5 Healthiest Foods You Need to Store If You’re Self-Isolated

If a major catastrophe hit your area, your local grocery store will have about three days, worth of food on hand before the inventory is depleted. After we go through a disaster, it takes time to make the food supplies to normal.

As we have to move towards social isolation & social distancing with more speed than ever because of corona-virus that is spreading so fast, we need to prepare ourselves for lock-down and self-isolation, but you don’t need to panic. You need to shop carefully and try to store foods that are healthy, and they can be both fresh foods and consist of refrigerated frozen storage products.

If you are going to self-isolate, you need to get yourself a piece of paper and work out what you are going to eat over those two weeks. Go through your cupboard. By doing this you will know what you have in good quantity and what you need to buy and that way you’re not going to panic.

You may have noticed that stores have been limited in their item selections if you’re someone who tries to eat healthy food or wants to loss weight. It’s pretty discouraging to see empty shelves of the foods that you used to buy while this is only temporary. You can still take steps to help you eat healthy food as possible during self-isolation time.

Here are healthy foods that you might need if you are self-isolated in your home:

Fruits:

When it comes to fruits, any kind is fine whether it’s fresh, frozen or canned. It’s all good and you’ll need to eat fresh fruits first to avoid waste but when those are gone frozen fruits can be used in smoothies or pancakes. Canned fruit is another good option to use as side items or on top of foods like cottage cheese if you can buy the kind that’s packed in 100% juice, not syrups.

Vegetables:

Again, all fresh, frozen and canned all are good and healthy options in their own way. If you are at home, you may have a little extra time to slice carrots and keep them handy. Quick snack potatoes are good because they tend to last longer, and frozen vegetables are so easy to throw in the microwave as a quick side item. You can even roast them from frozen if you prefer vegetables that aren’t steamed. You can stock frozen broccoli, California blend and Brussels sprouts so, you can have a good variety.

Grains:

Cheapest grains to buy are rice and pasta. You can buy wheat pasta and brown rice as bags of uncooked rice are cheapest. You can also buy instant rice or even microwavable cups in case of an emergency.

Proteins:

Canned tuna, chicken and canned or dried beans are a great source of protein as well as fiber. Look into the frozen section if your stores meat aisles are empty. You can buy frozen chicken chest or ground beef and it’s just good. Peanut butter is a good source of healthy fats as well as a little protein to make energy bites out of.

Bread Flour:

You will also need bread flour just in case it doesn’t break, or your bread gets finish.