Sustainably
Sadie
Portion Control
“Only take what you need,”
seemed like a mantra this summer. Even
in restrooms of large box stores, it isn’t necessary to dole out eight feet of
paper towel, it’s just wasteful. But the
child isn’t alone using/ taking more than needed when faced with a large amount
of something. It’s human nature to take
more from a large quantity and less from a small quantity.
Buying in bulk can save you
money (not always), but an important tip I read a while ago was to transfer
dish soap from a large container into a small container. What happens when we use large containers, we
subconsciously use a larger amount of product because with our eyes we see
large container which translates to large amount—probably using more than is
needed to get the job done. So if you
buy a 64 oz bottle of dish detergent because it is more cost effective, when
you get home transfer some of the product into a smaller container, and you
probably can dilute the dish soap with water to extend the life of it. Keep the small bottle up on the counter and
hide the large bottle under the sink.
A similar line of thought is
to break down bulk food purchases into their appropriate portions – buying
items already broken down into portion sizes for diet rationing brings a lot of
extra packaging into the home and eventually the landfill. If you buy family size, large packages can be
broken down into small Tupperware containers, small mason jars, or other
reusable containers. Kid snacks can be
portioned out in many cute ways that make it easy to grab a snack on the
go.
There are many products and
guidelines out there to follow for appropriate food portions—something
Americans have to scale down since we’ve become a supersized nation. Besides the artistically designed plates and
charts, there is the new trend of cooking all sorts of main dishes in muffin
tins. Individual meat loafs, pizzas,
macaroni and cheese, lasagna, pies and so on are helpful for appropriate (and
kid!) portions and they take less time to cook in the oven. I also love how everything can be made in a
mason jar these days, pies and desserts of all sorts and a great way to take a
salad to work.
Remember to watch your
portions, which include how much dish soap you use to wash dishes and how much
chocolate you consume. (It is better to
let yourself to indulge a little bit, than to deny yourself to the point of
binging).
Share your sustainable
stories, successes, ideas at the blog, www.sustainablysadie.blogspot.com
or email sustainablysadie@hotmail.com.
Twin Bits
Mingling
for Main Street
6th Annual Wine Tasting at the Main
Street Park
in Sheridan,
Saturday Sept 8th. 6:00 to
9:00 pm, $25 per person, fine wines, tasty micro-brews and savory
appetizers. Call 842-5790 for
tickets.
First
Saturday of the month, plastic recycling at the TB landfill.
Reception
for Paula Krugerud at the Twin Bridges Public Library this Friday, August 31st,
4:30 pm.
It
is harvest time! Check out your local
Farmer’s Markets. Sheridan Farmer’s
Market is Thursday evening, 5 pm to 7 pm at the Main Street
Park, corner of Main Street and
Mill.
Check
out Jackson’s
Garden online, https://sites.google.com/site/jacksonsgardeninc/home
and *Like* them on Facebook. Volunteer
work days are Tuesdays and Saturdays, 8 am to 1 pm. Please contact Janet Marsh at 842-5888 for
more information.
The
Twin Bridges Farmer’s Market is every Saturday 9 am to Noon, through
September.
The
Twin Bridges Community Association is looking for an interim Market Master for
the Twin Bridges Farmer’s Market for the last three Saturdays of September (15,
22, 29). The TBCA needs a Market Master
for 2013; if you are considering taking on the task next year, spending a day
as Market Master in September would be a great experience to help inform the
decision. Contact Paula Kinoshita, if
you are interested, at The Old Hotel (684-5959) ASAP. Duties would include: putting out signage on
Friday afternoon, being at Main Street Park at 8 am, on Saturday, to greet
vendors, help with set up, document vendors, collect fees, & to help with
break down at noon.
The
first meeting of the Twin Bridges Book Club will be Thursday, September 20th
7 pm at The Weaver’s Studio. The first
book being discussed is The Bonfire of
the Vanities by Thomas Wolfe. The
Book Club is looking for suggestions for the rest of the year. Contact Didi Murray with questions at dmmontana@3rivers.net.
From TBS Calendar:
Friday August 31: VB @ Harrison,
5 pm; FB @ Harlowtown, 7 pm
Saturday September 1: JrHi/ HS Cross Country Meet @ Pony, 10 am; VB
w/ Shields Valley @ Home, 4 pm
Sunday Sept 2: Ben Ashcraft Memorial Service, 2 pm @ MP Gym
Monday September 3: No School, Labor Day
Tuesday Sept 4: JV FB (split) @ Sheridan
& with Drummond @ Home, 4 pm; VB w/ Whitehall
@ Home, 5 pm
Wednesday Sept 5: Booster Club mtg 6 pm MT room
Friday Sept 7: JrHi VB @ Townsend 3 pm; JrHi FB @ Sheridan;
VB @ White Sulphur Springs 5 pm; FB @ Sheridan 7 pm; Big Sky
Astronomers @ MT Room 5:30 – 7 pm
Saturday Sept 8: Jr Hi VB @ Belgrade
Tourney; JrHi & HS Cross Country Meet @ Belgrade
10 am; VB w/ West Yellowstone @ Home 5:30 pm
I’m here to help promote Ruby Valley
events and spread community information.
Post comments at www.sustainablysadie.blogspot.com,
email sustainablysadie@hotmail.com,
call 406-531-1422 and send snail mail to P.O. Box 491, TB 59754. Thanks for reading and sharing, Sarah
Miller.
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