We get 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 on the health of the ingredients, etc. But will you believe me when I tell you that food can be made extremely healthy and delicious by changing something you may be overlooking all the time: the pot!
How can this possibly be true? Can you make healthy food just by changing the pot and without having to add unhealthy ingredients (such as 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 correct material? PURE CLAY – All-natural, unglazed clay cookware made without contaminants. How can you do this? Read on to find out:
Cooking Delicious Food Reason #1: The Heat Cooking your 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, cooking food evenly and thoroughly. This preserves delicate nutrients that are destroyed by conventional cookware. Well-cooked food, neither overcooked nor undercooked, is what one expects from good cookware. On the other hand, metals and ceramics radiate intense heat that cooks unevenly and food becomes mushy and sometimes even burnt. As most nutrients are destroyed, the result is nutritionally deficient foods that taste bland.
Cooking Delicious Food Reason #2: Steam Canning – Water Soluble Nutrients
Foods cooked in pure clay are rich in water-soluble vitamins, all thanks to excellent steam management. The gentle heat causes the steam to be delayed until the end of the cooking process and when it is released it condenses on the inside of the lid, which stays cooler than the rest of the pot and falls back onto the food. This unique feature makes food moist and juicy! Unlike conventional cookware, steam is released from the beginning of the cooking process and must be allowed to escape through the vent holes to prevent the pot from exploding and thus losing water-soluble nutrients and the food is dry and less tasty.
Cooking Delicious Food Reason #3: Food Retains Essential Phytonutrients – YUM!
In conventional cookware, food often loses its natural color and thus 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 when cooking conventionally.
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.
