We understand it, cooking delicious food and keeping it healthy can be a real problem, because if you want tasty food many times you have to compromise the health of the ingredients, etc. But will you believe it if I tell you that food can be both extremely healthy and delicious by changing this thing that you may be overlooking all the time: the cooking pot!
How can this be true? Can you make healthy food just by changing the pot and not having to add unhealthy ingredients (like heavy cream, canned tomatoes, etc.)? Yes. A pot made of the right material and the right design can take care of all these things and cook delicious food every time. And what is this suitable material? PURE CLAY – Totally natural clay kitchen utensils, unglazed and without contaminants. How can you do this? Read on to find out:
Cooking delicious food, Reason # 1: The heat Cooking food is very different!
The heat radiating from the walls of a pure clay pot is very different: the gentle far infrared heat of pure clay pots penetrates deep into each grain and cooks food evenly and completely. This preserves the delicate nutrients that are destroyed by conventional cookware. Well-cooked food, not overcooked or undercooked, is what one expects from a good kitchen container. On the other hand, metals and ceramics radiate strong heat that cooks unevenly and the food becomes soft and sometimes even burns. Since most of the nutrients are destroyed, the result is a nutritionally deficient food that tastes bland.
Cooking delicious food, reason no. # 2: retain steam: water soluble nutrients
Food cooked in pure clay is rich in water-soluble vitamins, all thanks to excellent steam management. The mild heat causes the steam to lag until the end of the cooking process, and when released, it condenses on the inside of the lid, which remains cooler than the rest of the pot and falls back into the food. This unique feature keeps food moist and juicy! Unlike conventional cookware, steam is released from the beginning of the cooking process and must escape through the vents to prevent the pot from exploding and thus losing water-soluble nutrients and the food dries out and has less flavor.
Cooking delicious food, reason no. 3: Food retains essential phytonutrients – YUM!
In conventional cookware, food generally loses its natural color and therefore its fresh taste. This is due to the loss of an important group of phytonutrients (plant chemicals) called flavonoids. Up to 80 percent of the flavonoids can be lost in the cooking process. This is exactly what happens while cooking in the conventional mode.
When food is cooked in pure clay, the flavonoids are also fully preserved, so the food retains its natural color. People who have been cooking in pure clay have reported that the food tastes better and has a rich color every time.