tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033465662037447681.post6415761378553789770..comments2024-03-28T10:54:32.803+11:00Comments on Zero waste and sustainable living blog : Before Plastic Free JulyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033465662037447681.post-78881322222073667152014-07-01T07:01:25.652+10:002014-07-01T07:01:25.652+10:00Hi Erin,
I actually found your blog through the g...Hi Erin,<br /><br />I actually found your blog through the greening of gavin. What a great idea to make some pasta. I have a pasta machine that used to be used regularly, but when the kids came along it moved to the back of the cupboard - that was 14 years ago!! So time to dust it off and check out Gavin's recipes. Thanks for the tip!<br /><br />Madeleine.xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559971434219770926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033465662037447681.post-87980543171052052422014-06-30T23:05:41.498+10:002014-06-30T23:05:41.498+10:00Hi Madeleine, I understand your pain regarding ask...Hi Madeleine, I understand your pain regarding asking for items with no plastic. People generally do become perplexed when you refuse it. After a while one can't help but laugh about it. <br /><br />Don't worry about pasta. Even though I live in a city the closest bulk store does not have any pasta. I LOVE my pasta and found this hard also. But decided to think of it as a treat for when i happen to go out for dinner. Same with sushi and any noodle dish really. <br /><br />I am going to teach myself to make pasta. Have you checked out The Greening of Gavin? He has some recipes for making pasta. Here is one I want to try http://www.greeningofgavin.com/2014/02/make-homemade-pasta-dough.html<br /><br />Erin xx Erin Rhoadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225185498560687113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033465662037447681.post-49780425746739433852014-06-30T15:02:45.884+10:002014-06-30T15:02:45.884+10:00Hi Ginger,
I'm so excited for plastic-free Ju...Hi Ginger,<br /><br />I'm so excited for plastic-free July! I love a challenge, and I love being able to tell the kids they can't have something because it comes wrapped in plastic. We don't have bulk options for things like pasta where I live, and that's going to hurt a bit, especially as it's sooooo cold lately (top of 7 degrees today).<br /><br />I went to the post office this afternoon and asked for 35 stamps without the plastic backing. I think the sales assistant was a bit surprised. She offered me a stamp collector pack which comes with a cardboard backing and wrapped in plastic and seemed genuinely confused when I declined. I then had to explain how I'm trying to go zero waste, and wanted the old-fashioned type of stamps. No one had any in their drawers, so she had to go out the back and look for some. This took a while and I'm sure everyone behind me in the queue thought I was nuts!! However, mission accomplished, I came home with no waste stamps :)<br /><br />Your cotton shopping bags look great. I tend to use net ones for fruit and veg as they weigh less. I use cotton ones like yours for bulk flour and woodfired sourdough.<br /><br />Madeleine.xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559971434219770926noreply@blogger.com