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Monday, February 6th, 2012I flew out to San Diego last week for a conference on Sustainable Remediation. It was great! I love this group of experts who are so committed and engaged in implementing sustainable protocols and methodologies into remediation projects. I had a few observations while I was traveling and thought I would share them with you [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Make some Soup!
Saturday, January 7th, 2012During the long cold days of winter, there’s nothing better than a bowl of soup. And soup is one of the most perfect foods - better than pickles or cabbage, even! Because it is not only warm and filling, but it can be super affordable to make, and also can use up lots of leftovers [...]
Mexican Water Bottle Gourds
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012It’s been awhile since we’ve had a water bottle post here at Tiny Choices, but some of you may remember that we used to write them fairly often- trying to avoid disposable plastic water bottles meant there was some thought going in to which option worked best for our lifestyles. Well, I was recently told [...]
Bottled Water Making A Comeback?
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011Something strange has happened in the past few weeks, and it’s so odd that it’s made me take notice. While dining in restaurants (which, as you know, I do an awful lot) and asking for water to drink, I’m brought a bottle of water instead of a glass of tap water. Which is very troubling. [...]
My Vegetable Soup
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011I haven’t always been the best at cooking my own meals; having been a lifelong New Yorker, I grew accustomed to being able to grab food on the go- a slice of pizza, a burrito, a bagel sandwich, were all foods found acceptable to eat while walking down the street. Many evenings found me munching [...]
Funny “seasonal” foods
Monday, November 28th, 2011I was at the grocery store yesterday taking advantage of some of the post-Thanksgiving sales (ok, not really) and noticed that there were a huge surplus of foods that are considered seasonal - because it really is! but which I really believe are just in the stores right now because of tradition. I know that [...]
Recovering K-Cups
Monday, November 21st, 2011We’ve posted before about Keurig “K-Cups”, the coffee brewing system that everyone loves for its easy and variety but everyone hates for its incredible waste. I’ve tried to quit using the keurig machine at work a few times, and it’s gone with varying levels of success. Most recently I followed Friend of Tiny Choices Amanda [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Make an extra big pot of food!
Saturday, November 19th, 2011When you’re making dinner, if it’s an easy one-pot meal (or even better: a complicated one-pot meal) try making twice as much as you need. It’s easy to jar it up and put it away in the freezer for meals through out the week (and beyond)! You’d be surprised what can freeze and be enjoyed [...]
The Miracle of Sunflower Seeds
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011I spent some time today in a garden and was awed and humbled: After 39 years on this planet, I finally learned where sunflower seeds come from. Now, some of you are picking yourselves up off the floor after a severe fit of laughter, while others may be thinking, “well, wait a minute… where do [...]
Packing Waste-Free Lunches
Monday, September 12th, 2011I recently read this really interesting article in the NYTimes about schools that require kids to pack their lunches in reusable or compostable materials. Wow! I have no idea how prevalent this is - and the article doesn’t have much in hard facts - but it does have neat quotes like these: In school years [...]
Helping Local Farmers
Monday, September 5th, 2011Last weekend when Tropical Storm (nee Hurricane) Irene swept through the northeast, she dumped lots of rain in short short time, and - well. there was flooding, lots of it. Some of the roads around my house were closed for most of the week, and I got a short note from my CSA farmer saying [...]
Making Emergency Preparedness a little Greener
Monday, August 29th, 2011We were just struck hard by Irene this weekend, and while NYC and where I live near NYC is ok, there are lots of areas nearby and to the northeast with significant flooding and other concerns. I feel like we really lucked out! Sunday I was thinking about emergencies, and I came up with a [...]
Talking Eco-Choices With Kids
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011I spent an incredible day with a young niece and nephew yesterday, which culminated with us laying on my bed, talking about yoga and older brothers and other assorted important topics. My niece noticed my little Chico bag sticking out of my purse, and asked what it was. I thought I had shown them Team [...]
Cooking Hot: outdoors!
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011During the hot hot hot summer we’ve been having, my partner and I have been making a point to cook outdoors as much as possible. It keeps the house from heating up too much and helps us to regulate our home temperature without using an air conditioner. Of course there are a lot of out-door [...]
Tiny Choices Q&A: WhichFish.org
Thursday, August 4th, 2011We’re happy to present a Q&A with David Stark, the brains behind WhichFish.org. His database tool presents up-to-date information on which types of fish around the world are endangered due to overfishing, and which fish stocks are “safer” to eat. What was the impetus for you to develop WhichFish.org? When did it go online? I [...]
So, what’s the deal about Chia Seeds?
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011I’ve been reading a lot about Chia Seeds this week - which are, you know, exactly the same thing you think they are - those seeds which charmingly sprout to give little clay figurines hair or fur. So you can also eat chia seeds! I first read about them in the book Born to Run. [...]
Fresh Lemongrass in my Tea
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011As I sit sipping my cup of lemongrass tea, I realize that my Tiny Choices post for today is contained right within this cup of steamy goodness. A few days back, I was out visiting friends who live in the country and totally reveling in their wide-open views and fresh air and quiet. As one [...]
Preservation and Planning Ahead
Monday, July 25th, 2011We are several weeks into our abundant CSA season and some of the vegetables are getting away from me. You will probably recognize my old friends: kohlrabi and cabbage. oy! I love them both, but it’s hard to eat them in large quantity. So right now I’ve got a crisper drawer full of kohlrabi and [...]
The Tiny Choices Meal List, Revisited
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011We last had a Tiny Choices Meal List post back in 2007, and it was so incredibly helpful I thought it was time to revisit the idea. The backstory is that sometimes I get into ruts where I just don’t know what to cook. Does this ever happen to you? Day after day, I know [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Rinse the Tin Foil!
Saturday, July 16th, 2011Aluminum foil is made from metal mined from the earth then milled into thin sheets, and has been transported from mine to factory to store to your home- so it’s a resource-intensive material even though we think of it as a “disposable” one. If you’ve just unwrapped some leftovers or food transported from one location [...]
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