I’m actually moving at the end of the month and will try to use the occasion to rethink my own pantry. At present, it’s pretty messy because I save so many little things (airline snacks, etc.). Maybe that’s the hidden blessing of not having a pantry, like Jennifer.

You are very right though, while stocking up on ‘essentials’ is great, sometimes we go overboard and forget what we have. I try to keep the extras to a minimum aside from things I use daily: beans, rice, quinoa, lentils, nuts, other grains, etc. Other than that I get it when I need it or else I’ll forget about it.

There isn’t much worse than wasted food, especially when so many are hungry!

I love your blog by the way!

I try to buy everything in bulk where possible and try to use standard sizes of glass containers for storage. I didn’t go out and buy all the glass containers, I just stopped recycling ones that were good sizes. Since I try to buy items I can’t get in bulk in glass containers anyway, it didn’t take long. I find it’s much easier to stay organized if you’re not having to play “Tetris” with random shaped packaging.

For my spice containers I used some new glass “scientific sample” containers. They don’t have perforated lids, but I tend to either pour, pinch, or measure the spices anyway.

Since converting my pantry to glass, I’ve helped a couple other people do it as well. I think we should start a movement

In addition to not using plastic, my main reason for switching to glass was to not have the food in contact with plastic. Around the same time I did the glass conversion, I also learned of the importance of keeping oils and oil containing foods (like wheat/flour) in the refrigerator so they don’t go rancid. That might be another good topic for this blog.