Short Term Food Storage Ideas Rita Love When shopping buy “extra amounts” of these gradually, stocking up. Date them and rotate. Place in rodent/bug proof containers. Dry pasta: macaroni Dry pasta: spaghetti Rice Spaghetti sauce canned in jars (store in dark place) Canned tuna (oil packed) Cans of cream of mushroom (or celery) soup Dry milk Oats Raisins Large Block of Cheddar Cheese in your freezer (thawed cheese will be crumbly) Canned green beans Balance the amounts you purchase so you could prepare the following meals: - Tuna/mac/mushroom soup casserole - Spaghetti w/sauce - Macaroni w/cheese (milk) - Oatmeal w/Raisins (milk) Whenever you empty a Clorox bottle doing laundry, remove label, fill it with water, date it + label & store. Keep one extra Clorox gallon on hand but store that in laundry area.