None of your beeswax

Going back to my resolve to reduce, reuse, and recycle, I decided to make some beeswax wraps.  They can be used in so many ways in the kitchen, greatly reducing the need for plastic wrap.  It doesn't fully replace it, but it helps nonetheless.

Over a year ago I bought three beeswax wraps.  At first they just sat in the drawer, but over time I've used them more and more.  I finally got to the point that I wanted a few more sizes in my kitchen to expand how often I can use them.

I ordered the main supplies on Amazon, except for the fabric, which I just used various pieces of cotton from my stash.  I needed some beeswax with pine resin and coconut oil.  I also ordered beeswax pellets that didn't contain the additional ingredients, but I read that the wraps might crack and not hold up as well without the resin and oil.  I recently broke my grater, so I was fine with using it and I already had the parchment paper.

Grating the bar of wax gets you a nice size to melt.  The hard bar was a little nerve-wracking to grate, so I heated it a bit in the microwave.

The process was very easy:

• Put some parchment down
• Set up the fabric with some grated wax and/or wax pellets on top
• Place another sheet of parchment on top
• Iron to melt the wax
• Once the melted wax is evenly distributed, wave it for a moment to cool it.

Repeat on additional pieces of fabric, as desired.

Since making these, I have put them to great use.  It has been so nice covering leftovers and wrapping cheese.  It's even better knowing I'm reducing my trash load.