If like me you end up at the end of the week with a few veg in the bottom of the fridge looking less than fresh, and a bit past the “best before” date, here’s how I use them, so there’s no need to let them go to waste. I use them as the base…
Category: Eco
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dove
Speaking of Dove bar soap the other week, our garden has recently acquired a new visitor. We have Nicknamed her/him Chalky, and joins the pigeons who meticulously peck up the seeds knocked down by the smaller birds from the feeders in the cherry tree above
veg
I sprinkled my veg troughs with organic slug pellets (ferric phosphate) and thought I\’d update on how things are doing. My curly kale that I planted as plugs in september are still small but promising. There is no direct sunlight on my North facing back garden until about mid to end March, and then they\’ll…
no need to knead bread
Soda bread is quick and straight forward to make, no yeast, no kneading nor resting required. Its a different texture to regular bread. Its structure is dense, as it does not rise as much. But its tastes and smells great, I hope when you read this you\’ll be tempted to give it a try. This…
say cheese
Its been a challenge to buy cheese avoiding plastic wrap. For hygiene and freshness the cheese behind the deli counter is wrapped in plastic, and the helpful and apologetic assistant has no choice but to use a piece of throw away plastic to handle and weigh the cheese before it goes into my reusable tub….
alternative to ready cooked rice
Making rice to go with a quick mid week meal is so easy these days when all you have to do is reach for a ready cooked plastic pack, tear open the top and zap it in the microwave. In my move away from plastic wrapping, ready cooked rice is therefore not an option for…
a tissue!
Today I was in Aldi buying their paper wrapped toilet roll when I came across these facial tissues nearby. I have been searching a while for facial tissues that do not come with a plastic window or sleeve, and these Aldi own brand tissues come in a box and nothing else! Not only that, but…
PG tips go plastic free
At last I can buy plastic free tea bags with a smaller price tag. In amongst the regular tea wrapped in the usual plastic film in Morrisons I found a row of boxes of PG tips, entirely free of any plastic wrapping. PG tips have just started to roll these out. Cost is £4.75 for…
distilled white vinegar
Sainsburys are selling white vinegar in large jars with a metal lid, same price as the regular vinegar, and no plastic screw top! A little less plastic going to waste. I use this with bicarbonate if soda as a toilet cleaner