Yes, your little ones are back in the classroom, but that doesn’t mean your home can’t be a place for teaching too. A great space for parents to pass on useful know-how is in the kitchen. While you’re at it, make cooking together a time to share environmentally friendly ideas with your future tops chefs and pantry stockers.
Food systems are a greenhouse gas-heavy sector, making up nearly 30% of emissions worldwide. This is a great reason to try and reduce the impacts of all aspects of your dining experience. Passing along those good habits to the next generation of chefs-in-the-making means building better sustainable futures, and there are oodles of FSC-certified products to help your culinary bonding be forest-friendly too.
If You Care
When trying to greenify your kitchen, taking a close look at your disposable items is a good place to start. This company’s parchment baking paper is made from unbleached, chlorine-free paper that keeps unnecessary elements out waterways and off your food. If you plan on showing the ropes for making your famous whole roast chicken, get your hands on their parchment roasting bag that helps lock in flavour and leaves chemicals out of the equation. Sustainability doesn’t stop when the meal ends though, and these gloves crafted from FSC-certified latex are a good fit for all clean-up related tasks. Check it out at ifyoucare.com
Caboo
The brand’s motto of being tree-free hints at the fact that their sustainable products are made with a fast-growing alternative. FSC-certified bamboo is the building block of this family-run company that’s perfect to keep on-hand in your kitchen, especially when your children are in charge of can-opening and stirring. Their bamboo paper towels and kitchen napkins are free of chlorine bleach and chemicals, too, so you can wipe away messes and mouths without worrying about nasty residues sticking behind. Learn more at cabooproducts.com
Cooking With Marshmello
If your slightly older kids need a boost of motivation for getting their hands dirty in the kitchen, the Grammy-nominated, chart-topping artist Marshmello could do the trick. Well-known for his music and videos on YouTube and TikTok, the musician and online personality also has a passion for food. He brought this love to the forefront in a cookbook printed on environmentally friendly, FSC-certified paper. Use the tome’s QR code to access a kitchen-curated playlist and exclusive videos to set the vibe as you and your brood get to cooking the artist’s flamin’ hot fried mozzarella onion rings and, of course, a toasted Marshmello s’mores pie. Find it on Amazon.ca.
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