DISQUS

Food Storage Made Easy: My New Food Storage Containers

  • Michelle · 8 months ago
    Ahhh, the sight of that organized shelf makes my heart go pitter-patter!

    Congrats on sticking with your resolutions!
  • gaby · 8 months ago
    it looks really good!!!!

    could you share some recipes using garbanzos beans or chick peas I think they call it too.
    I want to learn hoe to use more legumes too so please if you could share recipes thank you!!!!
    I love your web side thank you it's with a lot of information!!!
  • jweiss08 · 8 months ago
    I did my one on humus a couple weeks ago, and I have another one I'll be trying this week and posting in the next couple of weeks :)
  • Rebecca · 8 months ago
    If you're in Northern Utah, you should check out Industrial Supply & Container in West Salt Lake. They sell clear, square PETE containers in 1 gallon and half -gallon sizes. They're about $2.50 and $3 including the lid. They are AWESOME!! The big ones hold a whole #10 can. I love mine--and my pantry now looks so much neater.
  • Joyce · 8 months ago
    Ahh...a girl after my own heart.:) I love organizing just about anything. Just looking at your pictures makes me want to do a better organizing job in my pantry. I use glass canning jars in various sizes with white plastic lids. Dh thinks it's funny that it makes me happy to stand at the pantry door and just look at our food storage.

    I'm such a geek!
    Joyce
  • Bruce · 8 months ago
    Great work! I hope to get so organized one day soon!
  • ChelleWeezie · 8 months ago
    Very cool.. I use those exact containers for my dry goods legumes, oatmeal, rice, cocoa, cornstarch etc.. They are great and look nice!
  • TracyinSC · 8 months ago
    Biggest fan EVER!!!

    GO YOU! That really looks beautiful. When I have something that beautifully organized, I look at it over and over and over again. It just brings me many happy moments. I know - I need therapy (maybe group therapy with Joyce...). You should be proud of your lovely accomplishment. I am. Way to go!

    Love ya,
    Tracy
  • veronica · 8 months ago
    Just a question I had about cooking your legumes/peas/beans. Whenever I try to use my dried beans, no matter how long I cook them, they still come out to be not as soft as the canned beans. What can I do to make these softer?
  • ctdaffodil · 8 months ago
    Geez - It looks sooo Tidy.... We eat the 40ounce jars of Skippy so I save and clean those jars to use for bean storage here - I buy the 1 pound bags and can fit 2 in each jar - then into the freezer they go for longterm (kills off any hiding eggs)

    I have never heard of canning meat....
  • Polly · 8 months ago
    When I first saw your picture of the lazy susan, I feared you had broken into my house and taken pictures of my unorganized mess!
    Thanks for the incentive to do a little organization!
  • Tara B. · 8 months ago
    LOL!!!!!! i'm laughing so hard because i seriously thought that was a picture of my secret corner.... thank you for the motivation... ♥
  • Rebecca in KS · 8 months ago
    I love it! I have many things in clear containers, though a couple of the things were only there because my baby likes to pull things off the shelf of the pantry...and drag them to a carpeted room. And using the small containers was a great idea, I might start doing that for things I don't use as often.
  • lynn · 8 months ago
    rebecca, I tried to find the website for the PETE containers you mention...maybe they dont sell online? I would like more information if you have it, I am currently using Lock n Lock containers but yours sound great too. Thanks!

    Great job on the pantry too
  • Julia Grant · 7 months ago
    What a wonderful site. I have an emergency kit, actually two, for two rigs. But I need to revamp my tiny storage area. I so want to win the wheat grinder. I was raised LDS, but now am a Catholic. I use many of the storage tips from the LDS. I use glass storage,because we live at the coast. We buy through a co-op, We have large food safe buckets, and store in those. I buy when on sale, and when we build our home, we will have mucho storage! I have many health issues, so this would be wonderful. Thank you for the blessing of this site.We love it ! Julia
  • Tammy Marsini · 7 months ago
    I was wondering if anyone has ever seen triangular shaped food storage containters that would fit more efficiently on a lazy susan. I have looked for them everywhere and can't find any. I want to keep my flour and sugar etc but the square or rectangle containers are very awkward on the lazy susan.
  • Diane Little · 1 month ago
    I found a set of clear plastic food storage containers of 3 different sizes that all nest onto a lazy susan base. I use the containersa on my lazy susan. They were made by "The carousel GrouP from Norwalk CT. I have searched the internet and have not been successful.The unit is dated 1982. Still searching. Please let me know if you find anything
  • Cat · 6 months ago
    I'm also looking for triangular containers like Tammy mentioned. Just today, I found a scrap of a page from Sunset magazine's Feb 2007 issue that shows spices in triangular containers on a lazy susan and I WANT them! Unfortunately, I only have the photo and none of the product info.
  • Diane Little · 1 month ago
    sunset Magazine does not archive that issue :(
  • teestayovahea · 1 month ago
    Love the way you decided to organize your lazy susan area. Martha couldn't have done it better! ;0)