Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Healthy Cooking Tips

Speaking for myself and most people fried foods are the best tasting however fried foods are probably the worst ways to cook food and eat. Fried foods add a lot of extra calories and fats, which isn't good if you're worried about eating healthy and staying in great shape. There are different ways to prepare foods other than frying your foods. For instance you can Broil, grill, stir fry, or even use a pressure cooker. These four different types are all great and health ways of cooking and preparing your foods.
If you were too grill your food the best idea for grilling your meats, fish, or poultry, would be to find these foods with low fats due to prevent charring or flaring. A good example of an indoor grill that is great for easy grilling would be the George Foreman Grill.
When stir frying your meat, fishes, or poultry this can be very convenient compared to the other ways of eating healthy. The reason behind this convenience is that stir frying is very quick and easy to do. The only thing you really need is a large pan that you could use, and also stir frying doesn't really contain any fats.
Broiling in my perspective is best for cooking your meats and fishes due to the heat comes from the top when broiled compared to grilling when the heat comes from the bottom. Also broiling is a lot quicker than grilling and most ovens come with broiling. Also a toaster can contain a broiling stage, and similar to grilling you want your meats, fishes, and poultry to have little fat to prevent charring or flaring.
Personally I never really use a pressure cooker, because I dont have one and can't really afford one due to being in college, however this is very convenient as well and not only is it great for cooking your meats, fishes, and poultry however it is also good for cooking your stews and soups. Probably the best aspect to the pressure cooker is that it is probably the fastest way to cook your foods and with that in hand this preserves the amount of nutrients that are in the foods. The longer you heat your foods the less the amounts of nutrients will be preserved. Also the pressure cooker is great with hard cut meats and poultry.

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