Operation ditch the plastic: Duralex glassware giveaway from MightyNest
I’ve joined forces with MightyNest and a group of blogging friends to spread the glass love in our kitchens. Check out other giveaway posts and enter to win glass goodies from Marisa at food in jars, Kaela at Local Kitchen, Autumn at Autumn Makes and Does, and Beth at tasty-yummies.
In our house, we have been making the plastic-to-glass changeover for the past few years now. Slowly but surely replacing everyday use items with glass or other high-quality, non-leaching materials. I think MightyNest (and my book, of course!) is a great place to start when starting to make these changes in your household. It’s essential to go at your own pace, little-by-little switching out certain ingredients, cleaning supplies and food storage/prep materials as you learn more and can afford upgrades.
The good news about switching to higher-quality items as possible is that these are likely things you will have your whole kitchen career (exempting the sacrificial accidentally-broken pieces). MightyNest shared an interesting tidbit about Duralex brand glassware (the items in all of our giveaway posts): these items are tempered, which means they’re stronger than typical glass. If you do happen to drop it, it’s possible that it won’t break, but if it does break, it shatters like safety glass with little crumbles to sweep up rather than jagged shards and fine splinters that can get into tender feet.
Need another reason to ditch the plastic on an as possible basis? You’ll cut out exposure to lead, BPA, PVC, phthalates or formaldehyde, all things that can leach into foods and beverages from plastics and other materials.
There are two places I feel particularly strongly about the plastic-to-glass change over:
Cups & Glasses
We have small dinner parties, other gatherings and I teach classes out of my home often. Whether it’s a round of cocktails I’m serving up or a pitcher of iced tea set out for class attendees, I pull out the mismatched collection of glass cups because it’s important to me to not use plastic cups whenever possible.
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I’m rather picky about the glasses we have on rotation around here. I’m of the opinion that if it’s something you touch daily, you’d better love it. It was a great surprise to open up the box from Duralex and discover that the shape and feel of their 7.5-oz tumbler set jives with my aesthetic and tactile preferences. These glasses finally ousted my flower-pot-shaped, just-meh IKEA nesting set I had on hand for entertaining, and thankfully so! We are now using these in the mix with our daily cups since they’re perfect for a glass of wine or kombucha and also for dipping cookies in milk.
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Food Bowls & Storage/Travel Containers
Our lunches are packed every day in some assortment of these bowls or other glass storage containers.
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I like these Duralex containers in particular because they’re pretty enough to just pop the lid off and serve things in them directly without it appearing like you’re just serving things in ‘tupperware’. They are completely safe, no BPA, lead or anything else you don’t want lurking in your food.
I think it’s hard to find glass, travel-friendly bowls big enough to bring large things like salads in. The 109-oz container (sold separately from the 5-pack) is roughly equivalent to a 3.5-quart bowl. It felt smaller than what I was expecting (and seemingly a stretch to fit 3.5 quarts in it), alas the square shape packs away extra space and nestles the 5-pack right inside it.
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They stack neatly, though that’s not how we store our food storage containers. Finding and fitting lids is not my thing, so storing completely dried containers with lids on has saved my sanity. Yes, it takes up more room, but we spend a lot less (read: none at all) time crouched down and cursing at the container cupboard.
We also use our glass storage bins to oust another long-standing plastic item from the crisper drawer: produce bags. We put down a paper towel and store our stash of washed lettuce or greens in the large bowl for convenient pre-washed greens, minus the plastic tub.
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Check out the rest of the great glass MightyNest has to offer for your plastic-to-glass transition.
Disclosures: Mighty Nest provided me with a complimentary set of Duralex tumblers, a 5-pack of Lys square bowls with lids and a 109-oz Lys storage container. They will be shipping the winner’s set of glassware directly. Opinions and support for these products are my own.
Kate
And the Duralex winner is Beth from Oregon City, OR!
Thank you all for entering. MightyNest has offered up a coupon code for 10% off anything in their online shop and free shipping for orders $50 or more. Use HIP10 at checkout to receive this deal.
Reader Comments (115)
Love this post! Would love some new lunch glassware, to say goodbye to the plastic!
I still use the 3-cup plastic containers from the coop for freezing soup and storing leftovers in the fridge. Just haven’t gotten to the point of using jars effectively in the same way.
I would LOVE to get rid of all the random plastic containers we use for keeping leftovers and packing lunches. Bring on the glass!
I'm in the process of getting rid of all my plastic food storage containers.
oh man no more tupperware!!!
Cottage cheese containers! I am ready to give them up for good.
We switched over to glass containers when we moved and never looked back! Loved making a small, healthy step in the right direction!
I am trying to use less plastic every day. Next to go are the storage containers!
I was thinking about this just last night as I pulled out my one behemoth 1970s tupperware container, large enough for two loaves of pumpkin bread. I snagged it from my mom a few years ago for this purpose but the lid is torn and the plastic is scary and fading. Time for an upgrade!
I'm guilty of still using plastic to store leftovers... these glass containers would be a great alternative!
I would love to get rid of my smaller plastic containers that my son uses for a few things in his lunch. Most of the containers I have collected for my lunch don't fit in his lunch bag so I am working on getting ones for him now.
I'm running out of plastic items in my kitchen, replaced with glass/wood/ceramic. I still find myself using plastic bags in the bulk section when I forget to bring some from home (no koot sacs!), and I still wind up with plastic containers from yogurt/cottage cheese/sour cream. I'm trying to be better about buying my bulk items from stores that I can bring my jars to fill directly, and I'd like to make my own yogurt more consistently.
Next thing to replace: ziploc freezer bags. It's a tricky one.
I am working on replacing all of my plastic leftover storage containers with glass.
sandwich boxes
Plastic containers for sure!
Plastic drinking glasses! And slowly weeding out the remainder of the Tupperware.
I really need to ditch plastic storage containers.
Got rid of the plastic scrubber for dishes and replaced it with a wood/metal one. The head is compostable! Next, the toilet bowl brush (when it needs to be replaced) someone makes compostable toilet brushes.
I trashed all my plastic tupperware type containers!
We're getting rid of saran wrap and freezer bags
I'm slowly getting rid of our plastic cups since my kids are growing out of them.
I need to get rid of the kid's plastic cups and some lunch containers.
We are slowly but surely replacing 'cups' with 'glasses'. Now the boys are old enough to drink out of glasses without me having to worry about them being broken, I'd much rather have them in my cabinets!
Want to get rid of my fridge containers that are plastic and our glasses are plastic. Don't want to use plastic anymore, like the look and feel of glass. These containers and glasses are so nice!!!!