General kitchen advice

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 Seasonal Food : Food in season is the best you can buy. Apples taste better when they haven't been flown half way around the world. And buying in season encourages local producers who, boosted by factors like the rise in farmers' markets, are building a more sustainable food industry.

Carrots (California Orange Style) Recipe

	Category	Side Dish Recipes
	Views	77
	Ratings	0

Ingredients And Procedures

1 lb Carrots; peel & slice 1/4"

1/2 ts Salt; optional

3/4 c Water

1 ts Orange peel; grated

1 Orange sections; peeled and

; into bite-size piece 1 tb Green onion; minced, optiona

Butter buds.; sprinkle Recipe by: The Mormon Diet Cookbook Preparation Time: 0:45 In lg saucepan, cook carrots, covered in salted water until crisp-tender, about 20 min. Drain Add orange peel, orange sections and onion. Sprinkle with Butter Buds. Heat through. Serve immediately. Entered into MasterCook II and tested for you by Reggie Dwork reggie@reggie.com

Rate this recipe!

Post this recipe to your site