Healthy cookware? (pots and pans)

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peggy_j
peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
edited February 2021 in Recipe Swap for Healthy Living

Does anyone have an opinion on safe pots and pans? I have anodized aluminium. which I thought was safe but apparently that can leech too. Arg. This website has a round-up and she recommends Xtrema (which is Xtremly $$$)

http://www.debralynndadd.com/debras-list/food/cook...

Some of the green-friendly products have their new surfaces and....I wonder how well they've been tested. Are we going to learn, 10 years from now, that the safe stuff leached too? Arg!

Thoughts? Recommendations? Thanks!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited November 2016

    Hi Peggy!

    Our President and Founder, Dr. Marisa Weiss, addresses this issue in her Think Pink, Live Green blog post: Pondering Pots and Pans.

    We hope this helps!

    --The Mods


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  • peggy_j
    peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
    edited November 2016

    Great thanks! I wonder if Dr Weiss or any of your experts have an opinion on ceramic cookware. It seems like the quality varies significantly by brand (people complaining that the ceramic wears off). Thanks.

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  • peggy_j
    peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
    edited January 2017

    Does anyone had experience with specific brands for something non-stick-ish? The Le Creuset enamel-on-cast-iron is super $$$. Lodge has their version and there are many others. Are some brands better than others? There are also enamel (or ceramic) on stainless steel, which seems safe but some brands got bad reviews on random websites. Debbie Lynn Dobb recommends Xtrema Cookware but that's also pretty $$$. It's 100% ceramic. Does anyone have experience cooking with that? Over the holidays I once tried to saute something in my mom's vintage corningware (a special type of glass) but the butter scorched pretty easily. (maybe ok w/ olive oil?) Thoughts?

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  • peggy_j
    peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
    edited January 2017

    Not sure if anyone cares but...I ended up getting a couple of pans that are ceramic over stainless steel. Debbie Lynn Dobb recommended this type for making eggs, but I couldn't find them online at the usual stores. So I went to Marshalls and found two different sizes (small one is Cuisinart, $10, and Medium size one is Calphalon $15). Work great--very very nonstick. Sure beats >$100 for one pan! crazy.

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  • aterry
    aterry Member Posts: 290
    edited January 2017

    Thanks for these posts. I've been updating my kitchen equipment to eliminate non-stick cookware and plastic storage containers. I'm now using only cast iron, stainless steel and glass. I got rid of 2 enameled cast iron dutch ovens because they were too worn inside. I am considering buying a pair of lined cast iron cocottes from Lodge because I need something that is small but holds the heat. They describe theirs as having a porcelain lining. Is that the same as enamel? Or is enameling just the process, in which case is porcelain the same as ceramic? The Lodge cocettes are made in China. In terms of food safety I trust Le Creuset, made in France with tighter regulations, more but I can't afford their prices. Like you I also purchased a ceramic lined steel pan for cooking eggs--I got mine at HomeGoods. Eggs really need something that is at least moderately non-stick.

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  • GKL
    GKL Member Posts: 15
    edited April 2018

    I've been updating my cookware for a couple of years now and have found by keeping an eye out I can find reasonably priced pots and pans by buying them individually. I like stainless steel in a substantial weight. I keep an eye out in TJMaxx, Marshalls , and I've even found a few in Wal-Mart at a reasonable price.. I don't like to purchase them online because the sizes and quality are not always reliable. I have found reasonably priced sets at Kmart for my granddaughter and they seem to be good quality.

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  • Icietla
    Icietla Member Posts: 1,265
    edited August 2017

    Saladmaster offers bakeware of stainless steel.

    https://saladmaster.com/en-us/Our-Products/Categories/Bakeware

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited September 2017

    I got a set of Cuisinart pots as a wedding present almost 30 years ago. Those things have traveled with me ever since. They are stainless steel with copper disks in the base. As far as I know, stainless is fine. The pots are expensive, but also virtually indestructible.

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  • howardssdunn
    howardssdunn Member Posts: 1
    edited February 2021

    I use cookware made of stainless steel. If you are interested you can watch some sets at. I own

    Cuisinart 77-10 Chef's Classic Stainless-Steel 10-Piece Cookware Set and two T-fal sets/

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