Buying ahead, blogging ahead: BY #52 for Dec. 30

My BY for the day: Can of chili

If I were adding anything to go along with this, it would be: For fun, I would say corn chips. Don't think I have mentioned that yet--hard to say without going back through 51 other BY posts. 51! Hard to believe that we are almost there... I personally like chili because it's filling and goes with a lot of other things like the previously mentioned (or not :) tamales, tortillas, hot dogs, and the like. I do think I have mentioned all of the above, except maybe the corn chips, but sometimes repetition is good, right? :)


Hope you are having a great weekend!

BY #51: More soup...

My BY for the day: Salisbury steak with mushrooms and onions soup (ready-to-eat)

If I were adding anything to go along with this, it would be: I would probably put it over potatoes, as previously mentioned on another similar BY, but I did want to mention that if you have similar-but-not-same soups, they can go well together. Ever open a can of chicken and rice soup, and a can of chicken noodle soup, when you meant to open two of the same kind of soup? This, or something similar has happened around here, and it has turned out ok. I would mix beef based soups together, or chicken based soups together, but I would hesitate to mix totally different soups together. They might turn out, but they might not. Haven't tried any weird combinations, but if I were hungry enough, I'm sure in an emergency I would eat them anyway...

Wow, only 2 BYs left! Anyone care to share something they added that wasn't a can? Or something that I haven't thought of that was? 

A miscalculation--and an opportunity

When I started the BY series, I said that if you did it daily, you would end up with 53 cans. Yesterday was BY #50, so with today, tomorrow, Sunday and Monday, you would end up with 54 cans if you are adding a can daily until the 31st (or enough for one daily). I could skip a day. I could have waited until Monday to say, "Oops--my mistaken math skills mean that I now have a day off! Woohoo!"  But no--I chose today, because tomorrow is Saturday, and if you have added a can today, it means you can add anything you want to tomorrow to your food storage, and it doesn't have to be a can.

Naturally, that is and has been and will always be true, since there is nothing binding you to the BY series. However, I think that tomorrow, when I am adding another can to my storage, it might be a good day for other people to get, may I suggest, water? Or oatmeal? Or wheat? Or beans? Or salt? Or oil? Or yeast? Or meat? Or powdered milk? (If you haven't heard about potentially rising milk prices, you might want to look at this article for an idea of what might be coming.) I'm thinking about adding more stuff to my food storage outside the BY series as well...

Or, you could take a day off. But may I suggest, perhaps, getting more water in your storage? Yeah, I would definitely suggest water.

Have a good Saturday!

BY #50: And more of the same...

My BY for the day: Campbell's chicken noodle soup (add water)

If I were adding anything to go along with this, it would be: Have I mentioned frozen pizza? I'm pretty sure I've mentioned a lot of other things to go with soup....

I find that as I see this series ending, that I am leaning more towards getting more "meal-in-a-can" cans--something that would be considered the main dish for a meal, and would be pretty satisfying if that was all there was to eat for that meal. As I know that I've mentioned before, this kind of soup is a particular favorite around here...

Hope your BYs are still going strong!

BY #49: Hopefully just an addition...

My BY for the day: Can of Great Northern beans

If I were adding anything to go along with this, it would be: Broth, soup, casserole, noodles--like the post title says, hopefully this would be an addition to something else, but if not, at least it would be good fiber and not too bad cold... (I think... :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! 

Blogging ahead: BY #48 for Christmas

My BY for the day: Canned pasta

If I were adding anything to go along with this, it would be: Maybe some of those Vienna sausages, or some fruit to up my number of food groups included in the meal...

Have a Merry Christmas! All the best to you and yours!

BY #47: Getting closer to the end of the series...

My BY for the day: Sirloin burger with country vegetables soup (ready-to-eat)

If I were adding anything to go along with this, it would be: A drink of water. (A not-so-subtle reminder that I hope you are storing water, water, water, along with your BYs... :)

Going with the easy again--and hoping that in an emergency, there is heat to warm the soup...