i finally bought some 28 ounce glass bowls last week, and they came in yesterday. these should be good for cereal, minimum meals and other smaller applications, but i'm about to give up on finding large glass bowls at an affordable price and use stainless steel for the salads that make up a big part of my diet, instead. they may leech nickel and chromium, but those are actually both micronutrients required for human health in unknown quantities. that's not a bad thing.

i'm consequently largely finished swapping out the ceramic and plastic for glass, steel, iron and silicon.

- i have three 750 ml glass cups that were manufactured as vases that i use for juice

- i have six 550 ml glass cups in use for water and soy milk

- there are six additional stemless wine glasses for a total of 15 glass flasks

- i have swapped my plastic brita out for a glass water container

- i have three small glass containers for sauces. i need some more for fruit. i don't mind storing fruits and vegetables in old margarine containers.

- i have bought some canola/olive oil to replace the margarine, and some canola humus with olive chunks

- i have four 12" glass plates

- i have six 28 ounce glass bowls

- and i need to buy a couple more 3 quart or 4.5 quart stainless steel bowls for salads. i have one of each, and an 8 inch bowl, that i bought for utility, but it's looking like they're going to replace the 70 oz ceramic bowls i've been using for the last few years to make large salads in.

- i swapped all the plastic spatulas out with silicon and steel.

- i swapped the plastic cutting board out with a titanium one

- i have swapped my pans for eggs and bacon out with cast iron skillets

i am keeping the small ceramic plates for cutting, i still have plastic measuring cups, i have a lot of plastic tupperware that i'm reexamining and the onion soup bowls are ceramic and will stay that way.

otherwise, that's it. the ceramic and plastic is out. it's all glass and iron and silicon and steel.