New Favorite Thing

Our family is slowly and sometimes painfully trying to be more green and chemical-free. So out went the plastic tupperware and most of the kids' plastic bowls and cups (with a few exceptions). I'm definitely not a fresh and bright type of green. I'm more of a bitter and dark green. Very unwilling, but still, give me some time. I might get to a nice shade of seafoam one day.

So with our plastics also went our aluminum nonstick woks (my everyday staples!). John got me a stainless steel wok that weighs a ton, but at least it wasn't teflon, right? But man alive! That thing is the opposite extreme of nonstick! I would hate to cook thinking I'd have to spend a good 30 minutes each night scrubbing it with a steel wool to get it clean. Then one day I stopped into Sur La Table, browsing as usual since it's usually too expensive to buy anything there. They had this new nonstick cookware collection that wasn't made of teflon and is supposed to be green! I splurged and got the wok. (I had a $10 off coupon, which didn't make even a dent, but it made me feel a little better that I didn't waste the coupon. - Call me crazy like that.)

So after about 3 weeks of use, I have to say that I LOVE this wok! Nothing sticks to it! And it cleans up like a breeze! It's made by Scanpan. It's not the lightest wok, but I guess that's the trade-off. Still, I'm thrilled to have a new favorite thing!