Cooking advice

Buy Organic Foods : There are 12 foods where buying organic makes even more sense than normal.
According to the EWG (Environmental Working Group) the 12 most contaminated foods are:
  • apples
  • bell peppers
  • celery
  • cherries
  • imported grapes
  • nectarines
  • peaches
  • pears
  • potatoes
  • red raspberries
  • spinach
  • strawberries
All tested positive for pesticide residue – even after having been washed! Sweet bell peppers were the vegetable with the most pesticides overall, with 39 pesticides detected on a single sample. Conversely, if you're going to buy conventional, peas, broccoli, onions, pineapples, mangoes, bananas, kiwi and papaya had the lowest occurrence of pesticide residue.


Kitchen Tip : Use a covered kettle or pan to boil water; it's faster and it uses less energy.


Losing weight

The Atkins’ Diet
Although it originated back in the 1960s, the atkins diet achieved most of its fame during the last decade. Having many well known film stars amongst its supporters, it claims to allow weight loss but still allows you to eat foods that are normally considered bad for diets, such as beef and butter.
Unlike other diets, on the atkins diet you are supposed to eat fat and protein, it is carbohydrates that need to be avoided. It is referred to as a low carb/high protein, diet system.
With this diet, the foods you should avoid are processed and refined sugar, milk, white bread, starchy vegetables, white rice and white flour, including 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 like meat, fish and poultry. You also can eat shellfish, regular full fat cheese, butter & olive oil.













Ham and Biscuit Skillet Recipe
Ham and Biscuit Skillet Category Bean Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 T Vegetable oil

1 ea Medium size onion

1 cn Stewed tomatoes no-salt-adde

1 x (14.5oz)

10 oz Frozen kale or collard green

32 oz Can butter beans

8 oz Ham

1/4 c Ketchup (I used

1 x Durkee Red Hot Sauce as well

10 oz Can refrigerator

1 x Buttermilk biscuits

1. Heat oven to 400.

2. Heat oil in a large skillet. Peel onion and cut in thin wedges.

Cook 2 to 3 minutes until just tender. 3. Add tomatoes and frozen greens. Cover and cook 2 to 3 minutes

until greens are thawed. 4. Drain beans and cut ham in bite-sized pieces. Stir ham, beans and

ketchup into skillet. Bring to a boil. 5. Remove from heat and arrange biscuits, just touching, in a ring

around edge of skillet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until biscuits are golden brown on top and fully cooked on bottom (lift one to check). Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 562 cal, 29 g. protein, 80 g carbohydrates, 15 g fat, 32 mg cholesterol, 2301 mg sodium Source: Woman's Day, 12/17/91

 
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