A pressure cooker is quite useful when it comes to cooking certain time-consuming foods. Examples are soaked dry beans, lentils, meats and some vegetables. It uses excessive steam pressure to force the food into quick cooking. Before opening the lid, all the steam has to be released through a vent. If we talk about the design, it's kind of...

If you are a healthy cook, I can safely assume you are already enlightened about the importance of eating healthy. What makes food healthy? Yes, it is the choice of ingredients. But there is one secret to healthy cooking that not everybody is aware of -- it's the cookware. Interestingly, your cookware is what ultimately determines the health of the food! Is Conventional Cookware Healthy? Conventional cookware made from metals are innately reactive. Food...

Choosing the Best Pots and Pans Making a choice for the "best" is a challenge that confounds even the most knowledgeable people. And yet, it is the desired and important choice when buying anything. When it comes to buying best pots and pans, making the right choice becomes even more important. This is because the final nutritional...

Cooking Healthy Rice and Other Grains Rice is an excellent staple, well balanced in nutrients and nourishing in the body. Brown rice has also gathered popularity in recent past because of its health benefits. Cooking healthy brown rice is quite simple but not many are aware of it. If you are choosing not-overly processed, non-enriched, unbleached...

I am a healthy cook and know how important cookware is for cooking healthy. At a time when the most popular cookware is made from metals and/or ceramics, it's not easy to find a healthy and safe alternative. But I had to do it, which led me to several weeks of research. Fortunately,...

Best Pressure Cooker Review: What is A Conventional Pressure Cooker? A conventional pressure cooker is an interesting invention, to say the least.  It is a piece of cookware with several parts to it and was invented to save time while cooking food.  Typically, this is what it contains: A metal pot handle covered with either...

Notice an influx of clay pots in the market? How can you know which ones are healthy and truly non-toxic? Clay pot cooking boasts of healthy, nutritious and delicious meals and today many come in different shapes and colors, is there a way to know which...

MEC – Miriams Earthen Cookware | Why This Fuss About Cookware? What Impact Does It Have on YOUR Food And Health? Food is nourishment to the body.  A statement like this may be grossly inadequate unless elaborated. So let me try again: Food sustains life, maintains a healthy and functional immune system,...