A Few Simple Tips to a Greener Kitchen - landispeons1982

The kitchen – severely how much of a Mom's time is dog-tired here? For me, it's where my three-year-old horse's educational activity in the main takes situatio. Eg. "We need six cups of flour, count with me: one, cardinal, three…" Or there's learning the colors with fruits and veggies: "What colourize is the banana tree? And the alligator pear? Yum!" For us, it's also a great place for my children to pickax up greener kitchen habits.

Simple Tips to a Greener Kitchen

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In the New House of York Multiplication Bestseller "The Green Book," authors Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen outline keys areas for everyday living that will make for the biggest shock to our planet. I love this Holy Writ, but their bit on the kitchen is especially useful. Of course there's selective information about composting (remember, we discussed that, huzzah!), working pregnant dozens for your dishwasher, feeding left overs (mmmm, Thanksgiving), and pickings advantage of Energy Star Appliances.

Using Inhumane Water

But did you ever think back about the importance of using crisp water for your electric pig? (That is, of course, when you'Re not composting.)  Or the importance of exploitation the right-size pot on the kitchen stove? Rogers and Kostigen reckon "you could save about $36 annually for an electric range or $18 for a gas cooker." Saving money, and preservation the planet! Manifestly, "five per centum of the energy bought and ill-used per individual in the America is for preparing and cooking food. Over a year, this exceeds double the energy a person in Africa uses to ability everything in his or her life." Eeek…

Keep the Microwave Clean

And aside keeping your microwave clean, you punter maximize its energy. (Check out this nifty Make and Take for cleaning with citrus.) The less electrical energy you use, the less clock preparation and to a lesser extent money spent. Typically microwaves are 3.5 to 4.8 times more energy efficient than orthodox electric ovens.  Not that I'm advocating strictly cooking in your microwave. You know I'm a lover of the slow-food movement.

Which is why I've also adoptive the rehearse of pre-heating my oven (primarily) for dry goods, and letting things that roast OR cook Oregon reheat manage so with the "pre-heat." By reducing the amount of time my oven is on by one hour per year, "The Green Book" says I can "keep an average of two kW-hours of energy. If 30 percent of U.S. households could each reduce total oven pre-heating plant prison term nby just one hour per class, the sixty million kilowatt-hours of energy regenerate could bake a xii cookies for every American."

That reminds me, I've got some chocolate chips that are dying to find out a home, in my greener kitchen!

photo via Kelly Sikkema

Sabrena

Sabrena is a mom, yoga teacher and triathlete with a passion for food, politics, natural parenting and the environment. She has been featured online, in print, receiving set and TV for her work in travel, diversion and yoga. She writes her blog SuiteSpots for "primarily healing reasons," and resides in Sharp Lake City with her husband and two younglings -- Holden and Zoë.

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