08/07/2026
🧪 Toxin Free Friday: Cookware & Cutting Boards
We spend a lot of time thinking about what we eat—but what we cook and prepare our food on matters too.
Some common kitchen products can expose food to unwanted materials, especially when they’re scratched, overheated, or heavily worn.
🍳 Cookware to reconsider:
• Older or damaged non-stick pans
• Cookware with scratched or peeling coatings
• Low-quality cookware with unknown coatings
✅ Better alternatives:
• Stainless steel
• Cast iron
• Carbon steel
• High-quality ceramic cookware
🔪 What about cutting boards?
Plastic cutting boards can become heavily scratched over time and may shed tiny plastic particles into food during chopping and food preparation.
✅ Alternatives to consider:
• Glass cutting boards
• Marble cutting boards
• Solid hardwood cutting boards
• Bamboo boards
Glass and marble are non-porous, easy to clean, and don’t shed plastic particles into your food. Keep in mind that harder surfaces like glass and marble can be tougher on your knives, so some people choose wood for everyday chopping and glass or marble for other food-prep tasks.
You don’t have to replace everything in your kitchen overnight. Start with the items you use the most—especially scratched non-stick cookware and heavily worn plastic cutting boards.
Small swaps can help reduce unnecessary exposures and make your kitchen a little cleaner. 🌿
