| We need to ensure that how we prepare them does | | | | If we cannot boil, what are the options? |
| not wash away vitamin contents and benefits of | | | | Steaming vegetables is always a good choice. This will |
| consumption. Overcooking can also break down the | | | | leave vegetables full of life and colour. They will be |
| essential fiber which we need to clean our internal | | | | crisp and colorful. It will also not deplete the vegetables |
| organs. | | | | of their vitamin content. |
| Cooking vegetables can be complicated. Over cooking | | | | It is a speedy way of cooking too. By rule of thumb, |
| can make vegetables tasteless and mushy. My belief | | | | vegetables will only need a few minutes in the steam. |
| is that vegetables should not be boiled. Boiling not only | | | | In some cases you may be able to steam your |
| robs us of vitamin content, it is the main culprit in turning | | | | vegetables on the table and immediately serve them |
| vegetables to a lifeless, tasteless form. | | | | up. |