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@tasterspoon - several good ideas for using your jars here, but if you don't want to - just recycle them! Glass is very recycleable and they are finding lots of great uses for recycled glass these days (like glass countertops, etc.). Or, donate them to a thrift store. Whatever you do - don't throw them away!

I still use plastic bags for storing greens and such (like you, it's about the only place I still do use plastic) - I just use and reuse and reuse. If you're just storing greens, the bags should still be pretty clean, and if not, you can turn them inside out, wash them, let them air dry and use again. When you finally get to the point where you can't use them anymore, they CAN be recycled - you can put them in the plastic grocery bag recycling bin at your grocery store. Until I find another method that is as easy, works as well and takes up as little space in my fridge, I'll keep doing this.

Kitchen:
Nielsen-Massey vanilla bean paste
Penzey's Vietnamese extra-fancy cinnamon
Organicville Mushroom marinara sauce (only until I find a scratch recipe we like better, but so far, this wins)
Microplane graters

Other:
Suki Pure skin care line
Alima Pure mineral make up
7th Generation recycled toilet paper

My kitchen is terrible - it is the original kitchen installed when the house was built in 1979 and nothing has ever been upgraded. Until now, I've resisted doing anything because I kept thinking "I just need to gut the whole thing." But I recently changed my mind. I don't know if I'll *ever* have the money to completely redo the kitchen, so instead of just living with it, I'm going to start doing the little things - repaint, fix the broken drawers, new backsplash, etc. Might as well make it as good as possible while I hope to win the lottery, right?

Chocosphere.com for a whole bunch of different brands of high quality chocolate, including professional wafers and other forms besides just blocks.

I use PlanToEat.com. I can "snip" online recipes using their bookmarklet, as well as type in my own recipes. Then I can read the recipe on my iphone while I'm cooking (would love to have an ipad for this, so it's a bit larger) and not waste paper. But of course, you can always print the recipes as well. I find it very convenient.

Pretty pricey for every day use. I save them for tough marks and things I can't get out with my usual homemade cleaners and a rag. I did find some generic brand ones at Wal-Mart though. Seem to work the same, but less expensive. Still too expensive for everyday though, plus it's made from a petroleum product and I try to limit use of those as much as possible.

Sounds delish! Definitely will try.

I've been using Ziplist.com and like it a lot (free). But recently I signed for a free trial of PlantoEat.com and I like it even better. It has a yearly cost, but it has a slick menu planner I like a lot and it imports recipes very nicely.

At home I have a stand-alone software (not web based) called Big Oven where I put all of my tried-and-true recipes. That way they'll never be lost if these online services go away.

Check out this video for a whole bunch of amazing ways to use silicone molds. https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=56783522379

The ones in the video are sheet molds, but you could do a lot of the same things with the ones you have.