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Buy Organic Foods : There are 12 foods where buying organic makes even more sense than normal.
According to the EWG (Environmental Working Group) the 12 most contaminated foods are:
  • apples
  • bell peppers
  • celery
  • cherries
  • imported grapes
  • nectarines
  • peaches
  • pears
  • potatoes
  • red raspberries
  • spinach
  • strawberries
All tested positive for pesticide residue – even after having been washed! Sweet bell peppers were the vegetable with the most pesticides overall, with 39 pesticides detected on a single sample. Conversely, if you're going to buy conventional, peas, broccoli, onions, pineapples, mangoes, bananas, kiwi and papaya had the lowest occurrence of pesticide residue.


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Bread Dumplings(Sourdough) Recipe

Bread Dumplings(Sourdough) Category Baking Recipes 
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2 c Sourdough batter -- proofed

1 c Milk

3 lg Eggs

6 c Flour, all-purpose

2 tb Baking powder

1 1/2 ts Salt

6 Toast slices -- cut in cubes

Recipe by: Randy Pollak In a very large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and toast cubes; mix well. In a medium bowl beat eggs slightly; add sourdough batter and milk. Stir until well combined. Pour batter mixture into flour mixture and mix dough until smooth. Divide dough into four equal pieces and shape each piece into small rectangular loaves. Set on wax paper, cover with plastic wrap and then a dish towel. Allow dough to rest for at least 1 hour. Prepare a large Dutch oven by placing a vegetable steamer inside and add water until it comes to just below the steamer. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat but it must be high enough to create steam. Place 1 or 2 (depending on size as loaves will better than

double in size) loaves unto steamer and for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean. Four loaves is enough for about 12-16 servings. Note: Dumplings may also be boiled, in

which case you must cut each loaf in half; however steaming produces larger and lighter dumplings. If you wish you may refrigerate dumplings until cold carefully slice and wrap in plastic wrap then foil and freeze.

 
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