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Green Kitchen

A green kitchen does more than just produce healthy food. Your choices about cleaning, storing food, cooking equipment, recycling and composting food waste are important ingredients, too.

Green Cleaning

Keeping your work surfaces and cooking tools clean is vital to preparing healthy food. But you don't have to use lab-developed, factory-manufactured chemical formulas. Learn how to prepare and use your own green kitchen cleaning recipes.

Healthy Cooking Tools

The tools you use to prepare food - from knives and skillets to common appliances - can help or harm your health. Learn about the best bets, what to avoid, and where to use caution in picking kitchen equipment.

Food Storage

Plastics and food seem inseparable today - but the combination is dangerous to both your health and the environment. Change your habits with these simple tips.

Entertaining

Set a Green Table.
Whether you set the table for 2 or 2,000, you can create a waste-free event. Learn more about eco-friendly linens, tableware, clean-up, and caterers.

Start a Tasting Club

Make exploring the farmers market for local, seasonal goods into a party with friends.

Composting Kitchen Scraps

Now that you are eating lots of fresh, local produce (choosing organics whenever you can), don't waste those scraps!
A counter-top compost container can look pretty, and need not smell. I keep mine within reach of the cutting board, tossing scraps in as I cook. To empty it, I just carry it to the garden, dump it into the compost bin, rinse it with the hose, and put it back on the counter.
It's easy and cuts down a surprising amount on my trash, which is also drier and lighter without food waste in it.