Contemporary Cookware Guide

Pots and Pans & Kitchen Cookware

Townecraft Cookware are certainly a subject of discussion – good or bad.

The reason you will not see these steel pots and pans in the shops is that they are sold by home demonstration and party plan.

Typically a salesmen comes to your home to demonstrate the stainless steel saucepans or you go to a friend’s house to see a demonstration.

The salesmen are very skilled. With a stack of stainless steel cookware pots on one burner they are able to cook meat, vegetables and a cake with frosting – all at the same time! However, the sets are very expensive.

Some people have had their stainless cookware set for 40 years and will not use anything else and they come with a lifetime guarantee. So if a handle breaks the company will repair or replace it.

Some people swear by their Towncraft cookware set and others prefer different makes of stainless steel pots and pans. The company specializes in waterless cookware.

When vegetables are cooking in water, they release their nutrients and vitamins into the water and this decreases the health benefits of the vegetables. Townecraft cookware has a sealed lid design to retain all of the healthy attributes of vegetables. After you clean your vegetables, you place them in the pot with no added water and the natural water retained in them is used to steam cook them.

There is no need to add fats or oils to these specialist kitchen cooking pots. One of my favourite Townecraft Waterless Cookware Recipes is at the bottom of the page.

But that brings us back to the price. A complete Townecraft cookware set can cost upwards of $1200. A lot of money for some, so I have added my own selection of stainless steel cooking pans and waterless cookware – available at bargain prices…….. See Below:

Townecraft Waterless Cookware Recipe:

Stovetop Lasagna Primavera

Serves 6-8

* 2 Cups Frozen Broccoli Flowerets or
Mixed Vegetables (480 ml.)
* 1 14-Ounce Can Diced Italian-Flavored
Tomatoes, with juice (420 ml.)
* 1 Carrot, Diced
* 1 Red or Green Bell Pepper, Diced
* 1/4 Cup Egg Substitute Product (60 ml.)
or 1 Egg
* 1 15-Ounce Container Low-Fat
Ricotta Cheese (420 ml.)
* 1/3 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese (75 ml.)
* 1-2 Teaspoons Olive Oil (5-10 ml.)
* 2 15-Ounce Containers Marinara Sauce (840 ml.)
or 1 Pound (1/2 kilo) of browned ground chuck
or Italian sausage, mixed with 1 15-Ounce
Container of Marinara Sauce (420 ml.)
* 5-6 No-Boil Lasagna Noodles
* 2 Cups Shredded Italian-Style Cheese (480 ml.)

11-Inch Skillet and Cover

1. In a large bowl mix frozen vegetables, tomatoes with juice, diced carrots and diced bell pepper. In a medium bowl mix the egg product, ricotta cheese, and parmesan cheese.
2. Lightly cover 11-inch skillet with olive oil. (You may wish to try garlic or basil flavored olive oil.) Spread 2/3 cup of marinara sauce evenly over bottom of skillet. Cover sauce with 2-3 uncooked lasagna noodles, broken to fit the area. Spread 1/3 of the cheese/egg mixture over the noodles. Cover with 2 cups of the vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the shredded Italian-style cheese.
3. Repeat layer, using all of the sauce, noodles, cheese/egg and vegetable mixtures. Top final layer with shredded cheese. Cover.
4. Heat on medium-low until vapor escapes from lid. Reduce heat to low for 25-30 minutes or until noodles are tender.

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