Basic Pursuits

A recent study suggests that the best way to cook vegetables is to
microwave them. Researchers measured the free-radical eating
anti-oxidants before and after various methods of cooking. Vegies
cooked in the microwave retained the most anti-oxidants.

I've tried this with broccoli and it works pretty good. Put your broccoli in
a microwavable dish with a little water and you have very green
broccoli with a nice texture.

But microwaving has it's limitations. For example, I eat collards. I fix them by first sauteing onions and garlic in olive or canola oil. Then I throw in the collards. Then I put in a little water or chicken stock and cook until they are "al dente." My collards are delicious. Accommodating my recipe to use a microwave would be a lot more trouble. But maybe I'l try it.

Thanks to Lifehacker for this news.