Chaletmomma Designs

Hello sweet friends - I love sharing the decor I treasure and look forward to displaying every year.

Today we welcome family. Feast on hors d'oeuvres including Crabmeat Dip, Chopped Chicken Liver and Swedish meatballs. Snap open our Christmas Crackers to don our paper crowns and read our silly jokes while enjoying delicious treats. Then settle in to play a trivia game or two while movies play - White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life and The Bishop’s Wife.

Wishing you all very Merry and Blessed Christmas!

A few posts of Christmas Past to enjoy!

Recently an Instagram friend Chrissie Anthony Haim shared the ways she’s moved away from plastic food storage and plastic utensils in her kitchen. If you don’t follow Chrissie on IG you should - not only is she wonderful for taking the time to share these important and very helpful tips and resources but she’s an amazing Interior Designer and gardener. And for me personally she’s a fellow hockey mom!

In the fall of 2023 Chrissie experienced a serious health crisis and needed brain surgery - thankfully more than a year later she’s doing great. But, she has looked at alot of things in her life and knew the microplastics in her home had to go. I watched her Instagram stories weeks ago when she started a series about what she’s using now and bam I had a wake up call!

I pulled all the small plastic food storage and left over take out containers from my cabinet. I reorganized and took stock of what glass Pyrex and glass mason jars we already owned and decided what I needed to fill out my storage needs. Everything is linked - just click on the image.

I purchased this set of 4 glass storage with bamboo lids and silicone seals.

Next I went onto Target and ordered these two Pyrex sets: a 2 cup and a 4 cup. Since we’re a family of 3 and my teenager eats alot we don’t end up with much left overs. My husband made a big batch of stew and I stored it in a full Pyrex lidded set that belonged to my mom from years ago. So these coupled with what I already had should be sufficient.

2 Cup

4 Cup

The next things I looked at were our cooking utensils. We only had a few pieces that were suspect. I decided on this Greenspan set that are BPA free.

The next items Chrissie touched on were cutting boards, scented garbage bags and Non-Stick pans.

Replace plastic cutting boards with wooden here’s a link for a BPA free board from Target. All these man-made scents - garbage bags, air fresheners and candles are actually disruptors - they can take a toll on our bodies - go scent free. Be careful remove all non-stick Teflon coated pans from your home and cook on stainless steel and or cast iron. We already own All-Clad Stainless steel cookware and we also purchased All-Clad PTEF Free non-stick frying pan and my husband loves his cast iron pans also.

We all need to be aware of what cleansers we are using in our home and what we’re using to wash our dishes and clothing. Here’s the image from my Tips page of my cleaning products.

I’ve switched from Dishwasher Pods to liquid. because it’s not clear if the PVA plastic around the dishwasher and laundry pods is truly biodegradable - could these pods be contributing to the over population of microplastics ?!? I’m not sure but, I don’t think they’re a good idea in the Chalet anymore.

I use Earth Breeze for the laundry.

We know there is so much more would could be looking into. Personal Care, Grooming and Make-up! I’m looking forward to continuing to make changes for the betterment of mine and my family’s health.

Til next time friends I’ll see you over on the Gram!