I have been boycotting coke for eons, I do buy fancy root beer or ginger ale a few times a year in glass bottles. I still buy some canned goods but less and less as time goes by. I do make a pot of soup every week and put the leftovers in jars to freeze or use as quick meals along with a loaf of homemade bread. Yum, this past week was minestrone, more expensive than a can of soup but equal to about 4+ cans, so I don’t think it was any more expensive and then of course when you make your own veggie or chicken broth, clean out your fridge, use leftover beans……etc. so inexpensive and so much tastier😍
Ditto re: soft drinks, since roughly 2008;when I read Fast Food Nation, followed not long after by similar books including The Real Thing by Constance Hays about the power and reach of the Coca Cola company. Canned soup, veg and beans are usually higher than is healthy in sodium, another reason to avoid them...my Instant Pot revolutionized my dried beans game.
Fast Food Nation changed my life! Thank you for pointing out the excess sodium in canned food. Even though I salt my food liberally, I consume much less than I would in a canned equivalent.
Cans themselves are often lined with plastic on the inside. I don’t know whether it’s more or less in one country than another, though. But the international aspext of food means probably yes that there are some present where you are.
They are! Videos have been floating around the Internet of people dissolving the metal of Coke cans, leaving behind a Coke-filled plastic lining. Blech!
I recently requested your book as a birthday present. Am throughly enjoying it and have started saving my veg peelings to make stock. Looking forward to making homemade nut butter too. Thanks for your posts
Loved this newsletter!. Thanks for continuing to share how easy it is to buy and cook simpler and be better for the planet. Looking forward to reading your book recommend.
What a wonderful post, Anne Marie (this is Eve from Beyond Plastics, btw). We tried making ginger beer once with mixed results and you've inspired me to give it another try. I sometimes will cook up a big batch of beans (either seasoned or just cooked) and then freeze them in batches to make it easier to cook conveniently later. The instant pot has been revolutionary for bean cooking in my household! So much flavor, so little time, no soaking! Be well.
Thank you Eve! I hope your next batch of ginger beer goes better. My harried sister and daughter each swear by their Instant Pots. Thank you for reading!
I have been boycotting coke for eons, I do buy fancy root beer or ginger ale a few times a year in glass bottles. I still buy some canned goods but less and less as time goes by. I do make a pot of soup every week and put the leftovers in jars to freeze or use as quick meals along with a loaf of homemade bread. Yum, this past week was minestrone, more expensive than a can of soup but equal to about 4+ cans, so I don’t think it was any more expensive and then of course when you make your own veggie or chicken broth, clean out your fridge, use leftover beans……etc. so inexpensive and so much tastier😍
That all sounds so good. I shouldn't read these comments when I'm hungry!
Ditto re: soft drinks, since roughly 2008;when I read Fast Food Nation, followed not long after by similar books including The Real Thing by Constance Hays about the power and reach of the Coca Cola company. Canned soup, veg and beans are usually higher than is healthy in sodium, another reason to avoid them...my Instant Pot revolutionized my dried beans game.
Fast Food Nation changed my life! Thank you for pointing out the excess sodium in canned food. Even though I salt my food liberally, I consume much less than I would in a canned equivalent.
Cans themselves are often lined with plastic on the inside. I don’t know whether it’s more or less in one country than another, though. But the international aspext of food means probably yes that there are some present where you are.
They are! Videos have been floating around the Internet of people dissolving the metal of Coke cans, leaving behind a Coke-filled plastic lining. Blech!
Pressure-cooker is the greatest invention!
Truly! It saves so much time and the food turns out so well.
I would love to share this post to the Indivisible NOLA website with your permission. Thank you!
Please do! Thank you very much!
Thank you!
I recently requested your book as a birthday present. Am throughly enjoying it and have started saving my veg peelings to make stock. Looking forward to making homemade nut butter too. Thanks for your posts
Thank you for asking for my book (and for reading my posts)! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it. Happy cooking!
Loved this newsletter!. Thanks for continuing to share how easy it is to buy and cook simpler and be better for the planet. Looking forward to reading your book recommend.
Thank you for reading it. Enjoy the book!
What a wonderful post, Anne Marie (this is Eve from Beyond Plastics, btw). We tried making ginger beer once with mixed results and you've inspired me to give it another try. I sometimes will cook up a big batch of beans (either seasoned or just cooked) and then freeze them in batches to make it easier to cook conveniently later. The instant pot has been revolutionary for bean cooking in my household! So much flavor, so little time, no soaking! Be well.
Thank you Eve! I hope your next batch of ginger beer goes better. My harried sister and daughter each swear by their Instant Pots. Thank you for reading!