Cooking is an integral part of food consumption as majority of the foods we eat need to be cooked before taken into the body, cooking has its advantages which often surpass its disadvantages, therefore I urge people to always cook their food properly, aside making food edible, other advantages of cooking keep me wondering if any food should be eaten without being cooked....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Well, it’s not ideal to cook every food we intend to eat, as a matter of fact, some foods like salad require no form of cooking, just little preparation that requires not even the slightest heat applied. Well, some advantages of cooking foods before consumption include
√ Cooking helps kill harmful germs, microorganisms, etc.
√ Cooking food makes it easier to digest.
√ Cooking some foods gives room for increased bioavailability of some nutrients and antioxidants that the food contains.
With these advantages, one should be careful the type of food he consumes to avoid germs and harmful microorganisms getting into his body. Cooking can be listed as a hobby depending on the person involved, and going by this it is safe to say some people enjoy cooking.
Cooking can get stressful and tiring of things are not going well, and to enhance your cooking experience then you should cultivate the following habits to help make cooking easier.
1. Cleaning after you.
Cleaning should be swift and not hours after cooking, the moment you are done using a kitchen utensil you should wash or rinse with water immediately, this will ensure that you have every thing you used during the course of preparing your food washed and neatly kept at the time you finish cooking.
Also, you can decide to gather all you used to cook and wash them together just when you’re done cooking. If this is followed properly you’d find out that when you begin cooking the next meal, all the utensils to be used will be clean and in order, ultimately making cooking easier.
2. Cook moderate quantities of food.
When you cook, you need not stress yourself over making large quantities of food, especially if you’re not cooking for a party, the convenience of using a moderate sized pot alongside being able to stir your food properly makes it easier for cooking to be carried out.
3. Label/add tags to all your ingredient containers.
Adding a tag or label to the containers that contain your ingredients is a good habit to cultivate, it will also make your cooking activity easier. The tags will help you avoid mixing up of ingredients and once you see a tag that is labelled “salt” you won’t mistake it for sugar, this will help make your cooking easier.
4. Ensure water is always available.
Water is essential for almost all cooking practices and you should make a habit of having it around whenever you want to cook.