Extreme Makeover – Food Storage Edition

Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy

For months now Jodi’s mom has hinted that she would like us to help her get her food storage organized, under control, and finished! So for Christmas we decided to give her an “Extreme Makeover” – food storage style. We’re going to be documenting the process for you so you can come along for the journey. So let’s get started:

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Based on our initial conversations with Jodi’s mom, we have come up with the following game plan to help her achieve her Food Storage Extreme Makeover:

  • Fill out Family Emergency Plan
  • Purchase/Compile Disaster Kits and Car Kits
  • Increase water storage
  • 3 month supply plan
  • Purchase 3 month supply foods
  • Work on alternative cooking methods for long term storage

We will be updating the Extreme Makeover Index Page with all the posts we do – so make sure you check it out.

p.s. In case you are speculating … YES Jodi is pregnant ;)



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  1. Gwen Hunter Valentino, on January 5th, 2010 at 6:16 am Said:

    this sounds like a lot of FUN!!! And congratulations Jodi :) I always love being pregnant! I hope your pregnancy is easy and you glow and float!! :)

  2. Linda Harriman Tremmel Sorden, on January 5th, 2010 at 11:22 am Said:

    great I can't wait! Jodi I am thrilled for you.

  3. smhuish, on January 5th, 2010 at 8:45 am Said:

    A– I would like to know how your mom managed to reverse the roles that my daughters and I have in food storage :-D
    B–I am so glad that you are doing this. i am the canning specialist person n our ward and I have a hard time getting down to the real basics since I grew up doing this with my mom and had to live by rotating my food storage for years, it really is a money saver!
    C–Thanks for post this step-by-step so that I can refer others to it!!

  4. martamay, on January 5th, 2010 at 9:50 am Said:

    Love it, but it's always fun to see people you know on “tv.” One thing I did this year, since I've been feeling awfully guilty about my own food storage, is ask for it for Christmas. We got a few boxes of cans from Welfare Square, some frozen foods, some bagged freeze dried foods, and a Victorio Grain Mill. Probably the most useful presents ever!

  5. LorieAnn, on January 5th, 2010 at 11:07 am Said:

    I feel like your mom, the rotation scares me. So, I will be really interested in following you all this year.

    I see all that water your mom has in juice containers which is how I store mine. How long are those good for? as stored in juice containers. I thought you were suppose to rotate them every so often but how long are they good for?

  6. Aimee Plyler Garber, on January 5th, 2010 at 2:30 pm Said:

    Congratulations Jodi!! I LOVE this website! :) Thanks so much for all that you ladies do :) I have a question-do y'all know when your square foot gardening friend will be blogging again? I wanted to sign up for email newsletter too, but I noticed she hadn't blogged in a while (for good reason of course w/a new baby)
    Thanks!
    Aimee

  7. Josie, on January 5th, 2010 at 5:05 pm Said:

    Wonderful gift for your mother and for all of us, Jodi! Thank you so much for sharing your storage concerns, Lori. We are working on our storage and this will really help us. Great website.
    Josie

  8. facebook-1594565996, on January 6th, 2010 at 1:58 am Said:

    congratulations jodi!!! your mom looks very young.

  9. facebook-1594565996, on January 6th, 2010 at 2:04 am Said:

    you found powdered eggs at walmart? must be because your in utah. cause i didn't find them here in los angeles.

  10. vickyyanoshaw, on January 12th, 2010 at 10:58 pm Said:

    Ya know it can't hurt to bug the Wal-Mart near you. After all you can say “I know that the stores in Idaho and Utah carry a emergency food storage supply.” Because I'm in Idaho and I get eggs, milk, butter, different fruits, veggies, soup bases, etc. All at Wal-Mart. Can't hurt to look up where the LDS cannery is too. I'm sure there must be one. Oh the Army/Navy Surplus in Long Beach had tons of this stuff when we lived there. (of course that was 20 years ago) Give them a try.

  11. vickyyanoshaw, on January 12th, 2010 at 11:01 pm Said:

    My food safety guide says rotate yearly. If you stagger the storage by adding every month and labeling the bottles then when the year rotation starts you just change out the oldest bottles every month. That's what my friend does. Me I'm just lazy and buy my bottles and use them as I go.

  12. susanoveson, on January 15th, 2010 at 3:12 pm Said:

    I checked out your site, and I can't wait to get started on my food storage fun. You have a great site, with a ton of info.

  13. Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy, on January 20th, 2010 at 2:36 pm Said:

    She usually has down time in the winter, and starts up again in February/March as she starts planning her garden and starting seeds.

  14. Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy, on January 20th, 2010 at 2:37 pm Said:

    I would rotate them every year at the longest.

  15. Mechelle Winters-Webb, on February 12th, 2010 at 12:45 pm Said:

    Rice Krispie Squares with Dried Craisins give them an amazing taste and a boost in nutrients.

  16. Kathie Kingston, on February 15th, 2010 at 8:07 am Said:

    I wish there was a way of organizing my food so that it could be rotated without a lot of hard work. Do you have any ideas or suggestions?

  17. mrsdomestica, on March 9th, 2010 at 4:30 pm Said:

    This video just made me giggle. It is a lot like my mom's food storage, except she has cases of the 30+year old freeze dried veggies that she claims are still good.

    I can't wait to see more.

  18. mrsdomestica, on March 9th, 2010 at 11:30 pm Said:

    This video just made me giggle. It is a lot like my mom's food storage, except she has cases of the 30+year old freeze dried veggies that she claims are still good.

    I can't wait to see more.

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