Tag: making

Making my own Greek style yogurt

April 3, 2018 Off

As we move forward in this project, the challenges in terms of reducing our packaging are increasing.  At this point, most of the things that we are buy are in bulk or from specialty stores (butcher, cheese shop, bakery).  The only items being bought with packaging are:  pasta (in a cardboard box; recyclable), vegetable oil…

By Sandra Maki

Soap Making 101

March 29, 2018 Off

As part of this zero waste journey, I am experimenting.  Today, I took a soap making class.  I registered for the class in January when I wasn’t sure that I could find un-packaged soap.   Now I know that I can buy “naked” soap at the bulk store! I took the three-hour class at Noblessence on St-Denis…

By Sandra Maki