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Healthy Living Through Cooking

December 3rd, 2011 No Comments   Posted in Healthy Living

Whether you like it or not, there’s a direct link between your health and your style of cooking. To continue to stay healthy, you have to be sure you are using healthy cooking techniques most of the time. These techniques are not difficult to learn at all. To tell the truth, you may be already using them without knowing their benefits.

Baking is a healthy cooking method you can try. If you think baking is only good in preparing cakes and cookies, you’re absolutely wrong. There are numerous recipes that allow you to bake meat, fruits, and vegetables. What makes baking interesting is that there is no need for you to use fat when preparing food.

Just like baking, grilling also allows you to do away with fat. Since it involves a lot of heat, the unhealthy fat juices from beef or pork can easily be gotten rid of. Broiling is a form of grilling, the only difference is that you use thermal heat for it.

Like grilling, it is also a healthy alternative to cooking using oil. Some people do not prefer grilling saying that it can lead to carcinogen formation. However, with the correct marinating procedure, this problem can be eliminated.

Meanwhile, a perfect alternative to frying food is steaming. There is no need for you to use cooking oil when steaming and you can be certain that nutrients from food are still intact after cooking. It is also such an interesting form of cooking because you can prepare any kind of food with it. And since it’s very simple, anyone can learn it without a bit of a problem.

It would also be a good thing if you practice the habit of using essential herbs or spices every time you cook. Most people use these ingredients to add taste, aroma, and color to the food they are preparing. When picking an herb or a spice, always makes sure to pick the fresh and not the wilted one. To maintain their nutritional value, throw them to the cooking pot only when you’re almost done with the cooking.

Learning some healthy cooking techniques is both fun and exciting. It’s also quite easy as well and can therefore be taught even to your children. With this you can be sure the entire family is receiving the right kind of food that they need for a healthy lifestyle.

Thomas Cowella is a chef by day and a blogger by night. He enjoys sharing his ideas all about kitchen tips and accessories. Check out his latest articles about the kitchen island table and kitchen island designs here.