Successful local eating starts with seeing what’s at the market or in your CSA box then finding a recipe for it. We have to let go of the tendency to pick a recipe and buy according to that. Keep a library of cookbooks or just find recipes online when you have a pile of local meat and veggies waiting to be eaten.
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Instead of going out to dinner, we try to use up ingredients and leftovers and cook up something new with friends. We save money, prevent food from hitting the trash, enjoy good company, and it\’s almost always healthier than eating out anyway!
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My friends and I “loosely” formed a book club. We no longer purchase books solely for our own pleasure. One person purchases the book, reads it first, then passes to the other friends. We rotate the purchasing and when we are finished we then donate the book to a library or organization. This is fun, gives us plenty to talk about and what a way to open your world to an author you might have otherwise missed. We sign the inside of the book to keep an ongoing record for the world to know where it’s been.
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With five basic and inexpensive ingredients (baking soda, borax, soap, washing soda, vinegar/lemon) you can create your own household cleaners. You can also personalize them with your favorite essential oils.
Check out http://www.ecocycle.org/hazwaste/recipes.cfm or google “household cleaner recipes”.
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Get the bulk of your cardiovascular exercise by walking, biking, or scooting to where you need to go. Studies show that a majority of trips are under two miles — that’s less than fifteen minute by bike!
Bring your diet in tune with nature by eating locally and in season. As Michael Pollan says In Defense of Food: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Cut trans fats and refined sugar from your diet entirely by cooking your own food. It’s faster, healthier, and less expensive than eating out.