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Save on the cost of electricity or gas when cooking
Given the massive increase in the cost of gas and electricity (power) many will likely be looking for ways of reducing the amount of power we use, and the cost, without feeling the effects of such reductions.
Taking some simple steps we can all reduce our consumption of power and thereby cost.
For example, an important daily activity is cooking, and when using a cooker we are consuming significant amounts of power.
Many of us will cook two, three or four types of food stuffs like vegetables, fish, pasta etc when preparing meals. When doing so we might use, two, three or four saucepans on the same number of hob or cooker rings.
We can signicantly reduce our consumption of power, and thereby the cost, by using a three to four section steamer pan, using only a single power ring.
Using a steamer pan to boil water in the bottom section for cooking vegetables, like potatoes, or pasta, we can cook other ingredients, like vegetables or fish, in the upper sections of the steamer, which uses the steam generated from the boiling water in the bottom pan to cook them.
Different vegetables can be put into the steamer sections of the pan at various stages of cooking, to prevent them being overcooked.
The advantages of using a steamer to cook with are twofold, significant reduction in power needed, using only one hob or cooker ring, and retention of the flavour and goodness of food, by not losing it within the water it is cooked in.
A steamer from Ebay can be purchased from £12; the cost of which will likely be recovered when using for only a few weeks. Just search for "Steamer Pan Set".
Using a steamer can provide a simple and practical way of helping all the save on the cost of our power consumption.
Hope it helps! I have several other methods of saving power costs by making simple changes in the way we use power,
If anyone one is interested, I would be happy to share other ways to reduce power consumption to make cost savings, without having to spend anything to achieve if!
Hope this helps!
