Christmas Energy Saving Tips.

The following tips can come in handy when cooking with your oven in the kitchen over the holiday season. 

• When baking cookies (or anything in batches), make sure the next batch is ready to put in the oven when you pull a batch out so you are not wasting energy with a hot empty oven. The same thought goes for preheating your oven. Make sure your food is ready to go in when the oven is ready so it is not sitting there hot, with nothing in it!

• Many foods need a long time to cook and can go into the oven before it is fully preheated such as a casserole or when you are roasting vegetables. This saves a little time and energy.