Custom Meal Plan vs Mountain House 3 Day Kits
In this section, I present three options for a 3 day meal plan:
- OPTION 1: Build Your Own Meal Plan – I give you the menu and the shopping list so that you can see the estimated cost. With this plan, you have the option to substitute any of those #10 cans with the meals that your family would like best.
- OPTION 2: Mountain House 3 Day Kit Only – I show you whats in each kit and how it compares to the custom meal plan in terms of quantity of food.
- OPTION 3: Mountain House 3 Day Kit with Additions – This option uses the kits, but adds veggies, fruit and snack food from the custom meal plan.
There’s a table at the end that shows a comparison of the costs. You’ll see that the kits alone cost less, BUT you also get less food. It lacks vegetables, fruit and snacks. Building your own supply is slightly cheaper and offers the advantage of picking your own meals.
Servings
The servings needed for each meal are indicated in the parenthesis next to the meal name. For example, we will need 4 servings (4s) of Spaghetti with Meat sauce for Lunch on Day 1. In the Shopping List, you will see the number of servings in the can. One cup of “dry” food from the can will reconstitute to 1 cup of served food. So if you think you’ll need more servings per meal, then just add more cans to you shopping list.
Abbreviations
MH = Mountain House
AF = Augason Farms
OPTION 1: Custom Meal Plan
3 DAY Meal Plan (Simple Plan for 4)
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*NOTE: You can substitute the Granola with Mountain House Scrambled Eggs w/ Bacon ($25 for #10 can)
Shopping List – 3 DAY Custom Meal Plan
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TOTAL COST: $189
TOTAL WATER NEEDED for meals: 66 cups (4.125 gallons)
Option 2: Mt. House 3 Day Emergency Kit ONLY
NOTE: Each pouch has 2 servings where 1 serving = 1 cup of food. Mountain House recommends one box per person. But since I have been using 1 cup per person for each of my meals, I’m going to split a box across 2 people. I’m using 1 cup servings across all of the meals because it makes it easier to customize it to your family’s needs. For the purpose of this cost comparison, I’m going to split a box across two people so that we keep 1 cup servings per person per meal.
Below is the Meal Plan if you just have the Mountain House 3 Day Kit and nothing else. This is TWO kits for a Family of Four with an estimated total cost of $102 ($51 per kit x 2 people).
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TOTAL COST: $102
TOTAL WATER NEEDED for meals: 32 cups (2 gallons)
Option 3: Mt. House 3 Day Emergency Kit with Additions
Here is the Meal Plan using the 3 Day Mountain House Kit with vegetables and snacks from the Custom Meal Plan.
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Shopping List – 3 DAY Plan using Mt. House Kits with Additions
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TOTAL COST: $204
TOTAL WATER NEEDED for meals: 76 cups (4.75 gallons)
Cost Comparison
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