Wine and fresh cheese on the table

Here are just a few of our favorite consumable gifts. Share yours in the comments section!

For The Home

For friends who have fireplaces, check out fire starters and containers to hold them at Plow & Hearth.

For cleaning that is safe and smells wonderful, try Karmalades, “household cleaners with a conscience.” Warning! The coconut macaroon scrubbing soufflé smells so yummy it may make you hungry! Karmalades also offer Onesie Wash and Baby Butter for the small ones.

Eco Nuts Wool Dryer Balls are a reusable, natural and chemical free and can reduce drying time by 10-25%, thus saving energy from using your dryer. They are made from 100% fully felted wool so they don’t unravel. Eco Nuts offers other certified organic cleaning products as well.

For Cooks & Foodies

Our favorite food gift for spice lovers is Purely Pepper from Pennacook Peppers. We met this charming couple at a Sunday morning market in Virginia Beach and fell in love with their “Purely Pepper,” an amazing blend of alternative peppers – no black pepper at all!  It doesn’t take much of this to make a difference. My sister-in-law noticed a slight difference in my mother’s traditional Thanksgiving stuffing and said, “it’s the pepper, isn’t it?” I order a dozen each year and give Purely Pepper to friends and family.  You’ll want to keep some for yourself, though!

If pepper is not your thing, find an excellent selection of spices for the cooks in your life at Penzey’s Spices. Shipping is free if you order $40.00 or more.

Friends with a sweet tooth will love the creamed honey (made with love) from women monastics at Redwoods Abbey in Northern California. These make great gifts for a basket of goodies.

For something a little different, try ‘Chups: fruit ketchup! Sound strange? It’s delicious! Believe it or not,  mango and cherry ‘chups, taste great with french fries, chips, meats, tofu, and more. 

For Wine Lovers With Heart

OneHope is a heart-warming place to purchase wine!

ONEHOPE has proudly donated over $5M to causes around the world. Sales from their products have helped fund millions of meals to end hunger, planted an entire forest in Indonesia, built schools for underserved children in Guatemala & Laos, and so much more.

And the list of good deeds goes on… Through the sale of every bottle, ONEHOPE has donated $5 million+ to causes around the world. They have funded 19,000+ days of clinical trials for breast cancer research, planted a forest in Indonesia, provided 3 million+ meals for children in need, found 80,000+ pets a forever home, and delivered 190,000+ vaccines to end tropical diseases – and these are just to name a few.

And furthermore…

See our post for more alternative gift ideas. Here’s to a clutter-free holiday!