Food tips

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.


Have a Local Food Party : Instead of counting time or distance, simply enjoy the pleasures of local food by organizing a potluck meal in which everything must be local. Keep your fingers crossed that someone will splurge on handmade goat cheese, and don’t forget some local wine, beer or juice. If you’re organizing a big catered event, the Society for Nutrition Education has a downloadable brochure to help you line up local food resources.









Poached Salmon with Horseradish Sauce Recipe
Poached Salmon with Horseradish Sauce Category Condiment Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

4 c Water

1 Lemon, sliced

1 Carrot, sliced

1 Stalk celery, sliced

1 ts Peppercorns

4 (4 oz) salmon steaks

Horseradish Sauce Combine first 5 ingredients in a large skillet; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutess. Add salmon steaks; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; let stand 8 minutes. Remove salmon steaks to serving plate; serve with Horseradish Sauce. Yield: 4 servings (186 calories per 4 oz steak with 2 Tbsp Horseradish Sauce). 23.6 grams protein 7.1 grams fat 14 grams carbohydrate 89 mg

cholesterol 155 mg sodium 27 mg calcium Horseradish sauce 1/4 cup reduced calorie mayonnaise 1/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt 2 tsp

prepared horseradish 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice 1 1/2 tsp chopped chives Combine all ingredients; cover and chill. Yield 1/2 cup (25 calories per Tbsp) 0.4 gram protein 1.9 grams fat 1.2 grams carboyhydrate

2 mg cholesterol 49 mg sodium 15 mg calcium

From Charlotte Moret, St. Louis, MO Source: Southern Living, August 1991



 
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