Cloth Masks vs. Disposable Masks: Our Planet and Your Budget
Any big change in our lives brings something new that we could buy. Sometimes it’s just a frivolous marketing ploy from a company hoping to…
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How to be Eco-friendly During the Pandemic
We’ve talked before here at Kitchen Stewardship® about all the good reasons to reduce plastic in your life, especially single-use plastic that you throw away…
Why You Should Eat Seaweed Plus Some Tips to Get Started
When we talk about seafood, we usually mean fish and shellfish. But they aren’t the only food in the sea! Many species of seaweed have…
Sustainable Seafood: Can You Afford Safer Fish?
Katie here 🙂 For years I was afraid to buy more expensive, sustainable fish and then ruin it because I didn’t know how to cook…
Reducing Single-Use Plastic Food Packaging & Alternatives
Learn how to reduce the use of plastic in your home by banning single-use plastics, using single-use plastic alternatives, and repurposing single-use plastic. This post…
Save the Oceans (& Your Hormones!) Simple Steps to Reduce Plastic in Your Life
Is packing food in plastic storage containers and drinking from plastic bottles safe? Do you risk the plastic leaching chemicals like BPA and phthalates? How…
Would You Suck on a Piece of BPA Candy?
It seems the whole country is trying to avoid BPA – in food storage containers, water bottles, cups, plastic baby toys. The “No BPA!” sticker…
Monday Mission: Examine Your Cutting Board
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.…
My Plastic Free Life Goes on Paper! {Book Excerpt: Buying from Bulk Bins}
I’m so pleased to host Beth Terry of My Plastic Free Life today with an excerpt from her book, Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic…
Monday Mission: Pack Reusable Containers for Restaurant Leftovers
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to pack reusable containers to bring to restaurants or cafeterias instead of bringing home Styrofoam take-out containers…
Are Stainless Steel Food Storage Containers Worth the Premium Price? (Life Without Plastic Review)
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…
Don’t Drink BPA: Plastic Safety for People and Earth
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to avoid drinking from plastic as much as possible. One way to be both healthy in body…