Homesteading and Gardening Tips
While it may seem trendy to want to grow vegetables, learn beekeeping or raising chickens in your backyard, these lost skills come in handy, especially during times when access to food is uncertain or...
6 Tips for Conserving Water When Cooking
Here are some easy ways to reduce your environmental impact in the kitchen
1. Collect water from washing fruits and vegetables
When you wash fruits and vegetables in the sink, place a large bowl or pot to collect the water and use it on indoor or outdoor plants.
2. Use less water when boiling food
Fill the pot just enough to cover potatoes or pasta when cooking.
3. Reuse pasta water
Don’t pour that cooking water down the drain! Save it to use in pasta sauce, soups or stews, as the starchy water can thicken and add flavor to the dish.
4. Reuse vegetable cooking water
After boiling or steaming vegetables, save the water and use it as stock for soups, stews, gravies and sauces, or to cook rice. Be sure vegetables are cleaned well before cooking.
5. Save water used to boil eggs
This is a great calcium boost for garden plants.
6. Save leftover drinking water and ice
Keep a jar by the sink for leftover water or ice to use in the garden or on house plants.
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