Emergency food storage: Preparing for calorie shortages

10/04/2024 / By HRS Editors

Preppers work hard to prepare for different daily challenges and survival scenarios. One way you can prep before SHTF is to stock up on foods high in calories to prevent a calorie shortage.

Before things go south, stock up on essential food supplies like beans, grains and freeze-dried vegetables. (h/t to TheProvidentPrepper.org)

Store your food supply in a room that is cool, dark and dry. Ideal storage conditions can help extend the shelf-life of these foods and give you a usable storage life of at least 25-30 years.

Beans

Beans contain protein, complex carbohydrates and fiber. They are considered a powerhouse of nutrients.

When beans are combined with a grain, they provide your body with all the essential amino acids and form a complete protein. Store a variety of beans so you have a variety of ingredients when SHTF.

Here are different kinds of beans to stock up on:

Black beans
Chickpeas
Kidney beans
Lentils
Navy beans (white beans)
Peas
Pinto beans

Dehydrated or freeze-dried vegetables

When buying supplies for your stockpile, make sure you get a variety of dehydrated or freeze-dried vegetables. Use these ingredients to make soups and broths after SHTF.

Compared to freeze-dried food, you get almost three times as much dehydrated food in a can. However, dehydrated food tends to shrink dramatically during the dying process. Freeze-dried foods maintain much of their original size.

Grains

Grains are a great way to provide foundational nutrients and calories to your survival diet and including a variety of grains will diversify the nutrients in your diet.

Many grains can be soaked, cooked and eaten without grinding into flour. If you have a grain mill, you can use grains to bake different items like bread and tortillas. (Related: Stockpiling made easy: The ultimate guide to food preservation.)

Where to get lab-verified supplies for your food stockpile

The Health Ranger Store is committed to helping you prepare for any emergency, especially if you need to stock up on food for your prepping needs.

That’s why we’re proud to introduce items like Freeze-Dried Organic Chopped Kale, Freeze Dried Organic Peas and Mega Bucket Organic Red Lentils.

Health Ranger Select Freeze-Dried Organic Chopped Kale can be stored for up to 10-15 years, depending on storage conditions. Keep it in a dark, cool, low-humidity location and it will last for an extended duration.

Loaded with a variety of important nutrients, our premium chopped kale is carefully grown by our trusted suppliers under strict organic standards. It then undergoes a freeze-drying process that preserves the original taste, texture and nutrients of our premium kale.

Available in convenient #10 cans, Health Ranger Select Freeze-Dried Organic Chopped Kale contains no gluten or GMOs and is lab tested for glyphosate, heavy metals and microbiology. It is also non-China and has been certified Kosher and organic.

You can also try Freeze Dried Organic Peas from the Health Ranger Store. Our freeze-dried, non-GMO peas are grown in the USA under strict organic standards.

The freeze-drying method preserves the taste, texture and nutrients of peas better than any other food preservation method ever invented.

Lastly, the Health Ranger Store offers Mega Bucket Organic Red Lentils. This item is 10lbs of product, sealed into 5 x 2lb packages and stored in a 2 gallon bucket.

These certified organic red-split lentils are the perfect low-cost, high-nutrition solution for healthy living and food preparedness.

These small, round lentils are bursting with important nutrients like fiber, protein, folate and magnesium. Unlike other legumes, there’s no need to pre-soak them so you can prepare them quickly.

Two servings of lentils will leave you feeling incredibly full and satisfied at only 326 calories.

Our air-drying process ensures that these lentils retain their potent nutritional value and can stay on your shelf for longer without the need for refrigeration or preservatives. That makes them perfect for food preparedness and relatively quick meals that are packed with nutrition.

Visit FoodSupply.news for more ideas on how to start your food stockpile. You can also check out Health Ranger Store and Brighteon Store for more clean food supplies for your prepping needs.

Click on this link for a tasty recipe for nutritious Lentil Soup.

Watch this clip about why Organic Peas are an excellent source of nutrition.

This video is from the Health Ranger Store channel on Brighteon.com.