Lights Out Cooking: A 72-Hour Emergency Preparedness Cookbook

January 26, 2026

When the power goes out, Lights Out Cooking: A 72-Hour Emergency Preparedness Cookbook helps you make simple, nutritious meals for your family. Use this cookbook to help your family stay safe, fed, and ready with:

Tips for storing and using food and water in an emergency
Safe ways to cook using grills, camp stoves, or no-heat meals
Over 20 simple recipes using shelf-stable foods
Easy ideas for meals and snacks
A shopping list to build your 72-hour emergency food kit
Food safety tips—learn what to keep and what to throw away after a power outage

This downloadable cookbook is available in English and Spanish.

Be ready. Stay safe. Eat well—even when the lights go out.

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Digital download – https://go.unl.edu/lights-out-cooking
$5.00 English, $5.00 Spanish, $8.00 for both—one-time download

Discount Codes: For Nebraska Extension programs/workshops/or public events

Value: $5 toward a one-time download (Contact Cindy Brison (cbrison1@unl.edu) or Soni Cochran (scochran2@unl.edu) for the code)

Print Edition – https://go.unl.edu/lights-out-cookbook
$15
Pick up from the UNL Warehouse | Shipping is available for a fee

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