General kitchen advice

Try Eating Raw Food : You need a balance of three basic food groups as most of your diet:
  • sweet fruits (apples, oranges, berries, melons, etc.)
  • green leaves (dark lettuce, kale, collards, spinach, etc.)
  • raw plant fats (avocados, olives & their oil, coconuts & their oil, nuts & seeds, durian)
    • Eat lots of sweet fruit, lots of green leaves, and some fat (as dressing, pâté, hummus, etc.). Add vegetables as desired, and sprouted grains and legumes occasionally. Try fruit for breakfast and snacks; greens, veggies and fat for lunch and dinner.


    Buy Seasonal Food : 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!


    Dieting tips

    The Atkins’ Diet
    First invented by doctor atkins in the 1960s, the popular atkins diet has been one of the most popular weight loss systems over the last few years. Popular with many famous celebrities, it supposedly allows weight loss whilst allowing you to eat many of the foods you love, like fatty meat and hard cheeses.
    Unlike other diets, with the atkins diet it is considered good to eat fat and protein, it is carbohydrates that need to be avoided. It is often referred to as a high protein, low carb, weight loss program.
    With this diet, the foods you should avoid are processed and refined sugar, milk, white bread, starchy vegetables, white rice and white flour, amongst them, cereals and pasta made from white flour.
    With this diet the foods you are encouraged to eat are nutrient-rich unprocessed foods such as meat, fish & poultry. You also can eat shellfish, regular full fat cheese, butter & olive oil.

    The Atkins’ Diet Theory
    The logic behind the popular atkins diet is that even though our bodies use both fats and carbs to burn into glucose, it is the carbs that are burned primarily. If we eat fewer carbs, we will utilise the fat we already carry and we will lose weight. Although inviting, this theory is controversial, not all researchers agree and quite a few feel it can sometimes be bad for your health.















Muscat Ice Recipe
Muscat Ice Category Dessert Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 1/2 lb Tart green gooseberries

3 Heads elderflower blossoms*

6 oz Caster sugar

225 g Greek strained yoghurt

*Note: The recipe originally calls for 3 OR 4 heads of elderflower blossom. ~ Put the gooseberries into a heavy-based saucepan or casserole. The fruit should be still damp from rinsing under the tap but there is no point in spending time topping and tailing it as it is going to be sieved. Add the florets of elder blossom, stripped from their stalks, and bury them among the fruit. Cover tightly and cook in a low oven until the fruit is tender and pulpy - I allow 1 hour or so at 275-300 F (140-150 C) gas mark 1 or 2. Or cook over a very gentle flame if preferred. Add the sugar and stir until it no longer feels gritty. Then rub the fruit and every drop of its sugary juices through a sieve to make a perfectly smooth seeless puree. As soon as it is cold, spoon the pale aromatic puree into a chilled loaf tin, cover it and freeze. About an hour later, when the ice is firm around the edges but still soft in the centre, beat it or whizz it in a food-processor until mushy. Gently fold in the yoghurt, cover and freeze until solid all the way through. Then turn out the ice-cream, beat it again to break up any ice crystals and transfer it to 8 petit pots de chocolat. Cover and freeze until about 1 hour before serving, when the ice-cream should be placed in the fridge to "ripen" it. Amaretti biscuits go very well with this. Source: Philippa Davenport in "Country Living" (British), June 1988. Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

 
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