Food tips

One of the best elements of travelling is sampling local delicacies, so please don't order a burger and chips when you are in India - not only is the meat likely to be of a poor quality (sometimes so poor that it will make you sick), but you are turning down some of the most wonderful food in the world - and possibly offending your hosts.


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.












Cranberry-Orange Bars Recipe
Cranberry-Orange Bars Category Cookie Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1/2 c Cranberries; chopped finely

1 Oranges; ground with skins

1/4 c Raisins;

2 tb Brown sugar;

2 2/3 tb Margarine;

1 Egg;

1/2 ts Vanilla;

1/2 c Whole wheat flour;

1/2 c All-purpose flour;

1 ts Baking powder;

This is half of the original recipe with pan size adjusted. Combine the cranberries, oranges, raisins, and brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Set aside. Cream the margarine until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Blend in the vanilla. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir in the cranberry mixture and pour the batter into a greased 8 inch square baking pan. Bake at 350 F for 30 to 40 minutes or until browned on top. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars. One bar - 86 calories, 1 fruit exchange, 1/2 fat exchange 14 grams carbohydrate, 2 grams protein, 3 grams fat 55 mg sodium, 78 mg potassium, 11 mg cholesterol Source: Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman, 1986 Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier Nov 93

 
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