Once-A-Month Grocery Haul ~ Azure Standard Pantry Restock (Bulk Organic Food)

[@florida4386]

Wow, you don't freeze your wheat products before storage??? You run a high risk of a weevil infestation. You might get lucky for many bags but eventually it will happen and if they get outside that one contaminated container they will wipe out every flour based product in your pantry before you realize you have an infestation.

[@RowesRising]

Ohh I better plop these in the freezer then!! I do freeze all my other stuff but you make a good point- this flour can contaminate my kitchen!! Thank you!!!

[@nancybutler6457]

Is there another way to clean the wheats and flour beside freezing it. I don’t the space.

[@nejlaaltay6822]

It happened to me once. And I had to thriw away my bulk flour, wheat, and other flour type pantry staples. 😔 Freeze freeze is the only way.

[@RowesRising]

Who said I’m “storing” the wheat- I’m using it in the next two months😅 I freeze all my longer term food stores. I’m pretty sure I said this in the video.

[@Twintwo56]

Storing wheat berries on airtight containers with oxygen absorbers is al alternate method - weevils cannot survive an oxygen free environment.

[@carolwhisenhunt7504]

Hi Katie, another great video. I get so excited when I see that you've posted. That sweet little fella looks just like you. You and Aaron sure make beautiful babies with Gods help of course. Such a precious family. 😊

[@donnawisner1481]

Enjoyed the video. Great info about the different wheat berries. Thank you

[@judithbutler9695]

Excellent presentation of wheat!

[@barbaral1486]

I cut the azure packaging label and tape it to the bucket !

[@RowesRising]

Those labels are so pretty in the glass jars too!

[@barbaral1486]

Thanks for your great videos! Glad that you seem to be feeling better !

[@hoosiermama16]

Yay!!! Grain info!!!! So helpful!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[@eva8643]

Hello Katie, writing from Germany again. I learned that a lot of American KZbinrs buy bulk and specialty items from Azure Standard (A Tribe of Many, Jamerrill Stewart...). Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any company like that in Germany, that's a shame 😞. Hope you are all well and your husband is getting better!

[@RowesRising]

Hi Eva!! I am not aware of any places in Europe either. I’ll keep my ears open and share if I come across something.

[@eva8643]

@@RowesRising Thank you!

[@silviamagda]

I follow all of them too. 😊(I'm in Spain). I can't find any company here either, that sells like that.

[@eva8643]

@@silviamagdaI'll keep my ears open like Katie. If I find out anything we can share it 😊

[@silviamagda]

@@eva8643 ❤️

[@melissanash6801]

That coconut oil from Azure is my favorite!!!! So good;)

[@RowesRising]

It’s very good indeed!!

[@coopie624]

So glad I caught this video! I didn’t know Azure has powdered coconut cream. WOO HOO! I really like Azure drop videos, as I am always finding a new product to try!

[@RowesRising]

Me too I love watching peoples hauls and hearing what they use things for. Gives me ideas cause I’m always in a rut. 🌻🌻🌻 Thanks for watching Jackie!!

[@msamy3883]

I would love to see your progress on the adventure of growing your own sleepy time tea. I too need help winding down.l, and am curious on how you would go about that project. And now I’m watching you talk about “creamer” and I’m so very interested.

[@RowesRising]

You know- you just brought to my attention I filmed the homemade creamer- but I never added it to a video 🫣 So, thanks to you, I will be sharing it next! Oops!! And thank you for watching and commenting Amy!

[@jamiekendall7245]

Hi Katie, if you want to remove the old marker label from you buckets acetone or nail polish remover works great.

[@RowesRising]

Thank you Jamie!! 🌻🌻🌻

[@heathergeyer1780]

Good morning Katie dear. I’m so glad to see you this morning. How does the coconut cream powder taste when in coffee? I’ve been trying to find a coffee mate powdered creamer substitute because coffee mate is the last garbage thing I eat. The tea you got for Aaron. Is that for digestion help? I’ve never heard of it. As always thanks for another great video. I’ll keep you and your precious family in my prayers. Much love and blessings.

[@RowesRising]

Hi Heather!! I actually just made the coconut creamer last night and used it in tea!!! I used one of those battery powered mixers. And the coconut cream powder was chunky so I had to mash some of it with a fork back to powder. It mixes well into hot drinks and tastes great!! I’m so happy I got it. I have a huge mason jar of “creamer” I made with collagen, coconut sugar, and coconut cream powder- it’s awesome and I’m sharing in my next video or two. Thanks for watching🌻

[@silviamagda]

I love your channel!

[@RowesRising]

Thank you Silvia!! Glad you are here with us🌻🌻🌻

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

I have hard red spring for yeast breads Soft winter for everything else (some white flour used with this for some desserts) Durum when I make pasta which is rare nowadays Of course also oats-whole for rolling and cracking (“steelcut”) rye, kasha (should crack my own), basmati brown rice, barley and popcorn (best cornbread! and for cracking “grits”). Might get some dent corn for cracking again tho.

[@intentionallymade]

Do you have a video on your scratch making routine? I’m trying to streamline my weekly rhythm because we homeschool as well and homestead. I just love seeing how other moms stay organized. :) love your azure Hauls. So helpful.

[@RowesRising]

Hmmm I’m sure it’s all there in my meal prep videos. I edit everything in the order I do it- so when you see my videos jump from one recipe to me making broth then another recipe then I go back and strain my broth and then I make something else and then the next day I will use the broth then make another meal. If that’s what you mean. I definitely put my videos in the order in which I live life and my cooking routine is in all my cooking videos.

[@intentionallymade]

@@RowesRising I am still fairly new to your channel so I’ll have to go back and watch some. I think mean more how do you balance it all in your brain with what you need to do when. Like making bread full time and for example we do pizza Fridays but sometimes I forget to make the dough haha. I’m still trying to figure out my own rhythm of management I guess.

[@RowesRising]

I don’t plan. 🫣Honestly. I wing it every single day cause that’s just how I roll. When I see a need I fill it. I don’t really have a routine- I’m right brained and thrive on being creative. I quit putting pressure on myself to stick to a meal plan. For example I’ve been making sourdough bread for 3 days and I kept refrigerating the dough cause I had other things going on. We didn’t have bread for 2 days and we did charcuterie boards with crackers I had stashed a few months back I need to bake the dough it in the next few days. I have no idea what for lunch or dinner tonight. But I did thaw bananas and will be making banana bread/muffins or sheet pancake today for tomorrows breakfast. I won’t know til I start and produce it. I hope this makes sense. I wish I was a better planner and routine oriented. I’m more survive and thrive.

[@intentionallymade]

@@RowesRising 😂😂 this sounds like me already. Maybe I’m just fighting myself and thinking I need to change when I should just embrace it. But I feel like sometimes I bring on chaos because of my creative brain. I crave routine but for the life of me can’t ever stick to anything. Thank you for sharing!

[@RowesRising]

I’m too creative for a strict routine. Intuition is key🌻

[@sharonswisher7274]

👍 Very informative vlog Katie. I would order from Azure, but the closest drop is 2 hrs away (bummer) but I still purchase organic non GMO products or grow them when I can.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Do an order twice a yr! Worth it

[@intentionallymade]

You can also request a closer drop to lead! If you need it, lead it my pastor always says. ☺️

[@RowesRising]

That’s right!! Be the person to start it in your town. It’s a great community of people at the drops. I love talking to everyone while we unload the truck. I now know farmers with a variety of products that I have met through our drop location. It’s awesome and a great way to get to know your like minded community in your town🌻

[@michellenelson11]

I forgot to use the $25 code on my last order. 😭 It is too late to use it now. Oh well! I appreciate Azure giving us the opportunity. We pick up our order Tuesday. We are still doing the #threeriverschallenge throughout February, but I am allowing myself Azure orders while doing the challenge. I will be replenishing my stock after using up the older items during the challenge. Thank you for sharing your haul! I look forward to watching you make so many goodies with everything.

[@RowesRising]

Did you take their survey? That’s where I got the $25 from and they added it to my account for me and it automatically went on my next order :) Thanks for watching!!🌻

[@michellenelson11]

@Rowes Rising I did take the survey. I forgot about it until you mention it. I went back and checked my order. I can't see where it was applied.

[@RowesRising]

Oh shoot- I might be wrong and I got a code I applied- Gosh now I feel silly cause I may have given wrong info- mom brain🥴

[@michellenelson11]

@@RowesRising no worries! I completely understand.

[@RowesRising]

Thank you for your grace- hope you get it next haul!

[@momomily9229]

The cows! 💖

[@RowesRising]

Always a welcoming committee 😅

[@BootsandBountyHomestead]

Woowee, the local honey around here is $20 per PINT! They think it's gold! I had a friend that started bees and selling honey for $10 pint and the other beekeepers cussed him out so bad and MADE him raise his price to $20 pint because they couldn't compete with him selling it for $10 🤣 well, he gave in, selling for $20 per PINT. Needless to say I couldn't afford but one and it's gold in my cabinet! It'll probably crystalize before I use it 🤣 it's ridiculous! We will be doing bees for our family consumption, probably next year! I can't wait! I haven't bought thru azure yet because we can't make the drop off time at 9am because we both work! I may reach out to the coordinator and see if we can pick up after work, without ordering anything cold. I have a list of things I'd like to get from them, just gotta make the arrangements. Thanks for sharing all the good info. I've been wondering about the berries. We are only using (and trying to grow) einkorn flour. Idk what category that falls in, but nice to know the other berries info now. Thanks Katie!

[@RowesRising]

It’s $20 a pint around here. I get that- as a doula we have a minimum fee we should all be charging in this town. I charge well above but there is a standard and no one should be doula-ing for less than that amount. And being a pro doula and offering “free” services is no bueno to those of us that count in it for our livelihood. I totally understand the beekeepers honey fee standard.

[@jennym853]

I enjoyed seeing your order! I’ve been thinking about placing an order with them for a long time. How do you freeze such large bags? I was going to purchase next month and hoping to leave outside for 3 days in the freezing temps.

[@RowesRising]

I have a few deep freezers and one has extra room.

[@peggykush6972]

That might bring unwanted critters to invade your food. They have very good sense of smell.

[@abbeyverigin]

Hi from Canada where the best deal I can find for organic butter is $14/lb 🥴 you’ll have to update us on the coconut milk powder in your coffee!

[@RowesRising]

I used it last night and filmed making a homemade sweet creamer. I also use a battery powered mixer to get it mixed in well. I’ll share my recipe this week in a video!

[@Iamhome365]

Wowsers that's expensive butter! But just looked it up here (Ireland) and it's $13 for a little over a lb - saw that online, have never seen in supermarket

[@RowesRising]

About the coconut creamer- I totally thought I put it in the previous video- I did not- I still have the footage so it might be it’s own little video. I really like my coconut creamer recipe!! I’ll share asap.

[@jocelynsertich2686]

I use rubbing alcohol to remove sharpie from buckets and jar lids when I use them for something else. I didn’t look to see if someone already mentioned this.

[@RowesRising]

I knew someone would mention this trick!! Me too!! I just didn’t have any on hand in that moment :)

[@jocelynsertich2686]

@@RowesRising Hand sanitizer and vodka work too. (Well any alcohol does, but I keep vodka on hand for extracts, and it is in the kitchen) But I'm suspecting you know that too.

[@RowesRising]

Before I became a mom… I babysat my nephews and they took a permanent marker to the walls of my brothers beautiful home- I learned the hard way what works. I’m just not always prepared when I’m doing things around the house as quick as I can before a kid needs me😅

[@Lseverett5]

Tried for to get that laundry detergent..when you recommended it..I went for it...sold out😔 I'll keep trying. Got the smaller box for now.

[@RowesRising]

Oh bummer! Well now you can see if you like it. ☺️🌻

[@suzend46]

I’ve been using coconut sugar and coconut milk powder in my coffee (as a substitute for half & half) for quite some time. The coconut milk powder took a bit of getting used to concerning taste difference and how much to add. I only used a splash of half & half but have to use quite a bit more of coconut milk powder.

[@RowesRising]

I’m excited to try to make a “creamer” myself. It sure does take some getting used to. I have gone off dairy very strict for my breastfeeding infants. I was lax when they got older then I realized I just don’t tolerate it. Sad cause I LoVE raw milk and cheese. But I can do goat cheese!! Yum!

[@savannahroseblack]

Can you explain why you freeze it? Do you put it in the bucket and then freeze the bucket? Or let it thaw?

[@RowesRising]

So I didn’t freeze this flour but I freeze most grains to kill off any bugs eggs larvae etc that may exist in the food. Within 6 months there will be a bug infestation if you don’t use up the grain product that was NOt frozen

[@savannahroseblack]

@@RowesRising that’s super helpful! Thank you!

[@cherivanmeter6195]

Does that include if I store it in buckets with oxygen absorbers??

[@ritabaker3113]

I would love to purchase from Azure. But the drop is too far from me. Blessings

[@ohiofarmgirl3384]

Me too. It’s 1-1/2 hours away and I also work full time.

[@beckyjacobsen1210]

If you can find enough people interested in ordering with you, you can become a drop coordinator and start a new drop that’s in a location more convenient for you

[@ohiofarmgirl3384]

No desire to organize/take charge of this task but thank you. I’ll periodically check for any closer drop locations.

[@shervin6711]

How did you freeze/defrost the alexandre milk? We had the kind in plastic containers. I have been unable to defrost it without the ? milk fat? turning solid/chunky. Its not curdled, its just sorta unappetizing. I can cook with it, but its definitely a different look. Homogenized doesn't do that. Would love to freeze these more natural items successfully. I wound up using it in ice cream. I just couldn't get it back to " normal" even with my blender! 😂

[@RowesRising]

You can warm the milks until the fat mixes in and then quick chill again in a sink of ice water.

[@shervin6711]

@@RowesRising Maybe I will try again. The * conventional milk, I have problem with. I can freeze it in Ziploc bags. Just this brand/fresh... It doesn't defrost well. Its not " bad" just ....funky chunky ..lol

[@evanorvell8368]

Please don't take offense--this is an FYI. It's not artisian loaf ( 'ar-ti-zhan'--artisian is a kind of spring). It is art-i-SAN. Artful, made by artists.

[@RowesRising]

None taken I noticed when I was editing I used the wrong pronunciation/term. was thinking someone would correct me- well done!! I’m a word nazi too ;)

[@kittyrichards9915]

Did you learn all this on your own or is this how your mom purchased and cooked?

[@RowesRising]

I am mostly self taught, instincts, and my mom and granny did cook from scratch when I was little. Mom made the best from scratch food when I was little 🥰 She passed away when I was 20- nearly 20 years ago now.

[@janemagee97]

❤

[@mardwella]

💜💜💜💜💜

[@RowesRising]

🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@karenm7433]

I would do an azure order but I can’t get to the drop off location during the work day. 😕

[@RowesRising]

Maybe you and a friend can team up? I have had folks grab my stuff and me grab theirs before.

[@kathybridges3343]

The cows have something coming to. 😂😂❤❤

[@RowesRising]

Weren’t they cute!!!

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Get someone to get it for u and u buy them a pizza when u go to get it from their house Or cut their bangs Or watch their new puppy while they grocery shop

[@RowesRising]

Love those ideas🌻

[@lethaharris1608]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️!!!

[@aubreysiglock9]

Where are your legging from?! So cute!

[@RowesRising]

PACT organic!! I have been wearing their leggings for 6 years and I just love them!!!

[@aubreysiglock9]

@@RowesRising I'm placing an order now! Thank you

[@RowesRising]

You are welcome- by far my favorite cause they are thick organic cotton and feel so good!

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Omigosh I thought they were tights lol

[@FurBabyMamaMarie]

A magic eraser will erase the old permanent marker contents you have on the bucket easily.

[@RowesRising]

Thank you!! I’m going back to clean up the market mess😓

[@shervin6711]

Freezing bulk grains/flours. I follow a channel out of Canada. She has an idea if you need more freezer space. She puts it in a container outside her door! Obviously one has to be careful with this. But if it's freezing/below it might be worth a try if it's a secure area! Maybe even a garage might work. Wish I had thought of it!

[@RowesRising]

I figured the bags were in a freezing cold truck for a week but meh- we use it super quick and I’m a nut about cleaning up flour messesOCD

[@shervin6711]

@@RowesRising 😂 I just have zero freezer space for those big bags! It's below freezing today so, doubtful anything would survive! Great outdoors ....my new freezer🤔😂

[@RowesRising]

My GF sent me a picture of her kids digging logs of ground beef out of the snow- in Alaska😅 Her deep freezer.

[@shervin6711]

@@RowesRising🤔🤣🤣 love this! Inside my kitchen pantry is currently 45 degrees! All my drawers are open so my onions/potatoes dont freeze! Outside, " real feel temp" -20 or so in New England!

[@kittyrichards9915]

Azure must have very good products because lots of people use them. Not sure it fits into a retirement budget, but plan to look at them agsin.

[@coopie624]

I am retired and I buy from Azure!

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Have to buy bulk so prob not

[@coopie624]

@@YeshuaKingMessiah, actually you don’t! They have smaller sizes In pretty much everything, even as small as 1 lb. pkgs!