So a little update on my prep shopping. I live in Michigan, in a large suburb of Detroit. Hand sanitizer was very hard to find. I tried Target, Costco and Meijer. No luck. I finally found some at Lowes. They were running very low. Funny thing is, I always have hand sanitizer around. Usually a little one in my purse, hubby's car and in our camper. We were due to repurchase just from everyday use and about 2 months ago, pre Covid19, I said we needed it, we were on the last of it. Put it off so long, who knew it would be hard to find. I left some for the next person, just buying what I would have bought either way to restock.
As for the stores, wow...I am shocked at how picked over the basics were. You could really tell people were stocking up on TP, cleaning supplies, and medicines. What was even more telling was the empty shelves were the powdered and canned milk was as well as the soups, beans and stuff like that. While there was still plenty to chose from, you could see that the stuff was moving fast. I stocked up on the over the counter meds we use, just enough to last a bit, nothing to over done. Some Advil, Pepto, and come cold medicine.
I ended up with only things I know we will use, just more of it. I bought several jars of pasta sauce, noodles of all variety, some quinoa and rice pouches to reheat. A case of black beans, peanut butter, supplies to make my own bread. Also, hemp hearts, dried mixed bean bag for soup, lots of veggie broth, several packages of tofu. And...a case of canned diced tomatoes, several boxes of Daiya mac and cheese, Busch's veg baked beans, a few dozen Clif Bars, Udon noodles, Miso Broth, dried mushrooms and canned mushrooms, a few of each. I also bought 6 boxes of shelf stable almond milk and a few boxes of cereal. I also use Just Egg, vegan egg replacer so I bought 3 of those to make 6 omelette meals.
For the freezer: three packs of Beyond Burger, 12 Beyond Brats, a pack of veggie dogs and 4 packages of Gardein Chick'in. Each will make a meal. I usually don't buy frozen veggies but I did buy a bag of frozen carrots, broccoli and corn. A bag of frozen mango, a bag of blueberries and strawberries, frozen. 3 bags of edamame, and a few bean burritos.
So this is my stash. I am sure I will add to it. A few other notes: We are vegan so my choices may be different from most. Also, I did not forget the most important things:
A case of wine for the wine fridge and 2 cases of beer. A nice variety of IPA's.
