Perhaps cooking for a couple can be considered the oldest method of cooking - in fact, even before getting to know our fire, our ancestors had the opportunity to heat meat and fish on rocks near natural hot springs.
Delicious benefits
Steam dishes preserve not only the natural taste, color and smell of products, but also most of the microelements and vitamins contained in them. How? The fact is that during cooking for a couple of products do not touch the air and do not heat above 100 C. This way you can cook vegetables, cereals, fish, meat, dishes from the dough with stuffing and even some desserts (for example, pudding). The only condition - vegetables should be really fresh, otherwise after cooking you risk not getting a bright and juicy dish, but a shapeless mass. Do not experiment with mushrooms, pasta and legumes - for their preparation requires more water. And some products, on the contrary, need to cook only for a couple - for example, brown rice, losing vitamin B, when boiled. The appliances for steaming are many: from special pots with a mesh inside to modern electric spoons. Another plus of this method is that for cooking you need only water, and without fat you can do without. If the dishes seem to you tasteless, learn how to use condiments and prepare various sauces. Dishes can be flavored with dried herbs, lemon slices, onion and garlic - putting them on the bottom of a steamer or pouring a dish on top. By the way, vegetable or broth extract, formed in the pallet, can be used as a sauce or a basis for the sauce.
What dishes can be cooked in a double boiler - this question is set by yourself, almost every housewife.
True reception
Stick to several cooking rules for a couple: do not stack foods too tightly, cut them into pieces of the same size, do not try to open the lid.
Steam dishes are easy to digest, do not contain excess calories and cholesterol, therefore, they are an excellent prevention of cardiovascular diseases for people over 40 years old. And for those who fight with extra pounds, they are irreplaceable. Regular meals with steamed dishes will allow you to improve the condition of the skin, hair and nails, strengthen immunity and raise vitality.
Caution with weed
Recently, tinctures and kvass from celandine are very popular. But very few people know that the extract of this plant is able to accumulate in the tissues of the liver and other organs. And this can lead to poisoning of the body, damage to the nervous system, the appearance of angina pectoris and seizures. It is no accident that the celandine is recognized as a poisonous plant and is not used in official medicine. No worse than hellebore, with which many women try to lose weight. Due to its high toxicity, it is excluded from the list of approved plants.
We arrange a family dinner
Are you puzzling over what to cook for dinner? But the usual, it would seem, pasta can become a real delicacy! For example, if you serve them with grated cheese and melted butter. Or with seafood, having received a dish of exquisite Mediterranean cuisine. Pamper your family with a delicious and nutritious dish! Only pasta should be chosen correctly - from durum wheat, for example, such as the company "Chumak". All types of macaroni of this brand are not boiled and do not stick together when cooking, they look appetizing and will taste both adults and children. In pasta, you can add ready-made spaghetti sauces Chumak - a novelty recently appeared in the assortment of the company. You will see, your loved ones will be grateful to you and will definitely ask for supplements!