{"id":1210,"date":"2018-07-27T22:19:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T21:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2018-08-01T22:23:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:23:40","slug":"the-secret-to-healthy-food-and-great-presentation-steaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/the-secret-to-healthy-food-and-great-presentation-steaming\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret to healthy food and great presentation: Steaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health is always a big issue where food is concerned and with a rise in awareness there has been a shift in cooking techniques to make steaming a popular choice.<\/p>\n

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Food is the fuel that keeps our bodies functioning and it only makes sense that people should be vigilant about they choose to eat.<\/p>\n

With concern about the health implications of people\u2019s diets and, in particular, obesity<\/a> growing almost daily there has been an associated heightening in awareness of what constitutes healthy food.<\/p>\n

The healthier option<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although it has long been a popular method for cooking food, steaming has now become a byword for healthy food.<\/p>\n

Along with clean diets free from overly-processed foods, steaming is seen as an antidote to fat-heavy diets full of fried food.<\/p>\n

With the demand for healthier cooking methods, steamed food is a regular feature on restaurant<\/a> menus.<\/p>\n

What are the benefits of steaming food?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The major benefit of steaming food \u2013 in particular vegetables \u2013 is that it preserves healthy vitamins and minerals, some of which have cancer-fighting properties.<\/p>\n

The nature of steaming, which sees the steam off boiling water surround the food, means that overcooking – which removes minerals – is far less likely.<\/p>\n

The gentler cooking approach also helps to preserve the shape of the vegetables, cooking them to perfection to appear even more appetising to diners.<\/p>\n

There is also no need to add any sort of oil during the steaming process \u2013 allowing fish and vegetables to be cooked without the addition of fat.<\/p>\n

Light, healthy, tasty and decidedly on trend, steamed vegetables are a winning choice for modern diners.<\/p>\n

When used in a commercial setting<\/a>, steamers are ideal for cooking more than one food at a time due to the low risk of cross-contamination and can be easily managed.<\/p>\n

While simultaneously preserving taste and flavour the technique has plenty of benefits to offer.<\/p>\n

Let Caterline help you update your professional kitchen equipment, get in touch<\/a> today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health is always a big issue where food is concerned and with a rise in awareness there has been a shift in cooking techniques to make steaming a popular choice. Food is the fuel that keeps our bodies functioning and it only makes sense that people should be vigilant about they choose to eat. With […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caterlineltd.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}