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Cooking tips
From TipThePlanet
- Use a lid when you're cooking with saucepans. This will avoid condensation in your kitchen, and reduce heat and energy loss, so you'll also save money with every meal. It can also reduce the cooking time needed. Try to use a timer, and learn how to not overcook your food.
- In the UK, we use 35,000 tonnes of aluminium foil a year to wrap food, but recycle just 12 per cent of that. Aluminium can be recycled over and over again with no loss of quality, but if you'd rather avoid it completely, try these ideas. Wrap packed lunches and picnic food with greaseproof paper - and then compost it afterwards. Store leftovers in the fridge in an empty margarine tub or tupperware container - or simply cover your leftovers with a plate.
- Keep cooking areas clear of combustibles, and don't leave cooking unattended.
- Keep your pot's handles turned inward so children won't knock or pull them over the edge of the stove.
- If grease catches fire, carefully slide a lid over the pan to smother the flames, then turn off the burner.
