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Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 2:00 pm Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to cou… Read More.
Question:
Can you reheat foods in the microwave? Or do we lost all our nutrients by doing this.
— Maria Anguiano
Answer:
Well, it depends what your theory and feeling is about using a microwave. On the occasions that I do use a microwave, I either use it glass or I'll wrap something in parchment paper, um, just because you don't want to cook with plastic. And I think in terms of losing the nutrients, if any, it's probably very, very minimal. But the, the two most important things are glass and parchment paper. Uh, the other day I made, uh, roasted beets. I was short on time, but I wanted to have some beets and I wrapped them tightly in parchment paper and I cooked them for 10 minutes and they came out beautifully. So, um, I think that you're not gonna lose all of those, those nutrients. You can read thousands of articles and no two people will agree at all. But my preferred way, for example, of roasting beets is to roast them in the oven.
