It’s not easy to do the dishes when there are a bunch of reusable bottles in the way.  And early in the morning, when I’m more than a little stressed out trying to get out the door on time, confronting this situation was making me nuts. I know, I know.  How hard is it to just […]
A few months ago, I bought a pressure cooker. I didn’t think it was a big deal, and I hadn’t planned on blogging about it. I just thought that I would eat legumes more often if cooking them took minutes instead of hours. (I don’t eat canned beans because all food cans are lined with […]
Three years ago, when Jay and Chantal from the online store Life Without Plastic sent me a sample of their new HUGE rectangular airtight stainless steel freezer container to review on this blog, I couldn’t think of anything I would use it for. Â They touted the container as useful for freezing large quantities of produce […]
A few weeks ago, blog reader Sandy Lansdale posted a question in the Discussion Forum: I would love to hear how beeswax wrap works if anyone has tried it. Does it keep food well? How long does one wrap last? Thanks, Sandy Well, Sandy, as it happens, I did try three different beeswax cloth wraps […]
Did you see the one that looks like a wire mesh basket but spins like a top? Suddenly, I knew I had to find THAT one. Ebay, maybe. Or Etsy. But try as I might, the only one I found for sale was one from Storenvy that was missing the base that keeps it […]
Did you know Vita-Mix, the high speed blender that is so fast it can make hot soup, originally came with a stainless steel container instead of plastic? If you don’t have time to read this whole post, please click the following link to sign and share the brand new petition I posted on Change.org last […]
Okay, speaking of brewing coffee in a mason jar, there are a couple of companies that want to make it easier for you to drink your coffee from a mason jar as well. Back in 2011 when I was writing my book Plastic-Free, I heard about a product called Cuppow that lets you add a […]
I’m back home from Burning Man and so glad to be able to have my morning green smoothie again. When I wrote that post, I promised a follow up about my blender. Well, here it is. Back in 2011, I wrote about hanging out with my friend Mark and watching him make homemade ketchup. What […]
Dear Lotus Foods: My husband and I used our old rice cooker a lot. Â We used it so much, that we burned out the fuse and had to replace it. Â I was pretty stoked about being able to fix our appliance and make it last longer instead of tossing it out. Â So recently, when the […]
Summer is not yet over, so there’s still time to squeeze in a post about Life Without Plastic’s new Freezycup stainless steel popsicle molds. Â (Of course, there’s no rule that says popsicles can only be eaten in the summer anyway.) But before I talk about this new mold, let me back up a bit. Â Two […]