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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Healthy, Delicious Dishes with Rotisserie Cooking

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By Stephen Daniels

Healthy eating doesn't mean you must have a salad for every meal. Conversely, high fat is not a requirement for deliciousness. Rotisserie cooking creates tender, juicy meat and flavorful vegetables that have been slow cooked to perfection... without the potentially dangerous consequences of grilling or the extra fat and calories from frying.

Most people know that deep frying can have cholesterol-raising and artery-clogging side effects, but what could make grilling unhealthy? Grilling is certainly lower fat than frying; however, recent studies showed that particles called benz pyrenes found in charred food might lead to cancer. In other words, if you prefer your steak or hotdogs to be charbroiled black, take heed. Those charred black bits could contain carcinogens.

Using lighter fluid and some charcoal additives to help start the fire could be a health hazard in grilling as well. Overuse could make these unhealthy chemicals end up in the meal. Grease dripping down into grills can also cause dangerous flare-ups that burn food (or even the cook).

None of these problems plague rotisserie cooked food. When meat is cooked on a rotisserie, it is basted in its own fat and drippings while the excess is collected in a pan on the bottom of the rotisserie unit. The result is delectable, moist meat with less fat than other cooking methods. (If the fat is less of a concern, a wonderful sauce or gravy can also be made from the pan drippings.)

Chicken, turkeys and Cornish hens, as well as various beef, pork and even lamb roasts, are easy to prepare on the rotisserie. However, innovations in kitchen products can allow you to cook almost anything using this delightful method. Fish, whether store bought or freshly caught, can be placed inside rotisserie baskets to further add to the variety of your meals.

Fruits and vegetables can be easily skewered on a rotisserie as well. They can be cooked alone or in a combination with meats as a part of delectable kabobs. Peppers and onions are only the beginning of the many healthful, scrumptious vegetables that can be cooked in a rotisserie oven. Even vegetables that don't skewer well, such as Brussels sprouts, are not difficult to cook in rotisserie baskets.

Turkeys and other large roasts require a large conventional rotisserie oven. By necessity, they take up quite a bit of space. However, this is not the only option. Counter-top rotisseries allow single people and small families to enjoy the benefits of this excellent cooking method while taking up very little space in the kitchen. These smaller ovens are more energy efficient, and more affordable, than conventional size rotisseries. Of course, most of them can' t hold the large roasts that their bigger cousins specialize in.

If you or your loved ones feel that the majority of healthy cooking methods are flavorless and boring, a rotisserie could very well be the ideal solution. No matter if you are cooking for twenty people or just one, rotisserie cooking will assist you in preparing delicious, healthy foods. - 24553

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