I have been saving recipes I see on the web as well as continually writing down any ideas I have on how I'm going to easily be able to conquer the challenge of a zero waste, healthy, nutritious lunchbox. I thought the ideas and list I have for us might be useful for some others out there battling the same challenge so on this blog you'll find lots of zero waste, refined sugar free, mostly d/f and healthy lunchbox ideas. They might come in handy now as school goes back or just when you feel like your in a lunchbox funk throughout the school year.
Lets be honest, when you have children and a busy life in general, waste reduction and choosing the zero waste option all of the time can sometimes fall off the priority list. Often zero waste options can be seen as more work, more expense and less convenient. To give you some ideas on really simple, maybe different, maybe not so different ways to help to reduce waste in your household I have put together some of the tips and ideas we use. Some of these may be new to you and some you may have been doing forever. Hopefully you find a few of them useful!
This is another super easy, quick and healthy recipe that is on a weekly rotation in our household. It is one which is great to send in lunchboxes (although not nut free) or to make up when you have friends visiting plus the added carrots are a added veggie bonus.
As with a lot of our recipes it takes less than 10 minutes to make, doesn't include a lot of complicated expensive ingredients and is healthy and refined sugar free.
Christmas can get a little bit out of hand with the amount of waste that is created and whilst we love Christmas - the traditions, the joy and the overall excitement that comes with it. There is a downside to it which we all probably need to get a little more aware of, and that is the mass amount of waste that’s generated over this time of year. To help combat this we have put together our practical, simple tips to help you have a Christmas with less waste. One where we actually take the time to choose more wisely, more consciously and therefore think about the effects on our wider environment.
These Seed Crackers are honestly the easiest thing that I make each week to have on hand as a zero waste, healthy, gluten-free, nutrient rich snack for platters, hummus dipping or to add with a salad or lunch. Like every other recipe on our blog they take minimal time to make - less than 2 minutes to prepare and there is no kneading or rolling just simply pop onto your tray and flatten out. Give them a try this week.
This is our go to recipe for when we have lots of nibbled, half eaten and cores of apples and pears in our fridge. I save these over a few weeks in a container or jar in the fridge and make up this crumble for a healthy breakfast or dessert option to mix it up from the kids regular oats for brekkie. I then juice the cores which I don't use in the recipe and the pulp goes to our worms so it means there is absolutely no fruit waste left at the end of the cycle.
This recipe (like most of our other ones) is simple to make, quick and only requires about 6-8 ingredients depending on what is in your cupboard. It's also super affordable given that you are using something that would normally be thrown out a lot of the time and you are using oats as your base for your crumble.
This laundry powder recipe is so ridiculously simple and so much more affordable than buying or refilling your laundry powder every few weeks. Plus means you can cut down on more packaging and waste in your house even further.
The ingredients are 100% safe and natural with no dodgy ingredients that you aren't sure what they are exactly. I use this on all of our clothes and also on our reusable nappies and find it it works really effectively, washing everything thoroughly and depending on what oils you add to it, it can add a nice natural fragrance to your washing too.
This our own tried and true recipe for the natural, zero waste tooth powder which we have been using for over a year now. This recipe is a natural blend of 3 ingredients which are easy to access waste free.
The baking soda in this recipe provide the anti-bacterial properties as well as helping to clean tartar off your teeth. The peppermint essential oil is said to have energising properties and it has also been said to help to eliminate harmful baceteria. The stevia in this recipe acts as a sweetener. It is important when choosing the stevia to use in this recipe that you 100% all natural stevia powder - which is derived from the plant. Typically the more natural forms will be green as they are less processed and 100% plant derived.
Kate Callaghan The Holistic Nutritionist shared this delicious, easy, waste free seed slice at our Sustainability Evening recently and it went down a treat so we thought we should share it with you all. It is so so simple to make, affordable, refined sugar free and you can get all of the ingredients with no excess plastics and packaging through our online store. It is a great recipe to replace muesli bars that you may buy at the supermarket in unnecessary single-use plastics and this recipe will be far healthier without unknown additives and ingredients.
Cleaning your home naturally, toxic free and without any waste at all it totally possible. In facts it's easy, better for you and far far better for the environment. I am going to share with you 6 super easy, natural, DIY cleaning recipes that you can use around your home. These recipes are created from only 5 ingredients and you can access all of these ingredients all waste free and affordably through our online store. You will not only save money by making these products but they are so much better for your health and the environment.
These little peanut buttery coconuty clusters are the perfect treat for all peanut butter lovers! They are a delicious combination of just the right amount of peanut butter and coconut mixed together into a protein filled delicious morsel.
We normally make up a batch of these and freeze them then leave them either in the fridge or the freezer for a quick protein filled non chocolatey treat. We tend to keep them in the freezer as they are a little more hidden and last a little longer than a couple of days with my boys.
In our next post of our 'Honest Brand Series' we're excited to feature our new natural cleaning and household refill brand Littlefoot Natural Products. We are so excited to have this range of beautiful products on board and we feel they are such a great fit with our brand and our ethics here at Honest Wholefood Co.
