The Orders

If I wait to make the order until Thursday night, then the package will arrive Monday or Tuesday, which would be ideal since we have some time off and would be home to bring it inside.  And so, I must wait 2 days.

However, I've worked out the amounts, and I promised you an update!



The following is for 1 year of dry goods for 2 adults (roughly half our caloric needs), plus about 3/4ths of a year of dry goods (no milk/oil/sugar) for putting into long term storage.

Honeyville Grain:  $536.27  (This is 10% off, saving $60.  Also includes $4.50 shipping)

• Beans, garbanzo:  75lb
• Beans, lentil:  50lb
• Beans, small red:  50lb
• Peas, yellow split:  25lb
• Millet, hulled:  50lb
• Oats, steel cut:  100lb
• Corn meal, yellow:  50lb
• Coconut oil, organic virgin:  1 gal

Rainy Day Foods:  $64.00 with shipping

• Popcorn:  50lb  (still on the hunt for something cheaper though)

LDS Home Storage Center:  $82.25

• Black beans:  100lb  (this saves $80 over the Honeyville black beans)
• Dry milk:  5lb... may get more later for use in yogurt if it is good
• Sugar:  25lb

Costco: $150.20

• Quinoa:  12lb
• Rice, basmati white:  60lb (purchased as needed)
• Flour:  80lb (purchased as needed)
• Pasta:  12lb 
• Avocado oil:  1 liter
• Olive oil, organic extra virgin:  3 liters (purchased as needed)

Total:  $835.41... 744lbs plus 2 gallons of cooking/salad dressing oil... whoa.

Total for just year 1:  about $550?  This comes out to $45/month (or $0.75 per day per person) for all our grains, legumes, healthy oils, sugar (half our caloric needs).  The rest will be made up of fruit, veggies (hopefully mostly from the garden), meat, and a small amount of dairy.  It'll be a year of eating totally from scratch!  It'll also be exciting to see whether we use it all up, or whether we need more of any of the items.

(I think that is about right, but I'll work these out in detail later, when my brain isn't so tired)