Food containers!

[AahRee]

Hi all,
I'm new (well, I was a member when my DD was in diapers, but she's 7 now, and I can't remember my old log-in info, so I created a new one...) and anyway, we're making some changes to our eating habits that has me cooking quite a bit more than I have in the past. Since I've always just bought little bits of supplies here and there, I've never had a real need for food storage, but I'm now really wanting something permanent to keep staples like flours, grains, sugars, root veggies and that sort of thing in. Does anyone have any specific suggestions for what works well to keep the various food items fresh and accessible? Thanks!

[inkedmamajama]

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/...-and-lid-12-qt


these are similar to what i will be buying with any xmas cash that comes our way

[AahRee]

Originally Posted by inkedmamajama

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/...-and-lid-12-qt


these are similar to what i will be buying with any xmas cash that comes our way

Thanks! Those are not cheap, but they look fantastic. That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for - thank you!

[treemom2]

We store most of our dry goods in quart jars. . .they look pretty that way on the shelves and we get loads of compliments on them. Large bags of flour we keep in the paper bag inside a large plastic container. We do have some larger glass jars, I'm not sure the size, that we keep our sugar, homemade granola, popcorn in (since we need larger space for these).

[mamadelbosque]

I store my dry goods in mason jars - mostly quarts & half gallons, with plastic lids (I think their sold as freezer lids). And the rest is kept in a mix of ball ideal jars (4 gallon) and plastic buckets in the basement, or just in the freezer. I go down and get refills when I run out of whatever upstairs.

[Jojo F.]

Another for mason jars, recycled jars from apple sauce or spaghetti sauce, and target has jars of varrying sizes. We phased out plastic a long time ago.

I also freeze in glass. You just have to be not to fill the jar completey full

[AahRee]

Thanks ladies! I actually was thinking about mason jars, but all I could find at the grocery store were the pint size, which seemed too small to be practical for most things. Where do you find the larger sizes?

[mamadelbosque]

Just look around. This time of year a lot of places that don't normally have jars probably will. Walmart, Ace Hardware, Dollar Store, Drug Mart all come to mind for me. Good luck!!

[FrannieP]

When you freeze in mason jars do you tighten lids all the way?
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[AahRee]

Thanks all! I found the Quart, Pint and Half Pint sizes, and I'm going to check the hardware stores for larger sizes. I'm going to have to take a picture of my cupboards when I get everything put away!

[calebsmama03]

Walmart has a great selection of CHEAP food storage. Although I don't do plastic for leftovers or anything wet, I don't mind storing inert stuff like grains in plastic (mainly because we've already got plastic storage so it seemed wasteful to buy more *stuff*, KWIM?). I'd purchased plastic storage containers years ago and actually just recently saw a graduated size plastic storage set like mine at WM for $4 for the whole set! (largest one is perhaps 12-15 inches tall and ours holds a large bag of tortilla chips with room to spare, smallest holds about 1lb dry beans to give you an idea of size). Similar to

They also have the larger Ball jars and some nice glass canisters in large sizes for $5-$7.