Food Storage Item of the Week - Soup

Stock up on soup with this great deal at Smith's:

Campbell's Chunky Soup $0.99 when you buy 10 participating items.  Add these coupons:
http://www.campbellkitchen.com/coupon.aspx?fbid=Bv8X69nXgUS#chunky and get the soup for as low as $0.59 a can (you may print each coupon twice).

You'll also get a "$3 off your next shopping order" coupon at check-out for each group of 10 participating items that you buy.  Depending on how you look at it, that's $0.30 more off each item.

Other good deals:

Chef Boyardee Pasta $0.69 when you by 10 participating items.

Kraft BBQ Sauce $0.69 when you buy 10 participating items.

For coupon clippers (Sunday paper coupons) go to savvyshopperdeals.com for details on a food storage dinner: $0.29 Ronzoni Pasta and $1.15 Ragu!

Deals on Baking Items for Food Storage

Some of these items fall into the category of non-essential food storage, like brownie mix.  Some are more valuable like cooking oil.  But if you are looking for somthing to add to your food storage this week and can get to Macey's or price match at Walmart before Wednesday, click this link for a few good deals:

http://savvyshopperdeals.com/app/shoppingwizard/?t=products&category=26&store=15&savings=0&rank=0&keyword=&x=25&y=10

Once you do have a base food storage, it really doesn't hurt to add things like brownie mix.  If you need to live on food storage for more than a month, you'll be glad to have a few sweet treats tucked away down there. :)

Food Storage Tips - Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

A few simple food storage tips:

1) Remember to label and rotate your food.  Newest food at the back, oldest at the front to be used.  Label food with a date and put in the back everytime you add food to your storage.

2) Storing Meats - You can store meat a few different ways.  One option is to buy meat in bulk, individually wrap it at home, and store in freezer bags in a freezer chest for up to 2 months (you can wrap 4 lbs of hamburger in 5 or 6 individual packages to make it go further).  A second option is to purchase canned meats and store them in your food storage.  An even more advanced method is to can and store your own meat.  Here is a link to a helpful website if you are experienced with canning and would like to try canning meat: http://www.gopresto.com/recipes/canning/meat.php

3) Storing Flour and Sugar - Kevin and I purchased large buckets with 'gamma seal lids' from Emergency Essentials for flour and sugar.  You can find these on their website (link to site at the right side of page).  I only purchase flour and sugar when it is on a great sale such as a caselot.  Then I pour all flour and sugar into these large buckets for long term storage.  As we have had problems with bugs in our flour in the past, we have found this a great way to store these items in our basment storage without any issues.

Here is a recipe I modified to include some of the food storage items that were on sale last week.  Items with an asterisk are from food storage:

Chicken Enchiladas
1 lb. chicken, cooked and chopped *
2 cans cream of chicken soup *
1 can Rotel (or Hunts) Tomatoes *
8 oz. sour cream
1/2 - 1 cup rice, cooked *
12 flour tortillas
Shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350.  In large bowl, mix chicken, chicken soup, tomatoes, sour cream, rice, and cheese.  Spread a thick layer of mixture in bottom of  9x13 casserole dish.  Spoon some filling into a tortilla, roll and place in pan.  Continue until pan is full.  Spread remaining mixture over tortillas.  Top with cheese.  Bake for 20 to 30 minutes.  *Rotel tomatoes give these enchiladas bit of a kick.

If you have any great food storage recipes that you would like to share, please e-mail them to me and I'll put them on the blog!