Going Green, getting rid of plastic!

So I continue on my journey to go more and more 'GREEN' and we all know that sometimes its just not always an easy thing to do. BUT every bit of what we can do to change how we live and how we treat our planet, our bodies only betters everything about it!

Plastic- My new found hatred toward plastic has continued to brew for a while now. About one year ago I stop purchasing meals that you have to microwave in plastic. I LOVED healthy choice meals, Whitney and I always split them. They are 'healthy' right they HAVE to be good for us! Well its still prepared and frozen food. Not fresh, not without preservatives and foods full of pesticides and who knows what else. This includes all foods that have to be microwaved in plastic, you know the new steam your food in plastic in the microwave?

No, No, No, No...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can this be healthy? How can 4 minutes in the microwave brewing your foods in chemicals released throw 'micro' waving be any good for us? That same 4 minutes in a glass ceramic bowl in the microwave makes all the difference. How about steaming them, how about throwing them into a glass saucepan on the stove top? So much better of a choice. A choice that will not leave regret or worry about what it is that is being released in with our foods. I no longer microwave in plastic, I no longer drink from plastic! I have purchased several steel containers. The newest one sports a new clip that I can attach to my purse and I love it. So pretty in Pink too! Its steel container and I simply add tap water to it, so much fresher than bottle water that sits in plastic for months in warehouses and storage trucks in temperatures that reaches over 120 degrees! One less thing to worry about! I feel there is enough worry in life and that if I can protect myself and my family the better. The ever rising cancer rates causes me grave concern. Children and men and woman getting and dying from cancer is scary and a real fact of life. We must do what we can to purchase BPA free plastic containers at the least. I say at the least because as much as we know about plastic there is still plenty we don't. There is more than just BPA in plastic, believe there is plenty of chemicals used in plastic. I for one cant keep track of all the numbers on the bottles and each represents how recyclable the container is. SCARY! So give it a try, try to convert back to older ways of cooking, older ways of warming up your food items, grab for that glass bowl when you do microwave, or that ceramic one works just as well. Take your food out of steam bags and put them in your glass bowl with a little bit of water, at the least you can apply a Saran wrap to the top of the container to hold your own steam (more economical this way too!) at least the plastic is not touching your food, that has to mean something!