Conscious Kitchen Gifts
Looking for a thoughtful, yet practical, gift for the sustainably-minded people in your life? From eco-conscious to health-conscious, one of these green kitchen gift ideas has you covered. As a foodie myself, I love to give food-themed gifts because they are my favorite kind to receive! Check out my short list of the best conscious kitchen gifts!
Disclosure: I only recommend products I use myself and all opinions expressed here are my own. This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you make a purchase, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
Eco-friendly Kitchen Accessories
These eco-friendly kitchen accessories make awesome conscious kitchen gifts (stocking stuffers?!) for the sustainably-minded people in your life!
Silicon Baking Mat
Silicon baking mats are not only easier to clean than baking sheets, but they also avoid one time use parchment paper and foil.
Cloth Napkins
Reusable napkins are critical to eco-friendly everyday dining. Whether you have young kids or not, I recommend dark colored and patterned or striped cloth napkins to disguise stains and wrinkles. If your household is anything like mine, there is a load of laundry to run nearly every day, so throwing them in with an existing wash shouldn’t require extra loads.
Reusable Counter Towels
Avoid excessive paper towel use by clean countertops with reusable sponge-like towels. These Swedish dish towels are my favorite for cleaning surfaces. I generally use them twice before throwing them into the laundry, as they dry quickly after each use.
Reusable Lids
Avoid foil and plastic wrap by using these silicon lids to cover leftovers in dishes that don’t have lids. They are easy to clean and literally last for years!
Reusable Food Wrap
For covering produce, cheese, sandwiches and other refrigerated items, try reusable food wrap instead of foil or plastic wrap.
Soda Stream
Have any sustainable-minded loved ones in your life who love sparkling water and still doesn’t own a Soda Stream? While La Croix is delicious, it requires recycling many cans…so why not make fresh bubbly water instead without the waste?
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Air Fryer
Eco-Conscious & Health-Conscious Gift
I was a bit skeptical about this kitchen appliance. While certainly a healthier option—cooking food with little to no oil— than traditional cooking methods, I wasn’t sure it would get much use…
Boy was I wrong. These days, the Ninja comes out almost weekly to bring us french fries, breakfast potatoes, air-fried tofu, impossible cheeseburger dumplings, air-fried eggplant, and so many delicious air fryer veggies!
We personally love our Ninja Air Fryer so much that we have gifted it to other family members as well. In fact, I have been eyeing the double air fryer so that we can make two dishes at once…
Bonus: Because of the quicker cooking time and the smaller size of an air fryer compared to the oven, it’s more energy efficient!
Instant Pot
Health-Conscious & Eco Conscious Kitchen Gifts
This kitchen gadget has become a kitchen staple in many homes over the past few years. It has been a GAME CHANGER for our family as it has literally made it possible to eat homemade, wholesome meals without having to be home to cook them! I spend 5-15 minutes prepping at my convenience, then set the timer and take off to soccer practice, playdates, or a hike with the dog. When we get home, dinner is ready.
An Instant Pot is a type of modern, safer pressure cooker that has other functions as well (like slow cooker, rice cooker, warmer, sterilizer, and more). Pressure cookers are more sustainable than the stove since less steam escapes from a pressure cooker than a saucepan. Pressure cookers can use up to 70% less energy.
Some of our favorite Instant Pot Recipes include my lentil carrot soup, lasagna soup, lentil sloppy joe’s, chickpea coconut curry, and chana saag.
You can shop for an Instant Pot here.
Dry Farm Wines (organic, vegan, no additives)
Eco-Conscious & Health-Conscious Gift
Have an eco-conscious wine lover in your life?! Have I got the gift idea for you!
All wine is not created equal, unfortunately. The FDA allows more than 70 additives to go into the winemaking process, including known toxic substances, sugar, coloring agents, and sulfites.
But natural wine is different because it is organically/biodynamically farmed without adding or removing anything. Read more about natural wines in my detailed blog post.
I discovered Dry Farm Wines three years ago and have been a HUGE fan ever since…Dry Farm Wines curates pure natural wines from around the world. They lab test each wine using strict criteria focused on farming, purity, and taste (less than 0.01% of the world’s wines meet their standards).
Every bottle of Dry Farm Wines is pure, organic/biodynamic, dry farmed, sugar free, vegan, low sulfite, Keto-friendly, Paleo-friendly, low carb, free of toxic substances, and, from my experience enjoying over a dozen different wineries’ bottles, DELICIOUS.
I am thrilled to partner with Dry Farm Wines to offer an extra bottle for a penny with your first order, plus free shipping! With their Happiness Guarantee you have nothing to lose!
Whether you sign up for a subscription, or send a one time gift to a loved one or yourself, this wine club offers the ultimate flexibility.
Guilt-free wine consumption? Yup! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
I hope you discovered a new gift ideas for that eco-conscious loved one! And please share your favorite green gift ideas too in comment below.
For more kitchen gift ideas, check out these Awesome Kitchen Gifts for Kids!
Cheers!
–Jenn