Building Emergency Food Supply in Five Simple Steps

We’ve and only buy BPA-free canned goods, yet we still have BPA lurking throughout the kitchen. Here’s my plan of attack. Replace our old salad spinner with a or : Toss out our old plastic cutting boards in favor of and say goodbye to our Cuisinart food processor: Many countertop appliances like food processors or blenders contain BPA in the food bowls. (Yet another reason to switch to the BPA-free blenders — we LOVE ours!) I just contacted KitchenAid and evidently the bowls for their brand new 7, 9, and 13 cup food processors are now BPA free! (The 7 cup is model KFP0711, the 9 cup is model KFP0922, and the 13 cup model is KFP1333.) Since Cuisinart has yet to jump on the BPA-free band wagon for their full-sized food processors, it looks like I’m going to be asking for a for the Christmas this year! Updated November 2012: Great news! There are now MANY more food processors that contain BPA-free bowls: , and , among others ( for more information about each of their models). Donate ourplastic cooking tools (like spatulas and ladles) and keep our bamboo, wood, silicone, and stainless steel ones: But it’s not quite so simple. There are so many other places BPA may be lurking: – plastic strainers – plastic mixing bowls – plastic measuring spoons and cups – plastic tupperware (instead we use sets of these and !) – plastic water pitchers ( are BPA-free) – any type of canned product that doesn’t specifically say BPA-free; including soda pop cans, not just that can of soup! (I recently stopped buying cans of coconut water and now buy terta pak containers instead.) While I believe that making the above changes are important for our health, it’s difficult to justify the expense of replacing kitchen items that remain functional! I need to remind myself that while it may seem like an extraneous expense, we feel it’s an important one. I guess we had better budget for those new kitchen items. Check back in to see how we do.