Repurposed Baking Soda Container

Repurposing a plastic Parmesan cheese container and lid.

I was reading some recent homesteading link party posts and came across this interesting one called Repurposing a Parmesan Cheese Container at the Taylor-Made Homestead blog.

I'd just finished my Parmesan cheese. I'd cleaned the contained and saved it on my pantry shelf without a purpose in mind. Now I had one.

Tammy Taylor explained on her blog how she used the lid of a Parmesan cheese container with a half-pint canning jar with a regular mouth to make a new storage container for her baking soda.

One box of baking soda in it's new repurposed container.

I've always left my baking soda in it's box even though it's hard to get a measuring spoon in the small opening and out with the exact amount needed.

The flat opening allows you to measure exactly what you need.

Since I had a full box of baking soda, I decided to use the plastic container with it's flip-top lid just as it was. In addition to using the wide flat opening for measuring spoons, the side with round holes makes a shaker to use baking soda for cleaning projects. How cool is that?

I taped on labels from the box so I could clearly identify the contents.

Thank you Tammy for the inspiration to "Use Whatcha Got!" Another item is saved from the landfill, or at least gets a second life before it moves on to the recycle depot. And what of the old box? I repurposed it into fire starter for our woodstove.

Now that's a win, win, win. -- Margy