Bulk isn’t always better.
It may seem like a great idea to buy everything you can in bulk, but that's not necessarily the case. Often buying bulk foods mean saving money and cutting down on wasteful packaging, but a handful of items can go bad well before you've had a chance to work your way through them.
"Be realistic," says Epi Food Editor Rhoda Boone. "Check the expiration date. If the item has one, think about if you'll really use the amount you're buying in that time. You're not really saving money if you're going to throw spoiled food away."Both contain lots of oil, which come from healthy unsaturated fats. But these fats unfortunately can go rancid quickly, resulting in stale nuts and seeds.
. Though you can prevent bread from going stale by freezing it, no one has room for a freezerful of loaves. So while it may be tempting to stock up when your favorite bakery is having its end of day sale, try to be practical.6. Oils See a trend here? If nuts, seeds, and grains that contain oil go bad fast, pure oil is no different. No matter the oil—olive, sesame, canola, peanut—its shelf life is limited. While it's tempting to pick up one of those big jugs that are sold at the grocery store, unless you are deep-frying everything in your kitchen, there's no way you'll get through the container before it starts to go rancid in 3 to 6 months.
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