Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 > Tuesday, August 8, 2006 > > IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green > > =============================================== > Today's Daily Tip: A Heated Topic - Good Cooking > Week > =============================================== > > Is your microwave the reason the icecaps are > melting? > > The Bite: > Not likely, since small appliances like microwaves > actually use a lot > less energy to heat food than your regular-sized > oven. So, if it’ll > fit, pop dinner in the micro or toaster oven for a > quicker, > eco-friendlier hot meal. > > > The Benefits: > - A toaster oven uses as little as 1/2 the energy of > a full-sized > electric oven. > - Microwaves are more efficient than regular ovens > (both gas and > electric), but less efficient than gas stovetops. > - Heating up toaster ovens takes a fraction of the > time of traditional > ones. > > > Personally Speaking > Heather has been relying on her gas stovetop and > living without a > microwave for the past 7 years, but never misses it > except when > heating up leftovers. Jen likes to say that she > keeps her kitchen > eco-footprint low by cooking as little as possible. > > > Wanna Try? > Say you're heating up a bowl of organic > something-or-other. You'll use > the LEAST energy by going with 1. a microwave, > toaster oven or > crockpot, 2. gas stovetops, 3. electric stovetops > and both gas and > electric ovens. > - Sport Solar Oven - this baby weighs 11 lbs and > will heat to more > than 400 degrees. Best of all, it's sun-powered > ($148). > (http://www.solarovens.org/buy.html) > - Panasonic 1.6-Cubic-Ft Microwave - runs on 1,250 > watts, but can be > used to prepare a meal for the entire family ($130). > (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?link_code=ur2 & tag=idealbite-20 & camp=1789\ & creative=9325 & location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FPanasonic-NN-T795SF%2Fdp%2\ FB0009KMYFU) > - DeLonghi 1/2-Cubic-Ft Toaster Oven - prepare > dinner for 2 or more > with all the space offered by this model ($79). > (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?link_code=ur2 & tag=idealbite-20 & camp=1789\ & creative=9325 & location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDeLonghi-EO1238%2Fdp%2FB00\ 02XGRCK%2F) > - What about the radiation from microwaves? No need > to freak: like > your cell phone, chances are it's safe. > (http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/hazards.html) > > - Are you losing precious vitamins when you zap it? > Actually, any way > you cook, food's going to lose nutrients since > vitamins are sensitive > to heat (hence the appeal of the raw food diet). The > longer and hotter > you cook food, the more nutrients it'll lose. > (http://idealbite.com/tiplibrary/tip.php?tip=20060201) > - Try not to microwave plastic - it could leach. > (http://idealbite.com/tiplibrary/tip.php?tip=20060725) > > > Bang for the Bite Rating: 3 Apples (out of 5) > If 10,000 Biters zap one frozen dinner instead of > using their electric > oven, we'll save enough energy to heat a hot tub for > a year. > > > Cocktail Tip > Released in 1947, the first commercially available > microwave weighed > 750 lbs and was about 6 ft tall. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Visit Ideal Bite on the web at > http://www.idealbite.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Blog about it at the Ideal Bite blog! > http://idealbite.blogs.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > TRUSTED ADVENTURES. Trusted Vacations from the > Experts. > (http://www.trustedadventures.com/) > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > > © 2006 Ideal Bite, Inc. > > > All editorial suggestions in this tip are the result > of testing and a > preference for the tip topic. No advertiser has paid > to have its > company referenced in the tip. Advertising on the > Ideal Bite can be > found as separate and distinct units, namely the > skyscraper banner > along the side and/or a small image with text along > the bottom of the > email. From time to time, if we know that a certain > company is going > to be mentioned or featured, we inform them in > advance and allow them > to purchase paid advertising space if they would > like to do so. But we > promise -- we won't recommend anything we didn't try > and didn't like > -- and no one can pay to be featured in the tip. > > > > This email was sent to info, by > dailytip > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 however, microwaving destroys nutrient content more than any other cooking. debra"Alison S." <whalesong17 wrote: > Tuesday, August 8, 2006> > IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green> > ===============================================> Today's Daily Tip: A Heated Topic - Good Cooking> Week> ===============================================> > Is your microwave the reason the icecaps are> melting?From GOD through me to you. Also from me to GOD. Perpetual love in motion. Love of GOD, love for GOD, GODs love for us and through us reaching out, always reaching out to others in the world, so that we are literally part of the calling and drawing of people, through our lives, to Him. *~Masters~* My Gram: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr & GRid=14856824 Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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