Steam Cooking The Capsule Way
Watch this video for some easy recipes that are
quick and nutritious from Chef Silvana Franco
Parents are increasingly recognising the importance of offering their child a balanced, nutritious diet in order to promote healthy growth and development. This is particularly important in the early stages, where studies show 40% of children with predisposing clinical conditions (neurodisability, cystic fibrosis) have some degree of under-nutrition1. Thankfully there is a simple way to make sure your whole family gets the nutrition they need, without the hassle of having to prepare different meals.
Steam cooking is recognised as a highly effective and convenient way for busy parents to prepare their children's food. The versatility of steam cooking means that you can prepare every type of food -vegetables, fruit, cereals, milk, meat and fish - to offer a more varied and balanced diet. For extra convenience, Miele recommends making large batches of baby food which can be frozen into portions, for easy defrosting and reheating at a later date.
Chef Silvana Franco is a food writer and mother of two small children and in the following video she shows you how to create easy capsule style cooking for your whole family.
For more hints and tips visit www.miele.co.uk
Here are just five reasons why Miele recommends steam cooking for your children:
- Savouring the senses
Steam cooking retains the optimum flavour of the food during the cooking process, which means your child can be acquainted with natural food flavours. The taste of food and colour, texture and smell is important to a baby's development, and is something they should enjoy from an early age. - Body care and repair
In the same way as adults, young children need energy (calories) from food and nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals, to make sure their bodies work properly and can repair themselves easily. Steam cooking helps ensure they receive maximum nutrition from their daily diet. - Staying healthy for life
Steam cooking with natural and wholesome ingredients will also help to educate your children to eat more healthily in the future and can reduce the risk of serious diseases later in life. Poor nutrition correlates strongly with the incidence of cardiovascular problems in middle age, and obesity is the second biggest risk factor for some types of cancer. - Forget fast food
By the time your child becomes a toddler, they will have formed their own likes and dislikes about food. For young children steam cooking is a great way to help avoid junk food preference in the future, and also keep their weight in check. - Food is fun
It's important for children to enjoy their food, and eating should be pleasurable and memorable. Besides optimising the taste and texture of the food, the ease and convenience of steam cooking means you have more time to devote to your child at mealtimes, while the cooking takes care of itself.
Miele Steam Ovens are available at Comet and John Lewis.
1) Pawellek I, Dokoupil K, Koletzko B (2008) Prevalence of malnutrition in paediatric hospital patients
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