A Smart Label Trick

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I like to buy larger quantities of some foods, like dried beans and whole grains, because it's more economical. And some things just come in larger quantities, like the dried coconut I bought to put in the reduced-fat oatmeal carrot cookies I just made. I usually empty the larger bags of food into re-sealable bags when I get them because they stay fresher for longer that way. But then I have the problem of not knowing the nutrition information, which was posted on the original packaging.

My solution: I've started cutting the nutrition facts panel off of the  box and placing it in the bag with the food. It seems so simple (and it is!) but I'd never thought to do it before. It works like a charm and takes away the guesswork of trying to figure out the nutrition stats of unlabeled bags of food. Plus, if you tend to buy foods in bulk, like brown rice or even the peanut butter that you grind yourself at the store, you can print the nutrition info out online or take a picture of the label on the bulk bin at the store and copy it onto a label for your food at home. Try it the next time you buy bulk!