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Dieting tips

The low calorie diet

Rather obviously, low calorie diet says that if you want to lose weight, it is important to injest less calories than you burn up.

Definition of a calorie?
The calorie is the unit used for measuring the amount of energy in food. A 'calorie' is the amount of heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade. If something has higher calories, then it will provide your body with a larger amount of energy when consumed.

Low calorie food types include watercress, tomatoes, apricot, burgers and steaks, and bamboo shoots.








Crockpot Beans & Barley Recipe
Crockpot Beans & Barley Category Bean Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures
Ingredients
1eachonion, chopped
1eachcarrot, chopped
1cupnavy beans, soaked
1/2teaspoonprepared mustard
1/2cupsplit peas, dried
1/4cuppearl barley
1/2cupmushrooms, chopped
1cuppinto beans, uncooked
4cupvegetable broth
3tablespoonparsley, minced
1/4cuplentils, dried

Directions:

Soak white and pinto beans overnight. Saute onion, mushrooms and carrot in 1 tb. of vegetable broth until tender. Add drained beans, vegetable bouillon, mustard and parsely, bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes. Add split peas, lentils and barley. Cover and simmer another hour until all beans are tender.

Note: If you like it spicy add lots of tabasco and pepper.
 
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