Tag: Eco Friendly lifestyle
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This Month’s Focus is Alternatives to Plastic Wrap
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This month I’m going to do things a little differently. Instead of focusing on making foods to be plastic-free, I’m going to take a look at different options for food storage. Lately, I’ve been wondering about the alternatives to plastic wrap. Over the past couple of years, I’ve been using different things…
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Cut Out The Plastic and Make Your Own Bread Bag
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The focus this month is to cut out single-use plastic with breads and baked goods. One of the ways to do this is by making your own bread. The other way, is to buy from local bakeries using your own cloth bread bag. Either way, a bread bag is a…
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This Book Is a Great Resource for Understanding Recycling
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One of the books I’m reading is Jennie Romer’s book, Can I Recycle This? It’s been especially helpful because I’m still trying to figure out the best practices for recycling. I really appreciate how she broke down all the facets of recycling into bite-size pieces in this book. The information…
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How is the bread challenge going so far this month?
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I’m three weeks into this month’s challenge and it’s time to take stock of how all the activities are going. Overall, I would say the plastic-free bread challenge is going… Okay. Some things are going well with the challenge but others are taking longer to figure out than I originally…
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What To Do About Flour For This Month’s Challenge
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Now that I’m making my own bread, with moderate success, I need to be more mindful of my flours’ packaging. I say flours – plural – because when you’re gluten-free you usually use a mix of different flours. One of the things I’ve noticed with the gluten-free flours is that…
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What Was Life Like Before Plastic: Focus on Bread
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Sorry, I seem to have a hard time getting these “life before plastic” posts out on time. I keep underestimating how long it takes to find research articles on the subject. Or I end up finding information that needs more clarification. But here is what I’ve found so far relating to this month’s challenge of plastic-free bread.…
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Thoughts About This Month’s Challenge
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Time to reflect on this month’s challenge of reducing the plastic from deli meats and cheeses. What did I enjoy about this challenge? What was difficult? Was the challenge easier or harder than I originally thought it would be? And so on… This has been a good challenge for me…
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What about the Shredded Cheese for this Challenge
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For this month’s challenge (reducing plastic waste from deli meat and cheeses), I’ve been buying blocks of cheese from the cheese kiosk at the store and shredding it as needed. There isn’t anything wrong with this system. It’s just sometimes I miss the convenience of packaged shredded cheese. It would be nice…
