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Survival Foods
Quick-to-make recipes from shelf-stable pantry staples — few ingredients, fast to cook, and built to store for a long time.
These are the foods you can pull together when the fridge is thin: flour, oats, rice, oil, salt, baking powder, peanut butter and honey. Some recipes live only in this collection; others (like buttermilk biscuits, cornbread and pancakes) already sit in Sweet or Savory and are listed here because they fit the same idea.
Also try Pantry Survivor Mode to match whatever you already have on the shelf.
Baking Powder BiscuitsPantry biscuits with baking powder — no yeast or buttermilk.
Buttermilk BiscuitsTall, flaky classic biscuits when you have buttermilk on hand.
Hardtack (Ship Biscuits)Three-ingredient ship biscuits that store for months when kept dry.
Oatmeal PorridgeRolled oats, water or milk, salt — breakfast in about 10 minutes.
Flour TortillasFour-ingredient skillet tortillas; freeze well.
Bannock (Camp Bread)Camp skillet bread from flour, baking powder, salt and water.
Buttermilk CornbreadButtermilk cornbread — cornmeal and flour keep well in the pantry.
Fluffy PancakesFluffy pancakes from flour, baking powder, milk, egg and butter.
Peanut Butter Oat BitesNo-bake energy bites: peanut butter, oats and honey.
Simple Pantry RicePlain seasoned rice — the shelf-stable base for countless meals.
Dried-Bean ChiliDried or canned beans, oil, salt and chili powder — no fresh produce.
Instant Ramen UpgradeInstant ramen with peanut butter, soy sauce and oil.
Powdered-Milk PuddingStovetop pudding from powdered milk, cornstarch and sugar.
Shelf-Stable Tuna PastaDry pasta and canned tuna with pantry seasonings.
Cornmeal Mush (Polenta)Cornmeal mush / polenta from pantry cornmeal and water.
Powdered-Egg ScrambleShelf-stable powdered eggs scrambled in a skillet.
Jerky Gravy over BiscuitsFlour gravy with chopped jerky, spooned over biscuits.