I will be doubling and tripling up on posts today to try and catch up from my wild week or weeks lately. One of the many things I have been working on - it's a constant battle - but I couldn't be more proud of it as petty as it seems - is my Mason Jar Kitchen Cabinets!
My original post happened almost a year ago and I have been tweaking it ever since. I'm not the most organized person but I try. Mason Jar are the way to go for me! It's what has helped me the longest and I have stuck with it! I have been getting more and more grains, sprouting items, powders, and more and these are PERFECT for them! Not only have I been using Mason Jars I have been reusing other glass jars that I have come across as you can see in the 2nd photo.
The one with the Green Lid is a reused Tahini Glass Jar. I believe I bought these sprouting seeds over at VitaCost. Take a look at the right hand side bar for the refer a friend program. I LOVE this online store! Anyhow...back to the Jars! You can see in the first photo I have Marrowfat Peas. I haven't used them yet but I hope to soon! On either side are some of my Wildtree items. In the 2nd photo I have Arugula and Sunflower Seeds. I sprouted Sunflower Seeds before but didn't blog about it. I wanted to get a 2nd attempt under my belt first. Yesterday I started my first attempt at Arugula and I will blog about that later today, too.
In my 3rd photo - you can see the glass jars I bought FIRST even before buying the Mason Jars. I bought those from my local herb store where I buy bulk often. I started using those for 'meals' and alternative flours but I also use them for sprouting beans, seeds, etc now, too!
In this last photo - I have some Quinoa but also some Farro. I have to admit I am still new at using Farro but will be posting about this, soon, too!
In another section of my cupboards I have recently added Maca Powder containers and a Maca-Hemp-Cacao Powder.
I have been running out of a few of my rices - wild rice, long grain rice, and various brown rices that I had from Lundberg as well as a few other brands. I have also just finished up my Rice Crumbs and one of my Vegan Panko Bread Crumbs. Lucky for me I found a box hiding and replenished my stock.
In other news - we went back to Noble Winery in Westfield, NY, on Saturday with our Wildtree set-up and did pretty well! We LOVE the Noble Winery Crew! They are beautiful people! The last time I blogged about Noble - it was cold!!! This time around it was gorgeous! The grounds and vineyard were MUCH MORE GREEN! Afterwards we went to Quagliana's Bark Grill - as we did the last time - it's becoming a favorite! It has a neat set-up as well as SUPER FRIENDLY people! They have an awesome cheese-less Bruchetta I had as well as something similar but with Eggplant and Red Peppers! YUM!
I was wondering what the 4th would have been like on the hill of the winery! You can see for MILES. I bet you could see various fireworks that night. We only stayed until about 7pm so it wasn't dark yet.
We have a party this Wednesday in Little Valley, NY, and we are expecting quite a few so we are looking forward to that and we have a few shows in the works, too!
I use Mason jars for storage also. Of course, I also use them for canning.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of things will you can this year?
DeletePickles, jams, jellies, tomato sauce, pickled beans, etc., I'll be canning all sorts of things. ;)
ReplyDeleteCan wait to see the pics and hear about it on your blog :)
DeleteOh I wrote about it before, even had pictures, but that was last year. ;)
ReplyDeleteI think I remember commenting on that one! A new year - a new canning adventure, tho, eh!? teehee!
DeleteGreat organization! My pantry could always use improvement and currently I'm a combo of jars, Ikea pantry containers, and OXO containers that mostly works. :-)
ReplyDeleteI wish we had an Ikea closer! It's about 3 hours away or more. I've only ever been it two of them, actually!
DeleteYour jars look great! Altho I admit that I use plastic jars (I'm a total klutz!) - I cannot tell you how many times I have brought home a grain or legume that was unbeknownst to me infested with bugs. When I put them in the jars, I KNOW which one has bugs, and it *doesn't spread* to the rest of my pantry! Jars for bulk goods have saved me a fortune over the years : )
ReplyDeleteThanks! I have some Plastic Jars, too! I totally know what you mean about the bugs - yet another reason I did this! I haven't had that problem since!!!!
DeleteI love love love reusing jars for things in my pantry! I have the same tahini jar holding buckwheat sprouts ;p I used my old cashew butter jars as drinking glasses too!
ReplyDeleteCOOL :)
DeleteI need to get back into Buckwheat stuff, soon! I need some more 'butters' Peanut and Cashew and ALmond - I'm totally out!