With all the talk I’ve been hearing lately about how plastics are so bad for us, I made the decision to stop heating up leftovers in my plastic ware. I’ll admit, I’ve done it plenty of times in the past. But, it can’t be good for us, can it? My mom and I were talking about this before Christmas and she had made the decision to get herself a set of glass storage pieces with lids and she got me a set too. I was thrilled! 
Red lids to match my kitchen too. Now I’m all set for my storage needs and can put the leftovers directly in these cute little containers, complete with their own lid and warm up in the microwave without the fear of plastic poison. I don’t want to eat plastic! 
My storage cabinet went from this jumbled mess….
To this. Neat and somewhat tidy. I’ve gotten rid of all the mismatched pieces, but still held onto some of my old Rubbermaid and Tupperware plastic pieces with the tomato sauce stains. I need those for soups and pasta sauce storage. Tell me you have stained plastic too. What is it about tomatoes that does that? Maybe the acid?
Anyway, I won’t be heating up in my plastic anymore, now that I have these cute glass pieces. And my cupboard looks a lot better too.
Have you switched to glass yet?
I’m sure you are all watching the news of the Haiti earthquake disaster, which is just horrendous. Just wanted to take a moment to urge you all to give during this time. I’m going to give to Compassion International, since I support them, but here’s a post from Money Saving Mom about several agencies that you can donate money to. Let’s ALL help!
Rhoda- good work!!! love getting organized and they’re so pretty too!!! congrats on the shop going up- yay!!!! 🙂
xoxo,
lauren
Being pretty AND healthy–that is a good thing!
I use both. DH works in the food industry & isn’t allowed to bring glass to work so he has to use plastic. I keep the heavier, hard plastic containers for that. I recycle a lot of plastic for storage in the fridge & in the freezer.
I don’t like to heat plastic in the microwave because some containers lose their shape. I usually take it out of plastic from the fridge & put it in a sturdier hard plastic or glass container.
Hi, I know this is late but I love your blog and just catching up from a week away and saw this post. Have you heard or seen online where Pyrex dishes are blowing up on people for really no reason? I would normally blow this off but it just happened to my sister last month. She luckily was not hurt but would have been if she or her kids had been in the room – it shattered into thousands of pieces. (It was a new pyrex dish, not chipped or “cooked dry”.) Sounds like it happens most frequently when items are cooked in the oven but also at times in the microwave. Something due to the new cheaper glass they use since they have gone through bankruptcy. Augh. I just don’t know what to use now! I wonder if Anchor Hocking uses that same type of glass??
I love the idea of using glass. And I have made the switch to not using plastic in the microwave. I just need to buckle down and make the other change the one thing I just can’t seem to give up is my favorite plastic travel mug.
I have made a switch to a totally plastic free clothes drying rack and I have been making other changes to remove plastics from other parts of my life.
If you have a chance you should watch the documentary “Blue Vinyl” it is entertaining and eye opening.
Keep on posting. Thanks for your great and informative posting.
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