RSSHow to Minimize Gas Consumption
Not only electricity, but also gas bills soar high during winter season. Since I am a kitchen person and I cook a lot, I thought of how I can help minimize gas consumption in our house. I know that in cooking using the stove is inevitable but actually there is one simple way on how to use it wisely.
Like the picture shown below, whenever I boil something (in this example vegetables like brocolli and carrots) I cover the cooking pot and then I turn off the stove burner a few minutes after it has boiled. The timing depends on what you are boiling. In vegetable’s case, you can turn it off as soon as the water boils. This also goes the same when boiling pasta, you may turn off the heat as soon as you know that the pasta is already a few minutes away to be well-cooked.The steam created by covering it is enough to cook the pasta for the remaining few minutes.
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By getting a habit of this, it doesn’t only save you gas but also prevents your dish from being overcooked or accidentally getting burned.
How To Solve Cooking Mess
Cooking is a very messy task. When everybody else is afraid of hazards in cooking (oil splattering and steam), I abhor the aftermath of it - a massive amounts of clean-up of ingredients leftovers!
As an organized person, what came first to my mind was this: MULTITASKING. While cooking I should be able to clean up my mess easily. To easily clean up a mess is to avoid creating a lot of mess! Below is how I do it.
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1. Place used newspaper or magazine page under your chopping board.
2.When everything has been peeled, chopped or sliced, wrap the leftovers w/the newspaper.
3.Simply throw it in the garbage bin!
This will not only save you time but it will also avoid foul odor coming from your garbage bin. Wrapping raw materials with paper (especially newspaper) will prevent it from smelling. Since you are using paper instead of plastic, it’s environmental-friendly too!
