Comments on: 10 Steps to Creating a More Efficient Kitchen

By: ximiei

ximiei — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:19:21 +0000

Stephanie, your water saving tips in the kitchen were appreciated. Do you have suggestions for the laundry room as well?

For doing kitchen dishes Mum was most efficient in the early 50's. There were 11 kids in our family.

Mum would open the kitchen window then throw all the bowls, plates, glasses, serving platters, cutlery, and chopsticks out the window and exclaim, "There! That's finished. Now I'm going shopping to buy some tableware."

P.S.
The kids always had to do pots and pans.

By: Body Wraps

Body Wraps — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:03:50 +0000

Awesome tip regarding using glass and ceramic cookware. I had no idea that it was so efficient!

Thanks for the post.

By: Custom Web Design

Custom Web Design — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:21:05 +0000

Hi Stefanie,

Wonderful tips! You are doing great work. This post awareness of save electricity, water and money. Thanks.

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:20:38 +0000

Knife Sets - very good tip! I should really start adding these tips in the comments to the post *makes a mental note to do this later*

By: Knife Sets

Knife Sets — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:16:44 +0000

Thanks for the tips!

Another area you can save energy is when cooking with water.

Boiling water in a kettle is much more efficient than heating it up in a pan. Also, don't boil more water than you need to - measure water for tea/coffee by filling the kettle a mug at a time, and be conservative when measuring for things like pasta. You can always add more later!

By: Key

Key — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:18:31 +0000

Thanks Stefanie :0)

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:36:02 +0000

Key, sure, just link to this post, if you wouldn't mind.

By: Key

Key — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:47:06 +0000

Hey Stefanie.

Excellent pos, can i translate, and publish it on my site?

thanks.

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:02:33 +0000

GreenKitchenDesign, that is a very good tip. I've caught myself doing the same thing sometimes (shh, don't tell!).

By: GreenKitchenDesign

GreenKitchenDesign — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:20:14 +0000

Another tip for keeping down energy costs (and getting your fridge to last longer) is to not leave the doors open. I find my husband doing this all the time! He just stands in front of the fridge staring in at it trying to decide what to eat.

The best bet is to simply have a plan of what food you need before you go to the fridge, then simply go in and get it and shut the doors.