Monday, February 23, 2015

Eye-D Band Giveaway on Kim's Welcoming Kitchen
Photo provided by Eye-D Bands.


Here's a confession.

I have a habit.
A jar habit.

I find it incredibly difficult to get rid of my empty jam jars, salsa jars, applesauce jars.  You get the picture. I wash them, save them and store stuff in them.

The problem is that sometimes I'm not sure what I put in there. I have tried a variety of systems to mark them -- all problematic.

  • Tape. The problem with tape is that it can leave a sticky residue when you peel it off.
  • Sharpie. The problem with using a permanent marker is what if I want to put something different in the jar after I've emptied it and washed it?
  • Memory. I think the problem there is pretty obvious. 
You can imagine my excitement to learn about a new company, Eye-D Bands. These wide rubber bands are pre-printed with a wide variety of ingredients. You can use these bands to quickly identify the contents of containers, jars or canisters. When you change what you put in the container, you just need to change the band to the correct one. The wide bands have a nice grip, so they don't slide down the jar and stay right where you put them. There's no sticky residue when you're finished, and the bands are printed on both sides, so you get two labels with each band.

There are a wide range of bands for ingredients commonly found in special-diet kitchens. For example, there are bands for chia seeds, quinoa, gluten-free flour, brown rice, etc.

Intrigued?

Eye-D Bands Giveaway on Kim's Welcoming Kitchen
Photo provided by Eye-D Bands.


One lucky reader can try some! Eye-D Bands is giving away a set of bands worth $50 to one winner from the United States or Canada!  Good luck!

Required disclosure: Eye-D Bands provided me with a collection of bands to try. All opinions are my own. Eye-D Bands will provide the randomly selected winner with a set of bands worth $50.


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Happy Cooking!
Kim

My new book,  Super Seeds, is available now! You can also find tasty recipes in Welcoming Kitchen: 200 Delicious Allergen & Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes.
 

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26 comments:

  1. I also hoard jars. I label the lids, but these bands would keep things much more organized!

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    1. I love that you can see what's in the jar without having to take it off the shelf to read the lid.

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  2. This is a brilliant idea! Hmm, kitchen habit - not sure at the moment, but I guess I am a labeling freak!

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  3. I have so many bags of seeds and various flours; these would be so good for me!

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  4. My kitchen habit is to use mason jars for everything, so I would love these!! Cups, leftovers, grains, seeds, nuts.. you name it!

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  5. Jars, definitely, but I'm also an obsessive produce bag washer/re-user!

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  6. OMG! I'm the same way. I can't bring myself to throw away a perfectly usable glass jar. I prefer them for pantry storage over plastic any day!

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  7. I hoard dishes and serving ware Rosanne rosans4@comcast.net

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  8. Collecting jars. You can never have too many.

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  9. I also horde jars! But even worse, I collect spices of all kinds, then end up using my favorite 10 or so 99% of the time :) Thanks for this opportunity!

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  10. gotta be jars...they are EVERYWHERE...and like you, I use them for EVERYTHING!..
    these little bands would surely make it easier to label and organize..:))

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  11. This is a fantastic idea. Hope I win them. I love my glass jars!!

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  12. This is brilliant!!!! I have the same problem! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  13. I have for years being doing that .Somethings in glass bottles.A lot of things in the kitchen are in plastic bottles that had spices in the such as Dry Parsley,onion flakes,pepper corns ,and such.Now they have my dry breakfast cereals dryed peas and beans,cornmeal,rice of different brands.When i buy from the grocery store i cut of the instruction,and tape it to the container so if i needto cook 1 portion its there for me to see .I did that this morning for my breakfast Cream of Wheat .Check 1/3 cup dry 1 cup water pinch salt .Nuke in the Microwave stirring often. Sorry about going on and on like that It would be nice to win the Labels.

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  14. I love using jars! These bands sound like a great idea. I would really like to try them. Thanks for the chance to win them.

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  15. I am bad about filling up all my kitchen drawers with bagged teas. I love tea and enjoy trying new varieties.

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  16. I save too many left over containers. Even though, I go through them every few months and toss ones that are stacking up and not getting used, I still have too many. I need to stop..... :)

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  17. i have jars on my counter that are filled with grains and legumes that i know remember what they are - i could certainly use some labeling help.

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  18. gadgets, love to browse specialty shops for the unique and new items I can use

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  19. I have way too many water bottles in our kitchen and mason jars.

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  20. I label and organize so much that my daughter says I am OCD. I love old canning jars so much. I have a nice collection of blue jars that I love.

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  21. We have a collection of teas... I don't think we've ever run out.

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  22. I like to collect pot holders and have dozens of them on my walls in the kitchen.
    Laurie Emerson
    lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com

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  23. i collect alot of mugs and i also collect empty cans of coffee to put my change in there to save up for trips

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