Buying food locally is one way to be green (and healthier) in the kitchen. The next step is to choose cookware that is safe for your family and the environment. This Earth Day, cook ‘green’ with eco-friendly cookware from GreenPan.
What makes these products revolutionary is that they’re the first environmentally-friendly, PTFE-free, non-stick cookware constructed with Thermolon. Thermolon is a ceramic-based coating that can cook in extreme temperatures without damaging the product or breaking down over time. I like that GreenPan contains no toxic substances that can be released at high heat. This, along with the fact that Thermolon ovenware releases 60% fewer greenhouse gases than other non-stick products during production and is made from non-toxic raw materials that are recyclable or biodegradable is good news for moms and families everywhere.
Imagine the impact we could make if everyone made small changes like this in their kitchens.
Because this week we’re all about ‘green’, we’re giving away one set of GreenPan Bali series eco-friendly frying pans, valued at $80, to one of our lucky readers.
To Enter: Post a response to this blog before Earth Day, April 22, sharing your favourite ‘green’ kitchen tip. At the end of Earth Day, we’ll conduct a random draw and choose a winner. Tell us what your favourite green kitchen tip is? We really want to know!
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Next to discussing American Idol and potty-training tips, there isn’t a topic more popular at SavvyMom than our kids’ lunches—what they will/won’t eat, how sick of packing them we are…you know the pain.
So further to my recent review of the SavvyMoms’ lunches, I thought it might be interesting to see what the kids of the SavvyMoms were eating for lunch this week. Not comparing (of course) just looking for inspiration.
I started with the moms of toddlers. Maggie’s kids had grilled cheese sandwiches, carrots & cucumbers, strawberries, and milk, under the watchful eye of her mother-in-law. Robyn’s 3-year old enjoyed scrambled eggs with mushrooms and milk—very high protein! And Leslie’s twins ate a plate with cut-up turkey, a tortilla, medium, cheddar cheese, cucumber slices, cherry tomatoes, blueberries, grapes and water—talk about a rainbow on their plate!
Then I moved onto the packed lunch crowd.
Angela reported the following lunches were consumed—note Kid 3 did not go with the planned program although he eschewed the chocolate at least.
Holly wasn’t able to report what her high-schooler had (gulp—not ready for those days), but her son had a hefty lunch of a ham and cheese sandwich on Wonder+ bread, an apple/strawberry sauce fruit cup, a Nutri-grain bar, a Chewy bar, and some Easter chocolate that he bought at the store near the school.
Denise packed the following x 3, which she said was not her usual creative stuff, but sounded yummy (and well-balanced) to me: green grapes, Jello chocolate pudding cup, turkey, havarti & lettuce on multi-grain bread, celery sticks & red pepper/grape tomatoes and an orange juice tetra pack
Minnow’s guys took chicken salad sandwiches on croissants with lettuce, an apple and apple juice. No snack—because she had run out of snack bars!
Have you found inspiration from the SavvyMom lunches? Let us know, we love to hear from you.
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Ellen Warwick of Toronto shared her favourite “green” kitchen tip and won a beautiful set of eco-friendly frying pans from GreenPan. Congratulations Ellen!
My daughter has two little ones and another on the way. She has ONE product with chemicals in her house-dishsoap. that is almost gone. She told me about this and now I am going more green and am turning my household green too. I’m almost there. And yes vinegar & water are great cleaning Tools. My grandmother used it!