A Year Without the Grocery Store - You Can Do This!

Today we had a delightful conversation with Karen Morris, author of "A Year Without the Grocery Store." In Karen's book, she details how you can plan and store enough food to live for an entire year without a trip to the grocery store. Thanks Karen!
***Other books by Karen:

Long-Term Food Storage: Creative Solutions to Build a Critical Asset

3 Months' Supply of Food: Amazing Peace of Mind

Food Storage: How to Store Wheat So It Is Still Delicious 31 Years Later

Incredible Survival (and Daily) Bread Using Only Wheat, Salt, and Water

Best Strategies for Growing a Reliable Survival Garden

Oats -- A Must-Have Pantry Staple

Food Storage Experiment -- Are 29-Year-Old White Beans Edible?

Dry Bean Food Storage Myth -- Actual Shelf-Life Revealed

The Actual Shelf-Life of Chocolate

Packaging Dry Foods in Plastic Bottles for Long-Term Food Storage

Packaging Dry Foods in Glass Jars for Long-Term Food Storage

How to Package Dry Foods in Mylar Bags for Long-Term Storage

Potato Flakes: Delicious and Versatile Long-Term Food Storage Staple

Make Food Storage Meals Amazing: Include a Spice Bucket in Your Storage

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Long-Term Food Storage: Creative Solutions to Build a Critical Asset
3 Months' Supply of Food: Amazing Peace of Mind
Food Storage: How to Store Wheat So It Is Still Delicious 31 Years Later
Incredible Survival (and Daily) Bread Using Only Wheat, Salt, and Water
Best Strategies for Growing a Reliable Survival Garden
Oats -- A Must-Have Pantry Staple
Food Storage Experiment -- Are 29-Year-Old White Beans Edible?
Dry Bean Food Storage Myth -- Actual Shelf-Life Revealed
The Actual Shelf-Life of Chocolate
Packaging Dry Foods in Plastic Bottles for Long-Term Food Storage
Packaging Dry Foods in Glass Jars for Long-Term Food Storage
How to Package Dry Foods in Mylar Bags for Long-Term Storage
Potato Flakes: Delicious and Versatile Long-Term Food Storage Staple
Make Food Storage Meals Amazing: Include a Spice Bucket in Your Storage

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[rubycrisp]

My husband was been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and it is highly difficult and exhausting for him to go into town as it took half a day as we live waaaay out in the country…I found your book and applied it to our new life style…we go to town so much less often. I shop in our own pantry and closet! and I go into town (an hour drive) once a month or less. Thank you for this book that has made this wife’s caretaker’s life so much calmer and less stressful…and saving money is the frosting on this wet cake!! God bless you!

[megmaddox]

I’m a visual person so I also use the colored stickers - each color is a specific year and I write the month on each sticker (using the date on the product). This shows me at a glance if something is nearing its best by date so it can be used quickly.

[justnana]

I can easily go without any shopping for a year but during the winter I miss fresh fruits and veggies. ❤️👍🇺🇲

[DianaRausch-bitc]

My tip do something everyday be it an extra can of beans, an extra tube of tooth paste, drying those extra apples, just do something everyday

[reneemorse]

Ugh, I put my husband in charge of water and security. I wouldn't dare put him in charge of household items like food. 😂

[RhodaJayne]

I’m glad to see the interview with Karen Morris. I have this book, Mom on the Run and Adaptive prepping. I really enjoyed listening to the audible version of a year without the grocery store.

[tomclark]

Thanks for this video, I’m reading and highlighting the important things for me. I’m going to get her workbook. I’m a 61 year old grandma living with my son and his family. Money is very tight but we’re trying a little at a time

[SlowLivingWithAutism]

Seasoned prepper ... a bit of advice I have is to incorporate tidying your food storage area(s) into your weekly cleaning routine. It's easy to neglect this because it's all usually tucked away somewhere. My storage is in the "master bedroom" of my double wide, and it naturally becomes a dumping ground for the "I'll deal with it later" items. Unfortunately, "later" is usually a lot later than you think, and by then there are several dumped items.
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[jewelweed]

I want this book! It is hard as a single parent with an adult son who is disabled, but not impossible. I very much need more order and organization with what I have.

[derr]

Regarding canned foods, over these last 3 years I have found that I now have the sense (slow learner here) to stock up on what family members like to eat. Things like Mary's Kitchen corned beef hash. Bush's beans. Corn (my addiction) Canned prepared pie fillings, so good for a sweet treat. Rosarita refried beans. ...yes we easily make them from scratch, but stock up the ready-to-eat just in case. Being visually impaired, I struggle ONCE to read the Best Buy date, then write it really big on the can with a Sharpie pen before putting it on the shelf. We eat past the best buy date, knowing from experience that the food is still good long after. Besides, the chickens are always waiting for discards. It was nice to watch your video and feel propped up, as we are of one mind.

[tooshieg]

TIP: You just have to start. Whatever you can do is better than not doing it. When a challenge shows up, you learn to resolve it and you go to the next level. The habit of someone else being responsible for the food we want and like is a recent concept. My grandparents had huge pantrys and cellar. Kylene, I want to know how much chocolate you consider to be a year supply?!? I have 25 lbs but I'm not sure that's enough.

[tammya]

Green Stalks are perfect for smalls spaces. You can grow 30-42 plants. They often have sales.

[mommajubby]

I never thought about using my can rollers under a bed. Perfect! I was going to donate them, but now have a fresh project to increase my storage. Great ideas!

[GrammyClover]

I keep an inventory chart on a clip board. Once a month, before going to the store, I check it and compare whats on sale. Most times, I will purchase a few more items I'm low on that are on sale. That has helped me build my backstock as well. I also buy clearance items, especially veggies, and immediately dehydrate them. I'm learning to garden, starting with small, easy stuff like radishes and lettuce and a few herbs so I won't have to rely on clearance items forever.

[robininva]

My two cents would be to do a little bit of everything…then double what you just did….then triple it…etc. In other words, start small…but don’t stay small. Example: buy a week or two of everything you eat and do this over a two to four week timespan (depending on your budget). Then, merely do it again….and again. As you’re buying the regular things, begin to change it up. An example of that would be if you buy 3 pounds of hamburger every couple of weeks, buy a few cans of ground beef to store. If you buy a couple pounds of fresh carrots every couple of weeks, also buy 6 cans of carrots to store. Keep the momentum going. Don’t stop. Don’t take a break. Don’t burden yourself or your budget, but don’t stop. ♥️

[oldschooljeremy]

You always hear prepping experts say "Start by filling out your pantry, get the short-term food storage first and then the long-term stuff after". I did it the way Karen advised - long-term first. I already had a week or two of canned goods and cereals and such around, so I began with the buckets of rice and beans and oatmeal and pasta. During the pandemic at that, when so many foods were in short supply or could hardly be found at all. ( Thanks to your channel, for teaching me how to do all that stuff with the mylar bags and oxygen absorbers and so on. )

[oldstyle-Danish-exmil.officer]

My great respect, you are doing a great positive task with youur informations!( so we can do something ourselves, not just waiting for the communi to do soy for us, very comforting and encouraging

[jolenecote]

I love this book I bought it like a couple years ago ❤- it was my basis and sound reasoning as to how and why I needed to do this!! Thank you 🙏 for your work it started my journey and then snowballed just like hers. Thank you 😊

[dberger]

My husband built me a FIFO system from scrap lumbar. It in placed in the wall between the studs in my unfinished basement. I couldn't afford to buy the shelves. We got the pattern from Constance at Cosmopolitan Cornbread.