Food tips

Buy Local Food : Begin by taking baby steps, such as committing to spend £10 pounds a week on locally grown foods.


Buy Local Food : Bringing more local produce into your kitchen may leave you wondering what to do with unusual things such as Jerusalem artichokes, kohlrabi or mizuna. “I get requests all the time from CSAs asking permission to put my recipes into their delivery boxes,” Madison says. “I always say yes.” Get a good produce-based cookbook and don’t be reluctant to ask for recipe ideas from growers.


Losing weight

Low calorie diet

Rather obviously, the low calorie diet is based on the fact that if you want to diet successfully, then you have to take in fewer calories than you burn up.

So what is a calorie?
The calorie is the standard unit for energy measurement in dieting. The food calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure. If a food type contains more calories, then it will gives you more energy to use when consumed.

Foods low in calories include cabbage, watercress, melon, steak and burger based meals, and eggs.











Two Peas with Turmeric & Mint Recipe
Two Peas with Turmeric & Mint Category Vegetarian Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1/2 lb Snap peas

2 ts Margarine

1 Cl Garlic, peeled and minced

1 tb Lemon juice

1/8 ts Salt

1/3 lb Snow peas

1 ts Olive oil

1/4 ts Tumeric

1 tb Mint, fresh, finely chopped

Black pepper to taste Bring a medium pan of water to the boil. Snap the ends off the snap and snow peas. Add the snap peas to the boiling water and time 30 seconds; add the snow peas and time 1 minute. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking completely. Pat dry with paper towels. In a medium skillet heat the margarine and olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and saute 1 minute. Add the tumeric and lemon juice; swirl to incorporate. Add the peas, mint, salt and pepper. Stir for about 2 minutes to heat the peas through. Serve immedietely.

 
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