It’s about that time again to clear out expired items. We’re going to talk about herbs and spices. I’ve pulled storage information from some recognizable names. At this point I basically use salt, pepper and fajita spice (my husband uses a bit more) so I needed some assistance. The featured image here is from our…
Real cups for in-house coffee Monkey Nest Coffee. This is very exciting and the coffee is amazing! They also had all the milks and milk alternatives to choose from for my latte. If real drinkware is not an option when you are out, choose iced drinks which usually come in a recyclable plastic cup with…
How to compost and recycle roast chicken – eat, share, refrigerate or freeze the meat – remove the elastic band on the legs & trash it – compost the fat, skin, bones, etc. If you aren’t going to freeze or use them for stock or soup. – soap, rinse, and dry the containers. Chicken crests…
Recycle your Meal Simple by HEB metal trays. If your local grocery chain makes similar heat-up meals, the same process probably applies. Throw the saran wrap away, rinse and dry the black metal tray in the blue single stream recycling carts. Make sure it’s not greasy, use soap. Apartments and condos should check with your…
We just took our pantry clean out over to a partner of the Central Texas Food Bank. We stock up on pantry items for winter storms and then donate those items to the food bank after winter. After my colonoscopy and endoscopy in January there was still some food left that I am no longer…
More and more companies are working with TerraCycle to recycle their pet food packaging bags and pouches. These bags and pouches are not normally recyclable locally because they are a mix of materials (a composite) or a mix of plastics and single-stream recycling only processes single source items. If there are choices you make for…
Freezer burn green beans, not for dinner, thank you. Tip #1: lock your freezer controls so the preschooler does not change the freezer temperature getting his own ice and water. So cute though. Tip #2: eat your freezer food in a reasonable timeframe to avoid freezer burn. I’m actually not sure how old these were anyway. Tip…
Ever since I was a little girl, December was a big cleaning and clearing out month for me. I’m not sure if my mom ever said anything directly, I just new that historically there would be some new things coming into my room and life and that I wanted to have a clean and ready…
Occasionally I will see posts on French Presses in Buy Nothing and on my neighborhood’s social media sites. I’ve also been contacted by neighbors and friends on these when they break. Posts are usually up because the carafe, which is the glass beaker insert, has broken and the owner doesn’t know what to do with…
Zero waste doesn’t mean perfect. We are all on a journey. I think of zero waste as small steps we learn to take to get a little more green when I can, hence my blog’s name. We make choices or have needs as we go along. I really wanted coffee today at the car repair.…