Steaming
Steaming
is a great way to cook. Foods maintain their flavor and nutrients when they are
steamed. They also taste great once seasoned with lemon, olive oil
and herbs .A
study published by the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture found
that light steaming was the healthiest way to cook when compared with all other
cooking methods and their effects on retention on nutrients and antioxidants!
The best way to steam vegetables is to cook them until the point they are firm
but not hard. By doing so, you have very little loss of nutrients. Letting them
cook few minutes past that point will result in loss of most nutrients. If you
steam for a long time, the color of the water will deepen, reflecting loss
of nutrients.
Roasting
Roasting
is done with dry heat in an open pan in a hot oven at about 450 F or higher. It crisps up
the exterior of the meat or vegetables while it slowly cooks the insides. Roast
root vegetables at 450F
for about 30 minutes without any oil. Stir two to three times.
Grilling
Grilling
is great especially when the weather is great out. But it easy to make grilling
an unhealthy way of cooking. Here are some tips to make sure that our grilling
is healthy!
Grill
on an area without direct flame as the temperatures can get very high if the
food is directly on the flame. Do not overcook or burn the food. If you do
overcook it, it will form toxic compounds!
If
you like marinating your food before grilling that is great. Use ingredients
rich in antioxidant such as lemon, onions, rosemary or black pepper. If you
choose to oil, (although we suggest against it), use oils that have high smoke
point such as avocado oil or high oleic safflower oil to reduce the amount of
oxidative damage that will occur!
HEALTHY
FOOD
It features plenty of fruits and vegetables, beans, pulses and grains in
abundance,
olive oil as the principal fat, moderate drinking of wine, herbal teaslike Greek Mountain
olive oil as the principal fat, moderate drinking of wine, herbal teas
