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Blackout meals from pantry staples
Two alternating days of simple meals from oats, rice, lentils, pasta, flour, beans, potato flakes, milk powder, oil, and salt. See the shopping list for the people and days you set.
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What the two days are
Day A is oats with milk powder, a rice and lentil pot, and peanut noodles. Day B is potato flakes with milk powder, a bean pot with a flour flatbread, and the rice and lentil pot again. They alternate for as many days as you ask, up to 365.
Each day is built to land near 2,000 calories for one adult from dry food plus water. Oil and salt are in the pots. The steps are short on purpose: boil, simmer, or cook a flatbread in a dry pan. Nothing needs an oven or a fridge.
The shopping list multiplies every ingredient by people and by days. It is a short outage menu, not a complete diet, and it will be dull on purpose. Dull and shelf-stable is the brief.
How to use the menu
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Step 1
Set people and days
A long weekend is 3 days. A fortnight is 14. The list grows in a straight line.
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Step 2
Read both day cards
You will cook Day A, then Day B, then Day A again.
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Step 3
Buy the totals, not one meal
The table is the cupboard, in kilograms, for the whole stretch.
Meal questions
Do I need power?
You need a way to boil water: a gas ring, a camp stove, or a fire. The meals do not need a microwave or a fridge.
Where is the fresh food?
Left out. A blackout menu that depends on salad leaves fails on the second day. Add fresh food while you have it.
Can I swap peanut butter?
If you will not eat it, swap that meal for another rice and lentil pot and add the extra rice and lentils yourself. The list will not guess a dislike.
Related
The meals only work if the ingredients are already in the house.