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Organizing Your Pantry With Recycled Containers

I save my mayonnaise jars, coffee cans (Folgers), and my catsup bottles for re-use again. I keep uncooked rice, dried beans, macaroni and graham crackers in the clear mayonnaise jars. I use the large coffee cans for dried beans, peas and other items like spaghetti and noodles. The catsup bottles are used to put catsup back into. I buy at Smart and Final and the large cans fills up 5 of the catsup bottles for me. I place the rice into my freezer before putting it on the shelf because the rice sometimes has bugs and by freezing, it assures that the bugs will not hatch, if any are there.

By Louise from Cibola, AZ

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RE: Organizing Your Pantry With Recycled Containers

To get the smell out I just wash them really well and let them sit around without the lids on for a while with baking soda and vinegar in them.

Post By Janet M (Guest Post)

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awesome!! how do u get the smell of the pickles n other stuff out of the jars, tho? thanx.
dru

Post by druidana

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Because I use about three different types of flours, (sr,ap and spelt) and three types of sugar (cane, beet, and splenda) I need a lot of jars. Last year I found 8 1/2 gal canning jars for a dollar each. I use those to put the different things in. Then I also use those large pickle jars, which I got from the high school concession stand I worked at. I will paint the tops of them this summer to match the cabinets which are country blue.

Post By Janet in GA (Guest Post)

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Great ideas. I also save my glass jars from spaghetti sauce, apple sauce, etc, and store dry goods like candy in them. It organizes things and looks pretty at the same time!

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