General cooking tips

Try Eating Raw Food : You need a balance of three basic food groups as most of your diet:
  • sweet fruits (apples, oranges, berries, melons, etc.)
  • green leaves (dark lettuce, kale, collards, spinach, etc.)
  • raw plant fats (avocados, olives & their oil, coconuts & their oil, nuts & seeds, durian)
    • Eat lots of sweet fruit, lots of green leaves, and some fat (as dressing, pâté, hummus, etc.). Add vegetables as desired, and sprouted grains and legumes occasionally. Try fruit for breakfast and snacks; greens, veggies and fat for lunch and dinner.


    Buy Local Food : Take a child shopping with you, pick up one of the offending products and say quite loudly "Well we’re not buying that, think of the energy it’s used up just getting here!"


    Buying an Oven : In gas appliances, look for blue flames; yellow flames indicate the gas is burning inefficiently and an adjustment may be needed. Consult your manufacturer or your local utility.


    Kitchen safety

    Dry food before putting it in a deep fat fryer (water can make the oil explode).
    Turn saucepan handles so they don't stick out (and aren't over another ring).











Tomato-Basil Bread Recipe
Tomato-Basil Bread Category Baking Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast 3 cups bread flour 3 tablespoons wheat bran 1/3 cup quinoa grain (I didn't have this so I just substituted more flour) 3 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder 1 tablespoon dried basil 1/3 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes (see below)* 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 cups water

*Pour boiling water over sun-dried tomato halves. Soak 10 minutes, drain, and cool to room tenperature. With a scissors. snip into 1/4 inch pieces. Do not use tomatoes that are reconstituted and packed in oil for this recipe.

Add all the ingredients in the order suggested by your bread machine manual and process on the basic bread cycle according to the manufacturers directions. Or knead by hand (or by machine), let rise in bowl lightly sprayed with veg. spray, punch down, let rise in loaf pans (lightly sprayed with veg. spray) , and then bake till browned and done in a 350 oven (approxinaely 20-25 minutes.)

 
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