Not buying things in plastic containers means making more things yourself. I’ve found a couple of short cuts. One of them is “mason jar mixes”. Basically I take my favorite baking recipes and pre-mix the dry ingredients in a mason jar. Then when I need to make a fresh batch I can dump the mason jar in the mixing bowl, add the wet ingredients and put it in the oven. Here are 3 batches of muffins ready to go, one in the mixing bowl and two in the mason jars for another day. It really does save time, especially on the evenings that I realize – at 8:30pm – that I have no lunch time snacks for tomorrow.