Tag: plastic free lifestyle
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No More Plastic: How to Make Freezer Meals Replace TV Dinners
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This month, the goal is to replace single-use plastics from TV dinners and other microwave meals. Not only do these plastics feel like an unnecessary waste, but they also leach harmful chemicals into your food. So that’s why we will focus on three strategies to replace those plastics in our…
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This Month’s Challenge: How to Replace TV Dinners
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This month’s goal is to find sustainable ways to cut out plastic from TV dinners/microwave meals. I’ll be honest, I really do rely on microwave meals more than I’d like to admit. Even though I know this is the worst way to use plastic since plastic compounds are more likely to leach…
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This Month’s Book – Forgotten Ways for Modern Days
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This month’s book recommendation is, Forgotten Ways for Modern Days by Rachelle Blondel*. The book has a good variety of natural home and garden remedies along with personal care. As you can see in the index picture, this book covers a little bit of everything from crafts to gardening, home…
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How to Make Rice Balls Without Plastic Wrap
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I haven’t made rice balls in a while but they will definitely be added to my dinner rota after making them this way. Previously, I would make rice balls using plastic wrap to shape and store them. For this month’s plastic-free challenge, I wanted to try something different, so I…
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How is this Month’s Plastic Wrap Challenge Going?
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This month’s plastic-free challenge is about finding alternatives to plastic wrap. At the beginning of the month, I froze bread and crepes using – silicone bags, beeswax plastic wrap, and a regular plastic bag to see how they compare to each other. Now that it’s been 2 weeks, it’s time…
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How to Store Leftovers Without Plastic Wrap
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Let’s take a look at some ways to store leftovers without plastic wrap. The 3 plastic wrap alternatives that are most widely available are beeswax wrap, silicone pouches or covers, and fabric bowl covers. To decide which one will be best for you, we need to learn more about these…
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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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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…
