Our favorite place: those indoor “antique mall” flea markets! We just bought a bunch of glass storage dishes this past weekend! Many of them are Corningware or Pyrex; FireKing is another favorite. Gotta watch though: sometimes they’ll be chipped. We got each for less than is listed on your link, but the main part of the container is not clear–as in, you’ll have to lift the lid to see what those leftovers are. I LOVE the square ones because they stack better–both in the fridge, and in the cupboard when not in use.

BTW, one of my favorite skillet dishes is 1 lb pasta (elbows or ziti is best), 1 lb browned ground beef, 1 jar spaghetti sauce and one spaghetti-sauce-jar of water. I usually jazz it up a bit with some more basil, parsley, a little garlic. Cook it all in a pot, and you’ve got a truly one-pot meal.

Oh, and I have found my family’s favorite way to eat the rice from our lesson–I toss & melt some coconut oil/butter/beef tallow (or whatever favorite fat is laying around) in a good-sized pan, saute some onions/carrots/celery (or shallots/add garlic… whatever sounds good!), and then toss in some rice. Add about 1/4 cup water and put the lid on, and toss together. The rice can sometimes get a nice “fried crunch” on the bottom if I don’t keep tossing it–it’s all a matter of what will go well with whatever else I’m serving with it (and if I’m doing 10 other things while fixing dinner!). As in, some of that tender crock-pot chicken with a little soy sauce… I’m also fond of seasoning the rice with your now-infamous seasoned/herbed salt and some nutritional yeast–chopped fresh tomatoes add a different taste. To stretch, I’ll also toss in some frozen or fresh veggies when I add the water (the water helps steam-heat everything). YUM!

I’ve never eaten the white kind of palm oil, so I can’t compare them. I can’t say I’ve noticed any heaviness from eating the red. Sometimes I do when I use it for popcorn, but I moreso associate that with the corn than the oil. The red palm oil is delicious for refrying foods – not only pretty from the yellow coloring but a little tangy, too. We like it alot! I hope you can try it to see for yourself whether it will work for you.