Simple Food Tips

Simple Food Tips

Nutrition:

1. Trans fats contribute to heart disease that may kill several million people a year. Food product manufacturers should be required to put the amount of this fat on food labels.

2. Encourage the growth of health conscious takeaway food shops, independent or as a part of the supermarkets, to save time on cooking at home every day.

3. Women who might have children should eat enough folic acid (200 micrograms/day) before and during early pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects, a common type of birth defect.

4. To get kids to eat healthy food, feed them only healthy food from weaning: diced or pureed vegetables or fish fillet cooked with rice & extra water (congee), raisins for dessert (never junk food), tiny bread pieces for breakfast (never cereal).

5. Produce and market high protein quick meals for the niche market of bodybuilding. There are many supplements available out there, but food is better for you than a supplement.

6. Evidence suggests cow mycobacteria survive pasteurization and may cause Crohn's disease. But UHT pasteurization for boxed, unrefrigerated milk seems to kill it, thus drinking UHT milk instead of "regular" milk might prevent Crohn's disease.

7. Only 400 mg of the brand "Equal" sugar equals 5 bags of regular old-fashioned sugar. "Equal" sugar has no after taste. Restaurants should use it instead of sugar.

8. Before pouring on the salad dressing, check the Nutrition Facts on the side. Some are wonderfully low-fat, but even some that are labelled Lite are not much better than the Regular.


Recipes:

1. Hamburger gravy: Brown 1 pound ground beef with onions and diced green peppers, salt, pepper, and 1 beef bullion cube, add 1 can mushroom soup, heat thru, serve over canned biscuits or in stand mashed potatoes. Yummy!

2. For a simple dessert, slice 20 dates, 10 gm. almonds & grind 4 cardamoms. Boil 1/2 lit. milk & add 200 gm of sugar, the dates & almonds until it thickens. Add the cardamom powder just before taking off-heat. Serve cold with raisin & cherry dressing.

3. For a simple dessert, cut a mango or melon in half, and put a scoop of ice cream in the middle.

4. Stir and boil a cup of milk with 4 spoons of sugar, 2 cardamoms, & 6 crushed cashew-nuts until it's thick. Then cool it. Slice apples & oranges. Sprinkle on a pinch of rock salt. Pour the milk over the fruits just before serving. Dress with mint leaves.

5. A delicious way to enjoy a mango is peeled and sliced, with the strips laid in a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich on whole grain bread, warmed slightly by microwave.

6. Peel and squeeze a mango to separate the seed. Then add some yogurt and some sugar and shake well. Add some ice cubes before serving!

7. Mango milkshake: Prepare juice from pieces of mango fruit. Add milk in 1:1 ratio along with sugar to taste. Mix it thoroughly. Add a pinch of crushed cardamom. (Note that usage of milk with mango prevents possible loose motion in some cases.).

8. For a flavorful, colorful, and healthy salad dressing, add turmeric to a light oil or oil-free dressing.

9. A simple and tasty sandwich: natural peanut butter and "citron tea" (like orange marmalade) with banana slices on whole grain bread, warmed slightly by microwave.

10. Mango is the king of fruits. The best recipe would be to eat it raw.

11. The human tongue has many different taste buds. Part of the tongue is for sweets, sours, etc. A good food satisfies all parts. Get a regular cracker, salted. Spread peanut butter over it, then add a touch of mustard. Very good for the tongue.

Food storage:

1. To save time in the kitchen: grind in a (mini) food-processor large quantities (separately) onions, ginger, garlic etc. Put in clean glass bottles and just cover in good (light) oil. Refrigerate. Use as needed and don't add any oil while cooking.

2. To keep your refrigerator smelling fresh, put a cut piece of lemon inside the fridge. This reduces the bad odors.

3. Take several polythene plastic bags, punched with holes, when you go vegetable shopping. Put your vegetables into these bags to save time when you get back, where you can straightaway wash them (the water drains off) and store them in the refrigerator.

4. To open the caps of a new jar, put a rubberband around it for a firm grip. Putting a little extra torque than usual opens the cap easily.

5. To prevent formation of ice, rub table salt on the insides of your freezer.
To remove lingering smells from food storage containers, wash, dry, and stuff them with old newspaper. Close the lid. In a few days, the smell of onion or garlic will be gone. Or microwave them with a little water to boil out the odor.

6. Putting 3-4 cloves in the sugar container will keep the ants at bay.

7. Use of brass and copper vessels in the kitchen is good for health and keeping food fresher longer. Use of copper metal utensils for drinking water reduces bacteria and increases healthy minerals.

8. To keep the chilies fresh for a longer time, remove the stems before storing.

9. Ancient way to slim: Every morning on empty stomach take 1 spoon each of fresh lemon extract & honey in a glass of lukewarm water. You will start losing fat within a month. To preserve fresh honey add 5-6 black peppers per kg of honey.

10. If you keep a piece of blotting paper at the bottom of the container, it will keep biscuits fresh for a longer time.