Cooking, Food
MEATLESS
By: SYHLet’s face it. Going completely vegetarian isn’t for everyone. But if you’re looking to align your eating habits with your concern for the environment, you can do a lot of good by cutting back on the amount of meat you consume. Eating meat not only costs more per pound than potatoes, lentils or rice, but [...]
Cooking, Food
GARBAGE DISPOSAL vs TRASH
By: SYHTRUTH OR TRASH?
Throwing food waste in the trash is better than putting it down the garbage disposal
Cooking, Food
IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH
By: SYHDon’t bother buying commercial produce spray washes to clean your fruits and vegetables.
Cooking, Food
THE PRESSURE IS ON
By: SYHSave $35
Use an electric pressure cooker instead of your stovetop or oven to cook meals.
Food, Shopping & Storage
CAN BAN
By: SYHSAVE $225
Eat fresh fruits and vegetables instead of canned ones.
Family, Food, Holidays, Shopping & Storage
GREAT GRAPES
By: SYHSAVE $10 Buy value-priced organic wine (or wine made from organic grapes) from a startup vineyard instead of conventional wine from a more established one. Save up to $10 or more per bottle, or over $500 per year if you buy one bottle of wine each week. Both organic wine and wine made from organic [...]
Cooking, Family, Food, Holidays
TURKEY WINNER
By: SYHSAVE $10 Unless you’re serving an army, or are planning to repurpose the leftovers, buy a small turkey (10 lbs) instead of an XXL turkey (20 lbs). Save up to $10 or more per year. Raising smaller turkeys consumes less resources in terms of food, land and water, produces less waste, and requires less energy [...]
Food, Shopping & Storage
UNBRAND
By: SYHBuy natural and organic store-brand basics, instead of name-brand products
Food, Shopping & Storage
ICE ICE BABY
By: SYHBuy flash-frozen instead of fresh fish. Much of the fish available for sale these days is frozen at sea shortly after being caught.