Greener Every Week – Replace your nonstick cookie sheets
“Greener Every Week” is my ongoing series in which I do one (cheap, easy) thing every week to make my home or lifestyle more healthy & eco-friendly.
In my ongoing quest to get chemicals out of my food and my home, I first switched away from non-stick pots and pans, and have recently replaced my non-stick cookie sheets as well. Fortunately this wasn’t nearly as expensive as I thought it might be due to my discovery of these Nordic Ware Bakers Half Sheets
On to step two: now that I got rid of that non-stick coating, how can I prevent things from, well, sticking?
I have long been in the habit of using parchment paper to line baking sheets (even with non-stick things seem to want to burn on and generally make cleaning up a pain, don’t they?), but the more I do to try to make my day-to-day life less wasteful, the more it was bugging me to throw away all that paper.
First I started buying recycled parchment paper
Has anyone tried these? Do you love them as much as I do?
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I love my silicone baking mat! I need to get a few more though. I think mine is Martha Stewart brand – pretty nice (and it is a cute blue color…because that totally matters, right?!)
Hey, pretty totally matters!
I used to have a silicone mat from Tupperware. It was a little costly but worked like a charm! I’ve misplaced it somewhere along the road, so I think I need to get a new one. I use parchment paper most of the time, but you are right that it can be wasteful.
Jessica – just came across your blog recently and love it! I really am enjoying your helpful tips on ways to be more sustainable and the yummy recipes. Will share this with friends/family. Great job, keep it up!
Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying it!
If you use the silicon liners would that make using teflon sheets safe? So therfore no need to get rid of the baking sheets we have but still steer clear of leaked chemicals?
Just wondering, thanks!
Well it would definitely be better than nothing since you’d avoid your food coming into contact with the teflon directly. Some evidence indicates that teflon might give off toxic fumes when it heats so you’d still have that, but it would at least be a step in the right direction!
What are the health implications of using silicone?
That is an excellent question! As of right now, silicone is looking pretty good – there’s no evidence that it causes any health problems (at least not that I can find!) It’s actually similar to glass in that it’s made from sand and oxygen (in it’s most basic form). That isn’t to say that various producers can’t add undesirable components, so we can’t be 100% sure that it’s safe all the time. When possible, I do try to stick to things like glass, steel, and cast iron since they have all been around longer and therefore have a more reliable history of safety, but silicone generally has less weird additives than plastic and so far has a good track record of being safe so it’s one of the only “modern” materials I will occasionally use.