General tips

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.


Oven Tips : Fan-forced ovens cost 35% less to run than a conventional electric oven.














Chocolate-Bourbon Bites Recipe
Chocolate-Bourbon Bites Category Alcoholic Drink Recipes 
Views 136 
Ratings 0 
Ingredients And Procedures

1/2 c Butter

1/2 c Packed brown sugar

1/4 c Bourbon

1 c All-purpose flour

3 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 c Miniature semisweet

Chocolate pieces 1 Slightly beaten egg white

1 c Finely chopped pecans

In a large mixer bowl beat margarine or butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed till fluffy. Add bourbon; beat well. Gradually add flour and cocoa powder, beating till well mixed. Stir in chocolate pieces. Chill 2 hours or till firm enough to handle. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in egg white, then in nuts. Place on a lightly greased baking sheed. Bake in a 350 F oven about 12 minutes or till edges are firm (The center will still be soft). Cool on bakin sheet for 1 minute. Finish cooling on wire racks. Makes about 30

 
Rate this recipe!
1   2   3  4   5  
 
Post this recipe to your site




Search Recipe Database: