How to replace paper towel, paper-butter, plastic-film and aluminum foil
The place where we most produce garbage is, of course, the kitchen. There, where everything happens, where we prepare the food we like, where we make breakfast, lunch and dinner, a lot of garbage is generated in leftovers, peels, remnants of vegetables. But also in paper towel, paper-butter, plastic-film and aluminum foil , very common in all Brazilian cuisines.
Producing less junk gives more work on thinking solutions than actually putting them into practice, he saw. I've been cooking since I've lived alone, so I've hardly ever had these papers since I started making rice, beans, and vegetable stews. Nothing that needed much preparation, where usually these helpers meet. But I also never felt that I needed them, and after I started paying attention to the garbage, even less. I even discovered better solutions! (I.e.
They all end up not being recyclable because they are usually dirty with too much fat and leftover food. How nobody cleans them before throwing away, no chance for recycling. In the case of papers, it could even be put in the compost , but not in excess ( see here the tips of the people of the Forest Address on what to put in the compost )! That's why it's so important to stop using, not to generate non-recyclable waste that can not be used again.
Pacific Blue Basic Recycled Hardwound Paper Towel Rolls (previously branded Envision) by GP PRO (Georgia-Pacific), Brown, 26301, 800 Feet Per Roll, 6 Rolls Per Case
Aluminum paper
Instead of using aluminum foil to line molds, it passes a vegetable oil smearing the shape. It helps a lot not to stick and get easier to clean. If you stick too much, leave to soak with hot water + baking soda (if it is pot I leave in the fire boiling a few minutes). Break it all down. Or, in more difficult cases, it softens enough for you to brush well afterwards. (I.e.
To bake things that you would wrap in aluminum foil at the time of baking: pan with lid straight in the oven! Just be careful, it has to be a pan of all stainless, iron, clay, that can go in the oven. I've made baked vegetables, cabotiá pumpkin, etc. It works great, just be careful when taking out the pan that gets SUPER hot. (I.e.
Cloth napkins in place of paper-towel in the kitchen
Paper towel
This is very simple: use cloth rags instead! You can reuse older, stained and spent dishcloths for this. Then just wash with the coconut soap and extend to dry. (I.e.
Silicone brush to spread the shapes well and do not need the butter paper
Parchment paper
Let's stop the laziness that unmolding cake is very easy without paper-butter: just grease the form (I use a washable silicone brush to spread the vegetable oil) and sprinkle the flour before pouring the dough. For those who use to bake cookies, you can buy a silicone mat for it, it sells in confectionery stores. For salty papillae, use banana leaf! Nham.
I discovered afterwards that I posted this post that there is a leaf of a tree that Neide Rigo (nutritionist, muse of PANCs, a marabrilous person) uses as paper butter. The leaf is seven-crowned (from the photos above), a common tree all over Brazil. Click here to read the post that Neide explains everything. I was super excited because there are many trees that close to me: only in my condo are two! I want to test and I'll tell you about it on my Instagram soon.
For what plastic-film do we have pots? Feitos Homemade banana bean and jam!
Plastic-film
To save food in pots, just use pots with lids, huh! No difficulty. I use reused pots of palm heart, tomato sauce and also those type marinex. I try not to use plastic pots because of bisphenol. To protect fruits, cut vegetables in half, you can make or buy waxed fabrics. It is a fabric with wax all over it that you put in a pot and "molds" with the heat of the hands. Protects food and is washable. 🙂 Click here to see what I'm talking about . Or you can be oldschool like me and put everything inside pots with lid as well.