Here are some common mistakes you can avoid while cooking vegetables to preserve the nutritional value of your food
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Cutting and keeping the vegetables
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When you cut the vegetables and leave them for a long time, they get exposed to open air and lose their vital nutrients due to oxidation
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Washing peeled and chopped vegetables
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Do not wash peeled or chopped vegetables as you may end up washing down their essential vitamins and minerals. This will reduce the nutritional quality of your food
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Cooking on high flame
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Cooking vegetables on a high flame reduces the nutritional level of the food and may even burn away the vegetable's flavour
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Cooking frozen vegetable
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Try to avoid adding frozen vegetables to your cooking bowl as it already loses most of its nutrition over the days of storage
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Try to cook the vegetables in two to three days after buying them and do not store them in the freezer for too long
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Adding too much oil
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Avoid using too much oil to cook vegetables as it is not healthy. It will increase your cholesterol level and can even end up negating the nutritional affect of vegetables on your health