Showing posts with label food storage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food storage. Show all posts

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Dried Fruit Bondage

 

Hah!

I wonder how many hits I will get on that title??!!

BEFORE I was moving, I ordered 2 boxes of pears and a box of peaches through a friend at church whose brother brings a load up at the end of every summer.

We love dried pears and peach butter at our house.

I am SO NOT a domestic goddess---my Mom just won’t do it for me anymore.

What is up with that??!!

Moving + food preservation= extreme madness and hair loss

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Just thought I would share that little bit of wisdom that I have gleaned these past few days spent wrestling with boxes and peelers and gallons of Fruit Fresh.

 

Your welcome.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

I am sure it was HIGH Noon somewhere/ OR / I finally have a winner!!




Since this was a drawing for a business I thought I would be official and go for the premium random integer "thingie" and by the time I finished figuring THAT out--high noon was waning. But......we have a winner.....

FUNKY BAG FREAK

YOU won this beauty!!


And a can of this can of "yumminess"Freeze dried Mandarin Oranges

Funky, I need you to email me your info at lisa dot bishop at gmail dot com and I will forward it on to Shelf Reliance AND I will mail you your Mandarin Oranges. Congrats! And of course I wish you could all win but I know you all count yourselves winners cuz you are MY friends. (choke* gasp* fall on floor)


If you would like to go check out the random site to see the OFFICIAL results you can go to this link:


and type in your name that you entered under (the one that pops up next to your comment) and you should be able to see it. I entered the names as they appeared in my comment box and in the same order.




Thanx for entering!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Shelf Reliance = Shelf Love

Excuse me, but my Alzheimer's is showing.

Awhile back, a lovely woman from Shelf Reliance contacted me and offered me the opportunity to try out one of their “CanSolidator Pantry’s”, review it on my blog and then give one away to one of my lucky readers! Being the compulsive organizer that I am, and the fact that I enjoy myself a good giveaway----I said “Yes!”

They, being the fabulous company that they are, sent me one right away, which I enthusiastically put together, put it on my shelf, put the cans in and----- photographed the whole process for my blog.

Here’s where the plan jumps the tracks, so to speak. Let’s be clear here. I like the tracks. I like it when all the cars stay on the track and make scheduled arrivals and departures. I like it when I get to make that schedule and everyone is in agreement that life is better ON the tracks and on MY schedule. I am a track HUGGER, people. When people say things like, “Change of plans” or “I have mono and I am coming home for the summer and then I am calling off my engagement” or “Your Dad is in the hospital again”, its like their cars are merging with or smashing into mine WITHOUT my permission! All the cars are just everywhere, all willy-nilly, coming and going as they please and, and, and…… and it makes me want to just lay down on the tracks and suck my thumb.

Sorry—metaphor overload. Anyhoo-----------

I just plain forgot about it.

Until, lovely Sara shot me an email, kindly reminding me of our agreement. I feel so sheepish. So here, about 3 months late, is my VERY ENTHUSIASTIC review of Shelf Reliance’s “CanSolidator Pantry”. ( You can click on that and it will take you to their site)

Does anyone else get ridiculously excited when they get a package in the mail?

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No? It probably has something to do with living in the forest, on a hill, in the middle of nowhere Montana. {sigh}

The beautiful box inside the box….

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The beautiful parts inside of the beautiful box, inside of the other box.

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The beautiful, handsome boys, putting the beautiful parts that were inside the beautiful box---together

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My shelf before…..

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My beautiful shelf AFTER!!!!!

(cue singing angels in background)

Here’s the description from their website:

Featuring SmarTrac technology, the Cansolidator Pantry is a front loading system that automatically rotates up to 40 cans. This adjustable, expandable, stackable system takes the hassle out of can rotation and allows you to organize cans the way YOU want. The Cansolidator is easy to assemble and guarantees a more organized pantry in minutes. Sturdy, compact, and reliable, the Cansolidator Pantry is the perfect stand-alone solution for any pantry.

The Cansolidator Pantry holds both small and medium cans. To determine which can size(s) you'll be storing, please refer to our can sizing chart.
Dimensions
Height:
11"
Width:
20"
Depth: 16.5"
Capacity:
40 Cans

I LOVE this system and this company. They have thought of everything and make it so easy to not only store food smartly but they even have a program where you can plug in how much you want to spend each month on food storage and what you want to store and mail it to you accordingly!! I realize that not everyone is into storing food but as I watch the news and natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, where people are forced to get by on what they have instead of going to the store-----I just think be prepared is the best option. And while I am at it---this system keeps me organized with the ability to not only see what I have but ability to use what I store so nothing goes to waste.

Hopefully you can stay tuned for a giveaway here soon…….

AND

I can’t wait to get around blog land and catch up with all of you!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Ode to Easter Cadbury Joy




Before Easter has passed me by, I wanted to pay a tribute to the candy I lovingly, passionately, devotedly call-----CADBURY MINI EGGS.


(Insert angel choir here)


NOT to be confused with that nightmare inducing Cadbury egg that looks like a chicken had an accident in it.





No, no, these are the ones with the just right crunchy candy outsides and the unrestrained frenzy inducing, chocolate on the inside, candy of the Immortals.






They come in bags that look like this:




What’s that you say??? You CAN”T find them in stores this year? hhhhmmmmmmm…… that IS perplexing………………………….

I’m sure no one I know would have gone to all the major and not so major chain stores in the area and bought their entire stock of mini eggs and then told her Bishop (church leader) that her year’s storage was complete.


Cuz that would just be scary…


…...and weird…..


…….and completely nutritionally unbalanced………….


just sayin………..