Healthy Cooking Tips & Techniques
Healthy Cooking Tips & Techniques
Cooking healthy meals at home is an excellent way to improve your diet and maintain good health. However, it's not just about choosing healthy ingredients; the cooking techniques you use can also make a big difference.
Steaming
Steaming is a healthy cooking technique that preserves the nutrients in vegetables and fish. Steaming fish is also an excellent way to cook it without adding extra fat or calories.
‘ The University of Illinois scientists found that only when broccoli is steamed, for as long as five minutes, did it retain the myrosinase necessary to form the cancer-fighting sulforaphane. Boiling and microwaving broccoli, even for just one minute, destroyed the enzyme. ‘?
Stir-Frying
Stir-frying is a quick and healthy cooking technique that uses a small amount of oil and high heat to cook vegetables and meats. The high temperature required to stir fry the foods, cooks the food quickly and helps retain the nutrients.
According to well-known dietician Neha Chandna, one of the greatest benefits of stir-frying foods is that it uses very little oil that makes the food low in fat and calories.
Baking
Baking is a healthy cooking technique that can be used to cook meats, fish, and vegetables.?
Health-conscious people and those undergoing special diets benefit from the lower fat content in baked foods, while still enjoying the tenderness and flavor of this healthy cooking method. For example, a typically fried samosa has over 240 calories, whereas one fully baked samosa has under 85 calories i.e. around 1/3 of the fried version.
Roasting
Roasting preserves the nutrients in food by cooking it at a high temperature without adding water. This helps to retain the nutritional value of food, including vitamins and minerals.
“Compared to other cooking methods, roasting food can help reduce the amount of vitamin C lost while cooking the food.
According to medical studies, using minimal cooking water and cooking for shorter time periods will result in higher vitamin C retention, thus minimising vitamin C loss.”?
In conclusion,
By now we know that? there are many healthy cooking techniques that you can use at home to create delicious and nutritious meals.?
With Tamatarr Meal Kits, we simplify cooking with ZERO prep options so you can try the above techniques whenever you see fit.
This enables a healthier lifestyle and gives you the choice to cook healthier meals.?
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