General kitchen advice

Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.

Kitchen Tip : Even though they are like magnets for spills, keep stovetop reflectors clean. They will reflect heat better and save energy. If you need new ones, buy quality. The best on the market can save as much as 1/3 of the energy used with inferior reflectors.

Weight loss

The Glycaemic Index Diet
The gi index diet is based on the glycaemic index, a list showing food types and a score illustrating the rapidity with which the energy in the food gets changed to sugar in the dieters blood stream. The believe is that slow release types of food (ie those foods with a low Glycaemic index score), keep you feeling full longer and help you to take in fewer food without feeling you are always hungry.
It is also extremely effective for folk with diabetes, as the low GI foods are helpful in reducing rises in blood sugar levels.

Liver Loaf with Pan Gravy Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 1/2 lb Beef liver

1 1/2 c Boiling water

2 sl Salt pork, 1/4 inch thick

1 lg Onion

1/4 c Chopped parsley

2 c Soft bread crumbs

2 Eggs, slightly beaten

1 ts Salt

1/4 ts Pepper

2 tb Flour

1 1/2 c Cold water

Rinse liver, cover with boiling water and let stand 10 minutes; drain. Grind with salt pork and onion; add parsley, crumbs, eggs, salt and pepper, and mix thoroughly. Press into baking pan (8x4x3 inches) and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 1 hour or until browned. Remove loaf to hot platter. Stir flour into drippings and brown; add water gradually and cook 5 minutes until thickened; season and pour over loaf.

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