Cooking tips

When you are travelling, you should have a quick think about where your food has come from. When/if it is locally produced, your food is likely to be tastier, better for the local economy and fresher.


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.


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!





Clam Linquine Recipe
Clam Linquine Category Pasta Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1/4 c Olive oil

3 Cloves garlic, minced

2 6 oz cans minced or chopped

-clams with juice 1/8 ts Crushed red pepper

1/4 ts Dried oregano

1 tb Fresh lemon juice

2 tb Chopped fresh parsley

8 oz Pkg dried linguine or

-spaghetti, cooked Freshly grated parmesan cheese Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and saute gently until just golden, about 1 minutes. Do not let garlic brown. Add clams and their liquid, red pepper, oregano and lemon juice. Simmer 3-5 minutes over low heat. Add parsley and cook 1 minutes. Place cooked pasta in serving bowl. Pour some sauce over pasta and toss to coat strands. Pour remaining sauce over top of pasta. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Makes 3-4 servings. Origin: Province newspaper, February 24, 1993 Shared by: Sharon Stevens

 
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