Category: Monthly Plastic Free Challenge
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Is Shopping Locally Better for the Environment?
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With this being the holiday season, our plastic-free challenge this month is going to be focused on eco friendly gifts. The 3 strategies we’ll use to achieve this goal are: shopping locally, easy homemade gifts, and wrapping alternatives. This week is going to be all about the first strategy, shopping…
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Figuring Out Eco Friendly Gift Strategies for the Holidays
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The holidays are approaching fast and this year I’m determined to be more eco friendly. But there’s a lot of different ways to go about being zero-waste/plastic-free/eco-friendly and I don’t want to overwhelm myself with good intentions. As usual, my main goal is to reduce plastics and single-use waste. So…
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Key Takeaways from this Month’s Plastic Free Challenge
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For this month, we focused on 3 strategies to replace TV dinners. Not only has this been a great opportunity to reduce single-use plastics in our kitchens (and food), but it seems to have had a positive impact on the budget as well. From doing the 3 alternatives to TV…
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Resource Recommendations for Replacing TV dinners Challenge
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This month, we’ve been focusing on replacing TV dinners as a way to cut down on single-use plastics. The 3 strategies to help achieve that goal are: homemade freezer meals, ‘meals in a jar’, and 15 minute meals. I’ve mentioned several resources to help support these strategies throughout various posts.…
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Can 15 Minute Meals Work as TV Dinner Replacements?
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This month’s challenge is to cut down on plastic by replacing TV dinners. We’re using 3 strategies to meet this challenge. Strategy #1 is making homemade freezer meals. Strategy #2 is shelf-stable ‘meals in a jar’ and strategy #3 is 15 minute meals. The 15 minute meal strategy is the…
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What You Need to Heat Food Without A Microwave
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This month, our plastic-free challenge is to replace TV dinners/microwave meals in order to cut down on plastic in our kitchens and food. We’re using 3 strategies to meet this challenge – freezer meals, meals in jars, and 15 minute meals. In reading the articles, you may have noticed I…
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How to Make Meals-in-a-Jar Replace TV dinners
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This month’s eco-friendly challenge is replacing TV dinners with plastic-free alternatives. We have 3 strategies to help us achieve this goal. Last week, the focus was on the freezer meal strategy. This week we’re going to delve into the second strategy using meals-in-a-jar as the replacement. What are meals-in-a-jar? Meals-in-a-jar…
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Freeze-Dried Food: How To Use It For Your Sustainable Pantry
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I’ll be honest, I don’t really love to cook. So I’m always looking for quick and easy meals. Which is what got me started with freeze-dried food. I love being able to make meals-in-a-jar ahead of time for busy days. I also love having meats and veggies on hand in…
