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Best Secret Weapon For Non-Stick Cookware Success

I am on a mission to cook with less or no oil this year. I switched up oils I was using in my recipes last year and had decent results, but I still couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that oil is fat. Yes, there are healthier oils, and yes, they have their place, but I wondered if I needed it as much as I used it. So I decided this year to experiment and see if I could rework my tried and true recipes with no oil and make them healthier. This led me to compare non-stick cookware and review them.

My sister-in-law Missy made this switch last year with rave results. Her family lost weight, their health numbers are all in check, and most importantly, they feel better. She told me the only thing I would need is REALLY good non-stick skillet for sauteeing and cooking my eggs. So I went and spent $127 on an eight-inch Hexaclad skillet with a glass lid. At that price, it had to be amazing!

I am sure you have seen the tall, dark, and handsome chef literally blowing his egg across the pan while it cooks. Seriously, that is non-stick. Whoever created the Hexaclad ad is a marketing genius. Did I want the pan for the non-stick qualities? Yes, duh…

I ordered the skillet, and it came straight to my door. Unpacked it, washed it, and tried to cook an egg in it. Big FLOP of stuck on broken egg. What happened?

Sturgy told me I was doing something wrong. He likes to point that out every once in a while. So I read the directions for the non-stick skillet. He was right. The pan needed to be seasoned. So we did and cooked an egg. It was better but still not blowing across the pan. We decided to try something else, cast iron.

I have an abundance of cookware. Stoneware, cast iron, stainless steel, no one knows the brand of non-stick and Calphalon. They each have their place, and I would never part with my stoneware or Calphalon dutch oven.

What I am missing is a small 8-inch skillet. We now own 3. One is cast-iron, one is Hexaclad, and one is Misen stainless steel.

What are you cooking with?

Do you love to cook with Cast Iron?

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