How we eat and drink is one of the largest culprits of single use plastic consumption. It’s hard to get out of the grocery story without any plastic but I’m choosing my fridge as a starting point for shifting the way I purchase and prepare my food in relation to plastic packaging.

I’m going to break down my current fridge view and share a game plan for eliminating all of the items you see wrapped in plastic:

Tahini - after finishing this jar of tahini packaged in a hard plastic container, i’ll only buy tahini from brands that package in glass.
Ketchup + Mustard- both are readily available in glass jars, so i’ll just need to be more discerning when at the grocery store, even if it means limited choices or buying the more expensive brand.
Maple Syrup- This will be harder since it’s almost always comes packaged in hard plastic. If I can’t find some packaged in glass, I could hold out for special trips to grocery stores in the city that offer maple syrup in the bulk section and I’ll BYO container.
Sriracha- hot sauce is easy to make at home…the main thing here is breaking my addiction to a particular brand I’ve become loyal (or addicted to) for whatever reason.
Fresh squeeze OJ- another easy one to make at home since we have a juicer and oranges are easy to buy with zero packaging
Leftover pasta - I have a mix of glass and plastic food storage containers. It might be time to repurpose the plastic containers for non-food related items and invest in a few more glass ones.
Bags of produce from my CSA share- this is more of a conversation than a change on my part. I can talk to the farm that I get my veggie from about other practical options for how they package up our fresh, organic produce… or I could come volunteer at the farm and pick my own!
Yogurt- this might be the hardest one in my whole fridge. I wouldn't say i’m inclined to start making my own yogurt but maybe this is an invitation… or an opportunity to be satisfied with all the other choices available and live without it!