{"id":1387,"date":"2012-07-04T23:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2012-07-04T23:00:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T23:00:30","slug":"kitchen-essentials-the-humble-storage-container","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/kitchen-essentials-the-humble-storage-container\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Essentials:  The Humble Storage Container"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Storage Containers\" src=\"http:\/\/i722.photobucket.com\/albums\/ww230\/mcolletterogers\/StorageContainersRubbermaid-Flickr6909787867_e2d1f1b662_m.jpg\" alt=\"Storage Containers\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The humble storage container is a kitchen essential&#8211;even if it&#8217;s not as glamorous as some kitchen hardware.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Food storage containers don&#8217;t rank in the A-list of kitchen gadgets like sleek Kitchen Aid stand mixers and shiny All-Clad cookware.\u00a0 In fact, a lot of us muddle by with a random assortment of\u00a0 yogurt cups and take out tubs&#8211;with dozens of even more random lids that never seem to fit anything.\u00a0 Hence this article.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are interested in meals with any of these attributes&#8211;healthy, efficient, affordable, stress-free and\/or tasty&#8211;then you need decent storage containers.<\/strong>\u00a0 The yogurt cups and take out tubs can (mostly) be recycled. So recycle them now and get a set of sturdy containers that will last for years.\u00a0 The rewards are many:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enjoy Efficiency:\u00a0 Absolutely begin doubling the amount of pasta, sweet potatoes, potatoes, rice, chicken, etc., etc., that you cook.\u00a0 Extras stored in good containers will last perfectly for days, giving a good head start on later meals.<\/li>\n<li>Get Healthy:\u00a0 The previous trick is especially helpful when it comes to vegetables.\u00a0 As long as you&#8217;re set up for washing and chopping, cut and store extras (vegetables hold up quite nicely in tight-seal containers.)\u00a0 Then see if you don&#8217;t find more vegetables weaving their way into your meals.<\/li>\n<li>Save on Stress:\u00a0 Square containers are the best because they stack conveniently and maximize space in the frig.\u00a0 They leave the refrigerator organized, with everything easy to view and remove.<\/li>\n<li>Save Money:\u00a0 Americans pitch enormous amounts of food.\u00a0 Instead of pitching, start capturing leftovers in convenient storage containers and see what affordable (and healthy) snacks and lunches they make.\u00a0 Plus, when I finally started transporting our foods in actual containers, I no longer lost food that exploded and leaked from unreliable yogurt cups.<\/li>\n<li>Please Your Kids:\u00a0 Homemade lunches ensure that your kids&#8217; mid-day meals are healthful.\u00a0 Good storage containers ensure that lunch won&#8217;t be splattered all over their lunch boxes&#8211;and it minimizes waste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No question about it, good storage containers are an essential.\u00a0 But maybe you&#8217;re having a couple nagging questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What about plastic containers&#8211;are they safe?\u00a0 Valid concern, with all the press lately about the dangers of plastic.\u00a0 This is my solution to date:\u00a0 I use glass for storing hot leftovers and reheating in a microwave; tight-seal plastics for transporting foods and storing vegetables.<\/li>\n<li>How many containers do I need?\u00a0 If you&#8217;re just starting out, 15-20 pieces is not too much, since some will always be in use in the frig and some will be in the wash cycle.\u00a0 Should it prove too much, pass some along to a friend or child setting up house.\u00a0 Alternatively, they can be used to store and organize an array of other household items, from batteries and crafting supplies to nails and sprinkler parts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food storage containers don&#8217;t rank in the A-list of kitchen gadgets like sleek Kitchen Aid stand mixers and shiny All-Clad cookware.  But hear this:  If you are interested in meals with any of these attributes&#8211;healthy, efficient, affordable, stress-free and\/or tasty&#8211;then you need decent storage containers.  The yogurt cups and take out tubs can (mostly) be recycled so get a set of sturdy containers that will last for years.  Read more on the benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,18,22,3,1,28],"tags":[141,220,290,356,372,600],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-is-healthy-eating","category-organize-your-kitchen-for-health","category-healthy-cooking-money-savers","category-the-right-equipment-for-healthy-cooking","category-uncategorized","category-waste-not-want-not","tag-cooking-stress","tag-food-storage","tag-heatlhy-eating","tag-kitchen-organization","tag-lunch","tag-tupperware-containers","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}