Traditional And Healthy Alternatives To Aluminum Foil

What are the alternatives to Aluminum Foil for the food?

We better use Alternatives to aluminum foil. Aluminum is an integral part of everyday life. But for a long time, light metal has been under suspicion to cause Alzheimer’s and even cancer. So far little is known about the long-term effects of the substance in the human body.

Aluminum is a threat to health. An adult should not take more than one milligram of aluminum per kilogram of body weight per week. The problem is that every day we take on aluminum ions through our diet and cosmetics. Aluminum comes in packaging, toothpaste, deodorant, drinking water, some vegetable varieties, and tea.

Recent studies have shown that aluminum foil transfers a serious quantity to food. Since we also take aluminum from other products such as toothpaste, deodorants, etc., the use of aluminum foil and bowls should be avoided during grilling.

Alternatives to aluminum foil – Grilling

How harmful is aluminum foil? This is a problem that takes on a huge scale during the grilling season. What are the alternatives for aluminum foil for people who do not want to compromise their health?
Stainless steel instead of aluminum foils on the grill With the BBQ, grill fans can simply use stainless steel grill dishes or pans instead of aluminum baskets. In addition to the absence of aluminum, these have the advantage that they can be used several times. Simply brush with a little oil and you can start the aluminum-free grill fun. You do not necessarily have to wrap the food in aluminum foil. It can also be cooked on skewers

Banana Leaves

Banana leaves for grilled desserts Banana leaves are suitable for sweet food. These are mostly available in an Asia shop. Grill bananas can also be placed on the grill without extra packaging. The skin will be black, but this one will not be eaten anyway. Potatoes can be prepared without aluminum foil on the BBQ. Potatoes are pre-cooked with the skin in a pot. Drain the potatoes, halve them carefully with the skin and place them on the BBQ or grill plate.

Small sliced vegetables or potato cubes you can place into a grill basket for vegetables. You can grill in the small pans for raclette individual portions.
In the leaves of corn,  individual vegetable packets can be made.  Coat the wrapped-filled leaves generously with oil. Rhubarb leaves, cabbage or chard leaves, wine leaves are also suitable for wrapping and cooking on the grill. However, you must abundantly line the leaves with oil.
Parchment paper, abundantly covered with oil, can also be used on a not-too-hot grill.

Cast Iron

Cast iron pans or plates can be placed on the BBQ. The food needs a bit longer. Stainless steel trays are available in various sizes. The practical grill baskets are available for fish and also for vegetables. The marinade helps as well. A marinade of olive oil, garlic, lemon, and antioxidant spices such as thyme, sage, or rosemary can protect against oxidation during cooking.

Scientists have investigated various marinade ingredients for their protective effect and found: onions and garlic in the marinade, as well as rosemary and grape seed extract, could reduce the formation of HAA (heterocyclic aromatic amines). The best way to do this is with a marinade of garlic, ginger, thyme, rosemary, and cayenne pepper.

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Alternatives to aluminum foil – Use glass containers instead 

When storing food, however, you should note that in some cases, aluminum particles can pass into the food. Acidic foods like Fruit juice, fruits, vegetables, fruit cake, lemon juice packed in aluminum foil, aluminum parts loosen and transfer into the food. Also salt dissolves Alu.

To store food in the refrigerator and also for freezing, prefer to use glass containers. These are available in various sizes and can be stacked well in the refrigerator or freezer. Jars also are easy to use.

Alternatives to aluminum foil –  Prefer lunch boxes

Washable, reusable boxes are suitable to be taken to school or the workplace. These are available in stainless steel or plastic. Lunch boxes are also suitable for cut Sausage or sliced cheese from the shop. This will save you a lot of packaging material. Glasses, plates, cheese bell, Breadbox of wood, ceramics or Enamel keeps bread fresh.

Alternatives to aluminum foil- Oven

Instead of aluminum foil, you can use baking paper! A fireproof pot with a lid or Corningware  and

A very healthy alternative to aluminum foil in your oven is a Romertopf very good for cooking vegetables and even for homemade bread. Read > Roasted Veggies- Clay Pot Style!

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Clay Pot Cooking: Preserve And Enhance The Nutrition In Your Food

by  Madhavi Kale Bodke

Do you know that the utensil you choose for cooking, directly affects the taste and the nutritional value of your meal? Non-stick cookware and other metal pans destroy most of the nutrients in our food. We always try to buy the best possible quality of food – like Organic or Non-GMO products, to get maximum nourishment from our meals. But along with choosing nutritious food, it is also very important to preserve its nutrients while cooking. With the help of clay pot or clay pan cooking, we can preserve and even increase the nutritional value of our food. How? Let us understand.

Used since ancient times

Since ancient times most cultures have had a tradition of using clay pots for cooking. Around 14000 BC, long before people started farming, they started making pottery out of clay in East Asia – around China and Japan. Likewise, early traces of pottery making we can find all over the world. People did use clay pots for many purposes, like storing grains. When our ancestors started farming, storing drinking water, preserving fish by fermenting it inside the clay pot, and most importantly for cooking food.

Modernization has indeed made our life easy and more comfortable than it was centuries ago. It has provided us with various modern tools and techniques to use for various purposes. This also includes the various modern kitchen utensils we use daily for cooking. But there is a serious problem with these modern cooking utensils.

Modern cooking utensils destroy the nutrients in our food and introduce poisonous chemical compounds in it. The very reason we eat food is to get the essential nutrients out of it. But if we are destroying most of the nutrition in food while cooking then what’s the point of buying all the fancy modern utensils?

Continue reading here >Why is Clay Pot cooking better?