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.


Oven Tips : If you don't have one, consider buying a self-cleaning oven. They use less energy for normal cooking because of higher insulation levels. They also save on your rubber glove and cleanser purchases! However, if you use the self-cleaning feature more than once a month, you'll end up using more energy than you saved. When you clean the oven, do it right after cooking to take advantage of residual heat.


Dieting 101

The South Beach Diet
The South Beach diet is a diet system created by Florida-based cardiologist arthur agatston which stresses that dieters should be eating "good carbohydrates" instead of "bad carbohydrates" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats"
Doctor agatston invented his weight loss system for people who have cardiac problems, as a result of his analysis of scientific studies completed on other weight loss studies.
"good" foods include, broiled ham, turkey breast, shrimp, feta cheese, pistachios, lowfat or nonfat milk and certain vegetables, such as asparagus, cucumbers and mushrooms.




Golden Raisin Loaves Recipe
Golden Raisin Loaves Category Egg Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

2 c Whole wheat flour; stirred

2 pk Active dry yeast; or

1 t Salt

3/4 c Water

1/2 c Buttermilk

1 1/2 c Raisins; golden

1 x Vegetable oil

2 c Confectioners' sugar

2 1/2 t Milk

1/4 c Sugar

2 t Active dry yeast; bulk

2 t Cinnamon; ground

1/3 c Butter or regular margarine

2 ea Eggs; lg

2 1/2 c Unbleached flour; sifted

1 x ------vanilla frosting------

1/4 t Vanilla

NOTE: The amount of flour can vary from 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 cups depending on Stir 1 3/4 cups of the whole wheat flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, salt and cinnamon together in a large mixing bowl. Heat the water and butter in a saucepan over low heat to very warm (120-130 degrees F.). Remove from the heat and stir in the buttermilk. Add to the flour-yeast mixture and beat, with an electric mixer on medium speed, until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs and beat an additional 2 minutes, then stir in the raisins. Gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour and enough white flour to make a stiff but light dough. (Heaviness indicates too much flour and the bread will not rise correctly.) Let rest for 5 minutes. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, about 5 to 8 minutes. Cover with the mixing bowl and let rest for 30 minutes. Punch

the dough down and divide in half. Let rest 10 minutes, then roll each half to a 12 X 7-inch rectangle. Beginning at the 7-inch side, roll up tightly like a jelly roll and seal the edges. Tuck the ends under to form rounded edges, (the loaf should be about 7 X 3-inches in size). Place on a greased baking sheet. Brush with oil and repeat for the second batch of dough. Cover and let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 30 minutes. Bake in a preheated 375 degree F. oven for 25 minutes or until the loaves sound hollow when tapped. Remove from the baking sheet and cool on wire racks for 20 minutes. Frost with the vanilla icing if desired. VANILLA ICING: Combine the sugar, vanilla, and milk in a bowl and beat until smooth.

 
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