Food and cooking tips

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.


If you're eating foods out of season, it's likely that they have come a long way - try to eat food that is both locally produced and can be found at that time of year, locally!


Losing weight

The Atkins’ Diet
Developed by dr. robert atkins in the 1960s, the atkins diet achieved most of its fame during the last decade. Although highly controversial, it claims to allow weight reduction whilst allowing you to eat many foods that are not normally available to dieters, for example meat and hard cheese.
Unlike other diets, with the atkins diet you are encouraged to eat meat and fat, it is carbohydrates that need to be avoided. Because of this, it is known as a low carb/high protein, weight loss program.
With this diet, the foods you should avoid are processed and refined sugar, milk, white bread, starchy vegetables, white rice and white flour, including cereals and pasta made from white flour.
Unlike other diets, with the atkins diet the foods you are encouraged to eat are nutrient-rich unprocessed foods like meat, fish & poultry. You also can eat shellfish, regular full fat cheese, butter & olive oil.

The Atkins’ Diet Theory
The 'science' behind the popular atkins diet is that if we eat less carbohydrates, we will consume the fat we already carry and we will achieve weight loss













Spiced Rice Pilaf Recipe

Spiced Rice Pilaf Category Rice Recipes 
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1 c Brown basmati rice;

1 tb Vegetable oil;

1 sm Onion; chopped

1 cl Garlic; minced

4 Whole cloves;

1/8 ts Salt;

2 c Chicken broth broth;

1 Cinnamon stick;

1 ts Vegetable oil;

1 tb Raisines;

1 tb Almonds; blanched slivered

-=OR=- 1 tb Pine nuts

Soak rice 2 hours to shorten cooking time. Rinse and drain. In a large non-stick saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon, heat 1 tablespoon oil and saute onion and garlic until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add cloves and cook 1 minute. Add rice and stir to coat. Add salt, broth and the cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 20 to 25 minutes, until liquid is absorbed. Discard cinnamon stick.

Heat 1 teaspoon oil; add raisins and almonds and warm. Mix with rice and serve. Food Exchanges per serving: 2 STARCH/BREAD EXCHANGES + 1 FAT EXCHANGE; CAL: 176; CHO: Omg; CAR: 31g; PRO: 3g; SOD: 41mg; FAT: 5g;

Source: Light & Easy Diabetes Cusine by Betty Marks Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal-Master

 
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