It’s Spring Cleaning Time!
It’s Spring Cleaning Time!
Happy Spring!!! It’s time for Spring cleaning, and that means creating a lot of trash and recycling. It can be very confusing to know what is considered trash, and what can be recycled. And what makes it even more confusing, is that each city has its own rules! So if you’re in San Jose, this first article is for you. 🙂 If not, just Google “what can be recycled in Sunnyvale” etc. Please keep scrolling down the article to familiarize yourself with what can be recycled. I even learned something! Not too long ago, I was told that gift bags, greeting cards, and shiny magazines couldn’t be recycled. But now I see that they can! Styrofoam used to be able to be recycled, and now it can’t. I know. Super confusing!! But I want to thank you in advance for doing the best you can! <3
I LOVE the second article!! Please check it out!! It lists 21 ways to reduce the amount of waste you unknowingly create. And some of them are SUPER easy!! Like: using loose tea instead of tea bags (which can contain microplastics), trying to eat one meal a week from unpackaged foods (such as vegetables, and meat from the butcher put into your own glass container!), using bar soap instead of bottled, and make your own cleaning products from baking soda, lemon juice, and vinegar! Any little bit helps, and some of these even sound fun. Thanks again!
Carla Whyte
Embracing Your Space
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Alicia LaMarche graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, where she got her degree in Baking and Pastry Arts. After a variety of experiences working in restaurants, from Florida to San Francisco, as well as being a pastry cook at Google, she created Baked By Alicia, a home-based baking business. Today you can find her busy with custom-decorated cookies for holidays, birthdays, baby and bridal showers, and many other special occasions. She also teaches cookie decorating classes for all ages and ability levels and does love getting orders for french macarons and gourmet stuffed cookies as well!
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Undoubtedly, one (or many) of your friends has started baking bread in the last several years. Have you been thinking about it but were concerned it might be too complicated? February is a great opportunity to jump on the baking craze since it’s Bake for Family Fun Month!