Meet The Lentil – Red Lentil

Hello! I am Red Lentil – an edible seed from the family of legumes. I am great for making dal and have a somewhat sweet and nutty flavor. Although I am inexpensive, I can provide you a wide range of nutrients, like vitamins B, magnesium, iron, zinc and potassium. I am made up of over 25% protein.

I am low in calories and high in fiber – perfect for your weight loss diet. I can effectively improve your gut function. Besides, I am full of a wide range of phytochemicals – to protect you against chronic diseases like heart disease and type 2 diabetes. I bet you didn’t know my full potential until now, did you? Continue reading Meet The Lentil – Red Lentil

A Healthy Dutch Oven should be Made from A Healthy Material

A Dutch Oven is quite popular these days mainly because you can cook a variety of dishes in it both on stove-top and in the oven. It’s perfect for cooking soups, stews, rice and other casseroles dishes. Despite being so useful, its design is quite simple: a pot and a well-fitting lid. The walls are thicker than usual and it is made from different materials like Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Cast Iron, Ceramics and Pure Clay.  Continue reading A Healthy Dutch Oven should be Made from A Healthy Material

Why the Best Non-Toxic Cookware can only be Made from Pure Clay?

Are you using the best non-toxic cookware? The answer to this greatly depends on the material(s) used in making your cookware. Metals, chemicals, glazes, enamels and alloys are known to leach metal ions while cooking. These ions combine with food’s nutrients and form toxic compounds that affect the health of your food by contaminating it and reducing its nutritional value. This is why your cookware has to be 100% non-toxic to cook healthy food. 

The Best Non-toxic Cookware – What Does It Take? 

The problem is – most cookware are conventionally made from metals or ceramics and further glazed with chemicals and enamels. All metals are reactive (including popular ones like cast iron, titanium, aluminum etc.) and they leach ions when you cook food in them. This is the reason our ancestors never used metals or alloys to make cookware even though they used them to make tools and weapons.  Continue reading Why the Best Non-Toxic Cookware can only be Made from Pure Clay?

Do You Want To Cook in the Best Natural Cookware? Read this

The pots and pans in your kitchen are not only useful in cooking your favorite recipes but are also responsible for your health and well-being. Wanna know how? Let’s take another look at those pots and pans with health perspective:

I am a healthy cook and have done a lot of research on all the factors that may affect the health of food. I was surprised to find that the cookware we use greatly affects the nutritional value of food. An unhealthy cookware can not only damage those delicate nutrients but also contaminate food by leaching toxins while cooking. Continue reading Do You Want To Cook in the Best Natural Cookware? Read this

Miriam’s Earthen Cookware Customer Reviews on Making Yogurt

Yogurt – a delicious food that is healthy and nutritious too. While you can always buy it from the store, making it at home has several benefits. It is very easy to make without using unhealthy additives like the ones used in stores. No preservatives, artificial sweeteners, fresheners or shelf life extenders! On the contrary, it is rich in nutrients and tastes a lot better.  Continue reading Miriam’s Earthen Cookware Customer Reviews on Making Yogurt

These Unique Cooking Pots Preserve Nutrients While Cooking. Find Out How?

Juanita is a busy mom of 2 kids, is concerned about their dietary needs because she knows how they eat now determines how healthy they will be when they grow up.  She juggles between work and carefully plans her meals – choosing healthy organic ingredients avoiding any kind of processed food. She spends a lot of time searching for recipes so she gets all the details right. She does all she can to feed her family delicious and nutrition rich food. Is she missing something? Continue reading These Unique Cooking Pots Preserve Nutrients While Cooking. Find Out How?

These Unique Pressure Cookers Are Made From The Healthiest Material – Pure Clay

The pressure cooker is an interesting invention of the modern world. It was designed to save cooking time by forcing the food to cook quickly under extreme steam pressure. Pressure is created by boiling a liquid (mostly water) inside the closed pot. The trapped steam increases the internal pressure and allows the temperature to rise, which forces food to cook quickly. In the end, the pressure is slowly released so the lid can be opened safely. 

A conventional pressure cooker is a metal pot – made from aluminum or stainless steel. These are reactive metals and therefore toxic to food.  Continue reading These Unique Pressure Cookers Are Made From The Healthiest Material – Pure Clay

Before You Venture into Cooking in Clay, Keep These important Tips in Mind

If you are a healthy cook, I am sure you are already aware of cooking in clay pots. Now that people are becoming more knowledgeable about what happens with food cooked in metals, they are slowly turning towards this thousand-year-old method of cooking. But just like metal ions leach and react with food and contaminate it, choosing the wrong clay pot can also leave your food unhealthy. Here are some important tips that can help you choose the right one:  Continue reading Before You Venture into Cooking in Clay, Keep These important Tips in Mind

Pots & Pans Made Without ANY Additives Or Glazes Make The Best Cookware, Why?

Finding a truly non-toxic cookware is probably the biggest challenge a healthy cook faces these days. Thanks to the popularity of metals and ceramics, the stores are full of shiny, glazed and enameled cookware.

All metals are innately reactive, and they are further coated with nickel, molybdenum etc. for shine and finish. Ceramics is coated with so many glazes and enamels – the dirty secret behind their shining beauty. These chemical laden pots and pans contaminate your food and the toxins cause havoc in your body functions.  Continue reading Pots & Pans Made Without ANY Additives Or Glazes Make The Best Cookware, Why?

Cook Rice in Clay Pot and Say ‘Good Bye’ to Diabetes!

There are several advantages of cooking rice in a clay pot. If you have tried it, you must already be aware of most of these. For instance, rice cooks soft, fluffy and each grain separate from one another in a clay pot – without using any oils or additives. On the other hand, while cooking rice in conventional pots, they mostly turn out to be mushy and taste quite bland. But the important thing is – what happens to the carbohydrates? Let’s find out… Continue reading Cook Rice in Clay Pot and Say ‘Good Bye’ to Diabetes!