Friday, May 28, 2010

Replacing plastic with glass

Does your "tupper" cupboard look like this? Don't despair. Mine did too until just last weekend. I was tired of fighting the boxes, getting everything to fit, and trying to match the right lid to the right container.



I don't like to microwave food in plastic containers--and they are pretty gross with soap residue after going through the dishwasher. Ick.

In a bold move, I dumped all the tuppers in the recycle and replaced them with glass containers. Now there are a bunch of spaghetti sauce jars and Pyrex dishes from Amazon (purchased with a gift card earned from Swagbucks, of course).

Why the spaghetti sauce jars? We had been recycling them, and then I realized--leftovers don't care what kind of a container they're in [slaps forehead in disbelief]. Cooked pasta, slices of BBQ chicken, extra roasted veggies now go in jars instead of ziplocs or plastics.

Yes, there are fewer containers. That will force us to eat up the leftovers more quickly, which keeps the fridge cleaner too. No more leftovers-turned-science projects for us! And check out how nice the cupboard looks.


What do you keep your leftovers in? (Those of you with teenage boys in the house don't have to answer, since you don't have any leftovers.) Tell us in the comments.
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7 comments:

  1. Love it! I am slowly replacing all my plastic storage-wear w/glass as well. I prefer it. Also, i save/reuse salsa jars, sauce jars, even small jars since you don't always need big jars to store small amounts of items. Cheap, easy & much more eco-friendly (and better for us too)!
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  2. looks great and the glass is much prettier too. I can't stand the tupperware chaos in our cabinets and I'm always on a mad hunt for lids. I love the idea of recycling glass jars too from the store. I'm trying to find friendly things to pack school lunches in. I hate the zip log bags and how fast we burn through them and how bad they are in general. Thanks for the post - another friendly reminder to be kind to our earth :)
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  3. Nice! We still have lots of Tupperware & Rubbermaid in the cabinet, but we mostly use the Pyrex - we have the same set you do. Recently I have also moved my flours and sugar from large plastic containers to large glass jars with screw-on metal lids. Now I'm wondering what to do with the big plastic containers... sometimes I use those sorts of things to corral toys that have lots of small parts (like Littlest Pet Shop or Polly Pocket type stuff).
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  4. Aha! But I have a way to FOIL this ingenious idea. Let's just say -- for example -- a certain husband has a certain wife -- OK? And this certain couple pack lunches for every day at work? Annnnnddd let's just say this particular wife leaves her tupperware at work for three weeks at a time instead of bringing it home everyday like she should -- and the majority of it just gets stolen by other co-workers.

    What then? Hmmm?

    In a Hypothetical -- non-real -- way, of course.
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  5. We have also been replacing plastic with glass. Some of the better "Tupper" pieces have made their way to my husbands garage (apparently, tools and hardware get along just fine with plastic). The BPA scare is what prompted us to do this but I do like glass much better aethetically too.
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  6. Good ideas. I save most glass jars, you just don't know what size or kind will be perfect for the purpose needed. I tuck them in the back under the sink and bring them out as needed. - Margy
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  7. I never thought about using glass jars for leftovers etc. That's a great idea!
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