Meals in a Jar

Meals in a Jar

Be ready for emergencies big and small with these great-tasting meals in a jar.

All you need to do to get a yummy meal on the table is add water and cook!

They are great meal options for food storage and emergency preparedness.

Most can be stored for at least 5 years. Or give them away as gifts.

My personal favorites are the Taco Soup and the Beef and Bean Stew. My kids love the Mac & Cheese and say it tastes just the like the stuff in the blue box!

If you swap out the jar for a vacuum-sealed bag or mylar bag, these recipes can easily be used for camping and hiking meals too!

5 from 2 votes

Quick & Easy Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Meal in a Jar

Cropped shot showing quart mason jar filled with the dry ingredients for making Potato Cheese Casserole as a shelf-stable meal in a jar.

4.5 from 25 votes

Potato Cheese Sausage Casserole Meal in a Jar

Mason jar filled with dry ingredients used in Creamy Chicken Veggie Casserole, with printed label tied on to outside of jar.

4.1 from 13 votes

Creamy Chicken Veggie Casserole Meal in a Jar

Quart mason jar on gray background, filled with the dry ingredients for making Beef & Bean Stew, with a printed label tied to the jar.

4.8 from 4 votes

Beef & Bean Stew in a Jar

Mason jar, on gray background, filled with the dry ingredients used to make Bean & Rice Fajita Casserole, sealed and a printed label tied to the rim of the jar.

4.2 from 25 votes

Bean & Rice Fajita Casserole Meal in a Jar

Quart mason jar, on gray background, filled with the dry ingredients used to make Chicken Noodle Skillet Meal, with a printed label tied to the outside of the jar.

4.6 from 25 votes

Chicken Noodle Skillet Meal in a Jar

A quart mason jar, on a gray background, filled with the dry ingredients for Beef Taco Rice, with a printed label tied to the top of the jar.

4.6 from 8 votes

Beef Taco Rice Meal in a Jar

4.5 from 19 votes

Mac & Cheese Meal in a Jar

A quart mason jar, on a gray background, filled with the dry ingredients needed to make Taco Soup, with a printed label tied to the outside of the jar.

4.4 from 52 votes

Easy Taco Soup in a Jar Recipe

Eight quart jars, stacked on top of each other, in front of gray background, with printed labels tied to the outside of each jar and each filled with the dry ingredients to make a meal in a jar.

Eight Great Meal in a Jar Recipes

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