Secret Ingredient wants to help you celebrate Earth Day with sustainable kitchen products. Earth Day is always a good reminder that we must take care of our beautiful planet. The pandemic has definitely taken its toll on the environment with increased demand for disposable face masks, gloves, takeaway food containers, bubble wrap and cardboard boxes.
It can often feel daunting to try to live more eco-friendly. Secret Ingredient encourages you to consider how you can make the planet a better place to live. One way to celebrate Earth Day is to be more conscientious about the items we use on a daily basis. Make it your personal goal to replace items you use everyday with more eco-friendly products to decrease waste over time. If every household makes small changes it will add up to significant changes and have a positive impact on our planet. By making an effort to shift to a greener, more sustainable mindset and lifestyle, we help slow the rapid depletion of our Earth’s resources.
Sustainable Kitchen Products We Love
Secret Ingredient has made an effort to switch to more sustainable kitchen products. We highly recommend these items that make a big difference on our carbon footprints.
Beeswax Food Wraps
A great place to start making changes towards more sustainable kitchen items is by finding products that allow you to avoid plastic wrap and paper waste. We love beeswax food wraps from Bee Our Guest. Bee Our Guest is a great local company, located in Kenneth Square. Their goal is to raise awareness about how our daily choices as consumers affect our environment. Bee Our Guest offers natural and sustainable products, tp better our lives, extend the freshness of our food, and reduce single use plastic. Their beeswax wraps come in a variety of patterns and sizes and with proper care can last for up to a year.
Reusable Paper Towels
We love reusable paper towels to reduce waste while we are cooking and cleaning at our client’s homes. Amala’s Magic Sponge Cloth is the perfect product that can be used on all surfaces and won’t scratch or leave streaks. A package of three cloths takes the place of 45 rolls of paper towels. They are easy to wash either in the washing machine or dishwasher and can be washed up to 300 times.
Collapsible Wooden Plates
If you read our January blog, How To Host The Perfect Fire Pit Party, you will know that Secret Ingredient is a big fan of outdoor gatherings. Our new favorite eco-friendly item is collapsible wooden plates from verterra.com. These compostable wooden trays are made from a balsa wood and wrapped in a rice paper finish. Strong and durable with fixed sides they are the perfect item for outdoor gatherings.
Reusable Produce Bags
Replace single-use plastic produce bags with reusable ones when you go grocery shopping. We love Colony Co.’s lightweight, all-natural, mesh produce bags that come in a variety of sizes. Use them to hold everything from lemons to lettuce, during your next grocery run and in the fridge, without the guilt of using so much plastic wrap and foil.
Start Using Sustainable Kitchen Products
We hope that this blog will encourage you to make small changes in your everyday life and entice you to move towards more sustainable products. To celebrate Earth Day, make a goal to be more conscientious about using at least one more eco-friendly item. We promise it’s easier than you think!
At Secret Ingredient, we believe that supporting local farms is also a great way to support the environment. We try to incorporate as many fresh, local ingredients into our meals, especially during the spring and summer months. Let us help you incorporate more local ingredients into your diet. Contact us today to schedule a spring cook date.
Cheers,
