The Survival Food Handbook: Provisioning at the Supermarket for Your Boat, Camper, Vacation Cabin, and Home Emergencies

by Janet Groene

Overview

BE PREPARED

to cook without a kitchen and eat healthy foods for days, weeks, even months!

Whether you’re camping, boating, traveling, or staying home, make sure you have enough food in case of an emergency. This book is your survival guide. It’s not just about stocking up on provisions. It’s about planning and preparing nutritious, delicious, easy-to-make meals under any circumstances—even without fuel or electricity. Learn how to:

* Plan, shop, and stock your pantry for the long term.

* Buy the provisions you need inexpensively from your local supermarket.

* Extend the life of fresh, canned, and packaged foods.

* Create scrumptious, sustaining meals without a stove or fridge.

* Find the best back-up gear for cooking, storage, and water.

* Be prepared for anything—and eat healthy under any conditions.

This practical guide is loaded with essential pantry must-haves, shopping checklists, food safety tips, and expert advice on alternative cooking methods. You’ll find dozens of ready-to-go recipes for makeshift main dishes, back-up breads, substitute spreads, even desperation desserts. So, if your boat loses power, your RV breaks down, your campground is snowbound, or your fridge is on the fitz, you’ll be totally prepared—to eat, drink, and be healthy—with The Survival Food Handbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071841405
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	07/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Janet Groene is the creator of the popular blog www.BoatCook.blogspot.com. She is a boating content provider for LiveLifeLocal and an RV writer for the ACTIVE network. She blogs daily at Janetgroene.blogspot.com, CampAndRVCook.blogspot.com, CreateAGorp.blogspot.com, SoloWomanRV.blogspot.com and BoatCook.blogspot.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Why a Cookbook Without Fresh Foods? 1

How to Use This Book 2

1 Food Readiness with Supermarket Staples 13

A Tour Through the Grocery Store 13

2 Extending Life of Fresh Foods 20

Supermarket Savvy 20

3 Before You Start Shopping 25

How Much Is Enough ? 25

4 Bracing Breakfasts 31

5 Makeshift Main Dishes 42

Main Dishes with Meat 42

Main Dishes with Seafood off the Shelf 57

Meatless Main Dishes 60

6 Sustaining Soups 66

7 Salads from Your Shelf 78

Main-Dish Salads 78

Side-Dish Salads 82

8 Backup Breads and Substitute Spreads 86

Bread Is Basic 86

Substitute Spreads 93

9 Substantial Sides and Salvation Sauces 98

Side Dishes 98

Sauces Save the Meal 107

10 Desperation Desserts 113

11 Snacks and Trail Mix 124

Snacks in a Sack 124

12 Freezer Failures, Fires, and Floods 132

The Big Thaw 132

About Floods 134

Food and Fires 134

Appendix: Gear for the Prepared Pantry 136

Water Supplies 138

Choosing a Spare Stove 140

How to Bake Without an Oven 141

Three Ways to Cook Rice 143

Substitutions, Fakes, and Look-alikes 143

Equivalents 145

Recommended Resources 146

Index 147

About the Author 154