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Food steamer

Hello there! Do you know what a food steamer is? It's a magical kitchen device that helps cook our food without adding any oils or fats.

Imagine your mommy puts your favorite veggies in a pot to boil. The vegetables are immersed in hot water, and the heat from the boiling water cooks them. But with a food steamer, we do things a little differently.

A food steamer has a bowl that fits perfectly over a pot of boiling water. This bowl has little holes in it, and it sits above the boiling water. When the water boils, it produces steam, and this steam goes up and into the bowl holding the food.

The steam from the boiling water cooks the food placed in the bowl. It's like magic! You get perfectly cooked and healthy vegetables, meats, and seafood without having to add any oil or fats.

Food steamers are also great because they retain most of the nutrients in the food you're cooking. Because the food is not immersed in water, which can remove some nutrients, you get all the goodness from your food.

Now, we must always be careful when using food steamers. The hot steam can burn you, so we should always make sure mommy or daddy is around to help us use it safely.

So, there you have it! A food steamer is a device that cooks your food with hot steam from boiling water, and it's super healthy and magical.
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