Cooking advice

Buy Local Food : ...but at the same time, figure out what makes sense. It is more energy efficient to raise lambs in New Zealand and ship them to the UK than to raise them in the UK, because New Zealand lamb farming is more energy efficient. It is also more energy efficient to buy produce raised in Spain, than produce that has to be grown in greenhouses in the UK. Baby steps require figuring out which things make sense and which don't.


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.


Dieting 101

The South Beach Diet
The South Beach diet is a weight loss system created by Cardiologist arthur agatston which emphasizes the consumption of "good carbohydrates" instead of "bad carbs" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats"
Doctor agatston developed the south beach diet for people who have cardiac problems, as a consequence of his detailed study of scientific data completed on other weight loss studies.
Approved foods include, veal cutlets, chicken breast, fish, fat-free cheeses, peanuts, lowfat yoghurt and some vegatables, such as asparagus, cucumbers and mushrooms.













Spicy Tofu Salad Recipe
Spicy Tofu Salad Category Appetizer Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 1/2 lb Tofu

1 c Cucumber, julienned

1 c Carrot, julienned

1 c Mushrooms, sliced

1 sm Iceberg lettuce

1/2 lb Lima beans, lightly cooked

----------------------------------TOPPING---------------------------------- 1/3 c Peanuts, chopped

2 Green onions, chopped

5 Red & green chilies, chopped

----------------------------------DRESSING---------------------------------- 1 1/2 tb Chili sauce, see recipe

3 tb Soy sauce

2 ts Sugar

1/2 c Rice vinegar

1/2 c Tofu

Cut the tofu into cubes. Drain in a colander. Put the lettuce on the bottom of a shallow bowl or attractive serving dish. Place the tofu in the centre & surround it with one mound each of cucumber, carrot, mushrooms & peanuts. Refrigerate until chilled. Combine the TOPPING ingredients in a blender or food processor & whip into a rough mixture. Blend together the dressing ingredients At serving time, sprinkle the topping mixture over the salad then pour on the dressing. Toss at the table.

 
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