Conventional wisdom says that cooking vegetables tends to diminish their nutritional prowess. And though there is some truth to this, it isn't always the case. Cooking tomatoes does diminish their stores of vitamin C, but it also concentrates other nutrients, such as lycopene (found in red tomatoes), a powerful antioxidant. Cooking tomatoes also is great from a culinary standpoint. Heat intensifies their flavor and brings out their rich sweetness by caramelizing the natural sugars. This is an...
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