General kitchen advice

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.


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.


Diet types

The Zone Diet
The Zone diet is a weight loss regime first detailed by Barry Sears in a series of books, publications and an associated web site. The Zone diet is not expressly a fat reduction diet, however many 'zone dieters' discover that they reduce body weight by following this system.
The main theory behind the Zone Diet is that if you limit the amount of insulin and glucogen (both hormones), then your body releases eicosanoids which, as a result puts your body in a state of equilibrium which is more healthful than it normally is, this is referred to as 'the zone'.
Sears states that if you get into this 'zone', your metabolism is working at its best and, as a result, does not need to build up stores of fat.
The most interesting process of the system is to monitor and control the precise ratio of carbohydrates to proteins, and to ensure your diet has high levels of Omega 3 fish oils.











Grand Champion Pumpkin Bread Recipe
Grand Champion Pumpkin Bread Category Egg Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

3 1/3 c Unbleached flour; sifted

2 t Baking soda

1 1/2 t Salt

2/3 c Cooking oil

2 c Pumpkin; mashed, canned, 1cn

2/3 c Chopped dates

4 t Pumpkin pie spice

1 t Baking powder

2 2/3 c Sugar

4 ea Eggs; lg

2/3 c Water

Stir the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a small bowl and set aside. Beat the sugar and oil together in a medium mixing bowl, using an electric mixer set on high, until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition, and then beat in the pumpkin. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the water to the sugar mixture, beating well after each addition, using a mixer set on low speed. Stir in the dates and pour the batter into 2 greased 9 X 5 X 3-inch loaf pans. Bake in a preheated 324 degree F. oven for 55 minutes

or until a cake tester or wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pans on wire racks for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans and continue cooling on the racks.

 
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