Converting American Heart Association guidelines into canned foods
A preview: we are screwed when it comes to canned beans,peas and vegetables, but excellent when it comes to peanut butter or nut.
A week supply per person:
10 15oz cans of beans/peas/other vegetables
8 15oz cans of fruits
3 lbs of dry pasta or rice
0.5 lbs of dry milk
1.5 lbs of cheese
2 15oz cans of meat
1 12oz can of fish
1/5 of a 16oz peanut butter jar
1/4 bottle of oil (regular 48fl.oz.)
That makes for a 50 cans of beans per week for a family of five. 1000 cans of beans to get to August. At the same time, it's only one jar of peanut butter and five cans of tuna per week for the same family.
Guidelines are from heart.org
Or, to make it a song
On the first day of self quarantine my honey gave to me:
200 cans of beans
160 cans of fruit
50lbs bag of rice
40 cans of spam
30 one pound blocks of cheese
20 cans of tuna
10 boxes of spaghetti
10 boxes of dry milk
5 bottles of oil
4 jars of peanut butter
And a truckload of Charmin TP
A week supply per person:
10 15oz cans of beans/peas/other vegetables
8 15oz cans of fruits
3 lbs of dry pasta or rice
0.5 lbs of dry milk
1.5 lbs of cheese
2 15oz cans of meat
1 12oz can of fish
1/5 of a 16oz peanut butter jar
1/4 bottle of oil (regular 48fl.oz.)
That makes for a 50 cans of beans per week for a family of five. 1000 cans of beans to get to August. At the same time, it's only one jar of peanut butter and five cans of tuna per week for the same family.
Guidelines are from heart.org
Or, to make it a song
On the first day of self quarantine my honey gave to me:
200 cans of beans
160 cans of fruit
50lbs bag of rice
40 cans of spam
30 one pound blocks of cheese
20 cans of tuna
10 boxes of spaghetti
10 boxes of dry milk
5 bottles of oil
4 jars of peanut butter
And a truckload of Charmin TP