This article explores the better ways to process food so that you still get the most nutritional value, with good flavor without getting food borne illnesses. Food processing is a way of changing the natural state of food. It includes cooking, pickling, freezing and other ways of processing food so that shelf life can be longer and the nutritional value of food can be increased.

Tip 1: As you may already know temperature is the most common way for increasing the shelf life. Stir fry, cooking over high heat for a short time, is one of the best ways to cook dishes that have vegetables.

Tip 2: When it comes to meats, it’s good to give pork a good cooking. Instead of cooking with oil try a little water when first cooking meats. This is a great way to thoroughly cook the meat and when you add your vegetables, adding the hardest, like carrots first, you can really cook in a lot of flavor.

Tip 3: One trick that I like to do. Say I’m making a curry with cauliflower and beef. Once the beef is thoroughly cooked and the curry and water has been added with all the spices flavored to your taste, then I add the cauliflower let it cook for a minute or two, turn off the heat, cover and let sit for five minutes. Perfection! The cauliflower has that crunchy vegetable texture with a nice curry flavor. Read the rest of this entry »