Three-day menu and shopping list
Use the planner to adjust household size, cooking mode and ingredients already owned.
Open meal plannerNo-cook menu
Read and print the separate three-day cold-meal example and its basket assumptions.
Open no-cook guideUse what you store
A blank printable record for noting an item, the date added, label instructions and when to use or review it. No invented shelf-life dates.
The book cover
Canonical cover artwork as supplied for this website. It is not a recipe photograph.
Download coverPlan with sources
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Official sources
UK Be Ready household checklist ↗UK campaign announcement ↗US emergency supplies — Ready.gov ↗US emergency food — USDA FSIS ↗US emergency water — CDC ↗EU preparedness strategy ↗UK FSA (GOV.UK): food safety in a power cut ↗FDA: food and water safety during power outages ↗CDC: drinking-water advisories explained ↗Source links and principal guidance claims checked 2 November 2026. Consult current local advice. The Blackout Kitchen is independent and is not endorsed by these organisations.