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Nontoxic Baby Feeding Gear | Roots & Boots

Best Nontoxic Baby Feeding Gear

Baby Bro is my third child, so the concept of feeding babies is not new. Feeding babies without plastic?  Now that’s new.

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Contigo Travel Mug

My Favorite Stainless Steel Travel Mug

My Quest for the Perfect Travel Mug Some time ago, I began a quest to rid our kitchen of plastic.  Currently we’re at about 95%, having held onto just a few last pieces of plastic ware–mostly for freezer purposes. Earlier this year, I was determined to replace our leaky, plastic travel mugs with higher quality, non-plastic…

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Real Food Meal Plan for Vacation

New LunchBots Dots Snap-on Lid Covers {dishwasher-safe}

Stainless steel divided LunchBots containers are my favorite way to pack meals on the go, sans plastic. Even though we homeschool, we still use these durable bento boxes multiple times each week.  They’re perfect for picnics, meals in the car and more!  I absolutely love them!

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Reusable Snack Bags and Everyday Cloth Napkins

Earlier this week, I shared about my favorite new Reusable Produce Bags from Love for Earth’s etsy shop. Today I’ll tell you about Love for Earth’s Reusable Snack Bags and Everyday Cloth Napkins.  (Hint: I love these as much as the produce bags!)

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Water Resistant Labels

Announcing: Special Deal on Custom Waterproof Labels {for All Your DIY Needs}

After alluding to this for some time now, I’m so pleased to announce this special deal for Yankee Homestead readers on custom waterproof labels.  Hooray! I’ve been using these awesome labels from The Lollipop Label Shop on etsy for over a year now, and am delighted with them.

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DIY labels

Water Resistant DIY Labels for Homemade Gifts

I’ve always loved giving homemade gifts.  After essential oils came into my life, homemade gift-giving grew all the more fun, and easy!  The possibilities are endless.  And who doesn’t love a non-toxic, great-smelling, useful, therapeutic gift?

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CD case--front, before and after

Yet Another Reason to Love the E-cloth

We’re still loving our e-cloths here at the Yankee Homestead.   Have you tried them? I thought I’d give a quick report on yet another reason to love these microfiber cleaning cloths: they remove permanent marker! Recently, I picked up a few ex-library CD’s at a local used book sale.  

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Re-pac Bags

Reusable Snack Bags: Re-pac Bags

Recently, a reader (and friend) alerted me to a line of reusable snack bags called Re-pac Bags. {Thanks, Katie B!} As a part of My Ongoing Household Detox Resolution, I am always testing out new products and trying new ways to avoid toxins in our home. So I was delighted when Re-pac Bags sent me a…

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Pack a Plastic-Free Lunch with LunchBots Stainless Steel Containers

Pack a Plastic-Free Lunch with LunchBots Stainless Steel Containers

Remember the stainless steel, divided lunch containers I mentioned in My Ongoing Household Detox Resolution, Phase Three: Kitchenware?  In my efforts to pack a plastic-free lunch, we invested in a set of LunchBots containers.  We’ve been using them for several months years now, so I thought I’d do a little review… The verdict: We really like…

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Ditching Paper Napkins for Good (hopefully)

  I’m not the greenest gal on the face of the planet, but I like to do what I can. We’ve tried using cloth napkins before, but it’s never stuck. For one thing, we had supply issues. There simply weren’t enough napkins to last between launderings. Actually, we do technically have enough napkins, but most…

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