Comments on: Sustainable Kitchen Project

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:59:19 +0000

What a great project idea! I often worry about what we are ingesting when I buy packaged food and have been making a real effort to eat what we grow as well. I can’t even begin to grow it all but it’s a start!
When you’re thinking of becoming less dependent on outside sources for your food, don’t forget that your appliances also use energy. I recently started using a thermal cooking pot and love it. You can’t cook everything in it but it does make great soup, stew, etc. Basically, it’s a pot that you boil your meal in and then you insert the inner pot into a sealed insulated outer shell that retains the heat all day. It’s like a slow cooker without using electriciy. Very handy, incredibly portable, and low energy usage!

By: Køkkener

Køkkener — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:59:51 +0000

nice post, thanks for sharing!

By: Heather Goodman

Heather Goodman — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:55:18 +0000

Great idea! I’d like to do more of this, but to be honest, I don’t know where to start. I did a container garden this year (Texas clay makes it impossible to grow lovely things), and would like to learn more about it (for example, I only got about 3 strawberries out of the deal, tomatoes for a couple of months, and peppers that attracted insects like the damned draw locusts). I’ve canned in the past (only my homemade spaghetti sauce and applesauce), and would love to do more jams (although I don’t think I could grow enough fruit to make it completely from scratch), and generally figure out a system to make more and freeze more so I’m not turning to the frozen pizza (although organic!) at the end of the day.

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By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:40:51 +0000

It's amazing how scarcity breeds possibility. I have wanted a sustainable kitchen for ages, but like you, still found myself buying packaged, processed crap. Now I find myself in Turkey where there is much, much less processed crap to be had. What there is tends to be full of meat (my family is pescatarian) so we can't eat it. And so, virtually everything we cook is from scratch. And we cook every meal. It feels great, but I still have a long way to go. I look forward to following your adventure! Kims last blog post..Sibling Love

By: saucymomma

saucymomma — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:36:14 +0000

This is a daily challenge at our house. But, its amazing how small steps really do begin to make a difference. Good luck with your self-sustaining kitchen. I just joined Foodie Mama and will follow your success there!