5 Tips to Make Your Food Storage Healthier

	1. Revise your food storage calculator You can replace traditional food recommendations pound for pound. Store raw honey or agave instead of white sugar. You can alter what kinds of oils you store. Visit our "Healthy Food Storage" page to view an example of a healthy calculator we learned about in a healthy food storage seminar.
	2. Preserve your own fruits and vegetables Gardening is a great and inexpensive way to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. By preserving these foods on your own you can control exactly what goes into them. Canning and dehydrating are two of our favorite preservation methods for food storage.  If you are short on time, there are a lot of freeze-dried options that contain no additives, or preservatives.
	3. Purchase a grain mill / wheat grinder Storing your own healthy flours can be expensive, and flours have shorter shelf life than grains.  Did you know most whole wheat flours you buy in the store have preservatives?  If you're interested in having a varied diet with a lot of grains and legumes, having a grain mill can open up your storage options. Grain mills allow you to grind white beans into a flour that you can use to make cream soups, and act as a healthy thickener.
	4. Learn the art of sprouting One of the biggest concerns with traditional food storage is the lack of fresh greens in your diet.  If you store sprouting mixes, grains, legumes, and vegetable seeds you can sprout them to get FRESH "greens".  Sprouting enhances the nutrition in many of these foods too! There are some sprouting mixes available that can provide you with completely clean nutrition.
	5. Collect recipes, practice cooking Eating foods in their season can provide many health benefits.  A World of Wisdom is a cookbook full of recipes organized seasonally. It gives recipes for each season using foods that are IN SEASON thus using things at their peak healthy time.  She also uses wheat berries in some of the recipes - which is great for people without wheat grinders. There is also a whole section about milks, sauces, and dressings that are healthy and easy to make!

(taken from Food Storage Made Easy)