Monday, July 8, 2013

My Many Mason Jars & The Vineyard is GREEN

 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!

12 comments:

  1. I use Mason jars for storage also. Of course, I also use them for canning.

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    1. What kind of things will you can this year?

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  2. Pickles, jams, jellies, tomato sauce, pickled beans, etc., I'll be canning all sorts of things. ;)

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    1. Can wait to see the pics and hear about it on your blog :)

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  3. Oh I wrote about it before, even had pictures, but that was last year. ;)

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    1. I think I remember commenting on that one! A new year - a new canning adventure, tho, eh!? teehee!

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  4. Great organization! My pantry could always use improvement and currently I'm a combo of jars, Ikea pantry containers, and OXO containers that mostly works. :-)

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    1. I wish we had an Ikea closer! It's about 3 hours away or more. I've only ever been it two of them, actually!

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  5. Your 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 : )

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    1. Thanks! 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!!!!

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  6. I 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!

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    1. COOL :)
      I need to get back into Buckwheat stuff, soon! I need some more 'butters' Peanut and Cashew and ALmond - I'm totally out!

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