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10 Easy Prepper Meals to Cook with your Pantry Food Storage

In this featured post, Morgan Rogue of Rogue Preparedness covers prepper meal ideas that can easily be made from pantry storage items. Read on to learn more…

pancake batter

I’m all about easy meals for everyday life, but especially during a crisis. My food storage recipes will be delicious, filling and nutritious. We don’t have to sacrifice taste or nutrition just because it’s food storage.

Here are my top 10 easy prepper meals to cook with your pantry food storage:

Black bean burgers

Black Bean Burger

This is a family favorite. Pair with a side of canned or freeze-dried vegetables, maybe some homemade rolls and you’ve yourself a fantastic meal.

Ingredients:

  • Canned (and drained) black beans or fresh black beans that have been soaked and cooked first
  • Bread crumbs
  • Eggs, can also use rehydrated freeze-dried eggs
  • Cooking oil, I use olive oil
  • Optional: canned corn, cheese (rehydrated freeze-dried cheese works!), fresh cabbage (if you have it from the garden!) and any spices you wish such as garlic.

Instructions:

  • If using canned black beans, drain and rinse
  • Combine black beans, bread crumbs and eggs into a bowl, also add in any other additions that you’d like from the optional list above or get creative with your own ideas
  • Combine it all together really well and start making individual patties in any size you wish
  • Pour a bit of cooking oil in a pan and turn heat on to medium-high, be sure to let the oil heat up for a few minutes
  • Place patties in the cooking oil and cook on each side until golden brown, the exact time will vary, maybe about 5 minutes each side, but just check it, could be more, could be less, keep an eye on it.
  • And voila! You’re done! Pair it with some canned or freeze-dried veggies and fruit, maybe some microgreens and you have a perfect meal.

Meat Patty

Very similar to above, you can make meat patties from just about anything.

Ingredients:

  • Canned chicken, salmon or almost any type of canned meat or seafood will work
  • Bread crumbs or cornmeal or if you have it, ground-up corn squares, ground-up crackers will also work
  • Eggs (can use reconstituted egg powder)

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  • About Morgan Rogue

    Morgan lives in Texas with her husband, daughters and 2 dogs. She spends most of her time getting outdoors with her daughters, prepping for emergencies and disasters and teaching others how to be prepared. She also enjoys archery, hunting, fishing, firearms, hiking, camping, HAM, Jeeps and generally getting out and exploring life through epic adventures!