Eco-friendly Food Storage

When it comes to storing leftovers, most of us reach automatically for plastic wrap or foil. After using once, we toss the wrappings away. A more eco-friendly, economical choice is to store food in glass dishes with glass lids. Don't have any? Use a bowl with a dinner or dessert plate on top of it. If these containers and covers are microwaveable, you can just heat up the contents that way. The off-gassing of plastic won't leach into your food. Also, don't forget that you can put old glass food jars to other uses. Once they're finished they're excellent for storing other food. Tall mayonnaise or dressing jars are good for keeping fruit juice in the fridge or for storing dry products. Smaller jars are perfect for storing such things as homemade salad dressing.