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.

Spicy Rice & Vegetables Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 c Green chilies, diced

1 c Green bell pepper, diced

1 c Celery, diced

1 c Onion, diced

4 tb Butter

1 tb Honey

1 1/2 c Brown rice

3 c Water

1 Apple, chopped

1/2 c Almonds, chopped

Saute vegetables in butter and honey. Add rice and continue to saute until onions are clear. Add water, and boil 5 minutes. Turn heat to low; let rice absorb water, about 35 minutes. In last 5 minutes of cooking, add apple and almonds.

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