Food and cooking tips

Buy Organic Foods : There are 12 foods where buying organic makes even more sense than normal.
According to the EWG (Environmental Working Group) the 12 most contaminated foods are:
  • apples
  • bell peppers
  • celery
  • cherries
  • imported grapes
  • nectarines
  • peaches
  • pears
  • potatoes
  • red raspberries
  • spinach
  • strawberries
All tested positive for pesticide residue – even after having been washed! Sweet bell peppers were the vegetable with the most pesticides overall, with 39 pesticides detected on a single sample. Conversely, if you're going to buy conventional, peas, broccoli, onions, pineapples, mangoes, bananas, kiwi and papaya had the lowest occurrence of pesticide residue.


Good food alone cannot make you healthy and happy. You also need sunshine (for vitamin D and strong biorhythms), moderate exercise, relaxation, and love. A daily walk outdoors will give you the first three. Use a water-filter and nontoxic household products (available from us & elsewhere). Get mercury fillings out of your teeth. Avoid drugs and manmade chemicals whenever possible. If your health remains poor, find a doctor who will search for the root causes, not suppress the symptoms with drugs and surgery.


Weight loss

The South Beach Diet
The South Beach diet is a weight loss system started by Miami-based cardiologist arthur agatston which encourages the consumption of "good carbohydrates" instead of "bad carbohydrates" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats"
Dr. agatston invented his system as an aid to patients with heart conditions, based on his detailed study of scientific data completed on other weight loss studies.
Examples of good foods include, lean cuts of beef, turkey bacon, fish, mozzarella cheese, pistachios, lowfat yoghurt and some vegatables, like split peas, cabbage and water chestnuts.











Cream Of Clam and Leek Soup Recipe
Cream Of Clam and Leek Soup Category Seafood Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

36 Littleneck clams; smaller th

2 tb Butter

3 c Leeks, cut crosswise into fi

3/4 c Finely chopped onion

1 Cl Garlic; finely minced

2 c Dry white wine

Freshly ground pepper; to ta Salt; to taste 2 c Heavy cream

1 c Milk

1 sm Dried hot pepper; optional

2 tb Ricard or pernod liqueur

Recipe by: Craig Claiborne - The New New York Times Cook Book 1. Rinse the clams in several changes of cold water. Drain

well. Heat the butter in a heavy casserole or kettle and add the leeks. Cook for about 2 minutes, stiring often. Add the onion and garlic. Cook briefly, stirring. Add the wine, a little salt (the clams will give up their liquid, which is salty) and pepper. Cover and bring to the boil. Let simmer for about 5 minutes.

2. Add the clams, 2 cups of cream, 1 cup of milk and hot

pepper and cover closely. Let cook for about 10 minutes or until the clams open. Add the Ricard and stir. Serve piping hot with a soup spoon and oyster fork.

 
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