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July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 zerowastechattanooga

How Konmari is helping us save trees.

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This is the winning video for the #comepostyourcompost competition! Come Post Your Compost is an initiative by the TN Environmental Council to encourage everyone to save food scraps from landfills across TN. Sign up for an account on their website and report how much you compost to be entered for monthly prize drawings! They also have a FB group named "Come post your compost" to support your composting efforts. If you have questions about how to start composting, it is a great resource. So please join me in protecting our planet and #comepostyourcompost • • • #zerowastechattanooga #composthouse #chattanoogasustainableliving #chattanoogafood #chattanoogalife #sustainablechattanooga #ecochatt #chattanooga #chattanoogatn

We were interviewed by Dave Cook for an article in the #timesfreepress and it appeared in the Sunday paper two weekends ago! He did a great job sharing our ideas and we are so grateful for the chance to share our story! Link to the article in my bio. I love the quote he ended with, which was me paraphrasing @zerowastechef : "We don't need a handful of people in Chattanooga doing zero waste perfectly, we need everyone doing it imperfectly" #chattanoogatimesfreepress #zerowastechef #zerowastechattanooga #zerowaste #zerowastenews #chattanoogatimes #chattanoogablogger #chattanoogalife #chatt #chattanooga #chattanoogatn #ecochattanooga #sustainablechattanooga #breakfreefromplastic

If you have told me 3 years ago that I would no longer eat traditional ice cream in the future, I would have assumed you were telling me I would be in a permanent coma or otherwise incapacitated from all my own decision making. 🙂 Seriously, ice cream IS my favorite food. So imagine my concern 2 years ago when we decided to give up plastic food packaging and I found out ice cream cartons are paper lined with plastic! It isn't biodegradable or even recyclable! I remember eating our final scoop from the container in our freezer, wondering if I would ever be happy again.😟 Then I discovered NiceCream. 🍨👍 You can google how to make it, but basically it is frozen banana whipped up in either an @yonanas machine or in a food processor or blender. It has *completely* filled my need/desire for ice cream! There are so many flavors you can make, but our family favorite is shown here, chocolate peanut butter. Here is the recipe and where to get the ingredients unpackaged: Mix in high speed blender or food processor for about 2 minutes or until smooth: • 2-3 frozen ripe bananas (if frozen rock hard, leave on the counter to thaw for 5-10 min) • 3 TB coco powder (EarthFare bulk spice section) • 3 TB peanut butter (EarthFare or Whole Foods grind you own section) • 2-3 TB water as needed to help you blender/processor blend smoothly. Eat as is or make a banana split as shown with fresh banana and top with nuts and chocolates from the bulk bins. Thanks to @southern_nerdivore for sharing this recipe with me! Let me know how your turns out! #nicecream #unpackaged #zerowasteicecream #zerowastechattanooga #chattanoogaeats #chattavegan #chattanoogafood #whatsfordessert #chattaeats #chattanooga #chattanoogatn

Two books I just returned to the #chattanoogapubliclibrary which I totally recommend. •The first is a must-read about Zero Waste living. Kathryn has an awesome blog called Going Zero Waste, but I love getting a person's perspective in one complete book. • The second is my favorite kids cookbook (although you don't have to be a kid to like it!). The fun quirky illustrations made my 5 year old and 2 year old excited to eat healthy foods they helped to cook. For example, normally they don't like tomato soup, but yesterday they looked at the pictures in the recipe, helped me put it together, and then ate tomato soup with delight! #eatchattanooga #healthykidsheathlyfuture #chattanooga_fun #chattanoogareads #zerowastechattanooga #zerowastebooks #chattanooga #chattanoogatn #chattanoogalibrary #chattavegan #goingzerowaste

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