Sample One Year Menu ~ For Canners

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Note - this isn't a menu suggestion, it's to get the ball rolling for your own food storage. Save time and money by canning now & have a bountiful life in SHTF. 

Note - By Planning a 52 Week Menu you will save money by being able to buy in bulk. For instance if you need 52 qts chili you know how many oz total needed of tomatoes and can buy by the bushel or #10 cans. 

Note - If you can then oven dehydrating isn't going to freak you. So I have included dehydrated egg powder as an ingredient in some of these. Egg powder is pretty shelf stable & you can put in quart size mason jars with 2 gram silica gel packet on bottom & 2 *working* 300cc o2 absorbers on top for 3-5 years in a cool, dark environment.

Sample Home Canned Soup by Farm Girl Tails

Breakfasts
52x - Canned Pears, Oatmeal, Canned Jam, Homemade Cornbread, Powdered Milk.
52x - Canned Apple Pie Filling, Homemade Angel Food Cake, Shelf Stable Whipped Cream Powder.
52x - Canned Jam, Toast, Dehydrated Eggs, Powdered Milk, Can (store bought) Corned Beef Hash.
52x - Homemade Rolls, Canned Sausage Crumbles, Flour (for gravy), Dehydrated Hash Browns.
52x - Canned Peaches, Oatmeal, Powdered Milk, Homemade Tortillas, Jam.
52x - "Leftovers Day"
52x - Canned Fruit Cocktail, Homemade Muffins, Dehydrated Eggs (scrambled), Powdered Milk.

Lunches
52x - Homemade Bread, Waxed Cheddar, Home Canned Tomato Soup.

52x - Dehydrated Hash Browns, Home Canned Chicken Soup Starter, Pasta.

52x - Homemade Pretzel Buns, Navy Beans (for soup), Dak Ham (for soup), Home Canned Corn.

52x - Homemade Bread, Peanut Butter, Marshmallow Fluff, Homemade Oatmeal Cookies.

52x - Homemade Cornbread, Honey, Home Canned Baked Beans With No Filler/Nitrate Hot Dog Chunks.

52x - Rice, Beans, Home Canned Chili with Chunks Of Kielbasa, Green Beans. 

52x - "Leftovers Day"

Dinners
52x - Homemade Rolls, Home Canned Beef (as pot roast), Mashed Potato Flakes, Corn, Green Beans.
52x - Tortillas, White Rice, Pinto Beans (refried beans), Home Canned Chicken, Fajita Spices.
52x - "Leftovers Day"
52x - Tortillas, Red Beans, Rice, Canned Sausage, Jambalaya Spices, Homemade Salsa.
52x - Pinto Beans (refried), Homemade Chili, Cheese Powder, Elbow Macaroni, Home Canned Corn.
52x - Spaghetti, Home Canned Spaghetti Sauce, Baguette, Home Canned Mixed Veggies.
52x - Homemade Rolls, Home Canned Beef Stew, Dehydrated Hash Browns, Dehydrated Peppers.

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Then all I have to do is make these items for one week straight. I'd write down exactly how many ounces or teaspoons of every item from garlic granules and flour, to raw beef roast, then multiply by 52. Then I could purchase accordingly and have my 1 year food storage. I don't have to eat this daily *now*. I can cycle most of the canned items over 2 or 4 years and many of the grains can stay in mylar for 20 yrs. This way I can still have fresh foods when I want. The goal is just to have at least a year of food. This is an excellent way to build up to that - first by buying all your grains and beans, then by getting your year of staple basics (oil, peanut butter, spices, etc), then lastly by canning project at a time. Build up in order. Grains first since cheapest/most calories, then spices/staples for monotony, then canned yummies. Once you have those down you can look into the "Freeze dried" extras that don't can well, etc but wait on these.. They're overpriced for content amounts and best only as "extras once done prepping".