Is roasting the best way to cook veggies to retain nutrients?

On May 15, 9:18�am, meatnub wrote:
Is roasting the best way to cook veggies to retain nutrients?

Roasting retains more of the insoluable nutrients than steaming, and
also concentrates flavor. Of course it depends on the vegetable
too... with most vegetables stir frying maintains more nutrition and
most enhances flavor.

On May 15, 11:51 am, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

Probably not as good as steaming, which takes less time, at a lower temp.

Janet.

On May 15, 12:52*pm, Sheldon wrote:

Roasting retains more of the insoluable nutrients than steaming, and
also concentrates flavor. *Of course it depends on the vegetable
too... with most vegetables stir frying maintains more nutrition and
most enhances flavor.

Hmmm.. so Stir Frying and Steaming would be better than Roasting?

And is boiling always the last method ?

On May 15, 9:18*am, meatnub wrote:
Is roasting the best way to cook veggies to retain nutrients?

I think you're overthinking it. Just eat your veggies, however they
were
cooked. The better they taste, the more you'll eat.

Cindy Hamilton

Sheldon wrote:

On May 15, 9:18�am, meatnub wrote:
Is roasting the best way to cook veggies to retain nutrients?

Roasting retains more of the insoluable nutrients than steaming, and

Soluble, not insoluble. There are no insoluble nutrients.
All nutrients (vitamins, minerals, amino acids) are soluble.

also concentrates flavor. Of course it depends on the vegetable
too... with most vegetables stir frying maintains more nutrition and
most enhances flavor.

Folic acid is degraded by heat. Any cooking will
deplete the folic acid content of food.

Vitamin B-12 is also degraded by heat, but vegetables
do not contain significant amounts of B-12 (with the
possible exception of seaweed).

Mark Thorson wrote:

Vitamin B-12 is also degraded by heat, but vegetables
do not contain significant amounts of B-12 (with the
possible exception of seaweed).

Or some of the farmer's market lettuces that were grown
without pesticides.

In fact, the B-12 content seems to increase if you leave
them in the refrigerator a few days.

Steve

Yes I may be overthinking things, but I was reading the other day how
nutrients seep out when boiling veggies. And that it's best to cook
veggies quickly.

I simply *love* roasted veggies, and rarely stirfry (for no other
reason than i just don't stirfry often). I guess I'll have to stirfry
more often and give it a try.

And I guess I ought to buy a steamer someday as well.

On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:52:58 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:

Roasting retains more of the insoluable nutrients than steaming,

Howdy,

Did you mean "soluble?"

Thanks,
--
Kenneth

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"kilikini" wrote

I've heard if you boil veggies (but I don't know this for a fact), you're
better off drinking the water the veggies were boiled in. I can't say for
sure, though.


We have talked about the fact that some vegetables, such as collard greens,
release more nutrients the longer they are cooked. Meaning in the greens
themselves, not just in the pot liquor.

On Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:26 -0400, "kilikini"
wrote:

I've heard if you boil veggies (but I don't know this for a fact), you're
better off drinking the water the veggies were boiled in. I can't say for
sure, though.

That's why we always eat up the pot liquor along with our veggies.

Tara

"Tara" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:26 -0400, "kilikini"
wrote:

I've heard if you boil veggies (but I don't know this for a fact), you're
better off drinking the water the veggies were boiled in. I can't say for
sure, though.

That's why we always eat up the pot liquor along with our veggies.

How do you "eat it up?" Watery vegetables are disgusting to me.

On May 15, 1:19*pm, meatnub wrote:
Yes I may be overthinking things, but I was reading the other day how
nutrients seep out when boiling veggies. And that it's best to cook
veggies quickly.

I simply *love* roasted veggies, and rarely stirfry (for no other
reason than i just don't stirfry often). I guess I'll have to stirfry
more often and give it a try.

And I guess I ought to buy a steamer someday as well.

Why? You love roasted veggies, so why not keep eating roasted
veggies? I love stirfried veggies (except that broccoli is better
steamed) so I'll keep eating stirfried veggies. The chances that
either of us needs to micromanage nutrients to stave off malnutrition
are nonsensically small. If need be, eat one more tablespoonful of
the veggie. That'll give you more nutrition than you could have
preserved with an alternative cooking method. -aem

On May 15, 11:30*pm, aem wrote:
On May 15, 1:19*pm, meatnub wrote:

Yes I may be overthinking things, but I was reading the other day how
nutrients seep out when boiling veggies. And that it's best to cook
veggies quickly.

I simply *love* roasted veggies, and rarely stirfry (for no other
reason than i just don't stirfry often). I guess I'll have to stirfry
more often and give it a try.

And I guess I ought to buy a steamer someday as well.

Why? *You love roasted veggies, so why not keep eating roasted
veggies? *I love stirfried veggies (except that broccoli is better
steamed) so I'll keep eating stirfried veggies. *The chances that
either of us needs to micromanage nutrients to stave off malnutrition
are nonsensically small. *If need be, eat one more tablespoonful of
the veggie. *That'll give you more nutrition than you could have
preserved with an alternative cooking method. *-aem

Ah, how true!

On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:19:14 -0700 (PDT), meatnub
wrote:

Yes I may be overthinking things, but I was reading the other day how
nutrients seep out when boiling veggies. And that it's best to cook
veggies quickly.

I simply *love* roasted veggies, and rarely stirfry (for no other
reason than i just don't stirfry often). I guess I'll have to stirfry
more often and give it a try.

And I guess I ought to buy a steamer someday as well.

get yourself one of these doodad for a few dollars:

http://www.fantes.com/images/6096-1steamers.jpg

they work. you don't need anything elaborate.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:16 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote:


"Tara" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:26 -0400, "kilikini"
wrote:

I've heard if you boil veggies (but I don't know this for a fact), you're
better off drinking the water the veggies were boiled in. I can't say for
sure, though.

That's why we always eat up the pot liquor along with our veggies.

How do you "eat it up?"

With a spoon, like soup. Or sopped up with cornbread. The pot liquor
is a richly flavored, potent broth.

Tara