General kitchen advice

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.

Try Organic Food : Organically-grown food costs more, but you get what you pay for. It is 2-10 times richer in minerals, contains no pesticides, and tastes better. It is better for you, your planet, and your palate. Wild unhybridized food is what your body was designed for, before our ancestors started messing with Mother Nature. Take it easy with highly hybridized fruits (bananas, seedless anything) and vegetables (carrots, beets, white potatoes).

Hot Crab Bake Recipe

	Category	Casserole Recipes
	Views	76
	Ratings	0

Ingredients And Procedures

6 tb Butter or margarine

1/4 c All-purpose flour

2 c Milk

1 cn Crab meat (7 1/2 oz.),

-drained, flaked & -cartilage removed 2 ea Hard cooked eggs, chopped

1/2 c Chopped pimiento

1/2 c Fine dry break crumbs

1/4 c Slivered almonds

In skillet, melt 4 tbs. butter; blend in flour. Add milk all at once; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Stir in crab meat, chopped eggs, pimiento. 1 tsp. salt, and 1/8 tsp. pepper. Spoon mixture into 6 individual casserole dishes or baking shells. Melt remaining 2 tbs. butter, toss with bread crumbs to combine. Sprinkle crumbs atop crab mixture. Top with slivered almonds. Bake uncovered, at 350, for 20 to 25 minutes.

Rate this recipe!

Post this recipe to your site