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Olive Oil as a Natural Moisturizer Last year, Grady's GreenLiving Tips posted about creative, DIY, ways to use olive oil.  This post was so popular, the Grady's GreenLiving Tips team wanted to share it again!  Olive oil is commonly found in the home and has numerous moisturizing and cleaning qualities.  Several ways to use olive oil include: 1) Applying to hair and skin : Olive oil can be very useful in cold or windy weather because it restores a lot of natural moisture.  Try using olive oil as a pre-shampoo treatment for hair, in the bathtub, or even on cuticles to make the skin softer. 2) Utilizing around the house : Olive oil is a natural and easy way to shine shoes when in a rush.  Dab a little olive oil on a clean cloth and rub on to shoes to restore a shine.  Olive oil can also fix noisy hinges on doors using the same method. 3) Finding other methods : Some uses for olive oil can be unexpected.  Did you know that olive oil is a good paint remover?  Olive oil can also hel

Meal Prep Reduces Food Waste An easy way to live and promote a green lifestyle is by reducing food waste.  Food waste can occur due to several circumstances.  First, food waste can result from food not being stored correctly and, as a result, spoiling.  In addition, food waste can result from people over-buying food and/ or over-preparing food for events and having an excess that is thrown in the garbage.  Food waste is very easy avoid, however. One solution to food waste is to meal prep in order to plan and schedule out meals for an entire week.  This will save resources and ensure all food is consumed and stored properly.  Three green tips for meal prep are: 1) Plan out recipes in advance : The first step of meal prep is to plan out recipes for the week (or any set amount of time).  This is a great way to reduce food waste because grocery shopping will become more organized and streamlined: no excess ingredients are needed for set recipes.  Try to set up recipes for all meals.  Creat