The Marble Jar Channel

Hi, everyone.  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar Channel and in today's video, I'll share how I use my vacuum sealer to organize frozen goods, thaw things quickly, and make food last longer.  I'll also show you how you can seal food in generic ziplock bags so you don't have to break the bank. I'm completely in love with my vacuum sealer.  I put off getting one for a long time, mostly because I'm cheap and didn't want to spend money on the expensive custom bags that you are supposed to use with the sealer.  But eventually, the reasons for getting one got more compelling AND I figured out how to vacuum seal somewhat successfully with cheaper Ziplock bags, so now I'm a total convert.  Real quickly, here were my reasons: Quick thaw - I'd like to tell you that I'm the kind of person who always takes meat out of the freezer several days in advance so that it is all ready to go on the night of the meal.  But I would be lying.  Someti...

Hi, everyone. This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video, I’ll share how I keep my food storage containers from getting out of control.  If there is one kitchen drawer or cabinet that is sure to be out of control messy, it is where you keep your Tupperware or food storage containers. It just impossible to get everything into that space without it looking like a giant mess. Right?  Wrong.  Now, I’m not one of those organizing geniuses, who can take everything out of a closet, magically get rid of a bunch of stuff and then transform it into something out of Real Simple Magazine, but I do know the one principle that you MUST embrace to keep order in your Tupperware drawer and that is  Standardization What does that mean?  It means that you have to choose a standard container for each size of container that you want.  And you CANNOT deviate.  If you are like me, this will be challenging. I have a bunch of different s...