Are you trying to eat more vegetables to be healthier? While that’s a great first step, to get the most nutritional benefits from them, the way you prep and cook them makes a huge difference. These five common mistakes will make your vegetables less healthy and you should avoid making them.
Boling Them
If you want to avoid using oil to fry veggies, boiling them seems like a good idea, but it can minimize their nutritional value. You’re better roasting, baking, broiling, or microwaving them.
Adding Butter
Butter tastes amazing with vegetables, but it also takes away from their flavor and it adds extra calories to them.
Using Too Much Oil
Olive oil has lots of heart-healthy benefits, but it also has lots of calories and should be eaten in meditation. Don’t overcoat the veggies in oil—they should have a light coating.
Using Too Much Salt
Many people add salt before and after cooking veggies, which counteracts the health benefits of salt. Lightly salt vegetables before cooking them and then taste them before adding more salt.
Charring Them
Even though you may enjoy the smoky flavor or vegetables, make sure you don’t burn them because carcinogens can form.
