Cooking
Home cooking with home grown, seasonal vegetables and organic meat is a real treat. The taste and freshness of the food make meals much more enjoyable, plus you have the comfort of knowing the food you are eating is not potentially poisoning you with a build-up of unnecessary chemicals, and the meat has been ethically produced, and preferably local too.
Many prepared and take-away foods contain a larger amount of salt and sugar than is necessary for your diet or indeed to enhance the original fresh ingredients. Salt and Sugar in food disguise the fact that the ingredients are not as fresh or of as good a quality as you would choose if you were buying them yourself.
In addition to the salt and sugar, many of these meals include flavour enhancers and preservatives, all chemically processed, in order to disguise the quality of the original ingredients. Some of these chemicals can cause reactions in people, such as Monosodium Glutomate, which can cause perspiration and a heavy thirst. In restaurants, this not only helps to improve the tenderness of lower quality cuts of meat, it also sells more drinks.
Home cooking can be an enjoyable family event, making fresh pasta from organic pasta flour can be something you can involve other members of your family in. Whilst it may be difficult at first to enthuse other family members in the preparation of the home cooked meal, the taste and enjoyment and knowledge of a healthier diet may convince them in hindsight.
A multi-layer steamer is a very healthy way of cooking your vegetables, and all on one ring on the hob (saving energy and water in the process). The water can be used to make a sauce or gravy, so keeping all the nutrients on your plate.
If you're thinking about having a barbecue, try a solar grill - no charcoal or gas. Just open it, put the food in and point it at the Sun. How cool is that!!
Home Cooking puts you in charge of the contents of your meal, if you look at our section on growing for health you will see how it is possible to create a varied diet to include all the vitamins and nutrients necessary for our bodies, without the need for supplementary chemically processed pills.
If you have children, you'll be happy that you are providing fresh food without chemicals. Babies can be provided for by liquidising the Sunday dinner, and freezing in small portions. So, throughout the week, a variety of 'ready meals' can be available, without the unnecessary waste of jars and tins, and travelling to the supermarket!
We encourage you to become a member of this web site by registering and taking part in the forums, sharing your experiences in Organic Cooking and perhaps some nice recipes you have used to encourage family members to eat vegetables they were not keen on before.
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