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Bulk Food Ordering

{ 08:45, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 } { 0 comments } { Link }

DH asked me to order some more bulk food items in order for us to have some in stock. We use these things - grains, beans, etc. frequently and so we rotate our stock so to speak. There is only the two of us right now eating these things since baby boy is still on goat and mommy's milk. However, we haven't had any problems with food going bad because most of these things stay for a long while.

Here is what we ordered this time and should be arriving next week:

5 lbs. Organic Great Northern Beans
25 lbs. Organic Pinto Beans
5 lbs. Organic Hulled Barley
5 lbs. Organic Kamut
25 lbs. Organic Whole Oat Groats
15 lbs. Organic Yellow Popcorn
5 lbs. Organic Quinoa
10 lbs. Organic Long Grain Brown Rice
5 lbs. Organic Spelt Berries
25 lbs. Organic Soft White Wheat Berries
25 lbs. Organic Hard White Wheat Berries
52 oz. Real Salt
16 oz. Almond Butter
32 oz. Peanut Butter (natural)
1 Case Crushed Tomatoes
1 Case Tomato puree
5 lbs. Almond Meal

In all we ordered 215 lbs. of food. Wow! That seems like a lot for 2 people, but when you consider that most of this will keep for at least a year, it makes sense. This 215 lbs. of food cost us $167.48 + shipping. I would say that is not bad, especially when you consider that we nearly everything we ordered was organic.

Now what am I going to do with all of that? Well, the beans, tomatoes, salt, wheat and nut butters are pretty much self explanatory. That is a lot of popcorn, isn't it? I plan on grinding it for cornmeal or cornflour to make either breads, muffins, etc. or tortillas with it. Barley, kamut, spelt and quinoa are all grains I have never used before and so for health reasons we are trying to expand our grain horizons if you will. I will use those grains in pilafs, soups, salads, breads, etc. That is a lot of oat groats, you say. Well I have discovered the joy of steel cut oats. Yes they take longer to cook, but when soaked properly overnight in some whey or yogurt, they cook up pretty fast in the morning. Buying the oat groats will allow us to crack them ourselves for porridge in the morning. I can also mix cracked oats and cracked wheat, or any of the other different grains for porridge in the morning.

Bulk buying will save us money, time and makes food available to us if times get lean. I encourage you to look into a bulk food saler near you - it's a great choice!

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