An example of Inventory sheets that can be used to plan and track your food storage. One list is provided for shelf storage and another list for freezer storage.
5. Fruits
Item Storage Amount (Goal)
Container size & number
Apple Juice 3 gallons – 6 ½ gallon containers
Cherry Juice 3 gallons – 6 ½ gallon containers
Pineapple Juice 12 individual serving cans
Grape Juice 24 quarts each fall
Pineapple tid-bits 12 small cans
Applesauce 12 pints each fall
Strawberry Jam
Raspberry Jam
Apricot Jam
Peach Jam
Grape Jelly 6 purchased containers
Dehydrated apricots 2 quart jars
Dehydrated banana chips 2 #10 cans
Dehydrated raspberries 2 #10 cans
Dehydrated blueberries 1 #10 can
Dehydrated apples 2 #10 cans; 4 quart jars or apple-cinnamon slices)
Dehydrated peaches 1 #10 can
Dehydrated strawberries 1 #10 can
Dehydrated Cherries 2 quart jars
Raisins 4 lbs
Dehydrated plums 4 lbs
Craisins – Dehydrated
cranberries
Raspberry Fruit Leather 8 lbs fruit – 2 (1/2 gallon) jars
Apple cinnamon Fruit Leather 10 lbs fruit – 2 (1/2 gallon) jars
Cherry Fruit Leather 8 lbs fruit - 2 (1/2 gallon) jars
Peach-Pear Leather 10 lbs fruit – (2 ½ gallon) jars
Apricot-Pineapple Leather 8 lbs fruit ( 2 ½ gallon) jars
Apple Pie Filling 6 quarts each fall
Cherry Pie Filling 6 quarts each fall
Canned peaches 12 quarts each fall
Canned pears 12 quarts each fall
Canned cherries 12 quarts each fall
6. Baking Needs and Condiments
Item Storage Amount (goal)
Container size & number
Salt 50 lb. 1 - 5 gallon bucket
Baking Powder 3 – 10 oz canisters
Baking Soda 6 – 1 lb boxes
Baking Cocoa 3 – 8 oz containers
Corn Starch 3 – 1 lb boxes
Cream of Tartar 1 lb
Yeast 6 – 1 lb vacuum sealed containers
Gluten 3 #10 cans
Dough Enhancer 6 – 21 oz cans
Better than Bouillon - chicken 6 – 8 oz jars
Better than bouillon - beef 6 – 8 oz jars
Brown Sauce for Gravy 1 – 8 oz container
Sugar 180 lb. 6 – 6 gallon buckets
Honey 50 lb. 10 – 5 lb containers
Fructose or Xylitol 5 lbs
Pure Maple Syrup 2 – 12 oz containers
Molasses 2 – 24 oz bottles
Brown Sugar 20 lbs.: 5 – 4 lb bags
Powdered Sugar 20 lbs. 5 – 4 lb bags
Stevia 2 – spice size containers
Ketchup 12 – 24 oz bottles
mustard 2 – 8 oz bottles
Cr.of Chicken soup 12 – 12 oz cans
Cr. Of mushroom soup 12 – 12 oz cans
Tomato soup 12 – 12 oz cans
Chicken noodle soup 12 – 12 oz cans
Spaghettio’s 12- 12 oz cans
Malted Barley 2 – 1 lb bags
Braggs Liquid Aminos 2 – 16 oz bottles
Worcestershire sauce 2 – 15 oz bottles
Distilled White vinegar 1 gallon
Apple Cider Vinegar 1 gallon
Balsamic vinegar 16 oz
7. Water/Nutritional Supplements
Item Storage Amount Container size & number
(Goal)
49 gallons for drinking 13 – 5 gallon boxes
Water 49 gallons for cleaning Store additional water in empty
canning jars
50 gallon drum
Meal Replacement 6 canisters - Lepterra
Beverages
2 capsules a day for 90 14 bottles – 120 tablets
Multi-Vitamins days
Digestive Enzymes (for 12 bottles – 60 tablets
canned meals)
Acidophilus 2 bottles – 120 capsules
Supplement
Bag Meals
1. Chicken and Rice 6. Chili
Hawaiian Haystacks (3) Red Chili (2)
White Chicken Chili (1)
2. Meat and Potato Soup
Beef Stew (3) 7. Mexican Soup
Enchilada Soup (1)
3. Meat and Potato Dinner Taco Soup (2)
Shepherd’s Pie (1)
Chicken Gravy over Potatoes (1) 8. Mexican Meat Dishes
Beef Gravy over Potatoes (1) Sweet Pork or Beef (1)
Taco Salad (2)
4. Poultry and Pasta
Chicken Alfredo (2) 9. Italian Soup
Turkey Tetrazzini (1) Zuppa Toscanna (2)
Minestrone (1)
5. Beans and Rice
Santa Fe Rice Pilaf (2) 10. Chinese/Asian
Coconut Rice (1) Sweet and Sour Chicken (3)
8. Herbs and Spices for Flavoring
Almond flavoring
Basil leaves
Bay leaves
Black Pepper
Cayenne
Celery Salt
Celery Seed
Chili Powder
Chives
Cinnamon
Cloves (ground)
Coriander seed
Cumin
Curry powder or seasoning
Garlic powder
Garlic (minced)
Garlic (whole)
Ginger
Italian Seasoning blend
Nutmeg
Onion powder
Oregano leaves
Oregano powder
Paprika
Red Pepper
Rosemary
Sage
Seasoning Salt
Tobasco sauce
Thyme
Vanilla flavoring
Food Storage Inventory – Freezer Storage
10. Frozen bananas 12 – 1 pint bags
Frozen strawberries 6 – 1 quart bags each season
Frozen raspberries 6 – 1 quart bags each season
Frozen blueberries 6 – 1 quart bags each season
Frozen peaches 6 – 1 quart bags each season
Frozen cherries 6 – 1 quart bags each season
Freezer raspberry jam 8 jelly jars
Freezer strawberry jam 8 jelly jars
Other freezer jams 8 jelly jars
Freezer Meals update as needed
Freezer Meals Amount
Chicken Enchiladas 2
Country Chicken Vegetable Casserole 2
Meatballs (triple recipe makes 90 meatballs) 4 quart bags
Mexican Meatballs 4 quart bags
Meatloaf 2 loaf pans
Turn you Food Storage into your Convenience Foods –
Kitchen Tasks
Food Preparation Day Tasks: Make a kitchen day once a week to prepare
foods ahead of time for convenience
Update Bag Meals and Freezer meals for the month
Update egg storage
Make large batch of bread – slice and freeze for later
11. Yogurt – 1 gallon
Granola – prepare and freeze in gallon zip loc bag
Make Granola bars for lunches
Make homemade tortillas – place in zip loc bag
Baked and cubed chicken breasts – 10 meals
(for chicken and broccoli casserole, Hawaiian Haystacks, chicken egg-rolls,
chicken lasagna)
Browned and canned or frozen hamburger (10 pints, meals)
(for taco salad, spaghetti, beef stroganoff)
Make turkey sausage (2 lbs – divided into ½ lb baggies)
(for pizza, breakfast burritos)
Sprout and freeze beans to use in salads, cold spreads
Pressure can beef, chick, pork, hamburger, bans, sausage
Freeze mozzarella cheese (10 jars, 3 pkgs sliced with 8 in each package)
Freeze Swiss cheese (2 pkgs sliced with 8 in each package)
Freeze cheddar cheese (20 jars)
Alfalfa sprouts and Bean Mix sprouts
Mix up some home-made Mayonnaise
Make up mixes:
white sauce mix
beef gravy mix
Waffle mix
Hot Roll Mix
Muffin Mix
Cake Mix
Sweet Bread mix
Make some homemade cottage cheese
Make yogurt snacks in dehydrator
Dehydrate fruit and fruit leather
Dehydrate vegetables – save as pieces or powdered
Create some home-seasoning mixes