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Weight loss

A low calorie weight loss regime

In a nutshell, the low calorie diet depends on the fact that in order to become thinner, it is essential to take in less calories than you need.

Definition of a calorie?
A calorie is a measurement of the energy provided by food. The food calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celsius. If something has higher calories, then it will will give you a larger amount of energy when eaten.

Foods low in calories include watercress, carrots, water melon, meals containing beef, and bamboo shoots.








Aniseed Chrabeli Recipe
Aniseed Chrabeli Category Baking Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 1/4 c Sugar 2 ts Aniseed; ground

2 Eggs 1/2 Lemon; use grated

peel only 1 2/3 c Flour, all purpose; sifted

Sprinkle baking sheets with flour. In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs until creamy. Stir in flour. Add aniseed and lemon peel. Shape dough into 1/2 inch diameter ropes. Cut ropes into 3 inch lengths; curve each piece

into a half-moon shape. Slash outer edge of half-moon in 3 places with a sharp knife. Place on prepared baking sheets. Cover and let stand overnight at room temperature. Preheat over to 375? F. Bake cookies 12 to 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from baking sheets immediately; cool on rack. This cookie is very hard and crisp. It makes an excellent "dunking" cookie! -----

 
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