Operation ditch the plastic: Bee's Wrap giveaway
Friday, November 29, 2013 at 10:00AM
As operation ditch the plastic continues to play out in our house, I’ve been dismayed by how cling wrap remained a pesky mainstay. It’s not so much the potential for plasticizers leaching into foods (if purchasing brands that don’t specifically state which chemicals they do and don’t use), but my issue lies in the responsibility I feel to not dump copious amounts of plastic into the trash.
When friends over at MightyNest posted about Bee’s Wrap, a reusable food storage wrap that cinches thanks to beeswax-coated cotton and a little ol’ fashioned body heat, I was immediately intrigued. MightyNest sent me some of this magic wrap to try out and also offered up three sets of Bee’s Wrap to HGGH blog readers.
The set comes with three pieces of wrapping, 7”x8”, 10”x11”, and 13”x14”. To use the wrap, shape it around the object and use the heat from your hands to activate the beeswax, jojoba oil, and tree resin (all ingredients besides organic cotton). When heat source is removed the wrap cools and hardens in the pressed shape.
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I love the way the wrap smells, like candles and honey. I also love how the wrap clings to things that even cling wrap eludes. Dry ingredients for three Thanksgiving GF piecrusts awaited my attention, stacked neatly in their metal mixing bowls and the Bee’s Wrap adhered beautifully.
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And the finished sweet potato pie rested in the refrigerator wrapped neatly on Thanksgiving eve. (Oh hey, PieBox!)
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To reuse, just wash the wrap with cold water and dishsoap and allow to dry. I store my Bee’s Wrap in a wide-mouth quart mason jar to keep it clean between uses. This would make a lovely stocking stuffer, new-parent or out-of-the-blue gift for anyone into loosening their grip on plastic in the kitchen.
Disclosures: Mighty Nest provided me with a complimentary set of Bee’s Wrap. They will be shipping the winners’ sets of Bee’s Wrap directly. Opinions and support for this product and company are my own. MightyNest is not a paid advertiser on this site.
Reader Comments (120)
I agree! I've been working to eliminate plastic in my kitchen, and plastic wrap is such a hard one to let go of... I'd be really keen to try these!
Lids to glass containers or Pyrex seem to go the way of socks in the laundry in my house, so having Bees Wrap to cover containers would be the first use!
Just an incredible invention! We're also making the move to plastic-free and have been using aluminum foil, but the wastefulness remains. Would so love to use Bee's Wrap!
I've never heard of this and I am super interested-going to go check the site out now. Thanks for the info.
I was just looking at this as a possible gift :) I think this would be great for wrapping cheese.
I would have loved to use it yesterday on the antique dish that I let the homemade cranberry dish set it, cling wrap never does a good job, and neither does the press and seal stuff. I love to make stuff and then put it right in the serving dishes, so you don't get drips all over them the day of, but most of those don't have lids - I'm going to have to get some of this wrap for my kitchen if I win or not. Also, I have a bee hive and love that bees wax smell!
Bought some for my sis and have been wishing I'd got some for me! Great idea, this... Very hip indeed!
I wonder how this would work for wrapping cheese. I always have so many half blocks and chunks. I would love to give it a try. That's really my primary refrigerator problem.
I have had my eye on these for a while. I would love to use for rising dough.
Would love to have these to cover sauces and puddings in the fridge so there would be no odor transfer. Plus, use less plastic wrap, or none at all!!
I would use it to wrap up leftover batter.
I would like to cut down on plastic wrap, too! This seems like a great alternative.
We transported Brussels sprouts and three pies yesterday to Thanksgiving - happy to say that they all survived the 2.5-hour trip. Alas, we did use some plastic wrap for the sprouts. Would love to try Bees Wraps for wrapping odd-sized bowls of leftovers.
Leftovers, pies, rising dough. Love this idea!
I will use them to wrap up cheeses and other things that I generally use wrap for.
I've cut down on cling wrap quite a bit, but would love to end its use entirely.
I don't use much plastic, so I guess to cover hubby's leftover sketti night stuff.
Really want these - curious how they work for crusty bread!
Awesome cover for my rising bread
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What a great way to help conserve! I also love using the Bees Wax!
I would love to try this. Plastic wrap is unfortunately a mainstay at our home still.
Love it HAVE to try!!
This is the best thing I've heard of in so long!! Even if I don't win, I'm going to get my hands on some of these. Thanks for introducing them!
I would use it to keep bread fresh!