CAMPING WEEK! 72 hour kits: FOOD

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CAMPING WEEK! 72 hour kits: FOOD
Food is a big deal.
I won't rant about stocking up and storing food...but I am a big geek about this.
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Emergency kit food needs to be able to store in various temperatures.
We made each person in our family 3 packs of food (1 pack per day for 3 days)
It's so filled with things that you can eat one thing every hour from sun up to sun down!
You won't feel hungry.
My boys went on a 3 day backpacking trip and came home
with half their 3 day supply of food.
So in extenuating circumstances, it would suffice...
and maybe have some to spare with others.

Here's what I put in ours:
Dried Mangoes (130 cals)
Dried Bananas (100 cals)
2 Sweet and Salty Granola Bars (170 cals each)
1 cup dry Oats with 1 tsp cinnamon/sugar (2 packs for the men) (300 cals each)
4 Slim Jims (160 cals)
Homemade Beef Jerky (200 cals for 4 oz)
2 servings of protein powder (140 cals each)
Fruit snacks (80 cals)
Hot Tamales Cinnamon candy (140 cals)
Good & Plenty (140 cals)
Total of 2,170 calories!
(which is amazing for a 72 hour kit, most purchasable kits are only 800-1200 calories per day)
For kids and women, I left out 1 package of oats...so 1,870 calories

I like to use vacuum sealing bags and seal an entire day in each bag.
Okay, let's talk oats.
I feed my kids dry old fashioned oats regularly.
We don't heat it up...we like milk on it, but water works too.
In a pinch...we would just eat it like popcorn right out of the bag.
The protein powder will be better with some water,
but even it can just be eaten.
I would like to add some thing green in there...so I ordered this:

I don't know how I'll incorporate it into our emergency kits yet...maybe just mix
in a serving with the protein shakes...but I think
that it will help with adding essential nutrients to our food.

Now it's sealed and ready to store in case of emergencies!
Emergency food should be rotated.
I recommend cycling it out every 6 months.
If there hasn't been an emergency, make new kits for everyone.
Then plan an outing where you each take a package of food...test it out.
See what you like and don't like. Make adjustments.
Don't let your emergency kits sit without some food in them.
We also keep some in a kit in our car...you really never know when you are going to need them!

Any other suggestions for putting together 72 hours worth of food?