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Saving Energy in the Kitchen
By Dave Brummet and Lillian Brummet
The kitchen, with all its appliances, gadgets and heat, is a
real hotspot for potential energy saving. As the oven uses
the most energy and creates a vast amount of heat while
cooking foods, it is a good place to start.
For instance, when baking cookies use two trays. While
one is in the oven baking, the other one is prepped with raw
cookies – ready to replace the tray in the oven with no
wasted heat and some time saved. When we bake bread
we also fill the oven with foil wrapped potatoes. The
potatoes can be stored in the fridge without the foil and
used throughout the week in a myriad of recipes, or as a
side dish. This method can be applied to a menu plan in
that if you are baking one dish, try to include a side dish that
is baked as well.
By turning off the oven a minute or two before the dish is
done, the residual heat will finish the cooking. When done
with the oven, open the door to allow any leftover heat to
warm the home.
Pasta cooking water can be left out until it has completely
cooled – so that the heat and moisture are released back
into the air. Before pulling the plug, consider leaving hot
dishwater (and bath water) until it cools. Why pay to heat up
your sewer pipes? When cooking vegetables, consider
steaming instead of boiling. When steamed, more nutrients
are retained in the food, and because it requires less water
to heat - there is less energy used.
In summer, consider cooking on the barbecue to help keep
the house cool. Most barbecues now include side burners
that make outdoor cooking all that much easier.
All these methods are relatively easy to adopt and when
added up, the savings in energy and time really do make a
difference.
-- Written by Dave and Lillian Brummet based on the
concept of their new book Trash Talk. The book offers useful
solutions for the individual to reduce waste and better
manage resources. A guide for anyone concerned about his
or her impact on the environment.
(http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit)
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