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http://www.behindtheburner.com Learn how to clean your kitchen the green way, conserve energy and incorporate local fresh market ingredients into your cooking by making your kitchen eco-friendly. Protect the environment and your health with these simple, beneficial steps.

"Trick: Always use the smallest size pot or pan necessary for the cooking task and match the cookware to the right size burner. Cooking with a 6-inch diameter pan on an 8-inch burner wastes over 40% of the available energy.
Technique: Most things in the kitchen can be cleaned with a basic mixture of vinegar, baking soda and lemons. For bigger jobs, choose natural, plant-based cleaning products. For trash, consider using newer biodegradable, recycled plastic bags.
Tip: Buy as much food as you can locally. Most produce in the U.S. travels an average of 1500 miles from farm to plate. That's a lot of wasted fuel! Buying local also supports small farmers and the local economy.
Tip: Make smart, informed choices at the supermarket. For a complete list of seafood caught in an environmentally-friendly manner and those to avoid, check out the Greenpeace website.
Trick: Think before tossing out food scraps. Many vegetables work quite well in making a chicken or vegetable stock. If you or a neighbor has a garden, save your kitchen scraps in a compost pail and store under the kitchen sink.
Trick: Easily save energy in the kitchen by changing incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). These bulbs fit in a standard light socket, use 75 percent less energy, last longer and create less heat, which is good for the Earth and your energy bill.
Tip: If you're in the market for a new appliance, look for the Energy Star symbol. Energy Star is a program used by the EPA to identify products that are more energy efficient, typically 10- to 20-percent more efficient than other kitchen appliances."

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