Cooking tool: The Vitaliseur Food Steamer

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Wether you are a beginner at healthy cooking or not, finding the right tools, appliances and ingredients can be a lot of work. If reading my blog gave you any degree of trust in my jugdment regarding these things, welcome to this page. It’s here to provide some information about how and what I pick to make my meals with. THis includes cooking tools related or unrelated to steam cooking, as well as cooking ingredients.

The Vitaliseur Steam Cooker

Ideal Equipment to Use with the Vitaliseur

I am an enthusiast advocate – but not an affiliate – for the Vitaliseur steam cooker manufactured in my country, France, by Marion Kaplan.

Because this blog make such an emphasis on steam cooking, I owe you a little more information about it than other items!

It is a tool I use several times a day for health and practical reasons.

Universally Easy to Use

Practically, for its impressive efficiency at cooking ingredients well and quickly without destroying their texture and taste!

Practically as well, because I can cook almost everything in there, even at the same time: Vegetables, fruits, beans, grains, meat, fish, eggs, bread, cakes, and more. One pot, much less dishes to wash!

Practically, because the food I make in there has no equal in taste! There is something to the name “Vitaliseur” ( Vitalizer): it truly feels like it gives a second life to foods, especially vegetables, in there! The natural taste of foods is all the more noticeable to the palate and enjoyable.

Many users in my country, France, who used other kinds of steam cookers report that the food they steam in the Vitaliseur has much more flavor. Besides, colors are much more vibrant, as though foods just had earned a second life! This steam cooker really earned its name of Vitaliseur, or Vitalizer, as in a tool that is giving life. The texture of ingredients after cooking – unless you cook too long and degrade fibers – is also unmatched.

Bernadette, Steamedcuisinelifestyle.com

Its contribution to my health

Firstly, the steam cooker cooks the food under boiling point at 202°F / 95°C. It allows for the maximum preservation of nutrients – vitamins, trace minerals, plant hormones – besides eating food raw. This is a huge plus since I don’t want to only rely on supplements for nutrients! And also because buying organic is expensive enough without killing its expensively grown nutrients! Therefore the Color, Flavor, Scent and Texture are well preserved!

Secondly it gives my food a steam bath. Like when you are taking a steam bath in the sauna, it helps sweating out toxins !

Want to learn more about why I promote steam cooking so much ? Check out my post In 2024, Integrate The Steamed Cuisine Lifestyle Into Your Life! You can also check my other post How do I steam Vegetables? comparing steamers and explaining how the Vitaliseur is superior.

Read my 2025 rating of food steamers to learn criteria to select a good food steamer: Best Performing Food Steamers for 2025, Based on Health

Where Can I purchase the Vitaliseur?

I am no affiliate, but I have status as “prescriber”, mainly purchase advantages.

I arranged with the manufacturer a special US+ Canada code to purchase it online. With (small caps) “steamedcuisine” code, you get a 10% discount, no tax on account of not being a European resident, but will have to pay for shipping. Follow this link to purchase it, and feel free to contact me if you have any issues! The original pricing includes European taxes, you will see it come off at check out!

For European consumers, the discount code is the same. Unfortunately, to do get to pay sales tax.

I recommend the purchase of the Pack Grand Chef, as it includes the soup bowl, as well as a cake mold.

Cooking Equipment I own and/or Recommend

To practice steam cooking with the Vitaliseur is real pleasure, of course, but on a daily basis of course, you may need a few more things:

COOKING

• Stainless steel bowls, to cook grains like rice, quinoa or anything you like the safest being 18×10 or 18×8. I researched it at Amazon and found a few good quality ones for you: 1) The smallest bowl of this set would fit in the steam basket 2) The Rösle brand makes quality bowl, 0.74 qt and 1.5 qt are the sizes I use the most. This is quality stuff that will last a lifetime.

• To sauté vegetables and mix ingredients, I use a stainless steel sauté pan. The one I own was discontinued, but if I had to buy one these days I would probably go for this 6qt sauté pan from Tramontina. Many times I also use a large granite non stick sauté pan or a Lodge cast iron skillet.
• Food Grabber: this is my favorite ever.

BAKING

• If you like baking cakes you’ll need a round mold this size. I don’t really like aluminum for its toxicity but I prefer it to typical non stick and I use parchment paper disks to shield my food from toxicity and get the cakes out easily.
• If you use a cake mold, make sure it is shorter than 8 inches (20.3 cm).

ELECTRIC APPLIANCES – in the tools page

• I use my electric kettle a lot, but also a big thermos so I don’t have to reheat water all day, since I use a lot between my hot drinks and the steamer!
• I often use an immersion blender to cook, for sauce or baby foods, it’s an easy one to travel with if you do go on camping trips or on week end somewhere, I use it a lot to blend soup! I own a kitchen aid for 10 years now, so I feel good about recommending this one.
• I often use a food processor for salads, to blend vegetables into a dip like hummus ! I’ve owned This cuisinart a decade! If I had to do it again I’d buy a food processor part with a compatible Vitamix!
• A good blender like the VItamix of course. For using them a lot, Vitamix are great machines you won’t have to buy over and over again. A great wedding registry gift… NB if you are into food safety and stay away from plastic, Vitamix makes a stainless steel blender container that works awesome. I bought it a few years ago and it is great ! I don’t mind that I can’t see through it.

For cooking ingredients

Please check this page.

Now Let’s taste this quickly home made nutritious meal !

Now you are equipped to cook with great equipment, my favorite is of course the Vitaliseur! I hope you’ll take on the adventure with me, share what you like and what you’d like to find here, and will start loving cooking , but mostly loving tasting food YOU make.

You CAN eat healthier home than out, and on a better budget; and it doesn’t have to take forever !

You are what you eat! Don’t outsource your health by buying food out !

Bon appétit!