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Stress is well known for bringing out the worst in people. Stress is known for influencing bad decisions.

Comfort foods are important. They help us to stay calm, to make good decisions, to navigate uncertainty.

I don't know about your home, but mine is increasingly requesting simple humble home foods/cooking and snacks. It's unlikely that they would want less comfort foods during a SHTF event.

Yet somehow, every time I see a prepping video/supply list comfort foods are sparse/ or missing from the pantry. That's a problem, we need to facilitate mental health in order to thrive. Here's a few things that I keep stockpiled to support humble home comfort foods,

Sweet: Drink mixes/hot chocolate, real maple syrup, instant pudding, cake/brownie mix, chocolate, sugar dense candies, pie filling, condensed milk, bitters,coffee syrups, baking extracts, extra cinnamon/nutmeg/sugar.

Non Sweet: Sushi rice/wraps/vinegar, ranch packets, pastina and orzo pasta, better than bouillon, large granule finishing salt, dried basil (+ garden seeds), coconut milk, roasted jarred peppers, commercial mac'n cheese, bisquick, shortening, tobasco sauce/sriracha, popcorn kernels, jarred salsa, stone ground mustard, tomato paste, baked beans.

I look forward to hearing your comfort food stockpileable items. Lets support mental health and well being even though our leaders and politicians don't seem to care.

Stress is well known for bringing out the worst in people. Stress is known for influencing bad decisions. Comfort foods are important. They help us to stay calm, to make good decisions, to navigate uncertainty. I don't know about your home, but mine is increasingly requesting simple humble home foods/cooking and snacks. It's unlikely that they would want less comfort foods during a SHTF event. Yet somehow, every time I see a prepping video/supply list comfort foods are sparse/ or missing from the pantry. That's a problem, we need to facilitate mental health in order to thrive. Here's a few things that I keep stockpiled to support humble home comfort foods, Sweet: Drink mixes/hot chocolate, real maple syrup, instant pudding, cake/brownie mix, chocolate, sugar dense candies, pie filling, condensed milk, bitters,coffee syrups, baking extracts, extra cinnamon/nutmeg/sugar. Non Sweet: Sushi rice/wraps/vinegar, ranch packets, pastina and orzo pasta, better than bouillon, large granule finishing salt, dried basil (+ garden seeds), coconut milk, roasted jarred peppers, commercial mac'n cheese, bisquick, shortening, tobasco sauce/sriracha, popcorn kernels, jarred salsa, stone ground mustard, tomato paste, baked beans. I look forward to hearing your comfort food stockpileable items. Lets support mental health and well being even though our leaders and politicians don't seem to care.

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In an effort to appease the FPH lurkers, I would like to point out that I managed to convince my family that lentil stew is comfort food. Recipe as follows; 1 cup of dried lentils, 2-3 carrots (diced), 2-3 stalks of celery (diced), onion or shallots, plus whatever vegetables are dying in the fridge, add small can of tomato puree if available or cooking for more than three people. Boil in 4-6 cups of water until lentils are cooked. allow to cool and blend. add bullion and salt to taste (add salt at the end because it makes lentil skins tougher).

if you have stale bread or bread ends, you can make croutons to put in the stew. it's very tasty, healthy and cheap.

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Onions are disgusting

I'd rather drink a shot of my own urine than eat one

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have you tried shallots? They have a mild/sweet flavor and often work better in recipes than onion.