My biggest issue is with wastage. My budget is certainly not a few dollars/day - we eat out a lot and our schedule changes (last minute invites, etc) so it's hard to buy fresh things in advance without losing a fair bit along the way.

My idea is for a guide and cookbook that focuses on:

  - ingredients that can be stored for a long time (tins of coconut milk, rice, etc)
  - things that can be cooked and then frozen/saved for long periods
  - shortcuts that aren't awful (frozen vegetables aren't always the devil)
  - things you can make with fading vegetables (soups, stock, etc)

Have always wondered if it would be worth doing. Not a glamorous cookbook concept (like most that sell here as gifts), but might appeal to some?

For what it is worth 50Lbs of grain (in my case 2-row barley) fit neatly in two 5-gallon home depot buckets. And is enough base grain for five 5-gallon batches of beer.

That's ridiculous. I have a couple large plastic containers for beans and rice, each holds about ten pounds, about the size of a milk jug.