Eco-Friendly Kitchen How-Tos with Behind the Burner

[xolindsay130]

Love the part about saving scraps of food- those always seem to go to waste! And a great reminder because I always forget to unplug things too - great tips!

[OverkillTASF]

Green is good, but the "little" things are mostly feel-good measures or things you've been "sold" on. For instance, all of your tips combined probably don't come anywhere close to conserving the amount of energy used in disposing of your old non-stick pan, manufacturing and shipping your new non-stick pan.

[OverkillTASF]

-Your Kitchen-Aid is not likely one of those constant energy users. You could check with a kill-a-watt meter, but since the Kitchen-Aid is old school, I'd think there's no transformer or digital circuitry before the power switch... More than likely it's just got a nice big heavy duty relay. Power doesn't flow when a physical switch is "off", unless there's a transformer involved before that switch.

[OverkillTASF]

-If there are flakes from your non-stick pan in your food, you're doing something horribly wrong. Like trying to use a fork to scrape food out of it.

-"All natural" doesn't mean it's good for you or safe. Nightshade, uranium, cyanide, lead, and ricin are all natural compounds. But can wreck your day.

[Mercyskiss]

The cleaning product ideas were great in my college apartment, especially because I have a cat :-) Great advice!

[TheLucybest]

Great tips on going green. Every one thing matters.......

[TheFoodlover26]

As a college student, these tips on Extrema cookware are very helpful for cooking in college dorms and apartments. The tips on matching your pan to your burner for quick cooking, and cleaning up fast was also helpful for fast cooking with the busy schedule I'll have in the fall. Thanks!