So by the time I got everyone dressed and buckled, I opened the garage and this is what I saw!
Between looking out the window and getting downstairs the road went from nothing on it to covered with no sight of the plow. So we abandoned the idea of sliding down our hill and driving 30 min to church.
So the kids played outside for a bit until the snow changed to freezing rain/slush.
So here we are staying warm inside, and blogging! :)
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So after my last post I got a couple questions about my crazy plastic issue, so here is one part.
What do we use instead!
The tower in the back is where we will start, they are a great enamel ware set from Gooseberry Patch I have had them for a I think 4 years and I LOVE them! Then the white bowl with a lid is actually just a corelle ware bowl, when I bought my dish set back 10 years ago they had these lids you could buy to fit the cereal bowls! Under that is one of a set of Pyrex dishes with lids this is the smallest the other two were in the fridge! I dream of having some of their other sets! :) The green bowl is indeed plastic, it is made by Preserve from recycled yogurt containers, and contains so phthalates or BPA. I only use these for dry snacks for car trips and such. The red dish is an antique "food keeper" from Pyrex, it has a glass top as well. I have a whole set that I love dearly and use regularly, there are a few companies now making these with a rubber seal to keep things more fresh including Ikea. The the thermos, it is stainless steel made by Thermos, I bought these from Walmart a couple years ago and they go everywhere with us!
For kitchen storage I prefer glass, the hinged lid container in the back was one my mom gave me, the hinged one in front I found at goodwill for $2. Ikea has new ones but the glass is so thin and the metal clasp so thin and flimsy I really suggest watching your thrift stores. These have been dropped on the linoleum with no issues. The glass jar with the metal top is from Ikea, I have a few of these filled with beans and such they are great. The white enamelware canister is great for keeping bags of dried fruit, crackers and such, It has a rubber seal. And of course the great old stand by canning jars! Inexpensive, easy to find and so many uses!! :)
Now what about serving... to kids!!! :) In the back we have a set of "camp dishes" they are our mainstay we bought them online from a camping store, but many walmarts also carry them. The light blue set is a beautiful set my dad gave the kids, it is a little smaller so Riley is now growing out of them, you can get cute ones from Magic Cabin & Nova & more. For adults we use wide mouth canning jars for glasses (we use to have real glasses but super man Dan did not know his own strength and while washing them would stick his hand in with a dish cloth to clean and then burst the glass) The kids like glass glasses too, so I pick up these too cute little "glasses" at D.I. at my moms house for about .25 cents. They originally came with cheese in them that many people use for cheese balls! They are THICK and have been thrown and never broken! The tow little metal dishes are from Target we use them for condiments and such! The littlest came with lids!! And then the bottle, this is a Sigg bottle. It is stainless steal, we bought the "sports bottle" top they are easier to use than the one that came with it!
And then you have to carry it all in style!! :) Here are a couple metal lunch boxes we have they are pretty easy to find! But generally if I am packing a meal for the whole family I put it in a canvas grocery bag! :)
Between looking out the window and getting downstairs the road went from nothing on it to covered with no sight of the plow. So we abandoned the idea of sliding down our hill and driving 30 min to church.
So the kids played outside for a bit until the snow changed to freezing rain/slush.So here we are staying warm inside, and blogging! :)
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So after my last post I got a couple questions about my crazy plastic issue, so here is one part.
What do we use instead!
The tower in the back is where we will start, they are a great enamel ware set from Gooseberry Patch I have had them for a I think 4 years and I LOVE them! Then the white bowl with a lid is actually just a corelle ware bowl, when I bought my dish set back 10 years ago they had these lids you could buy to fit the cereal bowls! Under that is one of a set of Pyrex dishes with lids this is the smallest the other two were in the fridge! I dream of having some of their other sets! :) The green bowl is indeed plastic, it is made by Preserve from recycled yogurt containers, and contains so phthalates or BPA. I only use these for dry snacks for car trips and such. The red dish is an antique "food keeper" from Pyrex, it has a glass top as well. I have a whole set that I love dearly and use regularly, there are a few companies now making these with a rubber seal to keep things more fresh including Ikea. The the thermos, it is stainless steel made by Thermos, I bought these from Walmart a couple years ago and they go everywhere with us!
For kitchen storage I prefer glass, the hinged lid container in the back was one my mom gave me, the hinged one in front I found at goodwill for $2. Ikea has new ones but the glass is so thin and the metal clasp so thin and flimsy I really suggest watching your thrift stores. These have been dropped on the linoleum with no issues. The glass jar with the metal top is from Ikea, I have a few of these filled with beans and such they are great. The white enamelware canister is great for keeping bags of dried fruit, crackers and such, It has a rubber seal. And of course the great old stand by canning jars! Inexpensive, easy to find and so many uses!! :)
Now what about serving... to kids!!! :) In the back we have a set of "camp dishes" they are our mainstay we bought them online from a camping store, but many walmarts also carry them. The light blue set is a beautiful set my dad gave the kids, it is a little smaller so Riley is now growing out of them, you can get cute ones from Magic Cabin & Nova & more. For adults we use wide mouth canning jars for glasses (we use to have real glasses but super man Dan did not know his own strength and while washing them would stick his hand in with a dish cloth to clean and then burst the glass) The kids like glass glasses too, so I pick up these too cute little "glasses" at D.I. at my moms house for about .25 cents. They originally came with cheese in them that many people use for cheese balls! They are THICK and have been thrown and never broken! The tow little metal dishes are from Target we use them for condiments and such! The littlest came with lids!! And then the bottle, this is a Sigg bottle. It is stainless steal, we bought the "sports bottle" top they are easier to use than the one that came with it!
And then you have to carry it all in style!! :) Here are a couple metal lunch boxes we have they are pretty easy to find! But generally if I am packing a meal for the whole family I put it in a canvas grocery bag! :)If you look at these photos of my kitchen you will notice that there is something in your kitchen that is not in mine... a microwave. This makes it no problem for me to keep my leftovers in enamelware dishes as I reheat things on the stove. Yea I have a thing about microwaves too! :) Good thing Dan loves me so much!! :) So if you do choose to use a microwave, glass is the best bet, plastic should NEVER be in your microwave (not even a lid). And I have read that if you use your correll ware in the microwave it changes the composition of it enough that it weakens the durability of it so that when you do drop it it will shatter easier.
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So there you are! :) Have you found any great alternatives?
I can't believe you had snow!! We didn't have any yet but it feels like it is coming. I have been making the switch to glass instead of plastic. I also find the canning jar is a wonderful thing. I also take any good glass jars like peanut butter with a good lid and put it through the dishwasher and it's a nice inexpensive way and its a good way to reuse before sending it to be recycled. I feel like my grandmother now. The milk we buy here local comes in nice glass jars that you usually bring back to refill but I keep a few and they make neat storage containers especially the 1/2 gallon ones. It's cheaper to pay the deposit on them then go buy new containers at the store. Kathy
ReplyDeleteI used to reheat things on the stove, until I got married and Nathan insisted we needed a microwave. I'm not to the point where I refuse to use them, I just like the relaxed feeling of using the stove and oven. I get tired of rushing around all the time.
ReplyDeleteI use canning jars a lot for leftovers. I've also tried wrapping my homemade bread in dish towels rather than plastic bags, but it seems to dry it out.
You were scared of driving in a dusting? You must be from CA!
ReplyDeleteAll joking aside, the sleet under the snow did make things a little slippery. Chris even slid on the entry ramp to the highway while in 4-wheel drive. The highway was clear though and it was only rain by the time we came back from church. Sacrament meeting was pretty empty.
That last post was from me, Carrie, in case you didn't figure it out (I couldn’t remember my login). I showed your post to Chris and my comment to which he replied "We only slid because I goosed it. It was the only hair pin turn that I could slide on." Do boys ever grow up?
ReplyDeleteSnow on the hill is always more than the rest of the town.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all of the great info and pictures. I also use some of my mom's old glass canisters, for dry good storage, but I also use Tupperware. It never even crossed my mind to use pyrex for lunch leftovers instead of plastic. Thanks again! I grew up without a microwave as we didn't get one until I was 19 or 20, and then my mom and I didn't know what to do with it. But now I think it would take some time to ween me and my family off of it.
ReplyDeleteThanks gals for all your comments!! :) Yea Carrie I know it was not much but your rain at the bottom of the hill was frezzing rain for us, it never got above 33 and everything was covered in iceicles (sp?)!! Plus we do not have four wheel drive and I am a California girl!!
ReplyDeleteLahapa, no problem! Our last place in Anaheim had a built in microwave and Dan got use to that, but he's adapted back again pretty well!! :) I was going to email you that I put this up but I don't seem to have your email! So email me under my profile picture!! :) Yea Cherish we do use plastic bags for Dan's bread, it is the only thing that works, I also use bags to freeze garden goodies. But the thicker freezer type bags are made from better plastic so I take a little comfort in that, and the fact that I do not heat them up! :)
Kathy I need a hill friend, I miss you so much!!
Love you all!!
Oh and Carrie no I do not think boys ever grow up, remember my 60 year old Dad at the tank museum!!?? :) If is bones were not so worn out from previous adventures he would have been climbing more than Christopher and Jake were!! :)