Week 2 - Provident Pantry

Good morning sisters,

 

I am getting some of your menus back. Good for you!!! I know some of you are still working on this aspect. Good for you!!!

This week is a little more time consuming. Whereas last week's task probably took you an hour. This week it will probably take you 3 hours. So budget your time. This week you will also be identifying things in your menus that may need to be re-thought. For example, we eat fresh carrots/veggies with a lot of our meals. Fresh won't keep for 3 months, sooooo, what can I replace that with. Mark doesn't like frozen or canned carrots, so we are in discussions as I speak .

 

The other thing Mark and I quickly noted is we have a very limited freezer. And while a number of things will keep in the freezer, we are going to have to change some things to canned rather than frozen.

 

A head's up for next week: Next week we will be calculating how much of every ingredient you will need for the 3 month's supply.

If you do and like spreadsheets, you can use that format. You can just write it all out on paper if you prefer.

One of the things that will help our group's vitality and help us help each other is if we do some talking to one another about our challenges.  I know some of us have to keep vegan, diabetic, celiac, etc., needs in mind. So if you would like some input, please ask us all.

So, in quick summary, the tasks for this week are:

1. Make your ingredient list for all your menus from last week. Remember, you don't need to do your calculations until NEXT week.

2. Identify any areas of your menus that need to be changed and change them.

Can't wait to hear how it is coming,

Marie