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Works for me Wednesday: How to Find Safe, Frugal Dishes and Cookware

May 5th, 2010 · 27 Comments · What to Buy

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Wish you could afford stainless steel storage containers, but replacing all your plastic that way just isn’t in the budget?
We talk a decent bit around here about material [...]

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Plastics Recap: Substitutes, Resources, FAQs, and Giveaway Winner

April 15th, 2010 · 28 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out, What to Buy

Once you get to know Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish, your plastics standards increase by exponential degrees as a result of positive peer pressure.  I’ve often thought of Beth’s commitment to using no plastic in the past week, and I feel like a plastic failure! Here’s my full confession: During Get Out the [...]

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Spring Cleaning Carnival: Get the Plastics Out

April 5th, 2010 · 38 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out, call to action

I’m pleased to feature Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish for today’s spring cleaning carnival.  She is amazing in her commitment and her knowledge, as you’ll discover by the time you read her story below.  Be sure to catch all the past topics and upcoming themes here.
My Plastic Story: From Addict to Activist
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Are Stainless Steel Food Storage Containers Worth the Premium Price? (Life Without Plastic Review and GIVEAWAY)

April 5th, 2010 · 401 Comments · What to Buy

Fifteen dollars for a bowl with a lid strikes me as expensive.  I’m a frugal (cheap!) girl, and I had a hard enough time going from the “4 containers for $2 minus a $1 off coupon” Gladware to the “4 containers for $6-8 and no coupons” Pyrex glass dishes.
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Monday Mission: Get in that Plastics Cupboard!

April 5th, 2010 · 30 Comments · Monday Missions, Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to evaluate and reduce your plastic storage containers.
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Level of Commitment: Baby Steps
All right kids…we’ve talked about soap and gluten so far during the Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out! carnival, not exactly anything that made you put your scrubbing gloves on.  This week [...]

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Weekend Reading Links

January 23rd, 2010 · 8 Comments · Weekend Reading

I’ve been reading some great Real Food and Go Green articles this week.  I know I don’t usually post on weekends, but I can’t help but share!

Borders are Closing:  What will Happen to their Books?

Sign the petition to avoid book trashing here.

Are Grassfed Cattle Immune to e. Coli 0157?  (I’m almost sad to share this [...]

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A Discount Code to Help you Avoid Plastics

July 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

I’m a big skeptic about the safety of plastics, and my kitchen is becoming more and more overrun by glass containers, and a few stainless steel water bottles.
We’ve talked here at KS about using glass drinking glasses to avoid BPA in many water bottles, switching your plastic storage container stash over to glass, and recently [...]

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