Cool Earth's Green Cooking Tips

Tips on energy efficient cooking

1. Use your oven wisely

Many newer ovens come to temperature very quickly so pre-heating isn't necessary in all cases. Also you can turn off the oven early and let dishes finish cooking in the residual heat. 

2. Making good use of the oven by cooking more than one thing at once.

3. If you're cooking on the stove use the correct sized pot for each ring.

4. Make sure all of your pots and pans have close-fitting lids and use them when bringing water to the boil.

5. Try and incorporate in season and locally grown produce into your recipes. The fewer miles from farm to table, the better.

7. Bulk Up
Buy in bulk and cook in bulk; just make sure you can consume what you purchase and produce! Purchasing in bulk means less packaging, and fewer trips to the store, and can also mean financial savings. Bulk cooking is a more efficient use of appliance energy and your time.

8. Waste Not, Want Not
On average, the kitchen generates the most waste of any room in your house, with huge amounts of unwanted packaging being generated with each trip to the supermarket. But cutting back needn't be too daunting. Take your own bags, buy fresh, unwrapped produce, and think carefully about how the purchases you're making are wrapped up.

9. Avoid over-sized portions; if you are regularly throwing food away then you are buying and cooking too much. 

10. Reuse what you can, like old glass jars or bottles, grocery bags, and packaging you can't avoid. Compost any uncooked organic waste (including cardboard and paper).

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