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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Reuseable Food Wrap

I've been wondering if I would ever find a solution to replacing our ziplocs and plastic wrap. I am a big fan of Press 'n' Seal, just because it actually sticks, you know? Well, I was browsing on Progressive Pioneer and found this link on how to make your own reusable food wrap, replacing plastic wrap forever! It's made using fabric and beeswax. Wow! I'd like to give it a try. It looks really easy!

Reuseable Food Wraps*


What you’ll need:


1. Scraps of fabric, preferably sheeting weight, torn into squares the same width as your cookie sheets

2. Pure beeswax (a few votive candles work fine)

3. Parchment paper or Silpat

4. Clothesline, rigged up wide enough to hang one or two squares of fabric to dry

5. Clothespins, safety pins or paper clamps

6. Scissors or a paper cutter

7. Buttons, beads and string, if desired


What to do


Preheat your oven to 150° F. Tear or cut your fabric to size. Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper, and place fabric on top.

Using a vegetable peeler, shave beeswax onto your fabric. Don’t use too much, though; you may want to do a test piece so you get a sense of coverage. (I think we got it right on our third one and it was about half as much as I assumed we would need.)

Place in the oven until all wax is melted and soaked in, about 8 or 9 minutes.

Remove from oven and pick up with clothespins (careful, it’s a bit hot!). Hang to dry about 5 minutes.

Use a paper cutter with a decorative edge or pinking sheers to cut a pretty edge.

Check out the Abeego website for closure ideas or just get creative!

2 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 26, 2010 at 9:03 PM

    What a clever idea! I will certainly have to give this a try. It would certainly help in my goal to be plastic free!

    Be well ~Andrea~

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  2. NaomiFebruary 27, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Love this. Am definitely going to do it! I met a couple in Eldersburg today who are beekeepers! I am so excited, I think I am going to take the beekeeping class he told me about. Let me know if you are interested. The first class is this Tuesday, which I will have to miss because of VT conference. But I am going to plan to go to the rest.

    That press-and-seal makes me nervous. . . I wonder what chemicals they use and how much of that stickiness ends up in my food. Yuck.

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