Food Storage for Single People

If you are single it seems like food storage can be a wasteful thing. # 10 cans could be too hard to store food for just one person. So what other options are there? You still need to think about having food in times of shortages so what can you do?

I learned recently that one way a person can create food storage is to store food in mason jars. You can fill the jars with food items and then seal the lids with parafan wax. I found the wax at places like Wal-mart and grocery stores. You just need to melt the wax then after filling the jars with the lids on tight, turn the jar upside down into the wax. Just leave it in for a minute and let it dry on wax paper, then store it the mason jar box or on a shelf.

Using mason jars are one kind of container but you can also use plastic bottles like peanut butter jars or we have even used bird seed plastic containers. You can seal the lids with the wax as well and it stores just as long as cans. Amazing, huh?

I loved this idea and hope that it is helpful to you. It would be easy gifts for the single college student or grandparent. I also saw something recently, on Pinterest, about combining all the dry ingredients for meals in mason jars. That would probably work with storage as well, just put all the dry ingredients in the jar, seal with the wax and put a label with the name of the meal, the date it was prepared and the recipe to make it.

I love creative people who come up with these wonderful ideas, all I have to do it make it happen.