Cooking tips

Buying an Oven : If you need to purchase a gas oven or range, look for one with an automatic, electric ignition system. An electric ignition saves gas-because a pilot light is not burning continuously.

Buy Local Food : As an ‘everything in moderation’ kind of guy, I’d find a strict local food diet fascinating but obsessive and intimidating, says Peter Marks, program coordinator for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project in Asheville, N.C. He suggests a more gradual approach: Every week or month, replace one food in your diet that’s provided by a big, faraway company with a locally grown food.

Losing weight

The Atkins’ Diet
Developed by dr. robert atkins in the 1960s, the atkins diet has been one of the most popular weight loss systems over the last few years. Having many well known film stars amongst its supporters, it claims to allow fat reduction whilst still eating many foods that would not be part of a normal diet, eg pork and butter.
On the atkins diet it is considered good to eat fat and protein, it is the carbs that are on the banned list. It is often referred to as a low carb/high protein, diet.
With this diet, the foods you should avoid are processed and refined sugar, milk, white bread, starchy vegetables, white rice and white flour, amongst them, cereals and pasta made from white flour.
On the atkins diet the foods you are encouraged to eat continues to be nutrient-rich unprocessed foods such as meat, fish and poultry. You also can eat shellfish, regular full fat cheese, butter & olive oil.

Bulgur Pilaf with Apricots and Raisins Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

2 ts Margarine

1 Onion, chopped

1 c Bulgur or cracked wheat

1/4 c Raisins

1/4 c Dried apricots, diced

2 c Boiling chicken stock

1/4 c Parsley, fresh chopped (opt)

Salt & freshly ground pepper In nonstick skillet, melt margarine over medium heat. Cook onion, stirring until softened. Stir in bulgur and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Stir in raisins, apricot and stock; cover and simmer over low heat for 15 min or until liquid is absorbed. Stir in parsley, season to taste. 4 servings (large) 230 cal, 3 g fat, 0 mg chol, 395 mg sodium, 8 g protein,

44 g carbohydrate

Source: The Lighthearted Cookbook by Anne Lindsay 1988 Shared by Elizabeth Rodier June 93

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