On Oct 26, 10:56*pm, "Jean B." wrote:
Here in the Northeast we may get a really ugly storm. *I am
wondering what LC things would be good to have on hand in case of
a power outage. *I don't want to be driven to eat more carbs just
because the power is out, but I am having a hard time coming up
with things to eat--and what to put in my coffee. *(Previously, I
could use the little packs of milk--even chocolate milk. *I gazed
at the little packs of nondairy milks at WF but the few they had
did not seem to be LC.)

Unless coffee is the mainstay of your diet, it's hard to
imagine that a Tbsp or two of one of the powdered
creamers for a few days is going to do you harm.
Yes, there are a few carbs there, but most people are
only going to use a little bit. I have some here for
the times I run out of halfnhalf.

Also, you can put halfnhalf, etc in a cooler with ice.
It will stay OK for days. You should also put any other
items, eg soda, cold cuts, etc that you may want in
there. Then don't open the fridge if the power goes off.
Left closed, it will be OK for a couple days. If you
open the door, it will go down hill quickly. If you have
room in the freezer, putting in some extra containers
with water and letting them freeze will give it more
thermal mass so that it can hold out longer.

You can also put frozen steak or other foods, etc
in a cooler. Off the shelf here I have black soybeans,
some Atkins bars, textured veg protein that makes a
good cereal substitute. Pork rinds come to mind. You
could go buy some canned LC vegs, canned corn beef,
etc but personally, I would not bother because they don't
taste that good. I'm going with the ice cooler approach.
I have stuff from the freezer, like frozen soup, frozen
prepared short ribs, etc that I can put in there.