Steam Your Vegetables

Zapping your veggies may deprive them of antioxidants.  Recent research found that microwaving broccoli robbed it of up to 97% of certain types of anti-oxidants. Researchers also tested pressure cooking, boiling, and steaming. Steaming left the most anti-oxidants in tact.

(Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture)

This is one type of steamer: folding and collapsible metal vegetable steamer.  For instructions(if you’ve never steamed before) click here. You can find this metal steamer at most home goods stores.