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General tips

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.


Buy Local Food : As an ‘everything in moderation’ kind of guy, I’d find a strict local food diet fascinating but obsessive and intimidating, says Peter Marks, program coordinator for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project in Asheville, N.C. He suggests a more gradual approach: Every week or month, replace one food in your diet that’s provided by a big, faraway company with a locally grown food.


Weight loss

The Glycaemic Index Diet
The gi index weight loss program is linked to the gi (or glycaemic index), a list of types of food and a score representing the ease with which the carbs in the food gets transformed to glucose in your system. The theory is that slow release foods (ie those food types with a low Glycaemic score), keep you feeling full longer and help to take in fewer food without craving snacks all the time.
It is also extremely effective for diabetes sufferers, as the low GI foods are helpful in minimizing surges in blood sugar secretion.








Anisplatzchen Recipe
Anisplatzchen Category Baking Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

3 lg Eggs; room temp

1 c Sugar; plus 2 tb

1 3/4 c Flour; sifted

1/2 ts Baking powder

1/2 ts Salt; or less

1 ts Anise extract; or

3 ts Anise seed

Beat eggs in mixer until fluffy and add the sugar gradually beating continuously. Continue to beat for 20 minutes (this time is correct) Add the dry ingredients which have been sifted together and beat for another three minutes. Add anise extract. Drop on well greased and floured cookie sheets and form a round cookie by swirling the dough with a spoon. Let stand to dry over night. Bake at 325 for about 15 minutes or until cookies are a light golden color. Yield about 3 1/2 dozen cookies. NOTE:: Don't even try these unless you like anise. This is an entirely different tasting cookie which originated in Germany. They are very unusual in that they are self frosted tops and can be made well ahead of the holidays and stored in air tight tins. -----

 
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