Clay Cookware & Its Safety: Why Pure, Unglazed Primary Clay is the Healthiest Cooking Material

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Is it safe to cook in clay pots? This is the first question that comes to mind of any healthy cook who is considering clay pot cooking as an alternative to metal cookware. To avoid food contamination, it is good to look for an alternative, and what could be better than an all-natural material that is naturally non-toxic and inert? What makes a clay pot a safer choice than conventional cooking pots? This article acts as your guide to clay cooking safety and how to find the right clay pots for cooking.

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How to Choose a Healthy Saucepan and Why MEC Pots Make a Perfect One

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How to Choose a Healthy Saucepan and Why MEC Pots Make a Perfect One

Whether you want to boil pasta, cook rice, or prepare your favorite sauce, saucepans are pivotal in making things convenient in the kitchen. This versatile piece of cookware can cook a variety of dishes – thanks to its unique design. Although a saucepan is great for cooking a variety of recipes, choosing a healthy and non-stick pan that perfectly meets your needs is important. Read to learn about the features to look for when buying a new saucepan.

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Healthy Rice Cooking with Stainless Steel Inner Pots: Pros, Cons, and an Even Healthier Alternative

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Healthy Rice Cooking with Stainless Steel Inner Pots: Pros, Cons, and an Even Healthier Alternative

Rice is a staple for most of the world’s population, which makes rice cookers one of the most popular cooking pots around the globe. There are different types of rice cookers available in the market today, and rice cookers with a stainless steel inner pot are very common. Stainless steel pots do not corrode as quickly as other cookware and are durable, making it a generally preferred choice for a rice cooker insert. But what if we told you there was a cookware that acted as a better insert than even stainless steel, or could operate as a better rice cooker altogether? This article will highlight the pros and cons of common stainless steel inserts on the market, and provide the healthiest option for rice cooking.

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Broccoli and Potato Chowder

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Broccoli and Potato Chowder

This creamy chowder is perfect for a comforting meal on a cooler day. This recipe normally calls for ingredients like butter and cream, but with MEC, these ingredients are not necessary! Broccoli is a healthy vegetable with a lot of nutritive value, and is an amazing immune system booster. We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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Green & Eco-Friendly Cookware Sets (From a US Made Brand)

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A truly green and eco-friendly set of cookware fulfills healthy cooking needs, while also being environmentally friendly at every stage of its lifespan: from raw material procurement, to the making of the cooking pots and pans, to its usage, to its eventual disposal. Here are the factors that decide whether your cookware set is green and eco-friendly:

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3 Important Things to Look for When Choosing the Safest Cookware for Your Well-Being

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3 Important Things to Look for When Choosing the Safest Cookware for Your Well-Being

Some cookware can seem too good to be true (and sometimes, that is the case!), so what is the safest cookware for your health? This article will help you choose the safest option for your family, as well as offer a means for you to determine how safe a cookware set is on your own.

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Looking For Truly Non-Toxic Dinnerware With No Lead, Cadmium, or Other Toxins? Your Search Ends Here!

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Looking For Truly Non-Toxic Dinnerware With No Lead, Cadmium, or Other Toxins? Your Search Ends Here!

Serving food in healthy, non-toxic dinnerware is as important as cooking it in healthy cookware! However, a major problem that comes with selecting healthy dinner dishes is the lack of options. This article aims to inform you on the choices of healthy brands/options for dinnerware, and provide the best kind of dinnerware for healthy eating:

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Rice & Grains: Nutritious, Faster & Fluffier

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Rice & Grains: Nutritious, Faster & Fluffier

Looking for a completely non-toxic rice cooker that can cook delicious rice without needing to add unhealthy additives? When looking at conventional cookware, you often find that the rice cooker is never truly non-toxic, with its material, glazes, or other additives leaching toxins into your food. It may seem hopeless, but Miriam’s Earthen Cookware (MEC) has you covered!

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Make Yogurt at Home: Nutritious & Non-Toxic

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Make Yogurt at Home: Nutritious & Non-Toxic

Your best yogurt can be made at home, you know why? Because you can make it in the most healthy and non-toxic way! The commercial prepared store bought version of yogurt pales in comparison to the taste, thickness and flavor offered by homemade yogurt in this method that we are about to teach you!

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MEC Dutch Oven Guide & Delicious Recipes

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MEC Dutch Oven Guide & Delicious Recipes

A Dutch oven can be used in so many different ways, from cooking meats, to creating casseroles, to making healthy rice dishes, to concocting soups or stews, and even to baking some delicious French bread! A recipe list for a Dutch oven can get endlessly extensive, so in this article we hope to give you a guide to cooking different types of foods in a healthy way in your Dutch oven so that you can use it to cook any recipe.

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Healthy and Digestible Unleavened Bread Using Whole Wheat Flour

Author:   |   Date Published:   |   Categories: How-To Guides [Sautés/Stir-Fries, Broths, Braising, Rice/Grains, Bread, Eggs, Yogurt, & More] • Making Breads In MEC • Middle-Eastern Cuisine • Recipes • Vegan • Vegetarian Recipes

Unleavened bread is a great and healthy grain to enjoy. One of the great benefits of unleavened bread is you do not have to worry about potentially chemically treated yeast with toxins that can accumulate in your body. Additionally, like all other breads, unleavened bread is a great source of complex carbohydrates.

For soft, layered unleavened bread, choose wheat flour that has been processed in the East. Commonly known as Atta, this wheat flour is processed in a healthier way.

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