We go through a lot of milk in this family. I long for the day when we will all be drinking the same kind, but for now there is whole goat’s milk for little Garrett, 1 % organic milk for Kai and Peter and these days, due to trying to avoid dairy, almond milk for me. But although we buy organic milk, i always feel guilty about the bags they come in. But here in my Toronto neighbourhood, glass isn’t really an option. You can now get some organic milk in glass bottles, but the size is too small for our family and it isn’t always available. So for now, we depend on a family-size pack of milk in plastic bags. But recently i’ve found a way to reuse the bags to ease my guilt a little.

I just cut off the top, wash with soapy water, rinse and let them dry in our drying rack. And voila, i have great bags for storing leftovers or veggies for the fridge and freezer! It’s especially useful since we try not to bring in plastic bags to our house, and i no longer purchase sandwich bags etc. Plastic milk bags are quite strong and much easier to clean and dry than flimsy produce bags etc. I also keep a few in the bottom of my stroller so that if i stop at a grocery store or bulk food store so i can use them for any rice, quinoa, oatmeal or fresh vegetables that I purchase. And because they are so strong, you can use them again and again!

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