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When it comes to healthy eating, sometimes how you cook is just as important as what you eat.  There are definitely healthy, and less healthy, ways to prepare the healthy foods you buy.

When it comes to cooking vegetables, it is always best to use as little water as possible.  That is because over cooking, especially when boiling, can destroy some of the important nutrients that make vegetables so important.

The best way to cook most vegetables in the microwave, preferably in a special microwave vegetable steamer.  Vegetables can also be lightly cooked in a microwave safe bowl, using as little water as possible.

Vegetables can be cooked on the stove top as well, but it is important to use as little water as possible when boiling vegetables.  Vegetables like broccoli and Brussels sprouts are particularly susceptible to losing important nutrients.