All of us are smack dab in the middle of the summer, and if there is one thing the people I was with and I should all be doing less of it is cooking, but cooking with the oven and stovetop while I was in the Summer really makes your air conditioner have to go into overdrive.
I am fortunate because I am on this diet that consists almost exclusively of salads and chilly proteins, however if you want to cook sometimes, I propose using the crock pot.
The crock pot is one way to cook delicious meals that don’t tax your air conditioner and require you to sweat love a pig. The other day, I stuck some small chuck tenders into the crock pot, set the A/C temperature control up more than four degrees, and left the condo to go to the office. When I got back 7 hours later, the A/C wasn’t even engaged. The A/C kept the condo at the desired temperature control setting without killing itself. If that had been cooking in the oven, the condo would have felt love it was 100 degrees, and the A/C would have been running. In addition to using the crock, you might want to figure out ways to cook delicious meals in the microwave. If you can nuke your food and still have it be delicious, your A/C will thank you. In fact, you will be less likely to need A/C repair and your HVAC component might even last longer than if you continue to beat up your A/C by cooking throughout the summer. I care about to cook eggs in the microwave!