The Prepper's Pantry Handbook: How to Plan and Cook Nutritional Emergency Meals

by Kate Rowinski

Stock up for medical emergencies, power outages, natural disasters, and more!

In today’s world, anything can happen. There can be no question; it’s best to be prepared. In The Prepper’s Pantry Handbook, cooking expert and readiness enthusiast Kate Rowinski offers tips, techniques, and advice on how to keep your family well-fed and fully supplied in the event of any crisis.

Offering a unique twist on preparation handbooks, Rowinski focuses on food storage and cooking—put simply, how to plan nutritional emergency meals and avoid “making do” on canned meats and chocolate bars. The Prepper’s Pantry Handbook details:

Storage techniques
Personalizing your food plan
Stockpiling, shelf life, and rotation
Pickling, canning, sprouting, and drying
Making delicious dinners out of your storage pantry

Whether a disaster lasts for twenty-four hours or twenty-four weeks, The Prepper’s Pantry Handbook is the ultimate guide to keeping your family eating healthily and maintaining proper nutrition, even in the worst of circumstances.

Genres: Nonfiction, Cookbooks

176 pages, Paperback

Published February 18, 2020

About the author

Kate Rowinski is the author of a number of books, including The Wilderness Guide to Dutch Oven Cooking, The Ultimate Guide to Making Chili, and The Quotable Cook. She co-owns the Horse and Hound Gastropub in Charlottesville, Virginia with her husband Jim, her daughter Brooke, and her son-in-law Luther Fedora.

Reviews

[Nadiia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh, I wish I found this one a year ago. When you have no idea how to stock, where to begin, and what you need - this book is a great way to start.

[Irene Baron · Rating 5 out of 5]

All my life I have been a prepper with an outlook to the future. Having taught Earth Sciences, I am very aware of unusual events which may cause disruptions to life. I don't have much, but what I have on my kitchen shelves are basics needed for life. This book was an addition to others I have collected over the years. It was different in that it was updated for current times. I enjoyed all the tips and tricks for food prep storage and cooking.
I especially liked the instructions for the fire pit as it addressed issues I have not read about previously. I will put the advice to good use. This is one book that will not be on my reading shelves. Instead, it will be on my kitchen shelves. I keep recipes I like starred or noted with a post it type sticker. This book has many of each.
Easy to read and informative, I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to make cooking of staples more interesting.
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[Sarah TheAromaofBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

At only 150 pages, this isn't an in-depth guide, but it's a good place to start. I appreciated Rowinski's focus on starting small (three-day plan) and building your pantry slowly from there. This enables you to experiment with different meals and recipes as you go, instead of purchasing 100 pounds of barley and having no idea what to do next. Overall, if you're already into prepping you've probably already covered a lot of what is in this book, but if you're new the to the concept and aren't sure where to start, Rowinski includes some checklists and tips that can help kick off the process.

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good ideas, tips and tricks. I like the idea to plan a menu and multiply needed ingredients so you know your food storage contains what you actually eat. It branches beyond pantry and gives brief information about other ways to supplement and prepare.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you know absolutely nothing about prepping, this would be a good book to start with.