I'm frequently overwhelmed. By a lot of things.
Food preparedness was one of those things - every time I thought about the issue, too many worries flooded my brain and I pushed the idea out of my head because I couldn't make sense of it all.
- How much of each thing do I need?
- Is there too much sodium in this?
- I can't just feed my kids this cheap canned garbage every day for a month.
- Can I make this using just water?
- Where will I keep all this stuff?
- What if we have to leave our house? I can't take everything in my pantry. It's a mess anyway.
- Is this something my kids will eat?
- How will they get their daily veggies? What about calcium? Vitamin C?
- I don't want to just have packets of dehydrated food. That would get tiresome.
- What about organic stuff? Is that even an option?
- What if we don't have water stored? How much am I going to need?
After realizing I'd been "thinking about food storage" for over a year, I finally sat down and figured out how to make it all work for me: plan for a week at a time.
One week. Seven days. Three meals a day with snacks. One box for one week. I could do that.
I set a goal to make an entire box of food and supplies for my family of four for under $100, including the storage box; the plan was, if I could make it simple for me, I could make it simple for others too.
My nutritional focus was mainly on protein, fiber, calcium, vitamin C, and sodium content.
And there you have A Week In A Box. A highly modifiable basic plan that ensures nutritional requirements are met and can be thrown in the trunk of a car or kept in a hall closet. The entire box only weighs about 50 pounds, which means it's not unreasonably heavy for a normal person to push or pull if necessary. If you lack closet space, the boxes are the perfect height to line up two side-by-side and put a board on top of for a coffee table. Or to use as end tables or nightstands.
A Week In A Box - a stress-free preparedness plan, designed by a health-conscious mom.
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