Guess who poured too much maple syrup on her pancakes this morning? It wasn’t the 4-year-old girl, who did pour her own but did it perfectly without a drop left on the plate after her pancakes were gone. Nor was it the 7-year-old boy, left to his own devices to apply the syrup to his [...]
Entries Tagged as 'plastics'
One Quick Tip: The Perfect Maple Syrup Bottle
February 14th, 2013 · 18 Comments · Frugality, Tips
Tags: maple syrup·One Quick Tip·plastics
Would You Suck on a Piece of BPA Candy?
January 11th, 2013 · 25 Comments · Natural Health
It seems the whole country is trying to avoid BPA – in food storage containers, water bottles, cups, plastic baby toys. The “No BPA!” sticker is as popular as the “og Trans Fat” and “All Natural” labels I ranted about yesterday. If bisphenol-A is bad – and I have to believe it is – then [...]
Tags: BPA·dental health·fillings·oral health·plastics·sealants·teeth
Monday Mission: Examine Your Cutting Board
September 17th, 2012 · 26 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to examine the safety of your current cutting board and replace it with something safer if necessary. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides I don’t know about you, but I spend a LOT of time at my cutting board. You can tell this by the amount [...]
Tags: cutting boards·knives·Monday Missions·plastics·Safer in September
My Plastic Free Life Goes on Paper! {Book Excerpt: Buying from Bulk Bins}
August 9th, 2012 · 16 Comments · What to Buy
I’m so pleased to host Beth Terry of My Plastic Free Life today with an excerpt from her new book. Find Beth’s book, Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can, Too on Amazon, via Kindle, OR guaranteed to ship without any plastic packaging (how cool!) at buygreen.com. Here’s Beth, directly [...]
Tags: Beth Terry·book review·bulk purchases·guest post·plastics
Monday Mission: Travel Without Plastic
June 11th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to pack travel foods without using plastic this summer, especially disposable plastic. This mission is inspired by the release of my friend and colleague Beth Terry’s first book, Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Habit and You Can Too. Beth blogs at My Plastic Free Life, and [...]
Tags: containers·eating out·lunch·lunchboxes·Monday Missions·plastic bags·plastics·reusable bags·snacks
Feeding Baby On the Go {GIVEAWAY-NOW CLOSED} with Mighty Nest (over $65 value)
June 11th, 2012 · 6 Comments · What to Buy
This week I’ll be sharing my thoughts on sippy cups along with the pros and cons of a number of styles. Today as part of the giveaway-every-Monday in June celebration, and to help you travel without plastic, today’s Monday Mission, here’s a great one from Mighty Nest (where they happened to carry every sippy cup [...]
Tags: babies·baby food·feeding babies·giveaway·plastics·sippy cups
7 Ways to Avoid Using Plastic Wrap
March 6th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Green Living
That’s my fridge. It’s pretty full (that’s normal). Yes, that’s a lot of eggs (sometimes there’s more). I took this photo because I thought it was starting to look like "Pyrex world" in there. You have glass storage containers in your house, right? They should pay me for a commercial here, seriously. You’re actually supposed [...]
Tags: food storage·plastic wrap·plastics
