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.


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.


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.


Kitchen safety

Consider using a thermostatically controlled deep fat fryer.
If a deep fat frying pan catches fire don't move it (it could give you terrible burns).











Baked Potato with Curried Mushrooms. Recipe
Baked Potato with Curried Mushrooms. Category Main Meal Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 6 oz 180 g potato scrubbed.

1 ts Margarine.

1 Shallot or small onion

Chopped 2 oz 60 g mushrooms wiped and

Sliced 1 ts Mild curry powder.

1 ts Tomato puree.

1 tb Low fat natural yogurt.

1 ts Fresh mint or half tsp dried

(optional) Salt and pepper. Sprig of fresh mint to Garnish 1. Preheat the oven to 200 c 400 f gas mark 6.

2. Bake the potato in the oven for about 1 hour until cooked:

(alternatively microwave on high for approximately 6 minutes). 3. Meanwhile heat the margarine in a small saucepan and saute with shallots

or onion for about 5 minutes until softened. Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 more minutes. Add the curry powder and stir well.

4. Blend the tomato puree and yoghurt. Add the chopped mint if using, and

season with salt and pepper. Stir into the mushroom mixture and heat gently for one to two minutes stirring constantly. 5. Split the baked potato and fill with the curried mushroom mixture.

Garnish with a sprig of mint. Preparation 10 minutes: cooking 1 hour (10 minutes if microwaved).

 
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