Inexpensive organic food storage solution

My Foster City clients are serious about purity of their food. As their personal chef, besides strictly following their special diet requirements, I make sure that all the ingredients that I use, including spices and wine, are organic; I use only stainless steel cookware – no non-stick coating that is suspected to release harmful chemicals into food – their stainless KitchenAid set is beautiful to look at and a pleasure to use; the food is stored in Pyrex tempered glass containers, with a square of non-treated parchment paper between the food and the lid, so the plastic doesn’t touch the food. However, a set of one-serving Pyrex dishes can be very expensive, and they take a lot of space. This client’ solution: solid foods go into Pyrex, soups and stews, this season’s much requested comfort foods, are stored in wide-mouth Mason jars. Put a piece of parchment between the jar and the lid, and you have a perfect, compact, reusable, organic food storage, at about $2 a piece.



In the picture:
Chicken cacciatore
Black bean chili
Chicken stew
Dairy-free cream of broccoli and asparagus soup
Beet and beans soup
Roasted yams