Cooking can be extremely fun, creative and full of flavors— literally.
However, since there are a lot of ways to cook people, tend to forget some important things they must include in their cooking ways. Like cooking it in a healthy way, and serve it in a nutritious, bountiful meal.
Or maybe we aren’t much aware that we are cooking it in an unhealthy way. For example, using the wrong oil, the wrong pan, or the wrong recipe. Today, this blog post will help you cook your comfort food in a healthier way.
Top Healthy Food Recipes
When people talk about nutrition, it is actually confusing to find a good definition to it. Basically, it just depends on your personal definition of health. If having too many carbs is unhealthy, or having an ample load of low calories suffices.
Most commonly, here are a few simple comfort food recipes that guarantee you a give a healthy treat.
- Green leafy vegetables. Obviously, vegetables are the healthiest treats but nothing can ever go healthier than the green leafy ones. Basically, every meal with a vegetable on it is a real pinnacle of healthy food.
- This is definitely an ideal healthy choice with such a taste of richness. It has a lot of health benefits that contains potassium, and other curb stroke risk. You can also use coconut oil for cooking, or coconut water to rice and letting it cool to make it less caloric.
- Grass-fed Beef. animals that feed on grass are the best source of saturated fat rather than conventional beef. It is also a great source of protein and iron, which plays an important part in growth and development.
Methods of Healthy Cooking Healthy
With having those recipes in stock, the next thing you need to do is to get your apron and enjoy your cooking and serve your comfort food in the healthiest way.
However, to better enjoy your food a lot more, here are a few tips you should bear in mind too.
1. Microwave Cooking
Some people might not get this cooking method as a healthier way to get nutrients intact, however, they seem to get that wrong. Basically, some research says that microwaving might be the healthiest way to cook due to its short cooking times— this results to minimal nutrient destruction.
2. Boiling
Boiling food is easy, quick and requires nothing but water and just a pinch of salt. However, this method can also dissolve vitamins and minerals (in some foods, especially vegetables). Just make sure that you don’t pull up a fire that much to make sure you are not dissolving the nutrients while boiling. Also, don’t keep vegetables and foods a little bit longer in the water too. Immediately take it out from the pan once done boiling.
3. Stir Frying
Cooking in high heat for a shorter time is the essence of stir-frying. However, you must make sure that the food is cut into small and in uniform to ensure that every ingredient is cooked thoroughly— not half cooked. Basically, this method of cooking might require you a lot of attention as there will be more stirring and tossing to prevent food from sticking to the pan.
