Did you know that you can preserve your dry food in a Mason Jar?
I have a Food Saver vacuum sealer, however, I still use this simple way to seal my dry food. If you don’t want to go through the expense of a vacuum device this simple little hand pump is so much simpler and easy to use.
All you do is fill a Mason Jar with dried food, put on the vacuum lid, set the hand pump on top and pull up and down 4-6 times and it removes all the air and seals the lid.
Any dry food can be vacuum sealed such as dried beans, rice, pasta, coffee beans, oats, salt, sugar, flour and so on.
I hate it when a plastic bag of rice, pasta etc. gets a hole in it and it spills all over when you pick it up. However, my favorite thing about using a vacuum sealed mason Jar is that I can store it in my basement without the worry of inviting a mouse for dinner.