Selber machen statt kaufen – Küche

The ideas portal smarticular.net has been on the Internet since 2014. Environmentally and health-conscious people can find tips, ideas and recipes for sustainable management and households there, and like-minded people exchange ideas on how everyday life can be lived a little easier and greener overall. In book form, the second volume from the smarticular publishing house is now available as a reference work after the "Five Home Remedies". Again, the overarching motto is "Do it yourself instead of buying it" - this time in the kitchen. Vegetable seasoning paste made from fresh ingredients replaces instant broth from the supermarket, leftover vegetables are not thrown away but dried in the oven, and collected together they make a healthy alternative to bagged soup. Orange peels can be brewed as tea and ripe bananas can be used as an egg substitute for baking. It's even easy to make a palm oil-free nut nougat cream as an alternative to the commercial stuff: from roasted hazelnuts, soft butter and honey. The insight: making it yourself saves waste, protects the environment - and the household budget. And best of all: you determine the ingredients.

Usually, there is a website in addition to a film, book, etc. Here it’s the other way round: The ideas portal smarticular.net was launched first and quickly became a digital reference address for eco-friends and the health-conscious, providing tips, ideas and recipes for sustainable living. Committed people who want to take things into their own hands, do them themselves and try them out to make their lives a little easier and greener visit the page. Now the team behind the portal has turned the online guide into several printed publications. The book series “Selber machen statt kaufen” (Do it yourself instead of buying), for example, reveals to its readers shopping alternatives and approaches to sustainable living. The smarticular team focuses on topics like home remedies, saving plastic, or avoiding waste in the manuals.