Including more fruits and vegetables in your diet and adding healthy ingredients to your everyday cooking is easy when you cook with the right cooking pans and cooks tools. Simple cooking techniques such as stir-frying and roasting are an excellent way to eat more vegetables. Stir-frying vegetables is a fast, easy and tasty way of serving veggie sides at any meal.

Everyday cooking pans such as a stainless steel skillet or a saute pan is an excellent choice for a quick stir-fry. A spatula and a pot holder are two cooks tools you will need for properly making the stir-fry. The spatula is essential to coat and toss the veggies while the pot holder lets you grip the pan while tossing the veggies. Make sure you place just the right amount of greens and veggies on the cooking pans while stir frying. Use about four to five cups of chopped veggies in a normal sized pan.

Another important tip is to dry the vegetable before putting them in the pan. Damp vegetables will steam and braise in the pan and lose their crisp texture. Simple cooks tools such as a salad spinner or a colander are the easiest solutions to drain and dry the veggies before stir-frying them.

Greens such as romaine lettuce leaves, bok choy and veggies such as peppers, mushrooms, snow peas and asparagus are excellent choices for stir-fry. Add some soy sauce, smashed garlic pods and chopped chilies to the pan to add flavor to the stir-fried veggies. These veggies can be tossed in any vegetable oil.

Stews and soups are excellent choices for eating more veggies. Large cooking pans and pots like Dutch ovens and soup pots can be used to make large quantities of soups and stews as side dishes. When served with bread, toppings and dumplings, soups and stews can become wholesome one-pot meals. Cooks tools like mandoline slicers or cutting boards and sharp knives are excellent for chopping and dicing large quantities of veggies for soups and stews or salads.

Roasting the vegetable before pureeing them enhances their flavor. Soups and stews made from butternut squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, and parsnips are perfect for winter. Season these winter-time soups with smashed garlic pods and freshly ground pepper.
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