Creating a Healthy Kitchen
When considering healthy eating, we often overlook our kitchen. The tools we use there can be detrimental to our health, including what we cook in and with. We don't need extravagant tools; simple, naturally made ones are durable and promote health.
First, eliminate your microwave. Its negative impact on your food and body could fill an entire article. Consider replacing it with a toaster oven.
Below is a list of healthy kitchen tools that help you stay close to nature and free from chemicals.
Stainless Steel Knives and Utensils
Metal tongs
Metal Colander
Use high quality pots and pans: Stainless Steel, Ceramic coated, Cast-iron
Using Non-stick or Teflon, when overheated it releases fumes that can called Teflon Ful, that kills birds exposed to it. In Humans it’s called polymer fume fever.
Google – However, at temperatures above 500°F (260°C), Teflon coatings on nonstick cookware start to break down, releasing toxic chemicals into the air ( 18 ). Inhaling these fumes may lead to polymer fume fever, also known as the Teflon flu.
Stock Pot with lids, Cast Iron Dutch oven with lid
Glass or ceramic baking dishes
Baking Sheets should be Stainless steel if you use aluminum make sure you use parchment paper. I use Glass pans for 90% of my baking. Yes even cookies!
Carbon Steel Wok, NEVER buy non-stick. One with a metal or wooden handle not plastic
Use a Toaster Oven Vs Microwave
Wooden Cutting Board
Bamboo/stainless steel Stirring Spoon’s
Glass Liquid Measuring cup or stainless steal measuring cups
French Press Coffee Maker, you will not need to use coffee filters. Using K-Cups even the recycled ones are still leaving a carbon foot print.
Glass Food Storage containers, NOT Plastic Or BPA free if you need to use a plastic container.
Google – BPA is a chemical that is present in hard plastics, including drinking water bottles and many household items. Research has shown that exposure to BPA can disrupt the functioning of the endocrine system. However, the levels of exposure in most people’s daily lives are unlikely to result in serious harm.
Plastic breaks down over time and contaminate the food. Especially when you use them for left overs
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