20 pledges for 2020: How to make your own eco-friendly snacks during lockdown
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We knew we’d need to make the marshmallows because you can’t buy them without plastic, but it dawned on us that we’d have to make several of the ingredients first too. The vegan recipe books are another two step challenge because though veggies are available sans manmade wrapping the vegan versions of ‘chease’ or milk, are so often wrapped in plastic or come in plastic coated cartons. It’s fair to say churning butter was fairly short lived and we’ve only made marshmallows once in a year, but the things I’ve started learning about food, ingredients and, above all, what not to shell out to get a middleman to make for us, in the last few years has been brilliant.
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