Comments on: Feeding the Family: Buying in Bulk (or…The Promised Post About My Oats) http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats Encouraging women in homemaking, healthy eating and parenting Thu, 24 May 2012 05:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: darialauren http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-68124 darialauren Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:26:36 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-68124 thanks! and by the way happy birthday Elias! thanks! and by the way happy birthday Elias!

]]> By: Laura http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-67993 Laura Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:11:08 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-67993 Well, that big of a bag does last us a long time!! We eat oatmeal each Sunday morning for breakfast, I use them to make Chewy Granola Bars: http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/homemade-chewy-granola-bars-without-corn-syrup and Breakfast Cookies: http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/giant-breakfast-cookies and several other recipes...but those are the main ones! Well, that big of a bag does last us a long time!! We eat oatmeal each Sunday morning for breakfast, I use them to make Chewy Granola Bars: http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/homemade-chewy-granola-bars-without-corn-syrup and Breakfast Cookies: http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/giant-breakfast-cookies and several other recipes…but those are the main ones!

]]> By: darialauren http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-67976 darialauren Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:26:36 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-67976 what do you do with all those oats? i love oatmeal but would love some other recipe ideas :) what do you do with all those oats? i love oatmeal but would love some other recipe ideas :)

]]> By: Sadie http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-23767 Sadie Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:38:02 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-23767 Hi. I'm not sure what part of the country you are in, but Azure Standard is expanding the truck routes to deliver in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. We are hoping these routes will be available this fall. Please feel free to send inquiries to: customerservice@azurestandard.com Hi. I’m not sure what part of the country you are in, but Azure Standard is expanding the truck routes to deliver in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. We are hoping these routes will be available this fall.
Please feel free to send inquiries to:
customerservice@azurestandard.com

]]> By: Annette http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-20815 Annette Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:52:23 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-20815 We buy in huge bulk with friends and neighbors and enjoy prices far under retail. Works great if you know how. There are no storage problems and we all benefit from very nice discounts. We also split the cost of many durable items and share them through a kind of checkout system. Lower costs, less clutter and waste... You don't even need an existing group of friends or neighbors! I just started a blog about it, and I'm feeling a bit like an evangelist. :-) We buy in huge bulk with friends and neighbors and enjoy prices far under retail. Works great if you know how. There are no storage problems and we all benefit from very nice discounts. We also split the cost of many durable items and share them through a kind of checkout system. Lower costs, less clutter and waste… You don’t even need an existing group of friends or neighbors! I just started a blog about it, and I’m feeling a bit like an evangelist. :-)

]]> By: Sarah http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-20342 Sarah Sat, 30 May 2009 15:56:48 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-20342 This post made me smile. We buy old fashioned oats and whole wheat flour in 50 lb. bags. Looks like a feed sack and makes me laugh. :) I am always so happy for how much money we save buying that way! (I divide up the flour and put it in the freezer, so it doesn't get rancid.) This post made me smile. We buy old fashioned oats and whole wheat flour in 50 lb. bags. Looks like a feed sack and makes me laugh. :) I am always so happy for how much money we save buying that way! (I divide up the flour and put it in the freezer, so it doesn’t get rancid.)

]]> By: Sarah http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-20280 Sarah Fri, 29 May 2009 21:21:35 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-20280 When I need flour I just take an approximate amount of wheat berries that will convert to the amount of flour I need (sometimes I'm over, sometimes I'm under) and grind it in my nutrimill. That way it's fresh and doesn't have a chance to go rancid before I use it. Flour goes rancid really fast! The type of wheat you use is really up to you. Soft is recommended for sprouting, generally, though I have used hard wheat for most of mine and it works just fine. Red wheat will produce a little bit darker loaf and white will produce a lighter loaf when you're making bread. Other than that, I don't know of any real differences. Anyone else know? When I need flour I just take an approximate amount of wheat berries that will convert to the amount of flour I need (sometimes I’m over, sometimes I’m under) and grind it in my nutrimill. That way it’s fresh and doesn’t have a chance to go rancid before I use it. Flour goes rancid really fast! The type of wheat you use is really up to you. Soft is recommended for sprouting, generally, though I have used hard wheat for most of mine and it works just fine. Red wheat will produce a little bit darker loaf and white will produce a lighter loaf when you’re making bread. Other than that, I don’t know of any real differences.

Anyone else know?

]]> By: michelle from wa http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-20266 michelle from wa Fri, 29 May 2009 15:57:07 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-20266 Hi there, Thank you for sharing your mother's heart with all of us mamas! I have been wondering about wheat berries. Do you just grind up what you need and then it becomes the flour? Perhaps it is a crazy question, and secondly, what is the best kind of wheat, red, white, etc.? Blessings to you! Hi there,
Thank you for sharing your mother’s heart with all of us mamas! I have been wondering about wheat berries. Do you just grind up what you need and then it becomes the flour? Perhaps it is a crazy question, and secondly, what is the best kind of wheat, red, white, etc.?
Blessings to you!

]]> By: April http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-20234 April Thu, 28 May 2009 21:14:53 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-20234 I started buying in bulk not quite a year ago when I got into organic and whole foods. I am loving every minute of it! I have an extra upright frig/freezer in my basement and I store as much as possible in that. I also have one of those metal shelves beside it that I put extra oils, pasta, jars, or anything that does not need to be in the frig. I have 4 boys and they are only getting bigger bellies! I started buying in bulk not quite a year ago when I got into organic and whole foods. I am loving every minute of it! I have an extra upright frig/freezer in my basement and I store as much as possible in that. I also have one of those metal shelves beside it that I put extra oils, pasta, jars, or anything that does not need to be in the frig. I have 4 boys and they are only getting bigger bellies!

]]> By: Deputyheadmistress http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats/comment-page-1#comment-20233 Deputyheadmistress Thu, 28 May 2009 21:04:58 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/feeding-the-family-buying-in-bulk-orthe-promised-post-about-my-oats#comment-20233 I get free white buckets from grocery stores- I go to the bakery dept. and ask for their frosting buckets. Sometimes they have them, sometimes not. We've accumulated so many over the years that I also use them for plants on my balcony. I buy oats, wheat berries, rice, beans, honey, spices, and (on rare occasions) molasses in bulk containers. There are 9 of us, plus regular houseguests (last year we had over 100 overnight guests, some of them repeat guests). We go through around 50 pounds of oats in about two months. I also have a killer stovetop granola recipe that makes it quick and easy.=) When we lived in a smaller house I kept the buckets out in the summer kitchen (others might use a garage, a summer kitchen is a midwestern concrete block storage room with no heat or air conditioning). I kept large jars of the bulk goods inside the kitchen, and refilled them from the buckets as needed. <a href="http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2005/11/another-side-to-our-kitchen.html" rel="nofollow">here's a picture of what my inside kitchen storage looked like back then). Melissa, paint buckets are not food grade- I don't know if that matters or not. but the buckets you get at the deli are. It usually takes two or three of those buckets to hold fifty pounds of grains. I get free white buckets from grocery stores- I go to the bakery dept. and ask for their frosting buckets. Sometimes they have them, sometimes not. We’ve accumulated so many over the years that I also use them for plants on my balcony.

I buy oats, wheat berries, rice, beans, honey, spices, and (on rare occasions) molasses in bulk containers.

There are 9 of us, plus regular houseguests (last year we had over 100 overnight guests, some of them repeat guests). We go through around 50 pounds of oats in about two months. I also have a killer stovetop granola recipe that makes it quick and easy.=)

When we lived in a smaller house I kept the buckets out in the summer kitchen (others might use a garage, a summer kitchen is a midwestern concrete block storage room with no heat or air conditioning). I kept large jars of the bulk goods inside the kitchen, and refilled them from the buckets as needed. here’s a picture of what my inside kitchen storage looked like back then).

Melissa, paint buckets are not food grade- I don’t know if that matters or not. but the buckets you get at the deli are. It usually takes two or three of those buckets to hold fifty pounds of grains.

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