This has been a complicated part of my life since 2013 when I had it as one of my requirements. The kitchen is the hardest and I had gotten things down pretty well except for yogurt containers ... could not find it sold in anything but plastic containers. Made me kind of crazy ... I looked into yogurt makers but it seemed excessive and environmentally unfriendly to buy yet another appliance ... I have been trying to reduce that way as well. It was slow at work and I was cruising the net and I discovered a recipe for homemade yogurt, you can make in the crockpot (glass and metal and I own one already) and its so easy.
I pick up organic milk, in a glass container which you can return to the store,
heat it in the crockpot for a couple of hours,
let it cool for a couple hours,
add some organic yogurt with live bacterial culture
wrap the crockpot and mixture in a bath towel to keep warm
go to sleep
next day YOGURT which I can then store in GLASS jars!
Probably seems silly but its a tough battle ... every shopping trip is an adventure in packaging, which choice is more environmentally friendly can I recycle, reuse this container, and the final question did I remember to bring in the reusable grocery bags
I totaly get the reusable bags. I struggle with remembering to bring them in also. I try to take the bags out to the car as I unpack them but then I don't always remember to bring them in to the grocery store.
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