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Cool Down Your Kitchen with Hot Gourmet Kitchen Aid Accessories

by Craig Friesen
Refacing Cabinet Columnist

Air conditioning can account for 50% of your summer energy bill and cooking is one sure way to heat up your house quickly. At least it is when using conventional cooking methods. Here are some gourmet kitchen aid accessory ideas to help you save some electricity.

An Indoor/Outdoor Gourmet Kitchen Aid Accessory

One fabulously popular gourmet kitchen aid accessory that can be used indoors during cooler weather and easily moved outdoors is a portable electric grill. For light meals, instead of firing up the full-sized grill, simply tote this little gem outside and plug it in. In moments it's ready to cook you up a deliciously grilled meal. You can also use the electric grill alongside your regular barbeque to handle more delicate items such as veggie skewers.

A Gourmet Kitchen Aid Accessory to "Ice" the Heat

Crushed ice drinks have become extraordinarily sought after in the last few years. You can use a couple of different kitchen aid accessories to accomplish this tasty treat. Some blenders will crush ice effectively or save some money with a manual ice crusher that you can find in the gourmet or kitchen aid section of most department stores.

Some Traditionally Cool Ideas

  • Plan ahead and prepare entire meals in a slow cooker which you can place in the basement or outdoors to further deflect household heating.
  • Fans, both ceiling and portable, use a fraction of the electricity of air conditioning so make use of these when possible.

Last but not least, keep your thermostat set around 25. Each degree lower can add 3 - 5% to the cost of running your air. By making the most of some cool gourmet kitchen aid accessories you can make this one cool summer.

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About the author
Craig Friesen is a freelance writer and self-employed entrepreneur living in Abbotsford, British Columbia.



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