General cooking tips

Track down specials and buy in bulk. Buying in bulk means less trips, and can be a good way of reducing your food miles.


Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.


Weight loss info

The South Beach Diet
The South Beach diet is a diet system invented by Dr. arthur agatston, a cardiologist from miami, usa, which stresses that one should eat "good carbohydrates" instead of "bad carbohydrates" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats"
Doctor agatston invented his system as an aid to patients with heart conditions, based on his analysis of scientific studies completed on other dietary studies.
"good" foods include, lean cuts of beef, turkey bacon, fish, feta cheese, pistachios, lowfat milk and certain vegetables, such as kidney beans, broccoli and spinach.













Chicken with Pomegranates and Walnuts Recipe
Chicken with Pomegranates and Walnuts Category Main Meal Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

2 3/4 pounds fryer

2 cups walnuts -- finely chopped

3 teaspoons shortening

3 1/2 cups water

1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon pepper

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 large onion (finely chopped)

1 cup fresh pomegranate juice (or 2-3 teaspoons

3 teaspoons butter

2 teaspoons tomato sauce

1 teaspoon sugar

Wash and prepare the chicken for frying. Saute the chicken with seasoning in shortening until light brown on all sides. As an alternate method, the chicken may be baked at 350 degree oven for 45 minutes.Saute the onions in 3 tbsp. butter until golden brown. Add tomato sauce and saute for a few minutes. Add walnuts to the sauteed onions and saute over medium fire for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Be careful not burn the walnuts. Add water, seasoning, lemon juice, and pomegranate syrup. Cover and let cook on a low fire for about 35 minutes.

Taste the sauce and if you find it a little sour add the sugar. Arrange chicken pieces in this sauce. Cover and let simmer for 20-25 minutes. Serve with white rice.

 
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