{"id":5592,"date":"2009-05-19T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehappyhousewife.com\/?p=5592"},"modified":"2009-05-20T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T01:57:18","slug":"cool-kitchen-hot-meals-in-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/cool-kitchen-hot-meals-in-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Kitchen \/ Hot Meals in the Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer months mean hot days and a hot kitchen if you use your oven. I try to avoid using my oven during the summer months to help keep my utility costs down.<\/p>\n

There are many ways to cook without using your oven. A grill, roaster, toaster oven, bread machine, and crock pot can all be used to create meals without heating up the kitchen. But, I have found that when it is really hot even the crock pot creates too much heat in my kitchen. Last summer I found an easy solution to this problem. I put the ingredients in my crock pot and then set it on the porch to cook all day. My kitchen stays cool and so do I.<\/p>\n

How do you keep your kitchen cool in the summer heat?<\/p>\n

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Remember to use common sense when putting the crock pot outside. Don’t leave it anywhere that a child could touch it and get burned. <\/em><\/p>\n

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I have answered some of your crock pot questions here. <\/a><\/p>\n

This post is linking to Works for me Wednesday. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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