To achieve quality food, not only the ingredients chosen for the dishes are important, but also the Cooking methods we use. That’s why we show you healthier alternatives when cooking for the day.
To classify the most used cooking methods, we consider the modification of nutrients that cause as well as the possibility of using them with different ingredients and putting them into practice at home.
So, we show you what they are healthier cooking methods that we recommend to use in the day to day:
Cooking on the grill or grill: fast and almost fat-free
It’s about a dry cooking method that requires little oil or other fat, and that allows a meal to be solved in a very short time.
Since the food is not immersed in a fatty body or in water, allows to conserve nutrients as well as concentrating the flavor without adding unnecessary calories or fat to the dish.
On the other hand, we can use it to prepare from meat, fish and seafood to vegetables, fruits and others.
Steam cooking, ideal for vegetables
Steam cooking is ideal for preserving nutrients as well as color, aroma and texture of plant-based ingredients such as greens, vegetables and fruits; although it can also be used for cereals, fish and meat.
We can easily use this cooking method with a folding basket or with an electric steamer, resulting in a quick and easy alternative to put into practice at home.
Also, this cooking method does not use fats of any kind, does not burn or stick food and for this reason, it is a very clean and healthy option that we recommend choosing on a daily basis.
Oven cooking, for a variety of ingredients and techniques
It’s one of the dry cooking methods used, which allows you to cook various ingredients with various cooking techniques.
The time required is variable as well as, may or may not involve the addition of fatdepending on the dish to be prepared.
It is so ideal for meat and fish, as for vegetables and cereals or legumes previously cooked, with which we can obtain after baking a good share of resistant starch.
On the other hand, baking reduces the loss of many nutrients and therefore, it allows to obtain healthy and varied dishes.
Blanched or blanched, perfect for vegetables or fish
Blanching or blanching consists of a rapid boiling that allows you to cook various ingredients al dente, being ideal for fruits, vegetables and vegetables as well as for fish and shellfish.
Given the short cooking time that blanching or blanching involves, with this method we do not lose texture or nutrients in large proportions, and it is perfect for cooking prior to freezing or for defrosting food at home.
Microwave, the fastest alternative
The use of microwave oven allows you to cook quickly and without losing nutrients, various ingredients.
It is the ally of those who do not have time to cook and allows to solve a cooking of vegetables steamed in a few minutes managing to preserve vitamins and minerals in large proportions.
It does not add unnecessary calories or fats to the preparations and for this reason, it consists of a healthy method that we recommend using on a day-to-day basis.
Sauteed: with fat but without excesses
The stir fry It is a method that is carried out in a fatty medium but without falling into excesses and high temperatures, which allows you to cook in a very short time various ingredients, without implying a great loss of nutrients.
Likewise, it does not add calories as frying does and therefore, it can allow the preservation of flavor, aromas and textures of vegetables, meats, mushrooms and others.
Stewed or stewed, the stars in spoon dishes
If we are going to make a spoon dish, the stews and stews They are a very common cooking method that consists of cooking ingredients in medium fat that is not excessive and then finish cooking in a liquid medium.
Allow preserve nutrients in large proportions of the final dish, achieving very tasty and nutritious meals if we take care of the quality of the foods that make them up.
It is recommended with this and other methods that require the addition of fats, use extra virgin olive oil for cooking since it is the most stable alternative to temperatures.
These are healthier cooking methods that we can use on a daily basis to solve the usual preparations in a nutritious and tasty way.
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