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General cooking tips

Making your own lunch instead of buying from a sandwich shop saves on packaging, and could also save you approx £4 a day or £1,000 per year!


Oven Tips : Fan-forced ovens cost 35% less to run than a conventional electric oven.


Buy Organic Foods : There are 12 foods where buying organic makes even more sense than normal.
According to the EWG (Environmental Working Group) the 12 most contaminated foods are:

• apples
• bell peppers
• celery
• cherries
• imported grapes
• nectarines
• peaches
• pears
• potatoes
• red raspberries
• spinach
• strawberries

All tested positive for pesticide residue – even after having been washed! Sweet bell peppers were the vegetable with the most pesticides overall, with 39 pesticides detected on a single sample. Conversely, if you're going to buy conventional, peas, broccoli, onions, pineapples, mangoes, bananas, kiwi and papaya had the lowest occurrence of pesticide residue.

Safety in the kitchen

• Don't overload sockets - one plug per socket is the rule, especially if the appliance takes a lot of power (like a kettle).
• Don't run extension cables across the floor as they can become worn.
• Is the electric kettle leaking? This can be dangerous.

Don't let yourself be distracted while cooking.

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