We love this Ezekiel cereal and eat cereal several times a week for breakfast. Adding blueberries, strawberries and bananas to this one makes it really good! If you aren’t familiar with this cereal, you can read about here. Yes, it has sodium . . but it’s still good and I think it’s healthy enough to eat a few times a week.
Ezekiel cereal
We first heard about it when watching some of the food movies and then reading about the Engine 2 Diet. Cereal can be pretty expensive so we’re always looking to find it for a bargain. I originally ordered this from Amazon using Subscribe & Save. It’s about 30¢ per ounce. I just saw it here for about 27¢ per ounce after the 20% discount for first orders and this includes free shipping.
When ordering the large quantities, here’s how it comes.
Ezekiel 4:9 cereal
How would you put this much cereal up to keep it fresh? Of course . . those half gallon glass jars and the FoodSaver. Remember that I have my little experiment with shredded wheat going. It’s been in the jars since 2008 and is still good as new.
The cereal was poured into 9 half gallon jars.
Jars filled with Ezekiel 4:9 cereal
The jar sealer attachment snaps right onto the FoodSaver “port” and then the “lid” fits over the jar lid. I am not sure from the listing if the hose is included with the gizmo that fits over the lid or not. If not, that needs to be ordered also. The jar sealer attachment comes in the regular mouth and wide mouth size. From reading the Amazon reviews, I’m surprised to see so many folks having issues with these. I’ve used them for several years . . a lot . . and have never had a problem. I do not have much luck getting the Tattler re-usable lids to seal.
Jar Sealer Attachment
A lid is placed on the clean jar top.
Lid on top of Jar
The vaccum seal attachment is placed over the lid.
Sealing Attachment
This is an older model FoodSaver and for it, I simply close the lid using the lever on the right, and hit “canister”
FoodSaver
This process is quick, and easy and without a doubt, this cereal will be fresh for at least five years, though it will probably be gone in five months or less. The rings aren’t necessary but for the jars going into storage, I feel better having the rings on there. If the lids were to lose their seal, the cereal would go bad before I noticed it but with no rings, critters might get in and I don’t want that for sure. The jars that are staying in the pantry don’t need rings.
Jars All Sealed
These half gallon jars get used over and over again. I wasn’t even sure I had enough empty ones for this cereal but am thankful I did. Here’s another blog post where I was sealing cake mixes and other dry items in the jars. Those were all items I had bought on sale and wanted to be sure they were safe and fresh til I use them.
AngieG9 says
Judy, a good way to keep the critters out of stuff is to drop a couple of bay leaves in it. Then even if it comes unsealed you can use it without worring about the unwanted protien that might be present. I do that with all dry ingredients I have and it doesn’t leave a taste behind that I have noticed, so I don’t think it would with the cereal either. I’ve been doing that for decades and never had a problem.
JudyL says
With the amount of food storing I do, it’s a whole lot less expensive to use the rings that can be re-used. It isn’t just bugs I worry about but mice also. The bay leaves won’t keep mice out.
Pam in KC says
I don’t remember getting the tubing when I bought my lid sealer — but then I may have misplaced it since I use my handheld sealer
JudyL says
I think I got it with mine but it looks like nowadays, they’re separate items.
Julie L. says
I haven’t seen Ezekiel cereal but really like Ezekiel bread. I will have to look for it. Thanks for the post and the info.
Diana Stewart says
My hose came with mine also. But I never use it, I’ve been using the smaller battery unit with no problem
barbara says
my hose also came with mine. i use a hand-held rechargable battery unit and have no problems.
barbara says
sorry – forgot to mention….i got mine on ebay.
Helen says
I LOVE my Foodsaver and using it with jars and canisters is incredibly helpful. Thanks to you for turning me on to this gadget!
We love having pretzels and chips around, but they go stale and or rancid cause we don’t eat them quickly enough; so this is a really good thing to do.
I should do it with the cake mixes, too. Seems like I buy them when on sale, but we don’t use them quickly enough.
I was at Wal Mart the other day and they had the half gallon jars in stock. I was so surprised as I thought Id have to purchase them online.
Terri says
I have a handheld sealer and use it often, sometimes though the regular mouth sealer will give me fits though. Seems like the issue is in the blue rubber and perservarance is the key, or is it the way I hold my mouth?
Helen says
Oh, Terri…you take me back! My father used to say “it’s the way you’re holding your mouth”! I’ve never heard anyone else use that term. What a memory you bought back to me. Thank you.
Lynne in Hawaii says
Judy, the tubing and vacuum plug for sealing lids is built into my foodsaver. It retracts after use. All I had to order was the special jar sealer attachment.
Margaret R says
Which model food saver do you have? I have been looking into purchasing one but haven’t decided on which model.
Diana says
Love our food saver for sure ! We buy many things in bulk then get out the ol food saver and save it up ..
Linda Steller says
The jar sealer and the hose came with my Food Saver, so I don’t know what happens if you order them separately. I’ve never had any problem with mine either.
Eileen Keane says
Judy, a couple of the links you have in the post didn’t work for me-where you bought the Ezechiel cereal for 27 cents and where you mention sealing cake mixes.
I’ve got a local place that sells the cereal, so I’m going to try one box, and see if I like it before ordering a huge box. DH eats mostly hot cereal; how do you fix this one as a hot meal?
Thanks!
Sonya wood says
I’ve needed a food saver forever, they just cost a lot. But I think it’s time to make it a priority need a jar sealing attachment also. I store anything and everything in my jars. I love them. Thank you for the push to buy one, maybe I’ll find one at a garage sale 🙂 thank you