Some eco friendly tips in the kitchen

From Maggi Davison

Saving Water – when you wash fruit and vegetables throw the washing water on the garden, not down the sink. (NB this doesn’t work if you live in a flat !)

Saving Energy 1.– when you cook rice, put the rice in a pan with a drop of oil, add the measured amount of boiling water, bring back to the boil, stir once, turn off the heat, cover the pan and leave until the water has been absorbed and the rice is cooked.

Saving Energy 2. – when you cook pasta, bring a pan of water to the boil, add the pasta, with a drop of oil if desired, bring back to the boil, turn off the heat , cover the pan and leave until the pasta is cooked and then drain.

Thrifty use of packaging - Cut open the plastic envelopes that magazines and journals come in and use the ‘bag’ for putting odds and ends in. ( I don’t like to suggest you put your sandwiches in these in case it is the wrong sort of plastic and we kill everyone off!)

• reuse envelopes whenever possible
• recycle plastic bags, or ideally use your own shopping bag.

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