Today I finished preparing the kitchen for 30-days without packaged food. Raisin bran-like cereal, instant quinoa, numerous power bars, generic gummy bears, a tub of natural hot fudge sauce. They have all made their way into the donation bag. 

A few things I kept, like organic non-dairy hot cocoa mix, multi grain pancake mix, a few cans of beans even though the plastic lining on the inside of the cans bothers me. I stored them in a box and put it above the refrigerator. They will keep watch on the kitchen-honesty of the next month. 

The bulk items on the shelves are foods that were already in the house. They were brought home in plastic bags, but since we already had them, we decided to just go with it. For all future bulk items, we will have to somehow convince the store to allow us to bring our own containers. 

On the shelves are mung beans, adzuki beans, lentils, rice, bulgar, nuts, flour, and various kinds of rice. Basically the only processing these foods have seen is that the hulls have been removed. The flour was also ground up. Since they are so minimally processed, they fit within the rules for no packaged foods even though we brought them home in unnecessary plastic bags. We will try to solve this problem throughout the month and see what options we have for transporting fine grained bulk items.