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Effortless meal planning in 5 easy steps
Nothing is guaranteed to throw my week off more quickly than not doing a meal plan! Having meals planned out and the ingredients on hand to make them has become the foundation of my week; If a meal plan isn’t in place, then somehow the rest of the week I feel like I’m playing catch up. Meal planning also helps to: Whether you’re new to meal planning or looking to refine your process, hopefully this post provides some helpful ideas! Step 1: Understand what you’re looking to achieve Before getting started it’s important to know what the aim of the plan is. Are you meal planning to save money, eat…
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6 Easy appetizers you can make with pantry staples
Are you planning a get-together or need something to bring to a holiday gathering? I find that planning and purchasing the ingredients for appetizers can be fun but also a bit overwhelming because there are so many amazing recipes! Inevitably I find myself at the grocery store buying expensive ingredients I don’t usually use – and so may not use all of. This week I started thinking about how helpful it would be for budget, food waste and overall simplicity purposes if I could make several easy appetizers with ingredients that I already have on hand. I started to look around for recipes that will use items I already have…
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Participate in Canned Food Month this February!
February is the month to focus on a pantry staple that often goes unnoticed – canned food! Welcome to Canned Food Month, a time to explore the versatility, convenience, and sustainability of these useful items that line our shelves and can be helpful when fresh produce is scarce or time is tight. Beyond its convenience and versatility in the kitchen, canned food can also be a green choice that contributes positively to our environment. See our past post on using pantry staples for meal planning ideas! Today on the blog we’re exploring a brief history of canned food, how to use it, and why canned food deserves a place in…
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6 Fantastic Organizations Working To Reduce Food Waste and Scarcity
This month for our Climate Change Collective conversation, we are looking at the concept of food scarcity and how climate change is impacting this. Caroline from Enviroline Blog is leading our conversation this month with her post “The impact climate change has on food security and how to help.” The Reality of Food Scarcity Caroline does a great job in her post of drawing attention to all of the factors that are going to affect food scarcity, such as changing temperatures and extreme weather events. We’ve experienced these two things recently in British Columbia with heat domes and atmospheric rivers and flooding causing extremely challenging growing conditions for farmers. As…
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5 Easy and Sustainable Alternatives to Plastic Wrap
Plastic wrap is a convenience item, so it can be an overlooked single-use plastic in our kitchens. Since it’s easy to replace, I’m sharing five sustainable alternatives to plastic wrap for storing your food. Being able to properly store food is an important part of saving food waste. And since food waste contributes to climate change, it’s an important issue. Growing up we used a lot of plastic wrap for packing lunches and storing leftovers, so it can be tempting to stick with the familiar ways of doing things. After taking part in multiple Plastic Free July’s I’ve been eliminating plastic wherever I can and plastic wrap was an easy…
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Simple and easy homemade snacks: 2 quick recipes
If you’re anything like me, soaring grocery prices are currently being pitted against the desire to eat whole and nutritious foods. It’s definitely a thing for me at this point to read through labels in order to find the least bad food that will still fit within my budget. Previously I might simply have allocated some grocery budget to an organic or premium option, but things are adding up much too fast these days! One of the ways I’ve been working to address this struggle is to make more things from scratch, including homemade snacks. I hear you, time is also a precious commodity, but I’ve found some recipes that…
