Kitchen tips

• Some quick tips for being green in the kitchen

Contents 1 Cooking tips 2 Tips to make your kitchen more resource-efficient 3 Other kitchen tips 4 Links

[edit] Cooking tips

• Cooking tips

• Baking Tips

• Cooking safely

[edit] Tips to make your kitchen more resource-efficient

• Install operable windows and skylights.

• Use a high-efficiency ceiling fan.

• Evacuate cooking fumes with a high-efficiency, variable-speed exhaust fan.

• Locate work surfaces near windows or skylights.

• If your plumbing fixtures were installed before 1992, replace them.

• Refrigerator and Freezer tips

• Cooker, microwave and oven tips

• Tips for buying cooking appliances

• The pasta cooker saves up to 70% of energy and up to 50% of water compared to cooking pasta in a traditional pot.

• Dishwasher tips

• Tips for buying dishwashers, fridges and freezers

[edit] Other kitchen tips

• The Indoor Kitchen Composter uses a different method than outdoor composting - fermentation - that allows you to compost (smell-free) from the comfort of your own kitchen! Also a great gift for those who live in apartments and who may not have room to set up an outdoor compost bin.

• Use 100% recycled Aluminium foil

• Ecover 100% Biodegradable Compost Bags made from potato starch and biopolymere put an end to the unpleasant act of cleaning out the compost bin - use within 1 week as after that they start to disintegrate.

• Test the environmental indoor air quality of your kitchen with this Safe Kitchen Quizz

• Recycling tips

• Compost tips

[edit] Links

• Green Home Kitchen Department