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Food Storage
Getting Started - Meat and Beans
Step One: Know your meat and beans.
Meat and beans are also a very important part of your food storage and should be a large portion of your supply. The meat and beans group also includes eggs, dry peas, nuts and seeds. These foods supply many nutrients such as B vitamins, vitamin E, iron, zinc, and magnesium. Meat and eggs contain quality protein. Beans, peas, nuts and seeds when eaten with grains provide a quality protein as well. First, let's get to know some common food storage items that are part of the meat and beans group:
- Meat
- canned chicken,
canned tuna,
frozen chicken,
frozen meat,
frozen fish,
bacon,
hot dogs,
pepperoni
- Eggs
- fresh chicken eggs,
dehydrated whole eggs,
dehydrated egg white,
dehydrated egg mix,
dehydrated Ova Easy
- Dry Beans and Peas
- black beans,
black-eyed peas,
chickpeas,
kidney beans,
lentils,
lima beans,
navy beans,
pinto beans,
soy beans,
split peas,
white beans,
tempeh,
textured vegetable protein (TVP)
- Nuts and Seeds
- almonds,
cashews,
flax,
mixed nuts,
peanuts,
peanut butter,
pecans,
pistachios,
pumpkin seeds,
sesame seeds,
sunflower seeds