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The South Beach Diet
The South Beach diet is a diet created by Florida-based cardiologist arthur agatston which stresses the consumption of "good carbs" instead of "bad carbohydrates" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats"
Doctor agatston invented his weight loss regime for people who have heart disease, as a result of his detailed analysis of scientific studies on other weight loss studies.
Good foods include, veal cutlets, skinless poultry, shellfish, fat free cheese, pecan halves, lowfat or nonfat milk and some vegatables, such as lentils, broccoli and mushrooms.








Italian Christmas Bread Recipe

Italian Christmas Bread Category Egg Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 c Warm water (105 to 115

-degrees) 2 pk Active dry yeast

1/2 c Sugar

2 ts Salt

1/2 c (1 stick) butter or

-margarine, softened 3 Eggs, beaten

1 Egg, separated

5 1/2 To 6 - cups sifted

-all-purpose flour 1 c Raisins

1 c (8 oz) mixed candied peel

1/2 c (4 oz) red candied cherries,

-halved 1 tb Butter or margarine, melted

2 tb Water

2 tb Sugar

If possible, check temperature of warm water with a thermometer. Sprinkle yeast over water in a large bowl, stirring until dissolved. Add 1/2 cup sugar, salt, 1/2 cup butter, 3 eggs, the egg yolk and 3 cups flour; beat with wooden spoon or electric mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes. Gradually, add remaining flour; mix in last part with hand until dough leaves side of bowl. Turn dough onto lightly floured board. Knead until smooth, 5 minutes. (Dough is soft. )Place in lightly greased large bowl; turn to bring greased side up. Cover with towel; let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until double in bulk, about 1 hour. Grease well and line inside of 8" springform pan with 4" strip of buttered brown paper. Punch down dough; turn out onto lightly floured pastry cloth or board. Knead in raisins and candied fruits until well distributed, about 5 minutes. Place dough in prepared pan. Brush top with 1 Tbsp melted

butter. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place, free from drafts, until more than double in bulk, about 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With a sharp knife, cut deep cross on top of bread. Brush with egg white combined with 2 Tbsp water. Bake 30 minutes. Remove bread form oven. Brush again with egg white mixture and sprinkle with sugar. Continue baking 30 minutes longer or until golden brown. Remove from pan; cool on rack. Makes 1 loaf.

 
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