Kitchen Water Conservation - the Nutritious Way Water consciousness is often on people's minds in the searing heat of summer and we are all watching the timer for exterior irrigation, tenderly taking buckets of water to our potted plants and hanging flower baskets, helping them deal with the intense heat. There are a lot of ways we can all reduce wasted water just in the kitchen alone, all year long, in fact we dedicated a whole chapter to the topic in our Trash Talk - It's Easy To Be Green book series. Today, we'll touch on just a few things that are so very easy to start doing in the kitchen that can have a huge impact on the way water is utilized. Let's take a hard look at cooking water. We are talking about the water used when boiling potatoes, poaching eggs or when cooking pasta. That water is full of nutrients and would be such a waste if we just pour it down the drain. Here's what we can do instead: in the winter - cover with a lid and set the pot of water r...