General tips

Buy Local Food : Strawberries, blueberries and many other kinds of fruit often are available from farms that allow you to do the harvesting (or not, if you prefer to pay for the cost of picking). Many fruits are easy to freeze, and apples will keep all winter in a cool corner of the garage.


Oven Tips : Close the oven door gently - slamming forces out the hot air.


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.












Spiced Couscous Recipe
Spiced Couscous Category Side Dish Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1/4 c Butter

1/4 ts Cinnamon, ground

1/4 ts Cardamom, ground

1/8 ts Cloves, ground

2 1/4 c Stock, chicken

1/2 c Currants

1 1/2 c Couscous

2 tb Butter

1/2 ts Salt

1/4 c Cashews; or pistachios

ANNE'S MODIFICATIONS: use 1 tsp homemade garam masala to replace spices (contained the same spices), omitted nuts, used raisins instead of currants, added 1 peeled, sliced carrot & 1 sliced celery stalk. Stir fried carrot and celery in butter with spices for 4 minutes. Toast and chop cashews or pistachios. Melt 1/4 c butter in medium saucepan over low heat. Add spices and cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add stock and currants. Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Bring to boil. Mix in couscous and 2 T butter. Cover and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork; season with salt. Transfer couscous to bowl, add nuts and toss well.

 
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