On Using Canisters in the Kitchen

We cook most of our meals from scratch and to make it easier we have lots of canisters on the kitchen counter. We bought them from Sam’s Club in the Restaurant Section. They are made of hard see through plastic with plastic lids on them. They have graduated markings on them so at a glance we can see how many cups we have left to make sure that we have enough to make the recipe that we are working on.

We have flour, cornmeal, sugar, powder milk, whole wheat, white rice, brown rice, potato pearls, instant oats, rolled oats, onions, popcorn, mung beans, carrots and soybeans. What you have in yours will depend on how you cook. We use whole wheat like oatmeal for cereals and also grind it. We also have a theater sized popcorn machine so we cook popcorn almost every other day. We also do sprouts so we have wheat, mung beans and soybeans for that. I still want a few more for different grains and more dried beans that I want to start having on hand and quicker to get at. When my husband makes homemade bread he grinds up beans and put those in it too. It makes the bread heartier and adds more fiber.

My next project in this is to get smaller canisters for different pastas and for holding different flours that have already been grinded. When you grind up say rice or wheat you don’t want to keep much of it before you use it, so those can be put into smaller containers. Also except for spaghetti being so tall, pasta’s don’t come in as large bags as flours or sugar.

To me having most of my ingredients on the counter makes it so much easier to cook. So, Instead of having to get all the ingredients out first before I start, they are already within reach. I do have a shelf that has the rest of my baking ingredients on it, such as baking powder or soda, can shortening, brown sugar and powdered sugar. I have thought about putting some of the dry ingredients in the smaller canisters too. There are also walnuts, pecans and almonds along with condensed milk, graham cracker crumbs and crumbled up corn flakes.

I will update this blog after I finish getting all the canisters bought and let you know how the baking is going. I want to get this done by fall, so everything is ready to go.