If you save money by purchasing dry goods from the bulk bins, you will want an effective way to store and organize these items once you get them home.
My favorite containers for this purpose are glass jars. Glass canning jars
can be purchased in a variety of sizes. They are air-tight and provide an attractive display of your dry goods. Glass has none of the BPA and chemical leaching concerns of plastic, and may be reused again and again and still look great.Of course you don't have to use canning jars. Any recycled glass jar with a screw-top lid will work. The trick is removing the old labels. Some labels come off easily with olive oil and a small amount of rubbing. Some labels, unfortunately, are just more trouble than the jar is worth.
You will probably want to label the jars so there is no question as to the contents. I prefer to use a label maker
to keep the labels neat and uniform. Other options are chalkboard labels
or dry erase labels
.Looking for an easy way to fill the jars? Use the corner of an envelope as a funnel.
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