Meals in a bag: Hamburger gravy and mashed potatoes | Just add water! DIY MREs and emergency foods
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- Meals in a bag: Hamburger gravy with mashed potatoes. Just add water! Hearty, healthy meal for your long term food storage, Bug Out Bag, camping, hiking, backpacking, emergency food storage, or just for a quick and easy meal!
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My son and some of his friends like to go on 4 or 5 day hiking/camping trips with only what they can carry on their backs. He likes to raid my home made MRE's for the trips and now his friends want him to get some for them too.
I don't mind, especially after I started finding $100 bills taped to the door of the storage room.
Their hands down favorite is the chicken and rice.
Aww, that is so sweet! I personally think homemade MREs are the best because you can eat some of the comfort foods you are used to, and have more control as to what you put in the meals. My cheesy chicken and rice is one of my most favorites, for sure! Thanks for watching and subscribing! God bless!
Love your channel. Cant wait to see it blow up. Keep putting out these great videos, they are awesome. You will be at 1000 really soon.
Thank you so very much! It's people like you who make it all worthwhile. Thank you for subscribing! God bless!
Hi again, my son in law suggested I put double sided sticky tape on the jar lid to hold the oxygen absorber for powdery ingredients. Works like a charm. Love your vlogs.
That is a good suggestion! Thank you for sharing it 🙂. God bless!
Hi... me again. Thought I'd pass along a channel from a backpacker who has great recipes. Kevin Outdoors. He doesn't use the mylar bags, but does dehydrates his food. The lasagna and sausage/bean stew sound fantastic. Love your channel and your recipes.
Thank you. I have seen some of Kevin's videos. But, please be careful when following backpacker recipes as they are not all safe for long term food storage.
@@ChristianPrepperGal I thought I had seen him vacuum seal his dehydrated ingredients in jars. So far, he's the only one.
@@ChristianPrepperGal I'll be careful, thanks.
I can’t wait to make these - thank you! I have learned the hard way that I need to put these in a 3 or 5 gallon bucket with cover as mice ate through Mylar bags that I had stored previously
You're welcome, Jane! It's too bad you had to learn that the hard way, but that seems to be the best way for us to truly learn. Hopefully, someone else will read your comments and learn from your mistake. I keep my meals in a bag in heavy duty plastic tubs. However, even the plastic buckets and tubs are not completely mouse proof, but they are at least some protection. Thank you for watching, and for subscribing! Have a Happy New Year, and God bless!
I had the same thing happen. I was just sick, all that work of dehydrating and then preparing the MRE's, writing instructions, etc down the drain, or I should say down their throats. The buckets (food grade) are not real expensive, but so worth it.
Thanks for sharing this awesome video.
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Take care, Steve. 👍👍
Thank you Steve! God bless!
So amazing!!! Thank you. what great recipes. Thank you so much for these!
You're welcome, thank you for watching. I hope the recipes will be a help to you. God bless!
Looks and IS really good!! Thank you, once again, for a very informative video!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it 😊. God bless!
might be helpful if you write the calories on the package too! I could see myself adding a bit of dried peas or green beans also. Great idea. Thanks
Thank you! And, thank you for your suggestions 🙂.
Just found this video, and first thing I thought was dehydrated peas and carrots 😂
This looks really good
Thank you! It is really good 😀. Thanks for watching! God bless!
Thanks for such an informative video. You are so sweet 😊
You're welcome. And, thank you! God bless!
Use a wide mouth canning funnel! They work great!
Thank you for your suggestion! I've actually learned that since making this video 🙂. Thanks for watching, and God bless!
We love hamburder gravy with rice. either one is really good! YUM!
I haven't tried it with rice. I'll have to give it a try! Thanks for the suggestion, and for watching the video! God bless!!
Do you follow the same process. Will the rice cook all the way?
@@anna-christinahouston1758 You would need to use instant rice, then it would cook the same way. I make my own instant rice by cooking white rice and then dehydrating it. But, what you buy in the store would work the same.
@@anna-christinahouston1758 When we use rice we just use the boil in bag rice.
Great video
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it 🙂
Hey can you do one for desserts? I’ve been looking all over and don’t feel like buying mre’s.
Do you have a particular dessert (or desserts) in mind? I'm not really much of a dessert person, so I haven't thought much about recipes for desserts, but that is something that I would be willing to try. If you have any suggestions or ideas on what might be good for emergency meal/MRE desserts please let me know. In the meantime, it is something I will definitely look into. Thanks for the suggestion! God bless!
@@ChristianPrepperGal maybe cookies or cake? Idk how possible it is, I have no experience with this stuff. This will be used for camping with boyscout camp. Lately we have been rained in our tents for hours. And hopefully this will give us something to do (maybe a midnight snack 😉😂) but thank you for responding/ helping! Really appreciate it!
@Conner McCracken Now that I have a better idea of what you're looking for, I may be able to help you 😊. I do not have any recipes like what you are asking for, but I did find an apple crisp recipe that I may be able to work with. However, it would take me a while to develop the recipe. So, in the meantime, I'm going to give you this link of recipes for desserts for backpacking as it seems you might be able to use some of them for your scout camping. I have not tried any of these recipes, but I do trust this site. I do hope this helps you. Here's the link: www.backpackingchef.com/backpacking-recipe.html
Salisbury steak
Oooh, that sounds good! I'll have to look into coming up with a recipe for that! Thank you for the suggestion 🙂.
Freeze dry your own cooked healthy meals using dry ice , if you don’t have a dry freeze machine, seal and store like the fancy ones. Takes 24 hrs pound for pound food and dry ice. Might not last 25 yrs but will be good at least half if not more of that. Use th Mylar and oxygen abs just th same but real potatoes meat veg are much nicer
Thank you for your opinion and suggestion. However, I would like to point out that I do use real potatoes, meat, and veggies in these recipes. Not everyone has freezer space available to do as you have suggested. I sure don't. That's why I decided to use a dehydrator for making meals my family will eat. There are different methods of preparing foods for storage because we can't all do it the same way 🙂. It's up to each of us to decide what works best for us and our families. God bless!
How long do these last did she say?
She said if they are sealed properly and stored properly they can last anywhere from 10-15 years. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
Great video... You can lock your white balance on your camera and it won't change brightness while you're shooting video... Have a nice day
Thank you for watching my video! I'm glad you liked it! And, thank you for your tip regarding my camera settings! I will definitely be checking into that :) Merry Christmas, and God bless!!
@@ChristianPrepperGal Yes ma'am and same to you.
why didnt u seal the bag ? 6:38
Ummm...I did seal the bag, starting at 1136. But, if you meant why didn't I seal the baggie? Well, that is because you want to make sure that you can get all of the oxygen absorbed from the food. If you seal the baggie, then oxygen can remain inside it. Any oxygen left inside the baggie could cause the food to spoil sooner. Thanks for watching! God bless!
@@ChristianPrepperGal oh I see thanks
@Christian Prepper Gal: It's been 1 year since you made this mylar bag meal, how did it turn out? Did the hamburger go rancid?
I haven't tried eating any of the Hamburger Gravy and Mashed Potatoes meals in a bag recently. The ones I have tried over the course of the past year have been just fine. I have recently eaten other meals in a bag that I've made around or over a year ago using the Mountain House freeze dried cooked ground beef (which has a 30 year shelf life) and they have been just fine. I do store my meals in a bag in a cool, dry, dark place. And, I store any leftover freeze dried and dehydrated foods properly: in mason jars that have had air removed using a vacuum sealer with a jar attachment and kept in a cool, dry, dark place.
@@ChristianPrepperGal ok, thank you. Would you mind opening one of the 'dehydrated' hamburger meals that's been around at least a year and let me know if it's rancid or any other problems? I do understand about keeping it in a cool, dark place and getting as much grease out as possible. I'm getting ready to dehydrate a lot of hamburger and I just needed to know beforehand as I don't want to waste it. Thank you for your quick reply.
@@Tina-7773 I'm sorry, but unfortunately, opening and using what I made is not going to help you decide how long your dehydrated hamburger will be good for. They are two different things. What I used in this meal is not home dehydrated hamburger meat. It is freeze dried hamburger meat that was prepared by a major manufacturer using an industrial grade freeze dryer. Dehydrated hamburger meat done at home is only good for approximately a year when stored properly. Home dehydrated hamburger meat is not something that I actually recommend using for long term food storage as there are a number of things that can cause it to go rancid within a short period of time. I'm truly sorry that I cannot help you with this. Perhaps you can do a UA-cam search for dehydrated hamburger meat and find someone that may be able to help you with your question. I do hope you are able to find an answer. God bless you 😊
@@ChristianPrepperGal Oh, I'm sorry, I thought it was dehydrated hamburger that you used, lol. Thank you for all of the other info. And yes, I have done many searches and I still can't find out about 'dehydrated' hamburger and long-term storage. Again, thank you for your time. God bless you.
@@Tina-7773 No worries. We all have those moments 😊.
Do you mean vacuum sealer bags that are clear textured plastic?
I enjoyed your video. Very interesting and helpful.
Yes, those are vacuum sealer bags. However, I have since learned that those do not last as long as mylar bags. So, for long term food storage (longer than a couple of years) I now recommend mylar bags. Thank you for watching, I'm glad it was helpful. God bless!
Christian Prepper Gal, I use them for freezing w/o all the ice crystals that the freezer bags allow in. I also seal copies of important papers for our cars.. just in case. They have their place and I use them a lot but wanted to make sure you didn’t mean them for long term storage. Thank you!
Joyce Cook Mylar bags last for 30 years.
Thanks for the video.. I don't mean to sound like a ass, but the air should be removed with a vacuum sealer or a shop vac to eliminate all air as possible.. Then they should last about as long as you say. But in a push comes to shove situation this will be much better than not doing anything at all.. Again not trying to downgrade you video at all. But threw some of my hobby work with microbiology I'd highly suggest this. One ♥️✌🏻
Hi James! Thanks for watching, and for your suggestion. I have a vacuum sealer, but for the mylar bags that does not work. However, the oxygen absorbers do the same thing. They draw (collect) the air out of the bag into the charcoal that's inside the absorber. When I store my dehydrated or freeze dried foods in a canning jar or a vacuum sealer bag I do use the vacuum sealer. We all have different opinions and ideas, and I appreciate yours. But, as I said, a vacuum sealer with mylar bags does not work for me. Again, thank you, and God bless!
If a person doesn't have those, they can zip close the bag leaving just enough room to insert a straw, then suck out the air, pull out the straw and finish zipping in one move, then seal the bag. If they use an oxygen absorber, it should be ok for long term storage.
@@MsPat622 I've heard of people doing that...with the straw. Although, I've never tried it. Thanks for your input :)
DO NOT PUT A ZIPLOCK BAG INTO YOUR MYLAR BAG!!! A Ziplock is not made for long term food storage! It will leach into all of the food inside the Mylar bag. Mix whatever freeze dried or dehydrated ingredients you want for a meal and put those into your Mylar bag then put in your oxygen absorber and then seal. Again..... DO NOT PUT A ZIPLOCK BAG INTO YOUR MYLAR BAG!!!
I have not ever heard of this. Could you please provide me with your source for information? I don't want to be advising people to use ziplock bags if they are not safe. Thank you & God bless!
Christian Prepper Gal I bought a home freeze dryer and researched from there. Plus I was in the military for 18 years and always wondered why we never encountered sandwich type bag material in our rations. I basically looked everywhere I could on the internet about long term food storage and found out that way. A sandwich bag will last a while but not for 25 plus years. Just mix all your ingredients then add your oxygen absorber then seal your Mylar bag as far down as you can. The food is going to be mixed with water anyways so why take the risk? I’ve watched MRE videos from armies all over the world and zero of them use any type of sandwich bag material for long term storage because they will in fact leach into the surrounding food. I even tried it with a #10 can of Mountain House scrambled eggs. I emptied most of the contents of the can and put the rest in a sandwich bag then added an oxygen absorber and then resealed the can. Over a year later I reopened the package and tried it. It was still edible but you could taste the plastic. Research it a little and you’ll see what I’m telling you is true. Good luck in your prepping. We need people like you if anything ever happens. Take care and stay safe. Trump 2020 🇺🇸
@@u.s.militia7682 Thank you for your explanation. When I first started reasearching making meals in a bag I mostly found meals in a jar recipes, but hardly any for meals in a bag. Those meals in a jar recipes used the sandwich baggies. So, I just assumed that was the way to do it. I appreciate your speaking up and providing information you have. I will no longer use nor promote the use of sandwich/zip lock baggies for preparing meals in a bag. I will also somehow get the information out to my subscribers to not use them. Thank you. Take care & God bless!
@@u.s.militia7682 would it be ok to put in natural paper bags as nothing could leach from those?
Ehhhh, you should close the jar with the oxygen absorbers right after taking one out 7:12
Thank you for pointing this out! Yes, I normally would close the jar with the oxygen absorbers right away. However, it appears that I got a little nervous while filming this when I didn't have my jar of OAs out on the counter. Please be assured that I did close that jar up as soon as I paused the filming of the video. Thanks for watching, and God bless!!
I think I would have put the gravy and broth mix with the hamburger and the rest with the potato or it could just become a sloppy gravy potato mess? Otherwise looks great.
Actually, I've "cooked" it in the bag (several different times) and it isn't any more of a sloppy mess than mixing the hamburger gravy with the mashed potatoes on a plate. But, thank you for your opinion 🙂. God bless!
Hi me again... is this a serving for 1 or 2 people? This is like the 5th time I've watched and just noticed that the gravy mix is sausage flavored.🤪
Hi again 🙂. It is a single serving. You can use whatever flavor you want for the gravy mix. But, yah, that might be a good idea for the sausage flavorings that you were looking for the other day. I didn't think of that either, lol.
I just found out that Honeyville carries sausage. 🥂👏👏👏
@@cathydavis7041 That's awesome! Praise the Lord! I'm so happy that you were able to find it!
Is it ok to pour boiling water into a mylar bag? I'm new to this, but I read else where that its not ok to do that?
I've not heard that, but would suggest that you research it further if you are concerned. God bless!
great video. I am new at this but I want to know if I can put rice in a ziploc bag thn put it in maylar. It is only three people in my family. I want to know what will be a good size of mayla bags where I can put two bags of rice or beans in ziploc bag. Thanks
Hi Wanella! Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. You can actually put the rice or beans directly into a mylar bag (no ziplock baggie needed). However, the size of mylar bags would be dependent upon the amount of food you want to put into them. For instance, if you wanted to break it down into the amount needed for individual meals I would suggest using the pint size mylar bag for 2 cups rice, the quart size for 4 cups, etc. If you are thinking of putting two bags of rice (2 pound bags) into one mylar bag, then I would suggest using the gallon size. The same goes for beans. It's something you will have to try to see which works best for you, but hopefully, this will help you decide where to start. Do not forget that with mylar bags you will also need to purchase oxygen absorbers. Your foods inside the mylar bags will last longer using the oxygen absorbers and any bugs or larvae in the rice or beans will be killed for a lack of oxygen. But, do not put oxygen absorbers in mylar bags with sugar (of any type) as they will turn the sugar into bricks. I hope this helps! Thanks for watching, and God bless!
@@ChristianPrepperGal It was so helpful that I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you. Looking forward to your next video. God bless you too
@@wannellalawson4001 You're welcome! Thank you for subscribing!
What is the difference with cc, I see different cc 200...400 1000cc for the oxygen absorbers?
Here is a link that has a list of how many cc's to use for different size mylar bags/jars. Scroll down midway on the page for a list. I use 300 cc just as an extra precaution. I hope this helps you! Thanks for watching! God bless 🙂
Oops! I forgot the link. www.discountmylarbags.com/oxygen-absorbers-info/
Awesome!!! Thank you , I am new to all this I feel like this is something I should of done years ago. My brother is in the military and I just spoke with him yesterday because I was inquiring about the MRE’s he told me it would be expensive for civilians and that it would be best to DIY MRE’s and he said go on YT low and behold here I am watching your videos. Grateful for you and the videos you have put on YT. Thank you!!
@Sally You're welcome, glad I could help. Please tell your brother thank you for me, lol. I'm just grateful to be able to share and help others.
@@ChristianPrepperGal Will do! again thank you and God bless you>
Are these single serving meals? Thanks
Yes they are!
I have never done anything like this so my question is:
If there is an experation date on the items you used, like the cream potatoes, is the long life of these meals able to stay longer because of the mylar bags and oxygen absorber? In other word if the mash potatoes expiration date says 2 years, will they still be good years from now?
Yes, that is correct. The oxygen abosorbers and mylar bags will extend the shelf life beyond the expiration dates, as well as storing them in a cool, dry, and dark place.
@@ChristianPrepperGal Thank you so very much! I have never tasted freeze dried ground beef, but I sure am going to give it a try. I do remember trying some MRE's after hurricane Katrina but they did not taste that great, but if your hungry enough...something is better than nothing. God bless.💛
How does the cheap sandwich plastic bag hold up without contaminating the food.
Because the sandwich bag is not sealed and it is inside the mylar bag with the oxygen absorber which draws all of the air out of both bags. You can choose to not put things in a separate baggie if you want. Thanks for watching, God bless!
The cheap sandwich bag doesn’t hold up. It will leach into the surrounding food. Just throw all ingredients together. It’s all gonna be mixed together anyway. I was in the army for 18 years and not once ever did I see a bag inside of a meal pouch. All plastics were always separated by another Mylar bag.
why not add the burger to the spuds ??
Thank you for your question! I do suppose you could do that if you wanted to. However, the reason I don't is because the hamburger meat takes longer to re-hydrate than the ingredients in the baggie do. Thanks for watching, and God bless!!
@@ChristianPrepperGal just put it all together, add boiling water, lets sit 10>12 minutes, eat.... lol
I will have to try that next time I eat some and see how well it works for me 🙂. I'll try and remember to let you know 🙂. Thanks for the suggestion! God bless!!
@@ChristianPrepperGal please do,and may God bless you and yours..
Thank you 🙂
is there any way to seal the bag a second time?
Yes, you can seal it the same way. But you might need to cut below the zipper part if you use bags with a zipper.
Those look like goat stool in the jar 🤣
Lol, they do! Thankfully, they don't taste like it! Thanks for watching! God bless!