Tips from an International Dietitian on Summer Cooking

According to Cara Rosenbloom, spokesperson for the Dietitians of Canada, “There are many ways of cooking food without using the oven in the hot summer days”. Using oven in hot summer days, may increase the heat inside the home and make it difficult for you to stand in the kitchen and cook. There are few other kitchen appliances and electronics, which can do the same job as an oven, and can keep the kitchen cool as well. Here are some:

Grill: It is one of the most convenient appliance which you can use to cook almost anything. The electric grills also don’t produce much heat inside the home. You can use grills to cook beef, marinated flank steak, thin cuts of meat, and much more with satisfying results.

Slow cooker: A slow cooker is the best option to cook food in hot summer days, as the right temperature of the cooker prevents the food from burning and food also retains moisture and softness. It is also great for batch cooking. You can easily cook pulled pork, bone-in turkey breast and many other foods using a slow cooker.

Stovetop: It is considered as the best heat diffuser and is an alternate solution for oven. Moreover, it hardly gets warm except directly under the cooking vessel and is safe to use. Stovetop can be used to cook salmon, vermicelli, hard-boiled eggs, etc.

Griddle: It can be used to make all kinds of food and it won’t heat up your kitchen nearly as much as the stovetop. Cooking on the griddle is a good option to have fun with cooking healthy, dietetics and quick. You can easily whip up biscuits, pancakes, tortillas or pitas on griddle.

Other small appliances: Blender, peeler, etc. are some other small gadgets which you can use while cooking on extremely hot days. You can make cold smoothies and puree cold soups using blender. Make carrot ribbons or delicious salads for dinner using a peeler.

These were some alternative cooking options of using the oven suggested by Cara Rosenbloom. Aren’t these fantastic? Now, you can easily beat the heat while cooking in the summertime.

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