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 : Switch your oven off a few minutes before your food is ready - it will stay hot enough to finish cooking the food.


Try Eating Raw Food : Your body needs time to adjust and clean itself. Start including more fresh fruit, green salad, and green juice in your meals. Cut back on meat, dairy products, and cooked starchy foods. Try eating all raw one day per week, then two days. Or eat only two cooked foods per meal, then only one. You'll feel the difference.














Express Ratatouille (Quick Lunch) Recipe
Express Ratatouille (Quick Lunch) Category Quick Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures
Ingredients
4-8eachzucchini, depending on size of zucchini and appetite
1eachtomatoes, italian style, chopped, canned

Directions:

Cut up zucchini into about 1/2 to 1 inch pieces. Put into plastic lunch container. Add tomatoes. Mix. At work, microwave for 3-5 minutes, depending on amount and on how soft you like the zucchini.
 
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