Buckets

What is a kitchen with out a pantry. Further more what is a pantry without buckets!

I am so glad I had a life changing realazation a few years back. I have been cooking with bulk food out of my buckets now for quite some time. I will admit some meals are better than others, but I am so grateful that my family has had the same vision to try all the new recipes.

Now I feel that I could not survive without my buckets.  I have also noticed a large savings in being able to cook this way.

So a big question I get from people is what do you put in buckets!?!? The answer: bulk dry items (10% moisture or less) that you use in large enough quantities that you will go through the whole contents before the shelf life of the item. I personally have wheat, white flour, sugar, rice, white beans, pinto beans, and black beans in mine. What you put in your buckets could vary greatly.  Take a look at what your family eats. If you notice your family eats a lot of rice, you might want to have a 6.5 gallon bucket of rice with a gamma seal lid on it in your pantry. However, if you notice you are always using beans a 6.5 bucket of beans might be a better fit. (check back for more on beans in a coming post)


I make bread about once a week, my recipe is 100% whole wheat, so I go through a good amount of wheat. I put my wheat in a 6.5 gallon bucket. Now we use beans fairly frequently, but don't go through nearly the quantity as we do wheat so we put our beans in 3.5 gallon buckets.

If you are using buckets in a pantry situation I recommend using Gamma seal lids. They are easy to open, and create an air tight seal every time.

Buckets can also be used for long term storage of bulk items if sealed properly. For example if you find a great deal on beans, you can take advantage of the sale. Buy more than you know you can use quickly, and properly seal the excess in buckets. Once your pantry bucket becomes empty, you can refill it with the extra beans you bought on sale.

Technically you could just place your bulk food in buckets and pound on a lid. However this is not recommended at all!! The shelf life of your food would be lacking, and bugs would eat it. In order to remedy this all oxygen must be purged before sealing

There are several methods to sealing buckets. We prefer the dry ice method. We will be holding a demonstration of this method early in March. If you are interested in attending, email adam@modernfrontierlife.com. Also check back for a post here around that same time frame.

We currently are running a great special on buckets, and lids. If you have not received the flier and order form contact us and we will send it to you directly.