How to Create Your Own
Prepared
Pantry
What is a
Prepared Pantry?
It’s a 3-month supply of
meals your family eats
on a
Regular Basis
It also includes a 3-month
supply of household & bathroom
supplies you use on a
Regular Basis
How do we create our
own
Prepared Pantry?
First, you need to
create your
Master Menu Ingredient List,
which becomes your
Master Shopping List
Determine your family’s top 25 meals
(include breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Enter your family’s recipes in Chapter 9 of this
Preparedness for Life Series Cookbook
Drag-n-drop your recipes into the Menu
Planner (four meals per day to create a 28 meal master list)
Print your new Master Menu Ingredient/
Shopping List
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Next, you need figure out
what supplies you should have
and how much you need for
Your Family
You most likely know how much household
and bathroom supplies your family uses on
a regular basis
Start watching sales for those products and
stock up when it’s a “great” deal
Build up enough for at least three months
Tip: You can easily get a year’s supply of items like
toothpaste or deodorant in one trip for FREE just by
watching sales!
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After you have your 3-month
supply of household & bathroom
items, you should start
working on your
Other Supplies
Prospering Families has found
a great tool to figure out what
supplies your family needs:
Food Storage Planner
The Food Storage Planner (FSP) lists food,
equipment & supplies needed to be
prepared
FSP prioritizes items in survival, standard &
luxury categories
We recommend that you work on gathering
& obtaining “survival” items while you work
on your Prepared Pantry TM
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By simply entering a little
information about your family….
You can have a complete list of
Needed Supplies
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Now, you need to inventory your
food and supplies to know what
you already have
On Hand
Print copies of the Pantry Inventory & Freezer
Inventory worksheets from this Program
Inventory everything you have in your pantry,
fridge, freezer, cabinets, closets, storage, etc.
Compare your Inventory Lists with your new
Master Menu Ingredient/Shopping Lists from
both the Preparedness for Life Series and
FSP
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Later, in chapter 6, we’ll teach you
how to become a savvy shopper by
using shopping strategies to
quickly build up your Prepared
Pantry
And finally, we’ll teach
you how to plan your meals around
sales to maximize your
Food Budget
Ready…
Set…
Go!