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Stacey P.!
The holiday season is upon us, which means many of us will soon be baking and cooking up a storm with our families! And I don’t know about you, but I’ve been working hard these past few years to improve the materials I cook with in my kitchen. For one, non-stick is mostly out and so is plastic. Now I say “mostly” because I like to balance these goals with reality, but I do think the 80/20 rule is a great goal when it comes to these sorts of things.
So today, I’m excited to partner with our sponsor, MightyNest, to share some of the materials that you’ll now find a lot of in my kitchen. They definitely know their stuff when it comes to smart choices – all their products are free from known toxic ingredients such as BPA, PVC, phthalates, lead, melamine, formaldehyde, flame retardants, parabens and more. So while many of us are here because we’re concerned about what foods we’re cooking – let’s be sure we don’t overlook what tools we’re using to prepare, serve and store all that wholesome goodness as well!
Plus, not only does MightyNest have all the healthy gear you need to outfit your kitchen, but they also donate a very generous 15% of any order back to the school of your choice. A healthy kitchen and money for your school… sounds like a great combo to me! So, to help you get started with your transition to “5 Materials for a Healthy Kitchen” one lucky 100 Days of Real Food reader has a chance to win a HUGE giveaway package today, which includes both $400 of products and $250 for the school of the your choice – a total value of $650!! Just click the blue button below to enter!
Rather than throwing out the plastic containers, why not repurpose them to organise non food items. Eg. Organise and store small bits and pieces like toys, craft items, stationery, nick nicks ect. Corral stuff in your junk drawer. Save it from going to landfill
Hi! I just tried to enter the contest but am not sure if it worked. After I hit the button to allow mighty nest access to my facebook, it just went blank. No confirmation, nothing on facebook. So how do I know if it worked? Is there a way for you to view contestants? I don’t want to try entering again and disqualify myself by having entered twice.
Hi Alisa,
Will you email us directly? We’d love to make sure you are entered!
[email protected] thanks!
All of these kitchen items are wonderful! I am just finding out about Bees Wrap for the first time and am particularly fascinated by it. What a clever idea!
Hi,
I entered the contest last night but did not have all of the email addresses of those I wanted to share this promotion with. I entered them today but it looks as though I entered twice which is not my intent. I just want someone to know so that I am not disqualified. Thank you~
Hi Marie,
Will you email us directly? We’d love to make sure you are entered!
[email protected] thanks!
I like to Unbleached waxed paper baggies around for when I run out of my reusable containers so that I don’t have to use plastic.
I’ve never won anything before but I figured why not?! I recently stumbled upon your website and have to thank you for your incredible recipes! We are almost 30 days into real food cooking and have removed all processed foods from our kitchen, 100% Your recipes keep me motivated and have allowed me to lose 5lbs so far without even trying (and no suffering or deprivation was involved, lol!!!) Yay for me and a healthier lifestyle!!
I am getting my husband a dutch oven for Christmas. We were recently on a Cub Scout camping trip and learned how wonderful this is for preparing camp meals. I didn’t think about using it in my kitchen too, but I will after reading this post.
I love my bamboo cutting board!!! The ceramic pizza stone is intriguing….also love my cast iron dutch oven…
A friend gave me Bees Wrap as a gift and it’s fantastic! Your cheese will never sweat again. It’s also easy to clean.
I have a dutch oven that I received from my mom a year ago. I love it and got rid of most of my pots and pans after reading about toxic materials used to make them. I love the idea of a ceramic pizza stone.
Many Ceramic cookware had Cadmium and Lead in it from the color it has been painted , or the clay etc.
Have you checked about this ceramic Pizza stone?
Never heard about the Bee’s Wrap,. Sounds Awesome..Will have to buy it.
Hi Annie. It does state that it is free of both. :)
I have a mini Cuisinart processor that is one of my most handiest kitchen tools.
the Bees wrap is intriguing. I love the idea of reusable food wrap! I’d love to try some.
I love my Dutch Oven too. I’ve been using it for over 20 years for everything. And I have a cast iron fry pan with “ripples” in the bottom. Great for adding char marks to meat or sandwiches & keeps any moisture away if you want a crispy coating on a cutlet!!
Always looking for new healthier ways to cook, store, and serve whole foods! Thanks for the info.
I’ve used Tupperware for decades and have been a (very casual, mostly for my family’s and my own benefit) consultant for several years and as I understand it all of Tupperware’s microwave-use containers are free from all known-to-be-harmful chemicals. I think plastic in general gets a bad rap, or at least a worse rap than it deserves, and Tupperware is a higher quality plastic than what you will find in department stores. Also, with its lifetime guarantee, combined with special price offers, it is a better investment. Glass is fine, except that it is heavy, takes up more room in my EXTREMELY limited cabinet space as well as my dishwasher, is harder to get a liquid-tight or air-tight seal, and can chip and break. (Even if it doesn’t break, if you drop it on your foot, it hurts a LOT.) I’m not asking you to promote Tupperware; I just had to speak up in its defense. I love the way the products help me on my journey to better eating. (I even got the cookware through a combination of rewards and discounts and use it just as you describe your dutch oven, except I am able to wash it thoroughly between uses, unlike cast iron which is why I could never bring myself to use that.) Thanks. :)
A Dutch oven has been on my short list for quite awhile.I teach Family& Consumer Science and have been replacing baking pans with stainless steel over the years.I cannot use bamboo there because of the necessity of relying on students to wash cutting boards or put them in the dishwasher.I love reading about the new products you introduce!
I love so many of your suggestions! Just one thought- I used to run a sustainable living store, and I’m not a big fan of bamboo for anything. It has to be laminated to make anything solid (like a cutting board or flooring)and the glues used for that generally contain really high levels of a type of formaldehyde which continues to offgas. And for those who care, it has a huge environmental footprint – shipping from China, plus they are continuing to cut down forests to replace them with bamboo monoculture to satisfy Western markets! We found that cork cutting boards made more sense and are better for your knives too.
These are great tips! What brand is the dutch oven pictured in this article? I clicked on the link to the MightyNest, but didn’t see a similar dutch oven pictured. Thanks in advance!
Hi. Yes, this post is a couple years old and the products on Mighty Nest do change. I think it is a Lodge brand enamel coated dutch oven. Its the same one I have. Le Creuset is another very popular brand.
Thanks so much for the response! It looks like Mighty Nest may have removed their enamel coated dutch oven, which then had me wondering if it was as good as the non-coated options. I truly appreciate the response-have a nice weekend!