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.

Hot and Sweet Sausage Sandwiches with Grilled Peppers, Onions And Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

2 French sandwich loaves

1 medium yellow onion -- sliced thin

1 Poblano pepper -- sliced thin

1 yellow bell pepper -- sliced thickly

1 red bell pepper -- sliced thin

salt freshly ground black pepper 4 pieces hot and sweet pork sausage -- 1/2 inch thick

1/2 cup Horseradish Mustard, recipe follows

Prepare a wood or charcoal grill, allow it to burn down to embers.

Slice sandwich loaves in half and hollow out. Grill on each side, just long enough to get grill marks, reserve.

In a mixing bowl combine peppers and onions, toss lightly in olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. Grill for 5 minutes or until done. Meanwhile slice sausages lengthwise and grill for 3 minutes on each side or until done.

Spread loaves with Horseradish Mustard and top with sausages, grilled onion and peppers.

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    <b>Ingredients And Procedures</b><p>
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