cooking and saving water

fishooX

suggestions anyone. I cook a lot and have a big family so it's quite important to me to save water.

keith_r59

fishooX wrote: »

suggestions anyone. I cook a lot and have a big family so it's quite important to me to save water.

Pressure cooker?

zeupater

Hi

You'll find that personal hygene and toilet flushing uses far more water than preparation & cooking of food, so that's where you should concentrate your efforts first .... failing that, preparation such as peeling potatoes is usually where the majority of water related to cooking is wasted so you could look at using an 'old fashoned' plastic bowl in the sink to increase the water depth to volume ratio ... single pan meals & stews would also reduce water consumption, but if the issue is moneysaving take care to not increase your outgoings as water is very much cheaper than the energy used in cooking or the food itself ....

HTH
Z

Greenqueen_2

Always use lids on pans so the water does not boil away.

I like to put water into my pots and pans as soon as i dish up- so they can soak and make the washing up easier later. For this i use water that I have collected previously (usually the day before) by filling a large plastic bottle whilst waiting for the "hot" water to actually come through hot. {it is a long way from the boiler to the kitchen sink}. It saves 3-4 litres per day that would otherwise just go straight down the drain.


Any empty tins/bottles/jars that need washing before recycling get done in the washing up water after the rest of the pots.

I always wash up the cleanest, or least dirty things first, gradually going to the grotty baked on stuff or particularly greasy things last so that I can usually get away with only one bowl full of water.

aeromint

Most people I know tend to put in enough water so that their vegetables etc are covered. I find that I just put in a couple of inches of water, & put a lid on. It's a way of using less water and energy. I also tend to use boiled water from the kettle, which I think is cheaper than heating the water up on the gas cooker (in my household anyway)!

moonrakerz

My latest water bill tells me that I am paying 0.19p per litre for my water - I think I can find far better ways of saving money than worrying about how much I put in a saucepan !