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Shelf-stable, no-cook food that suits your family and your fridge time limit.
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Plan food you can eat cold, that needs no water to prepare and that your family already likes. Dates, canned beans and fish, nut butter, crackers and shelf-stable milk cover most needs. Choose halal-labelled products and rotate stock once a year.
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Do now
- Build a no-cook shelf: dates, canned beans and fish, nut butter, crackers, dried fruit, nuts, long-life milk.
- Buy a manual can opener and keep it with the food.
- Build your supplies gradually, a few items each shopping trip. Buying everything at once is costly and empties shelves for others.
- Add infant formula or baby food and any special diets (diabetic, allergy, texture-modified).
Do within 15 minutes
- Keep fridge and freezer doors closed. A closed fridge stays cold for only a few hours.
- Move the most perishable items (cooked food, dairy, meat) together and eat them first.
Do in the first day
- Eat fridge food first, then freezer food, then shelf food.
- Throw away anything that smells, looks wrong or has been warm for more than a few hours. When in doubt, throw it out.
- Never use charcoal, gas stoves or generators indoors. Carbon monoxide is invisible and deadly.
Do daily
- Plan meals and snacks so children and elders eat regularly, and keep dates and water ready for iftar if fasting.
- Check cans for swelling or rust and replace stock once a year.
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