Food 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.

Time for cooking is often in short supply, but you can cut cooking time in half by making large batches and eating the leftovers another day. In an age when the average American spends only 32 minutes a day preparing food, strategy is crucial to increasing your consumption of local food.

Kitchen Tip : On electric stovetops, use flat-bottomed pans that make full contact with the element. A warped or rounded pan may be a conversation piece, but will waste most of the heat.

Curried Leek & Potato Soup Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

2 tb Oil

1 lg Onion, chopped

4 lg Leeks, washed & sliced

12 oz Potatoes, diced

1 pn Arame weed

1 ts Rosemary

1/2 ts Curry powder

1 3/4 pt Water

1 ea Garlic clove

Soy sause, to taste Heat oil in a soup pot & saute the onion & leeks for 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, arame, rosemary, curry powder & water. Stir well, bring to the boil, reduce heat, cover & cook for 20 minutes. Blend until smooth in a blender with the garlic clove & soy sauce. Reheat & serve.

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