On this cold Sunday morning we're having cooked pears! ...Y-U-M-M-Y! But wait!!! What about loosing enzymes by cooking the fruit. Well, if you're incorporating homemade fermented foods into your diet then you are getting plenty of enzymes and probiotics from your variety of homemade fermented foods which are by the way a raw food.
The process of fermenting helps to break down the proteins, carbohydrates and fats so that the food becomes more digestible while providing more nutrients than some non fermented raw fruits and vegetables. Fermenting also produces beneficial bacteria which is needed to balance the gut flora which is necessary for a healthy immune and digestive system.
Cooking the fruit helps to break down the proteins so that it becomes more digestible. Susan Weed, herbalist and expert on women's health wrote a very interesting article on Nourished Magazine's website. The article is titled "Optimum Nutrition Cooked or Raw". She pointed out that the enzymes in vegetables and fruit are only available if the fruit or vegetable is fully ripened. I highly doubt that the organic pears at my local grocery store are fully ripened. They are not local which means that they are shipped from God knows where and are most likely picked before ripened.
Susan further explains:
"Cooked plants are far more nourishing than raw plants, whether we look at vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains or pulses (beans). Cooking not only breaks the cell wall, liberating minerals to our bodies, it actually enhances and activates many vitamins."
Cooked pears is very delicious and easy to make. So let's have cooked pears for breakfast!
Here's the recipe:
* Chop fruit into bite size pieces.
* Add fruit to pot. Fill the pot with water, cover the pot.
* Turn up high to a boil then reduce heat.
* Cook for about 20 minutes or so until the fruit is soft to your liking.
* Top with a good animal fat of your choice for even more help with digestion. I chose leaf lard.
* You can also top with cinnamon if you'd like!
...and definitely have a nice serving of the broth. There's plenty of nutrients in the broth and Oh My Goodness it is so very tasty!
Enjoy Your Cooked Pears for Breakfast!
Resources:
http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/optimum-nutrition-cooked-or-raw
http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/veg3.php
http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438%3Aprobiotics-a-fermented-foods&catid=59%3Aconsumer-guides&lang=us&Itemid=65
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