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Food Favorite: Pomi Tomatoes are BPA-Free

March 6, 2012 0

Since we are on the subject of BPA-free packaging for our foods, I started to think of my favorite foods packaged in BPA-free packaging. The first item that popped into my head is one that we use a lot of in our home, Pomi Tomatoes. While we try to use fresh organic tomatoes in all of our recipes, there are times that we need a good tomato sauce or source of chopped or strained tomatoes that we are unable to find locally.

We found Pomi Tomatoes and have been very pleased with both the quality of their natural tomatoes as well as their BPA-free, sustainably made recyclable packaging. Not to mention, their tomatoes are free from preservatives, artificial colors and don’t have added water. We choose Pomi Tomatoes over other tomatoes packaged in glass, since some of those jars had BPA lined lids. And since many cans have high-levels of BPA – we avoid those too.

PS: We have started to use Pomi Tomato Sauce on our family pizza nights – it is fantastic! 

Do you have a favorite food that you know if packaged BPA free? I would love to hear your suggestions. 

Announcement: Campbell’s Soup Pledges to Go BPA-Free

March 6, 2012 0

Late last year, Campbell’s Soup found themselves under attack due to reports of higher than normal levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in their soup can linings. As you already know, Campbell’s Soup heavily markets their soups to children using fun shapes and familiar cartoon characters on their labeling. With the backing of the Breast Cancer Fund which launched it’s Cans not Cancer campaign, Campbell’s Soup has announced that it will no longer use BPA in it’s soup can linings. In the last several months, over 70,000 letters were sent by supporters, including over 20,000 from Healthy Child, Healthy World – I sent a letter, did you?

Studies have shown exposure to BPA has been linked in lab studies to breast cancer, early puberty in girls, obesity, prostate cancer and more. I am not a fan of plastics in general, however plastics containing BPA are even more frightening to me. As I have stated before, as a family we try to avoid purchasing food products that are packed in plastic or cans with linings. Remember, you vote with your dollar – if you stop purchasing these items, it will have an impact! Mr. Sweet Greens makes most of our soups from scratch and stores them in glass containers – this is one way that we can ensure that the food that we eat isn’t tainted with BPA.

What steps does your family take to remove BPA and other plastics from your foods?

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Have a Lovely Green Weekend + A Few Green Things

March 3, 2012 0

Hello, Friends! Are you ready for the weekend? I definitely am. Today, Mr. Sweet Greens and Eben will be spending the day sailing with Eben’s classmates. Mr. Sweet Greens is good friends with Eben’s classmates’ father – they both love to sail – what a wonderful way to spend the day, on the water with good friends! I couldn’t go – I had some work that I needed to finish up before the weekend and my new eco-friendly sofa sectional is being delivered today. I am so excited! Yay, for eco-friendly furniture!

Tomorrow, we have been invited to a pool party! What could be more fun than friends, food and the pool? And since it is starting to get super-warm here – it sounds like a great way to cool off! Is it starting to warm up where you live?

While I gather up our swimsuits and flip flops here are a few green things I thought you might enjoy:

– Bloggers are the new recipe box? Of course we are!
– Let’s make our own sandwich bread this weekend – ours will be whole wheat and organic!
– A new species of spiny scaled sea snake has been discovered. 
– If sloths make Kristen Bell cry from their cuteness – this will make her loose it!
– Have you seen either of these Non GMO labels yet?
– On Sunday, I want to spend the day surfing. Fact.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend full of sunshine. I’ll see you back here on Monday!

xo,
Sweet Greens

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Travel Dreams: Thailand’s Floating Farmer’s Market

March 2, 2012 0

In Thailand local farmers spend early mornings in their boats full of a wide variety of fresh vegetables, produce, flowers and local wares as part of a floating farmer’s market.

I love the idea of floating along in a wooden boat selecting fresh fruit and vegetables for the coming week. I have pinned this to my Oh the Places I Will Go! board on Pinterest.

Would you go to a floating market?

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SLOWCOLOR: Premium Handloomed Linen Scarves

March 2, 2012 0

I love these premium handloomed linen scarves from SLOWCOLOR. SLOWCOLOR offers fair trade fashion accessories that are handloomed by artisans in India, who in turn receive a life-changing living wage. Fantastic! All of the fashion accessories are both naturally dyed with vegetable-based dyes and are environmentally sustainable.

These scarves can be worn several different ways – you can dress it up for an elegant night out or dress it down with jeans and a tee for an afternoon at the farmer’s market. It also looks great when you travel or even as a head wrap when you are the beach (I have been wearing my Boulder Scarf when we are on our sailboat)! The quality is fabulous and I can tell this scarf will be a staple in my wardrobe for years to come.

Do you wear scarves? What is your favorite way to wear one? I would love to hear your suggestions.

+ SLOWCOLOR BOULDER SCARF $85
+ SLOWCOLOR

Full Disclosure: I received a SLOWCOLOR scarf from SLOWCOLOR to review in exchange for my honest opinion. 

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