Cooking tips

When you are travelling, you should have a quick think about where your food has come from. When/if it is locally produced, your food is likely to be tastier, better for the local economy and fresher.


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.


If you're eating foods out of season, it's likely that they have come a long way - try to eat food that is both locally produced and can be found at that time of year, locally!














Cream Of Squash Soup Recipe
Cream Of Squash Soup Category Mexican Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 small onion -- minced

1 clove garlic -- minced

3 tablespoons butter or margarine -- melted

1 1/2 pounds yellow squash -- thinly sliced

10 3/4 ounces canned chicken broth -- undiluted

2/3 cup water

1/2 cup half-and-half

1/4 teaspoon white pepper

chopped fresh parsley

Saut? onion and garlic in butter in a Dutch oven. Stir in squash, chicken broth, and water; cover and simmer 15 minutes or until squash is tender. Spoon mixture into container of an electric blender, and process until smooth.

Return squash mixture to Dutch oven; stir in half-and-half and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until well heated. Serve hot or chilled. Garnish with parsley.

Busted by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net>

Notes: Cream of Squash Soup is a good make-ahead choice, as the flavor actually improves after a day of chilling. It can be served hot or cold to complement the season you serve it.

 
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