What I am reviewing today?
The Natural New Age Girl thought it was a shower cap!
Wrong! Although, at a pinch, you could very well use them for shower caps!
They are in fact, an ingenious solution to how to store food in the fridge without using plastic wrap.
We are always trying to lessen the amount of plastic we use in our home. Cling wrap on plates and bowls of leftovers was one area I struggled with! What else was going to keep it fresh and free from fridge odours?
Ta-dah! Enter the 4MyEarth® Food Covers!
What are they made from? Cotton and canvas with a biodegradable coating.
Are they reusable? Yes, just wash them up with a little soapy water and drip dry. You can also put them in the dishwasher or washing machine.
Do they come in different sizes? Yes, they come in four different sizes.
Do they come in different patterns? Yes, they come in plain and flower print.
What do you use them for? Once you start using the food covers, you will discover all different ways you can use them. Basically, anytime you would have used plastic wrap over a bowl or plate, use the food cover. They are great as I mentioned for leftovers in the fridge. The big bowl on the right in the picture has some Quirky Cooking Chicken and Brown Rice Soup in it. They also are handy for parties or bbqs to keep the flies off your salad bowls. Quite often when I am cooking, I need to let things stand, soak or prove and instead of a tea towel, the food cover is perfect.
Do they keep the food fresh? Yes! I found no discernible difference in freshness compared to using cling wrap.
Hang on, I have seen these in the supermarket – aren’t they vinyl with BPA? That’s why I have never purchased the supermarket ones! These food covers are BPA free, PVC Free and phthalate free. Totally food grade safe! Whew!
What about the company? Rebecca at 4 My Earth is a real natural, new age mum! She is committed to the environment and all her products must be ethically made and help in reducing our impact with reusable and where possible use organic materials. Another fabulous, Australian owned and run family business. They also sell lots of other cool stuff too – love their bamboo shawl so much!
Where do you get them from? You can get them straight from the lovely Rebecca online.
What’s the final verdict? I absolutely love the food covers. What a fantastic, eco-friendly idea. They are easy to use and wash and they have definitely cut down our plastic wrap use to a significant degree. No more eco-guilt!
Okay, so who would like to try some for themselves?
Rebecca is kindly giving away two of her value packs which contain four covers, one in each size.
This giveaway has now closed. The winners were Chon K and Fiona S!
This is how you enter:
* Be a blog subscriber. Add your email to the top right hand side of the blog.
* Be a 4 My Earth Facebook liker. Go here.
* Head over to the website and take a look at the food covers. Go here.
* Comment on this blog post, telling me which design you would prefer – the flowers or the plain with text.
Terms and conditions:
This giveaway is only open to Australian residents. It will close on Friday the 30th of November at midnite. The winner will be chosen from those meeting the entry requirements using random.org. Please make a note to check your emails to see if you have won! It will also be announced on this blog post.
Good luck everyone and thank you Rebecca at 4 My Earth!
I just liked 4 My Earth on FB 🙂 What an awesome product!
These look like just what I’m after! I would really live to win a flower print one, they are beautiful 🙂
LOVE even! Haha
Already a subscriber and like their page 🙂 I like the plain with text the best! These are such a great idea, I always feel guilty when I throw cling wrap in the bin!
The flowers are very retro. Awesome!
Flowers please. I have the sandwich wraps which are fabulous.
Great idea – thought I was going to go flowers, but I like the classic look of the plain with text instead 🙂
Flowers would be lovely on the bench or in the fridge! Have Rebecca’s sandwich wraps, pockets and snack wraps and pockets. They are fantastic!
I love 4 my earth’s products, they are lovely. I like the flowers best,
What a fantastic idea ..I am loving those snazzy flower designs 🙂
What a great idea! Both are lovely, but if I had to choose, I’d go with flowers.
Have subscribed and liked on fb 🙂
Loving the flower ones
Great product. Im a bit of a nature lover, so if im lucky enough to win Id like the flower print pretty please
Loving the flowers – very earthy 🙂
yes yes yes!!! i have been meaning to make some of these… but never ever will get around to it. i would absolutely love love love to try some! awesome! and i would chose the flowers of course 🙂 hooray! thankyou for such a great competition. and thanks 4myearth for making what was in my head!
Definitely the flowers! I have some 4myearth sandwich wraps and pockets, and they are awesome. I’ve been wanting to trying these for ages – fingers crossed it’s my lucky day next Friday!
Love love love!!!!
Both look great, but if I had to pick I would choose the plain with writing on them. Thanks
Ooooh the flowers. Have been wanting to try these for ages 🙂
Great idea, I have (and love) their lunch wraps and had no idea of all the other products they offer, I do now! Love the flowers!
i love the flowers please 🙂 so very pretty and a great idea!
Flowers please they look great. I have been using 4my earth wraps and pockets for kids lunches for 2 years now, no waste.
I love, love, LOVE these!! The flowers are my favourite 🙂
What a fantastic idea, I love the flowers the best, I have been looking for ways to eliminate gladwrap in line with the ‘nude food’ lunches at school, and kinder, so it is important to set good examples in the home too!!! They could be used over plates too!
These are such a wonderful idea, how great for another way to eliminate the use of plastic…….setting positive examples at home, especially since kinders and schools now have ‘nude food’ policies, less waste is a great thing. I love the flower design, thank you for your wonderful invention!
These eco friendly covers are fantastic! I use them as well as their sandwich pockets and wraps! They are the best.
Hmmmm, picking between the two is hard! the flowers are so pretty, but for some reason my mind tells me the plain ones are more “sanitary foody looking” 😉 i think i would probably go with plaon, just to keep the crazy brain happy lol
Great idea! I also have a snack wrap from them. The plain version looks great
Both are so practical but I would choose the print. Thanks
Love the flower design
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What a great idea, I always feel bad every time I have to use the cling film. I like the plain one with the text but both are lovely.
This is amazing, my intention for 2013 is to minimise our families plastic use, then this comes along – I love the plain food covers, my 14yr old is getting the music lunch cover pack, and the fuzzies for my 5 year old. Great Christmas pressies for me, boring for them….Beats socks & jocks…
Love them! Great Idea. I would choose the plain pattern.
Excellent! I’ve been using the sandwich wraps from 4MyEarth for a few years and they are terrific. I would love to try the flower print pattern.
What an amazing product. Thank you so much for introducing us to them – they would make such a lovely gift. I adore the flower print if I were lucky enough to be selected.
What a fantastic idea. I am not fussed on what I get I will just be a happy person to received one! 😀
I would love the flower pattern, its divine and would look great in the fridge! What a great idea!
I would love the plain with text! I can never get cling wrap to stick and stay in place anyway so these would be fantastic!
Already a subscriber, liked the 4 My Earth page and checked out their website. I prefer the plain with text but would feel lucky to win either. Love these – what a brilliant idea!! Thank you for sharing x
I love the text logo, what an ingenious idea !!!
We love these ideas! Such a better idea than cling film… and plastic food covers!
Perhaps the kids will COVER their food in the fridge with these! I’m eternally optimistic anyway. 😉
Some people are so clever…love these!! I’m a plain kinda gal 🙂
They look awesome. Need to get ready for plastic free school lunchbox next year as well but would love a chance to win the beautiful flower design ones!
These are a great idea. Love the flowers!
I like the simplicity of the text versions 🙂 My husband is terrible with leftovers – he literally wraps and wraps and wraps a plate or bowl in plastic wrap before putting it in the fridge – drives me nuts lol!! These covers would be fantastic – too easy!!
Love the flowers!
Flowers please Sonia!!!
I have used the plastic ones but would love to win some of the flower ones, these are fantastic and good for the environment
Already following both of you. I think I like the flowers, because they have purple in them. I like purple.
Ooh definately the flower pattern. It’s gorgeous!
These are just gorgeous. I would have to choose the flowers. I already have a few products from 4 My Earth (like the sandwich wraps) and I love them!
I like the pretty floral print.
These rock 🙂 I would love to win the flower print.I would love to use these in the kids lunch box (if they have small ones).Also would use for left overs ,Im at a bit of loss at mo as to what to use now that I have removed glad wrap from my house.
I love the flower ones 🙂 Would be great to do away with glad wrap!
I would love the flower ones. Great idea!
I have liked the page. I would love to win the flower print covers, they are gorgeous .
The flowers are pretty. 🙂
fabulous! Love the flowers but also would not say no to the plain 😉
These would be so great to have – I love the plain ones! I have been making a concerted effort to have a ‘rubbish-free’ household this year but plastic wrap has been the hardest to replace in the home! Would love to have a green alternative. I used to have something similar (probably just cheap plastic though) to cover opened pet-food tins, many years ago!
I would love to try the flower print covers. They would look fabulous at a BBQ prior to serving! Thanks for another great giveaway!
I love the flower design and they look great would work where there is no lids for bowls
Flowers, flowers, flowers! They just have that ‘happy’ feeling about them… I’ve been loving it since moving from a 7th floor apartment (with 3 kids aged under 4 at the time… eek!) to 5 acres, and it’s full of beautiful flowers that have just been going nuts, I love just looking at them… in fact all my roses are about to bloom again and I’m so excited!
I would love to win the flower print food covers. Great idea 🙂
I like the plain text one over the flowers but really, I don’t mind because my motivation is to not have to use cling wrap but instead use something which can be reused again and again and is more sustainable.
I love the plain text. simple yet elegant
I have 2 boys and have been advised by them the plain with text is the one to choose and not “the girly flowers”. lol
I’m subscribed using this email, and I’m a fan on FB as Kate Ryan. 🙂 I’d like the flowery ones please!
Perfect for leftovers! I love the floral ones they look great!
Such a nifty idea! With three sons as well as my husband I need all the pretty girly loveliness I can get to balance out all the testosterone! It’s definitely flowers for me!
These covers look wonderful..I absolutely hate using glad wrap on my food, so these would be fabulous
Would love these, I always feel bad when using glad wrap. Would love the flower pattern ones if I win. Already a liker of 4MyEarth and I think I am subscribed twice to the blog hahahaha! 🙂
What a fantastic idea! I love the plain ones. I also love the other items Rebecca has on her site too – especially the sandwich and snack bags! The kids will love them.
Brilliant idea. I like the plain covers 🙂
Just plain for me 🙂
OMG I NEED these! Wish I had had these for years I would have used so much less cling film in my lifetime! Totally getting these for gifts from now on. Brilliant. Plain color for me…pretty please 🙂
I would love to open my fridge and see cheerful flowers!