I love the fact that you are telling people that you can eat things long after best by dates. Way to go!!

I date things like toothpaste or dish soap when I open it so I know how long it takes for me to use it. I then know how many I need for a year or 2 supply.

Prep by meals. Figure a two week menu, at least two meals a day. Buy all you need for those meals … pasta with sauce, canned fruit, something to drink for example. Double it and you have a month with each meal served twice in that month. Change the meals or keep them the same. Do another month. This will prevent having lots of tuna but missing ingredients for tuna salad or tuna casserole. It takes time but is well worth it.

This morning at 4:44 AM, I got an emergany alert on my phone (Yes I was up). TORNEDO WARNING NY Hudson Valley. Here's what I did; grabbed my solar lantern and Lucy Lite that are ALWAYS charging on the window sill. Then I proceeded to fill the bathtub and large pots with water. Power out = no water for me. Then I sit and wait. We did have heavy rain, thank God no tornedo here. You never know folks. I've been through many bad storms and week long outages. Be ready.

Pressure canning, beef, chicken, pork, saves tons of cash and has a super long shelf life plus you know how and where your food was prepared!

You did an amazing job with a small space! Thank you for showing that is totally possible to prep in a small space.

Here's a tip to help with rotation of dates. One week each month, prepare ALL of your meals using only items you have in stock. Don't go buy groceries that week unless you need some fresh produce. At the end of the week, go to the pantry and check dates and pull everything to the front of your shelves and make a list of what you need to re stock. On items that you don't use regularly, concentrate on using them up and don't re stock. Frees up the space, allows you to use it up, and you can replace it with stuff you will normally use. Use this week to practice preparing meals from you stock as if the shtf is here and you will be ready to exist on your preps.

I was a Meat Manager for 15 years, I used to have regular customers who would come in early in the mornings and I ALWAYS marked down items that were short dated for nice customers who would politely ask if I had any deals. Be nice to the butcher. Great tips. I love how organized you are!

Ok some lessons I've been doing for years. Lessons started when I was 5 years old in Brooklyn when there was a 3 day blackout in the winter. 1- Reuse the paper plates, save them to start a fire or make a homemade buddy burner covered in candle wax. 2-- Save the last part of toilet paper and paper towels, emergency use, and makes great firestarter for camping, stuff twigs inside of them, then pack it inside a Brown paper bag with more twigs. 15 second fire. 3- Freeze your rice for 3 days, dry out for 2 days, then store in 1 gallon juice jugs with air absorber. 4- hide your stockpile some place other than your house. 5- average person eats 4 pounds a day, get use to 3 pounds a day now, get in the right mindset as if your in a blackout now.... Spend a weekend in the dark, solar lights at night in the center room of your house... have kids? Call it a camping trip, tent city.... get ready people, Texas was a wake up call, remember long cold winter.

Don’t get rid of any food you don’t like. 1) use it as a base for homemade vegetable soup or some recipe 2) you’ll have c something to share with others when needed

Refilling the empty water bottles instead of tossing them is an excellent idea!

I agree. Also, many people may have a problem with things like "Ramen", but I personally find it to be an easy way to Prep for cheap. (As long as you can find a place to store the items.) My daughter and I love the "Creamy Chicken" Ramen. I like to toss an egg into it, also. But, every month I am buying a 24pk for us (it may not be Creamy Chicken flavor, this month I got the Shrimp flavor, my daughter loves that one too). You can even save the flavor pack and use the noodles as pasta. I have made Tuna with a little bit of Mayo and mixed it into the Ramen Noodles (I can not remember if I added a Tsp of Sweet Relish or not.), but I also have did something that may sound weird. I saw a recipe and edited it a little, it was a Tsp of Peanut Butter, some Soy sauce and Hot Dogs (or Sasauge Dogs will also work). This recipe also said you could add (which we didn't), sesame seeds and brown sugar. We didn't add those, but it was quite good. My daughter thought it was weird, but she said "It was Suprizingly Good!". (Reminds me of something like maybe from a Thai Restaurant or something.) But, I was thinking and told my sister if she did something like that, she could put a Tbsp of Alfredo sauce and use some canned chicken and make Chicken Alfredo. (Maybe, add some spices.. if you want or have.) But, there is alot you can do. Then, with the Ramen flavor packet, you can even make a few things.. 1: You can take it and use it as Bullion for soup. Just add some canned veggies or maybe some rice and maybe some beans? 2: You can add some flour to it, or corn starch, some thickening agent and then make "GRAVY" out of the Ramen Seasoning Packet. So, that way you'll have "Gravy" for your Rice or Mashed Potatoes... or whatever you want. (This is just an idea for some of you out there who have no idea what to do. My daughter and I love Ramen, no we do not eat it every day but it is something that we can eat and we can stock that is cheap along with the more expensive items. But, this will help us survive and having plenty of it means I can also help feed others too. (Yes, many people eat 1 pkg, but if it comes down to it we will share a pkg because 1pkg is 2 servings. So, that means 3pkgs can feed a family of 6, if you need to go that route. 24pkgs would equal 8 meals for a family of 6. And, 4pkgs of 24pks would feed a family of 6, a total of 32 times. So, I think this is a great idea to stock up on, especially if you are stressing about feeding others, as I am. Or, if I can get my sister to stock up on it, that would be even better. I would think this and some of 5lb bags of Grits and 5lb bags of oatmeal, along with some salt and pepper. Sugar, honey, Cinnamon, raisins, jelly.... really anything that would go in Grits and Oatmeal. But, I am mainly focused on stocking for myself and my daughter, but I still need extra food for those people who I know who will try to eat into my stash. I am only listing the cheaper stuff that I getting for those of you who are starting out and have no money to stock up on. Just if you can, stock up on something to keep you alive and that you know will last a long time and you know that you can give to help your family that isn't stocking and you "know" will be asking for food. Oh, and remember... "2 is 1, 1 is none" meaning: if you have 2 of something, you have 1. If you have one of something, then you have none. But, I hope this is giving anyone who thinks they can not stock up on stuff, ideas of what they "Can Do". I know it can become overwhelming, When you first start out and you need to remeber to take it one day at a time and Prep on your budget. Prep things you will eat, even if it isn't your favorite. As long as you will eat it, that is all that matters. Rotate though your stock, make sure you are putting dates on things. Oh! And, canned potatoes.. Those can be put into stews. You can make quite alot of stuff with them.. You can add them to soups. So, why not make some sort of potato and vegetable soup, just toss in some Seasoning into the mix and if you wish you could add some meat (or not, you could save the meat but an option is to add some canned chicken or beef or something into the mix), just an idea. But, I hope this helps anyone out there who might be trying to come up with some ideas and is nee to the whole Prepping scene. If you are new, I am proud of you for taking your first step. And, I wish you the Best of Good Luck! Take it one day at a time and Prep within your budget. If you get overwhelmed, just remember to take a breath and that you are doing the right thing. I wish you all the Best, Take Care & Stay Safe! Have an Amazing Day! (Have an Amazing Night!)

I like to use the cheapest paper plates as covers to heat food in the microwave. For the chicken soup, put it in a blender and use as cream of chicken or thickening base for cooking.

Tomatos are acidic and will rust through metal cans fast and give you a nasty mess to clean up. So you need to keep them visible and rotate them. Also a tomato product in a metal can can be put into glass jars and canned for safe long-term storage.

When the power is out those lightweight paper plates are great fire starters for campfires or fireplace

Great video! I just went to Dollar Tree this morning and bought the milk, some lentils, and the gallon bottles of water. I try to get a few things extra each week to add to my stock pile. I'm on a limited income, so I just add a little each week. So far, I have a decent stash, but you always know you need more! Love watching your videos!💖

Get Mason jars and dry can your flour, rice, noodles, etc that is dry products. Its very easy and done in the oven! 210 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Leave the jars open then put the flap and ring on when you take them out. they will seal like normal canning and will keep for a very long time. I have flour that I canned from 2015 and still good. Just made bread from a jar of flour a week ago.

Also use large wicker laundry baskets that have lids for storage, along with trunk style coffee tables too. An empty chest of drawers is great for food storage too.

Skills are important, skills don’t have an expectation date, plus you can use your skill in exchange for goods you have ran out of. Baking, making soap or hunting are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. No need to over do it, just one or two skills can prove really useful. Just something to think about 😁

You can put the bay leaves in the storage container with your rice as well.

For the beds that are low, you can buy plastic bed lifts/risers that will give you 3-8 inches of extra space.

I'll be 67 next April and have been prepping for a good while. I really liked your BOB video. You actually suggested a couple of things that I didn't think of. You are adorable. Keep up the great work. God bless and thank you for a positive ethic to prepping.

I keep a bunch of Gossner milk, in big cat litter plastic containers in my cool dry basement, ive used some over a year expired it was fine, once opened keep refrigerated and use in 7 to 10 days. Pasta on sale is good preparation food and some vodka for medicinal and injured helps and bartering liquor. I like Aldi marinara sauce. New friend here of your channel tonight. HUGS and GOD bless us everyone ❤

Mom used those paper plates with the wicker holders and doubled them if she needed to, sometimes she would just brush them off if it was just a sandwich and leave the plate in the holder and use it again. Tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich are the best.

Jerky may be one possible alternative to canned beef. It can always be added to soups and stews.

Great advice!! My aunt told me about the bay leaves! If you store flour, put it in a bucket with a basil leaf on top of the bag of flour yet inside the lid of the bucket and you will NEVER get weevil. I have flour stored for the past 20 years and no weevils!!

If you take your boxed mixes and vacuum seal them in glass canning jars they will last a lot longer than if left in the boxes. Also allows you to save your foods from critters and you bay leaves for cooking.

Thank you for the tips !

The Keystone products are awesome. Don't open a can just to try it, take my word for it they are delicious! The roast beef is awesome too. You can barter with foods you don't eat.

Love your videos, I started prepping in August and I have a lot, but still have a very long way to go. Every week my husband buys the house hold groceries and every week with the babysitting my grandson, my son pays me 100 bucks without fail, even if I only have him for 1 day he still gives me 100, and I use that for prepping. My pantry is fill and I am now stocking stuff in a spare room closet 😁 i need to buy some shelving to put in there so I have even more room. I am also a life long Florida native. I also subscribe to Alaska Prepper. He's great and so are you. I love the ideas and tips I get from both of you

Great vid as always thanks for all the hints and tips keep em coming please 👍

That was like two great videos in one. Thanks!

I like your suggestion to store extra food under the beds. To make it easier to access, buy crazy carpets (in season) at Dollar store and set your totes on them. It is then easier to slide them in and out.

I'm new to this. Your shares with what you've learned mean a lot to a lot of people who have just started realizing we could be in serious trouble within a second. There is one thing I've not seen you do and that's not only drinking water but tap water can be used for other things. We save all the water bottles and a good bit of milk gallon jugs and we fill them with tap water and we've got them stored away to use his gray water so if our water system gets contaminated or they shut it off you're still going to be able to wash your dishes wash your tux and I don't mean clothes, and have water to flush your toilet. Can't forget those and tap water is the best thing to do it with save it up now and any bottles that you can stock it up so that those things won't be forgotten at least short time. You also need a way to catch rainwater because it can be used in the same way.

You help keep us calm. Thank you !

Helpful tips! I love the sharpie idea and the bay leafs and the little cabinet idea.

You’re pantry is amazing you did great job

What a great haul! You’re going to love the Keystone ground beef! The Keystone beef chunks is excellent too! God bless❤️

Thanks for all the ideas. Your pantry looks amazing. You gave me so many ideas about stocking up.

Thank You so much the great suggestions.

Hello from North Carolina. Thank you for sharing with us.

Thank you for sharing your expertise and knowledge, as I especially learned a lot from this video! I enjoy watching your videos up here in Alaska!

Great video as always. Very organized. Hope the storms are leaving you alone. Ty for this and all your videos. God bless

Great information as always. Good haul and a excellent place to start your preps

That is a very well appointed closet!! You go girl!

Good morning from South Central Georgia. Remember, most Dollar Tree items, including the box milk, can be ordered online. You will have to buy them by the case (12 or 24 items at a time) but well worth it and an easy way to stock up. Even doing it 1 time a week or by-weekly. None of what you are doing in weird, it's very creative. Also, I just realized this: the 16.9oz bottles of pop/soda is perfect for storing 16oz or rice (2 cups). I wish I would have thought of it before. Stay safe everyone and keep prepping!

Love how organized you are!!!

I love your video. Stockpiling has really saved my families butt many times. There is something so satisfying about seeing the haul all layed out

Great job! Keep the wonderful videos coming! Been busy canning and dehydrating from the garden this week. The shelf stable milk is good long after the date. I opened a box that was dated last October and it was fine!

Love those Luncheon Meat Cans,Great shelf Life so I'm stocking them heavily along with the Rice&Beans!👍

Thank you for your amazing work, may God bless you richly sister 🙏❤️🍀

Omg yes you're so awesome!!!! Yes!!!!! I love all this

That's a good idea about using old water bottles filled with Tap water for Gray water & storing in garage. (flushing 🚽/dishes 🍽️ 🍶) Thanks for sharing your tips! 💝

This is one of the best prepping videos I've seen for people who have limited space to stock pile. Thank you!

Great info. I also started prepping years ago but continue to prep more a little faster now.

You have done a wonderful job. Your pantry is amazing. Bravo

I just started preparing 2 weeks ago. Thanks for the video.

Those potato flakes are a great thickener for soups and stews too. I love the milk from dollar tree, the same think is $3 at Walmart!

Thank you very much for al this information and tips!!!!

My GOSH you are organized. Thanks for the detail on how you're doing your preps; so helpful. Taking notes -- thank you for posting!

Hello, I have been canning ground beef, green beans, potatoes adding to my pantry. Thank you for sharing. Great haul.

I buy those plates and put the bowl type as a cover for microwaving - keeps the microwave clean.

Your logic plays right in to my wheelhouse. Thanks fir this. I watch a lot of these prepped channels so it makes me feel like I’m on the right path watching your videos.

Greetings from Homestead, Florida! Your pantry prepper tutorial was an excellent presentation!

A good tip for hiding your paper goods in the garage so people can’t see what you have, get a soft sided Christmas tree bag with a zipper! It holds a lot and people can’t see what’s in it. It also keeps your goods dust free.

By the way, bay leaves are great!!! I was happy that you knew about them!!!

I loved your hints toward the end of the video! Wonderful advice!!!!

Thank you so much for the great advice!! I'm starting to prep now and I feel overwhelmed!!

So smart about storing the tap water! I’m definitely going to start doing that! Unfortunately I don’t have a garage so on the hot (Southern California here) porch for me. Perfect for just in case. I also use under the couch and beds spaces!!

First video I’ve watched and subbed. Great info and personality.

Wow,thanks!!! Things I've never heard before. Great insight to me, older, just buying what I thought. . . Especially about the Mylar bags, I don't even have buckets yet! Thank you so much for explaining that! Very helpful!!🙏♥️🙏☝️👵🤗

Probably the best prepping video ive seen, so many great tips

I was so excited to find canned beef today at Ocean State Job Lot (North East) for $2.00!!! 24 oz Lakeside brand. No keystone here. I did so well with tuna, chicken, sardines--just sooo much. I bought tons of Progresso when it was buy 3/get 5 free. ALWAYS check the sales, digital coupons and rewards 👍😊 I can't stress that enough. Sale coffee, beans, organic canned goods.

You gave done very well for your pantry for living in an apartment! I am impressed! I mention prepping to the people I know, and they always say they don't gave room! I wish they could see this!

Thank you fellow, Sunshine State 💛 Citizen. I too have a small coat closet. And appreciate you telling me about the manager inspection. You are so right. Blessings to you and yours ❤ 🙏

Great video and very helpful, thanks for helping new Preppers. People do get overwhelmed

The Idahoan mashed potatoes are AWESOME. I have a whole bunch of them lots of different flavors, I love the smoky bacon one.

That box milk last about 4-6 months past expiration if stored in a cool dry place. I just used up the ones that expired in March and April. I have boxes that expire in July, I’m buying milk till Thanksgiving and then using my July and August milk.

Good Haul! You made me go out and do some more prepper shopping! Take Care! And God bless!

Thanks. You have been a big help.

I ate a can of beef stew FROM 2017 last week. It was still delicious. 😁👍👍👍

Thank you so much for this video! I have a few days off and am deep cleaning, checking preps, and re organizing. I wanted to move some stuff to the garage. I will definitely put the paper stuff on shelves out there. I have water in old Powerade bottles for gray water uses. I am worried now about my preps being in plain view. I will work that out tonight. I will get the buckets and a deep freezer this month. I appreciated you so much. All Gods best.

Thank you for your valuable tips for storage & building a pantry

I all so have plastic knifes, forks and spoons. Thank you for all the help you are giving me 🤗

I always love your prepping videos. Yes you can make potato salad with the canned potatoes. I did it recently with the diced ones. Turned out great. You have an awesome prep! ❤️👏

They all look good in Florida it's everywhere else. I swear we are in the safest state.

Wow....what a lot of great ideas!

Great reminers to keep prepping ! Thanks for the info .

Great organization! I still have to upgrade my dogfood section, we all must think on our dogs (and other pets) too! My house is very small and I have to improvise a lot, but I managed. It looks rather minimalistic at first sight, but behind cupbords and under beds there is space for my personal "life insurance", lol! We don't have canned beef and chicken here in France, apart from the Hereford brand, horribly expensive. But the good old luncheon meat does the job. I changed my diet and concentrate on a new variety of longterm goods, such as quinoa, millet, buckwheat, Amaranth, to complete the rice and other classic staples. They announced a shortage and price spike for pasta here, due to harvest losses ( over 30% worldwide), and I'm happy to be stocked up on hard wheat products, such as pasta and couscous, even rice has become quite expensive here, the good brands spike and have almost doubled in price since 2019! Thank you for your video and stay safe!

Just found your channel. We are you tubers as well and the Lord has been urging us to get prepared! I woke up to pray and came across your channel randomly. It’s just what we needed at a time like this! We’re in Florida as well:) God Bless you!

Great info. I barely started as well a few months ago too. Just subscribed to your channel. Blessings, Bertha in TEXAS

You are super organized, good job!

Nice video! I've started stocking jugs of water from large juice bottles, laundry bottles etc. I store them in my tub/shower downstairs. Its never used & out of the way. Newer to all this, about 6 mo.

I need help setting up a bug out bag. I have read tons of articles on it but need visuals. Thank you for always sharing your videos. I find them down to earth, practical and straight to the point and I love the fact you are a believer and love the Lord! God bless you sister!

Such great info! Thanks

God bless you for sharing your knowledge it has really helped me!

Hey Sunshine!! Love your organization skills and your pantry looks great. Hate to tell you....I also tried the generic "Dawn" and I won't buy it again. You just wind up using 3 times as much, but you don't know till you try. Good tips for beginning preppers. Keep up the good work. God bless. ~~Laura

We are eating 2019 canned vegetables. They are fine. We seldom eat beef and never eat pork. I use meat as a seasoning. A little tuna, a few eggs, the rest of the time it's beans and rice, or beans and noodles. A little chicken or turkey goes a long way, too. Lentils and split peas cook faster than beans. Tina

Love your videos they're awesome Keep up the great work God bless you and yours

Excellent tips! I’m new to prepping and your channel is a great source of info! Thanks