Welcome back to How To Tighten Your Belt Blog! This week we will be discussing ways to save money in the kitchen. Your kitchen is a hotbed of wasted money! Let us see if we cannot tune it up this week. First and foremost, and this goes for every room, turn off the lights when you leave the kitchen!
Lights use a great deal of energy! You can save up to $10 a month per room by just turning off the lights when you leave the room. That can add up very quickly! Saving on energy usage in the kitchen does not just translate to turning off the lights.
Even if an appliance is off there is a chance that it is still drawing energy. If you use an item a lot, like a microwave or coffee pot it is probably a good idea just to leave it plugged in, but if you have a mixer or toaster or breadmaker you should unplug them when you are not using them. You may only save pennies a week by doing this but it is pennies that you otherwise would not have!
As for large appliances, such as the dishwasher, there are a few things you can do to cut down on the cost of using. Turn off the drying cycle on your dishwasher and run it at the end of the day. Dishes will naturally dry and most all dish washing liquid for the dishwasher has an anti-spot additive. Just the drying cycle alone can account for more than half the energy used by the dishwasher.
Make sure that the dishwasher is full. Running the dishwasher for 1/2 loads cost you the same as running the dishwasher full. Now I am not suggesting overfilling the dishwasher. Just fill it up to full. If it takes two days to fill it up then so be it! Be sure to rinse your dishes off before putting them in the dishwasher and you can use cold water to rinse them because they will be cleaned in hot water.
That is it for the day! Come back tomorrow for more useful money saving tips and tricks! Here are some tips that you can click on to directly tweet them!
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As always we are on the lookout for great tips and tricks to save money so feel free to leave a comment with your money saving tips!
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