Steamers

[CrystalChick]

Hi Ladies

I would like to know if you could reco a good steamer?


Thanks CC

 

[smoknjilly]

i have a betty crocker one, havent tried it out yet.

read that the Rival ones are the best

 

[CrystalChick]

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Rival hummmm I will check it out Thank you

 

[Gladiola]

I just use a pot with a little metal basket thingy for steaming veggies. Works fine - & then I don't have another item to store in my kitchen.

 

[CrystalChick]

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Hi Gladiola I was just thinking that Do I really need another appliance to lug out LOL

 

[smallmovesal]

i LOVE my steamer

i have a TFAL that i got at walmart for about 50CAD.. a double decker one too... it rules... hands off cooking and you can make a whole meal in it!


they look much like this:

 

[CrystalChick]

Smallls you rule a pic and everything LOL

Thank you Ladies

 

[smallmovesal]

I'm with smalls.

oh yes i should add that spatts was the one who suggested it to me

 

[starfish]

Smallls you rule a pic and everything LOL

Thank you Ladies

I agree... I once asked smalls where she got all her pictures

 

[Pink Space Biscuit]

I have the TFAL too, except mine is WAY prettier with clear bluish green plastic. I personally think it's worth the lugging out, you just set the timer and walk away. Way easier than worrying about boiling pots of water.

 

[smallmovesal]

pink... the one you just described is the one i have!

the pic i found is an oster

 

[magdelana]

The mircrowave can work nicely too if expense is a problem and you also do not want another appliance to move around.

I take a large plastik bowl, in the bottom i put the hottest water from the tap possbile. I take a small, cheep plastik plate that is small enought to fit down inside the big bowl, but not small enought to go all the way to the bottom of it. It catches halfway down, leaving a space above it and below it where is the water. I also made holes in the plate to let the steam come up. I put my food on top of the plate and cover with plastik wrapping, with one or two holes made in it.

It works and is inexpensive and all i had to buy to do it was the little plastik plate.

 

[magdelana]

I just have this thing about nuking food..I'm just sure it destroys all the enzymes, making the nutrients impossible to absorb. By the looks of your bod, mag, I MUST be wrong.

O its just great amount of AAS and thyroid hormone thats all. JOKING!!

yes i also herd that many years ago about making less the nurtition of the food by the mircowave. I heard others say however that this is rubbish so i tried steaming my vegetables for several months in the micro then had the vitamens of my blood checked and they were as fine and when i did not steam in the micro so i guess it doesnt hurt them actually.

 

[CrystalChick]

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Thanks Ladies for all of your help


CC