The point of steaming involves no physical water touching your food, allowing nutrients and bright colors to remain in tact as much as you can. If you’re looking to steam some vegetables on your stovetop, but don’t have one of those basket steamers, you’re quite all right without. There’s no need to go out and purchase one-shot cookware when you can easily create what you want with what you already have. Food blog site, Nosh On It, has a simple solution to fix your steaming needs. It’s a matter of forming 3 large aluminum foil balls that are the same size, and placing them in the form of a triangle in a large cooking pot. You’ll want to make sure the cooking pot is big enough to place a heat-resistant plate right on top of the aluminum balls. Once you have your plate on the aluminum, pour some water in the pot, right underneath the plate. Place your veggies or dumplings right on your makeshift steamer surface, turn on your stove, simmer, and cover it up with your pot lid. You’ll have perfectly steamed vegetables in no time. Heck, if you even wanted to, after you’re finished with the aluminum balls, pop one in your clothes dryer the next time you do laundry to reduce static electricity. Bam! Check out the link below for more steaming tips – such as using a heat-proof colander for steamy goodness.
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