Last night I was cooking dinner for a potluck at the house. Pumpkin Risotto was to be the main course. At work yesterday I went to the bank and planned on stopping at Hannaford on the way back to get the rice for the risotto.Alas! I realized it would come in plastic! Luckily, Whole Foods in Portland sells aborio rice in bulk and has paper bags- a key part of my buying food for the next 40 days.
The rest of the meal was plastic free so we were good to go.
It came out pretty well. Thanks to Kaet for talking me through the process and my WND crew for eating it!
Then this morning it was time to face the shower.
I've replaced plastic scrubbies with a washcloth and replaced body wash in a bottle with a good old fashioned bar of soap.
I don't know what to do about the shampoo situation. Some people just don't use it, that's one option. I know there are shampoo bars out there so I will have to start looking because I think my current bottle will run out before Lent is up. I know you can buy shampoo in bulk at the Belfast Co-op so if I find myself in Waldo County anytime I could bring an empty vessel along, but what? Glass in the shower is a bad idea. I'll keep thinking on this, any advice?
I recently replaced our old nasty vinyl shower curtain, full of toxins, with a fabric one. I love it. You can just put it through the wash when it starts to get funky.For hand soap, it's fun to make your own! My friend Artie taught me, and I use the website The Sage to figure out how much lye and oil to use. http://www.thesage.com/calcs/lyecalc2.php
Just get a shampoo bar somewhere. Or you can make your own shampoo using potassium hydroxide to make liquid soap. Alas potassium hydroxide will probably come in a plastic bottle due to it highly corrosive nature before it has gone through saponification. But a small price to pay for an endless supply of shampoo. Also don't reuse the bottle you could get seriously hurt.
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