How to use and care for your beeswax wrap

I made a choice to stop using single-use plastics and switch to beeswax wrap, now what do I use it for?

Let’s talk about what we recommend NOT to use beeswax wraps for first, because that’s a shorter list.

Do not use beeswax wraps for:

              • Meat or Fish — doesn’t matter if it’s cooked or raw.  
              • Heating up things in the microwave — if you do, there’s going to be a large mess that you probably won’t want to clean up
              • Food with a strong smell — garlic or onions — you could use it for these things but make sure you use the same one for these items =)
              • Greasy Food

Here are some examples of what you could use your beeswax wraps for:

 

X-Small

5” x 5”

Small 

6” x 6”

Medium 

8” x 8”

Large 

13” x 14”

Bamboocha

16” x 18”

Covering coffee mugs, wine glasses, etc.

Small glass bowl

Sandwiches, cheese blocks

Celery stalks, lettuce, carrots

Loaf of French bread

Cut lemon, lime, orange, tomato

Cut avocado, tomato, etc. 

Medium bowl

Large mixing bowl

Top of a cut watermelon

Top of cut cucumber, zucchini, etc.

The two bites that your kid leaves on their plate

Cut papaya, apples or larger cut fruit

13”x9” pan, 9”x9” pan

13” x 9” pan, cupcake pan, pie pan

 

How to care for your wrap:

  • If you use your wrap for a strong smelling vegetable, use that same wrap every time for the same veggie because the smell will transfer to other items
  • Hand wash with cold water and mild soap
  • Let air dry

If the coating on your wrap starts to get crumbly:

  • Preheat your oven to 200 degrees (make sure you’ve got a clean, at least 2” paint brush (that you don’t mind ruining) available
  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
  • Lay your beeswax wrap on the parchment paper
  • Bake for 2 minutes
  • Remove pan from oven and use paint brush to spread the wax mixture across the wrap again