We are all familiar with using delicious fresh and dried herbs for cooking, and if you are anything like me– you find yourself buying bunches of cilantro and basil every single week. Have you considered how wasteful the excessive plastic packaging is?
Who thought it was such a great idea to pack herbs in thick, wasteful plastic packages anyways?? Certainly not me.
If your local grocery story has loose herbs, that is absolutely wonderful, but chances are, even if they do, those herbs will barely last a day in the fridge and you will find yourself throwing away almost have of them. So my advice can be relevant to you as well!
It’s simple.
Grow your own herbs.
This is such simple advice but for some reason so many people overlook the fact that growing herbs at home is extremely easy! It is so easy that you can buy an actual Grow-your-own-herbs kit at most stores that have garden centers (and even Amazon!)
If you aren’t confident in your green thumb, you can buy herb plants that are already well developed and very difficult to kill,
With your own herb garden at home, you are cutting back not only on plasic but also on food waste. You can just snip off exactly what you are going to use, and the rest will continue to grow and live a healthy life (instead of decaying in the fridge!).
So what are you waiting for?? Go ahead and start planting your herb garden and let me know what herb YOU are the most eager to grow at home.
For me, it is cilantro 🙂
Little Mindful Kitchen 