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General kitchen advice

Our survival no longer depends on our knowledge of nature's cycles, but there is much to be gained from getting back this lost wisdom. Regardless of technology's advances, the fact remains that food in season is the best. Apples taste better when they haven't been flown half way around the world. And buying in season encourages local producers who, boosted by factors like the rise in farmers' markets, are building a more sustainable food industry.


Buy Local Food : If you were to turn back the clock 100 years, what would gardeners in your area be growing? Try regional heirloom varieties of garden standbys such as beans, squash, tomatoes and melons, which were selected for their flavors and reliability in the days when personal survival often depended upon a garden’s success. Appalachian “greasy” beans or creamy New England-bred butternut squash can help open the door to great flavors from the past.


Dieting 101

The Zone Diet
The Zone diet is a diet initially advocated by Barry Sears in a series of books, publications and an associated website. The Zone diet is not specifically a weight loss diet, although many people discover that they reduce weight when following it.
The 'science' behind the Zone Diet is that if you control the secretion of two important hormones, (insulin and glucogen), then your body releases eicosanoids which, in turn puts your body in a state of equilibrium which is a lot more wholesome than other diets, this is referred to as 'the zone'.
Sears believes that a body that is in 'the zone' is much more efficient and, as a consequence, does not build up fat.
The most interesting process of the zone system is to keep tight control over the ratio of carbs to proteins, and to ensure you get large amounts of Omega 3 and omega 6.








Tortilla Baskets Recipe
Tortilla Baskets Category Baking Recipes 
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For each basket: 1 9 inch flour tortilla

Vegetable oil for brushing -tortillas 1 Brioche pan

Recipe by: The Washington Post 11/6/96 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray the brioche pan with vegetable spray, or brush it lightly with vegetable oil. Also lightly brush both sides of the tortilla with the oil and gently fit it into the pan, pressing it into the pan's scalloped sides. Bake the tortilla for about 20 minutes, or until the edges are golden and the tortilla is crisp. Use as a server for salad or crudites or guacamole or chips or . . . well, you get the idea. (Makes 1 basket). You can use 9-inch tortillas or 6-inch tortillas, depending on how you want to fill them. A 6-inch tortilla makes a small appetizer-sized basket, while the 9-inch is more substantial. My brioche pan has a 4-cup capacity and works well with the 9-inch tortilla. Note: Be patient when first fitting the tortilla into the brioche pan -- brioche sides are more densely scalloped than the gadget I saw advertised. By Margery K. Friedman, a private baker in Rockville who last wrote about baking with cherries. -----

 
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