Before opening the refrigerator and freezer, decide what you need. Search around while the door is opened the waste of energy, especially in summer when more energy is needed to keep in the fridge or cool. In winter, just to let cold air in your home.
2. Use low-power devices
If you are only cooking a small piece of chicken for you or for cooking a small dinner frozen, use a toaster oven or microwave oven instead of conventional-size. To save energy on larger portions, consider a slow cooker.
3. Use the right size pot and pans
If you are cooking a small amount of pasta or a small piece of fish, using an appropriately sized pot or pan. It takes more energy to heat a large pot with water and a large pot.
4. Use the cover of import
To cook your food a little faster and reduce energy consumption, place lids on pots when cooking or heating, especially if they are on the stove.
5. Use the correct size of the burner
Instead, each attached to the plate is the largest burner, place the pots on the smaller burners of small and large pots and griddles.
6. No need to preheat
Although nearly every recipe calls for preheating the oven, do not really have any need to do it, except for cooking. Meat and vegetables do not need to put in a hot oven, and a lot of heat is lost when he opened the door anyway. If you're cooking, you should still Preheat the oven, but as soon as possible.
7. Keeping food at room temperature
Most of the food should be at room temperature before cooking, as it reduces the cooking time and saves energy. Let 's, fish meat or vegetables (covered to prevent the bacteria) is a work about 20-30 minutes before cooking.
8. No peak
It is not just a rule of energy conservation, but a rule of cooking and baking. Opening the door allows a lot of heat and the oven must be heated again, cook your food unevenly. If you need to check for doneness at the sight, you must use the oven light instead.
9. Use a slow cooker all year
Slow cookers are not just a winter roasts and stews. You can cook anything. Even better, there is a growing range of slow cooker cookbooks, which give instructions and recipes for every meal, including desserts. Slow cooker can be used throughout the year, which saves energy, money and time.
10. Let cool before storing food
Before storing leftovers in the refrigerator or freezer, let it cool. This will keep the refrigerator or freezer to expend more energy to maintain calm and prevent condensation on the food containers (condensation can cause the wet food in the fridge and help frostbite in the freezer).
11. Run a full load of the dishwasher
Do not run the dishwasher half full. This device uses a very practical lot of water and energy, to make sure it is always full when turned on.
12th No need to pre-rinse
Just scrape the food from your plate would be sufficient and there is no need to rinse each dish with warm water. If you hand wash your dishes, fill one sink with hot, soapy water instead of keeping a tap running.
13th Check the temperature of the refrigerator and freezer
The refrigerator should be between 36 and 38 degrees F and the freezer between 0 and 5 degrees F. Keep a thermometer in each one to ensure that their devices are functioning effectively.
14th Move your refrigerator
If your refrigerator is now close to the stove, or radiator, move to a place where less heat is emitted. The more heat near the fridge, more he has to work, and the more energy it uses.
15. Use cookware heat resistant glass
Cook food in glass dishes rather heat-resistant metal containers will reduce the cooking time. Glass heats up and cook food more evenly than metal. When cooking with the glass, may be able to remove food from the oven about 10 minutes before, and even reduce the oven temperature 25 degrees F. experiment to find what works for you.
