Here is my refrigerator.
And freezer.
This is what my pantry looks like.
This is my broom closet.
This is what my tupperware looks like.
Success #2: I just got these great glass spice jars with stainless lids. (And yes, I will be keeping a running tally of successes)As you can see a lot of what we eat is packaged. I'm actually surprised looking at it. We work pretty hard to eat healthy. I just didn't notice how trash-laden it all is. I mean we buy cheese in the pouches with the little pieces of paper between them instead of just buying the blocks... Yipes. I noticed looking in my pantry that we really have a lot of boxed/jarred/bottled things. When we took a trip to the East End Food Co-Op here in the 'Burgh most of those things were in bulk, and if you belong to the co-op all bulk is 20% off. So, that's an immediate change I could make. Just have to get some jars.
We have a lot of tupperware and we use it a lot.
I noticed that super lady uses japanese wrapping techniques called furoshiki. I don't know if I'm quite there yet. Maybe I am... Shoot, I don't know what other options there even are. You could go for the crazy pyrex tempered glass with rubber lids, but those things are heavy and the lids don't stay on as well as tupperware. There's these things... But with a tagline like, "Earth Friendly Stainless Steel Containers Are Smarter And More Stylish Than Plastic" it feels a little weird to go for it. Why the heck does it have to be stylish? What does that word mean when referencing food containers? I'm going to keep looking. I use those terrible cleaners, which I have found recently make my hands incredibly dry/flakey. My toilet bowl cleaner can literally burn your eyes out - like no eyeballs left. I saw it whiten my grout before my eyes - within seconds. I don't remember this stuff happening when I was a kid. Did i just not notice?
Success #3: Just noticed that my reusable bags are pictured in the broom closet. Go me! And yes, we do actually use them. Although, I realize now, it's just for groceries. Why did I never think to use cloth bags for other purchases? What a sheep I am.
I'll be doing some more of this. Keeping a little record of my initial observations. You try it too! Let me know how it goes.
I had a summer in my life where I wanted to be as green as possible. I used reusable bags for everything - but it was kind of a drag to think of the new dress I just bought going into a dingy grocery bag. I guess you can keep retail bags separate from food bags... yay another thing to keep track of :)
ReplyDeleteI totally hear that... I would not want food residue on my clothing either. It's really strange though to look at all you keep in your cabinets and drawers and realize that if you got rid of some of the crazy stuff that you never use, you could pretty easily keep separate bags for food and then everything else. Let's think on it!
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