Food and cooking tips

Have a Local Food Party : Instead of counting time or distance, simply enjoy the pleasures of local food by organizing a potluck meal in which everything must be local. Keep your fingers crossed that someone will splurge on handmade goat cheese, and don’t forget some local wine, beer or juice. If you’re organizing a big catered event, the Society for Nutrition Education has a downloadable brochure to help you line up local food resources.


Buy Local Food : See if you can find out where your food has gone before it gets to your plate. You may be suprised by the results. Often it will make financial sense for companies to transport food enourmous distances by planes, boats and lorries. This dosn't take the environmental cost into account (which of course is likely to lead to greatly increased economic costs in the long term).


Making your own lunch instead of buying from a sandwich shop saves on packaging, and could also save you approx £4 a day or £1,000 per year!














Sandies Recipe
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 c Butter or margarine; soft

1/2 c Sifted confectioners' sugar

2 ts Vanilla

2 c Sifted all-purpose flour

1/2 ts Salt

1 c Quaker Oats, uncooked

-- (quick or old-fashioned) 1/2 c Chopped pecans

Confectioners' sugar Beat butter until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Blend in vanilla. Sift together flour and salt. Add to creamed mixture; blend well. Stir in oats and pecans. Shape to form crescents, balls or logs. Place on ungreased cooky sheets. Bake in preheated slow oven (325 F.) about 30 minutes. While warm, sift confectioners' sugar generously over cookies. Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

 
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