Comments on: My Food Storage — From Chaos to Clarity

By: oakl2003

oakl2003 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:25:29 +0000

In my mall there is a cookie place that decorates huge cookies. They give me and my mall walking friends buckets all the time. They have three different sizes. All we have to do is wash them and they are free. You can also try groccery store bakeries. Hope you see this. It has almost been a year since your post.

By: Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy

Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:49:47 +0000

I use the buckets because they fit in my basement better than stacks of #10 cans and they seem more cost-effective to buy in bulk that way. I'm not too familiar with humidity issues as we live in Utah where it is dry. But I don't THINK that plastic versus metal can would make a huge difference in store-ability.

By: Hollie

Hollie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:09:36 +0000

How do the plastic containers compare to the #10 cans in terms of weather conditions? Meaning, do the dry ingredients stay dryer or are you using them because they give you more space? Because of the humidty in Texas, there is no way I would be able to store any type of food in the garage and therefore would only be able to put in my kitchen. But I was just curious if the plastic makes a difference in keeping the contents from clumping together vs. the #10 can. Thanks!

By: Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy

Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:25:22 +0000

Sandy, I laughed out loud at your comment We’ve had quite a few requests for us to make these labels available to download. I just need to get organized and do it. They have been so handy. Stay tuned and hopefully we will get them available for you

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:13:41 +0000

That, my friend, is a thing of beauty. I will not rest now, utill I have some cute labels of my own. My husband will be thrilled, I just know it.

By: TracyinSC

TracyinSC — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:58:01 +0000

Very, very nice Jodi. I want to see it all in person someday.

By: Lisa S

Lisa S — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:56:57 +0000

Here’s a good tip for you ladies wanting pails: go to your local winery (where anyone can make wine) and ask if they have any used pails, yes you have to wash them out (sunlight and vinegar) but I only pay $2 a pail, just make sure the lids have the seals in them. If there is no seals in the lids you can still get them, but put your food into Mylar bags first. It work’s out to be a great deal,plus It’s cheaper.
Jodi, awesome job with the reorganizing of your food storage, I’ve been doing the same thing with my pails ” word works good for making labels” hope this helps.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:03:01 +0000

In the past few months I been grinding my wheat and baking bread weekly. Now that I am actually using my wheat, I find myself trucking down the stairs (food storage room) regularly to refill my wheat container that I have in my pantry. I would like to find a good size container for the kitchen pantry (20 to 25 lb size), but half the size of the typical food storage bucket . Any ideas? I have looked everywhere..

By: kayla

kayla — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:54:57 +0000

How about sharing your cute labels in a download on this site for the rest of us to use to get organized!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:42:32 +0000

Is there anywhere on your site to download the different fun labels that you have? ie, sugar label?

By: ctdaffodil

ctdaffodil — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:15:33 +0000

You are an Organization Inspiration!!
My stored food is fairly organized- but looking at the before and after pictures of what you accomplished during naptime – well thats just amazing! That has me ready to tackle the youngest child’s clothes closet! (since my kids are big into hand-me-downs) The closet is a mishmash of odd boxes of clothes to grow into – I think I’ll work on it today!!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:07:56 +0000

I love it! Thanks for sharing. It gives me hope =)

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:11:27 +0000

That looks great! I hope to get started doing the same thing soon!

By: Plan It: Jodi’s food storage | Fun With Food Storage

Plan It: Jodi’s food storage | Fun With Food Storage — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:26:21 +0000

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By: Jodi

Jodi — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:14:37 +0000

The white containers were $3.99 at the Macey’s sale this week. The square one in my stack was from Walmart but they don’t always have them. I have also seen similar buckets at home depot but I’m not sure if the lids have as good of a seal.

The pails in the black lids are wheat and oats that came IN the buckets. The white buckets have white flour, sugar, rice, and beans that I bought in bulk bags. I still need to get a ton more and then I’ll need to reorganize again into bigger stacks in a different area of the basement. But for now … this works!

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:59:18 +0000

I lOVE THIS SITE!!! I love the labels you made up. I will be trying that idea on mine. I would love to know what you have in all of your pails?
Thanks!

By: Sandra Scherf

Sandra Scherf — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:17:43 +0000

I have seen them at Walmart

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:30:05 +0000

Oh! It gives me goosebumps – beautiful!

By: Angela Williams

Angela Williams — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:10:15 +0000

I have a question.. .where do you get those big white containers (for your sugar)? I am not sure where to get those type of containers.t
thanks so much… love your blog!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:45:46 +0000

Wow – CONGRATS – looks fantastic … and I bet such a feeling of accomplishment to have it all done. yay!!!