The tupperware cupboard

This weekend I did some serious organizing and I started with purging the plastic crap in the kitchen cupboards. I shifted away from Tupperware about a year ago and started storing all the food in Anchor’s glass containers but I have held onto all this stuff in case I need to go to a friends house with food or give someone a meal etc.. Well, I don’t want to give my friends food in plastic either so I am removing the temptation and encouraging innovation.

The alternatives that I have on hand are glass jars, tin plates and stainless steel containers. My idea is to buy the sturdiest tin and tin foil that I can find so that I can reuse them as much as possible. I am also starting to use tin foil and wax paper instead of ziplock bags and I can tell that my dependence on zip locks is going to be one of the hardest to give up. What will I put my 30 lbs of berries in? The answers are coming. I am sure of it.

I have also seen washable cloth bags at the Eco-store in town, The Green Room, and I like the concept but am wondering how well they work for things that aren’t completely dry. Has anyone out there tried them?

Plastic Alternatives