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Food 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.


Making your own lunch instead of buying from a sandwich shop saves on packaging, and could also save you approx £4 a day or £1,000 per year!


Dieting tips

The Atkins’ Diet
Originating way back in the 1960s, the atkins diet has been one of the most popular weight loss systms over the last few years. Having many well known film stars amongst its supporters, it enables fat reduction whilst allowing you to eat foods that are normally considered bad for diets, such as lamb and hard cheese.
On the atkins diet you eat protein and fat, avoiding carbohydrates almost completely. It is referred to as a low carbohydrate, high protein, diet.
With this diet, the foods you should avoid are processed and refined sugar, milk, white bread, starchy vegetables, white rice and white flour, including, but not limited to, cereals and pasta made from white flour.
With the atkins diet the foods you are encouraged to eat are still nutrient-rich unprocessed foods like meat, fish & poultry. You also can eat shellfish, regular full fat cheese, butter and olive oil.

The Atkins’ Diet Theory
The theory of the atkins diet is that if we consume less carbs, we will deplete our stored fat and we will reduce weight










Cream Of Fresh Greens Soup Recipe
Cream Of Fresh Greens Soup Category Soup Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

6 Tablespoons Olive Oil

1 Onion -- Chopped

1 Head Lettuce Or Escarole -- Finely Chopped

1 Bunch Watercress -- Finely Chopped

1 Pound Spinach -- Chopped

6 Quarts Water -- More If Needed

2 Bouillon Cubes

2 Potatoes -- Sliced

1 Pint Heavy Cream

Salt, Nutmeg And White Pepper -- To Taste Paprika -- For Garnish

1. Pour the olive oil into the soup pot and saute the onion slightly. Add the chopped greens, potatoes, bouillon cubes, and water. Boil the soup for 15 minutes and the simmer for another 15 minutes.

2. Blend the soup in a blender and return it to the pot. Add the heavy cream and seasonings and stir well. Reheat the soup and serve hot, sprinkling some paprika on top of each serving.

 
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