hawaiian Hay
Stacks, Rice
Now… Make a detailed
list of the Ingredients- Make a detailed list of all ingredients and their quantities that
it takes to feed your family for each meal.
Breakfast #1
French Toast, Juice
French Toast:
6 eggs, 1 tbsp. Sugar, ¼ c. milk, ½ tsp.
Cinnamon,
1 loaf of bread
Syrup: ¼ bottle of syrup
Juice-
1 12 oz.
Can frozen juice
Breakfast #2- Cold
Cereal, milk
Cold Cereal: 1 Box of
Cereal
Milk: ¼ of gallon
Breakfast #3- Oatmeal
with milk
Oatmeal- 8 packets of
flavored oatmeal
Milk-
apx.
2 cups
Now…Decide How Often Your Family Will Eat Each Meal:
“In
an average month of 30 Days Our Family Will Eat Breakfast of”…
-16 days of Cereal, milk
-6 days of French Toast, Juice
-8 days of Oatmeal with
milk
Now…Make a Shopping list…Do the Math- Multiply your ingredients
list for each meal by the number of times your family will eat each meal in
a month. 1 Month of
Breakfasts
-
16 Boxes of Cereal
-
6 12 oz Cans frozen Juice
-
8 boxes of 8 packets of Oatmeal
-
36 eggs (3 dozen)
-
5 gallons of Milk
-
½ cup Sugar
-
3 tsp. Cinnamon
-
6 loaves of Bread
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! USE THE BACK OF THIS PAPER TO
CREATE YOUR OWN MENU AND BEGIN, OR ADD TO YOUR 3 MONTH SUPPLY!
