I have been actively "prepping" since shortly after 911 and because I have food stores in my preps that I rotate in to my regular diet I have found one very important fact...
Bland food sucks.
So this is just a reminder that ANY spices/herbs/seasonings/sauces that you can have in your "stores" will make that rice/oatmeal/wheat taste much better than plain old salt and pepper.
One of my favorite long-term storage flavors is... Sriracha!
Here is one of my favorite uses for Sriracha sauce.
I cup of fresh or canned green beans in a saute' pan with a little butter cook until al dente' or warm in the case of canned, grind a little black pepper and sea salt then drizzle sriracha to taste. Toss until green beans are fully coated and the sriracha is starting to glaze.
BAM! Never have dull green beans again!
Please feel free to add what you like to "pep" up your food stores!
~Matt