salutary Eating Facts - Slow Food Versus Fast Food

Another point of view in the effort to keep your excellent health is the slow food concept. It is known very well that some fast food can be harmful to our health. Despite its practicality and economic values, fast food in some enlarge should be responsible for many health impairment, like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity and heart diseases. These findings are backed up by endless research and studies, since the amelioration of food processing which is still on the go.

Consuming fast food has become a tradition in this super busy contemporary world. Home cooking becomes a waste of time, impractical and is left to older habitancy who ought to do this during their good old time. At the end of the day habitancy may forget that home cooking is absolutely much more beneficial to our health. Fortunately there are lots of habitancy who are still concern about the importance of home cooking or slow cooking. Those are the habitancy who concern about the health of their families.

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Thanks to Carlo Petrini, an Italian, who start the war against fast food in 1986 through an organization called The Slow Food Movement. As its slogan is Clean, Safe and Healthy, his very aim is to re-encourage habitancy to cook at home and serve home made salutary dishes to their families.

This Slow Food Movement at this occasion has become a global organization with definite missions in each and every country over the world. One of its missions is to promote salutary local food of every country using natural food stuff and avoid the usage of preservatives or chemical substances.

I think that most of the families are still do the cooking at home, and dine out once in a while. And I also believe that the incidence of high blood pressure is quite low in these types of families, unless not all of the family members eat at home. The role of a housewife and mum become highly important. She is the one that should be able to regain the whole family at the dining table to enjoy homemade salutary cooking, which she prepared with love and care.

#1 - establishment home made dishes is absolutely not an easy task. It needs the knowledge of salutary food ingredients and effort to buy and elect the ingredients in original markets or directly from the farmer. Here are some directions on how to get ready salutary food at home as recommended by the Slow Food Movement:

#2 - Set fresh ingredients as first priority. Buy them in original markets or directly from farmers. original markets are the shortest distribution channel of fresh food. Our body needs fresh food ingredients that are just or recently harvested. Vegetables cannot be stored overnight since the stalls are commonly not equipped with freezers to keep them fresh.

#3 - On the other hand, there is a great possibility that vegetables sold in supermarkets has been kept for quite a long time, even for a week. This will decrease the nourishment value of the vegetable. This also counts for fresh meat and fish.

#4 - When buying fresh ingredients in original markets you should be aware about the usage of hazardous and illegal preservatives like formalin and the usage of prohibited food colorings

#5 - Replace the usage of instant spices and mono sodium glutamate (Msg) with the fresh ones like shallots, garlic, onions, celery, ginger, white pepper and sesame oil.

#6 - You can get ready your homemade "instant spices" by frozen your blended spices in an ice tray or put it in a food grade plastic bag. You can then use it as needed and keep the rest in the freezer.

Well, I may quit that this slow food thought is a good tradition. Enjoying home made cooking, like I do, is absolutely a good gift to health. The selecting of what to eat and what ingredients are needed is fully at your discretion. Other benefits are that you may save a lot of bucks when cooking at home and at the same time avoid the temptation of bad food outside. Isn't it?

salutary Eating Facts - Slow Food Versus Fast Food

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Carrots are a delightful vegetable that offer plenty of nutrients as well as flavor. The engaging orange veggie that boasts more beta carotene than any other is also quite versatile as it can be used in everything from appetizers to desserts to juices, and salads or soups.

Carrots first originated in Afghanistan in colors such as white, red, yellow, and purple before seeing their way into the cultures of the aged Romans and Greeks. We can thank the Dutch for developing orange carrots in honor of a royal house living in the mid fifteenth century and about a hundred years later the vegetable was introduced to North America by the settlers at Jamestown.

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Then, just before the turn of the century, the residents of Mexico also learned of this new, colorful, and relatively easy to grow vegetable.

If you plan on growing your own carrots for production Mexican themed dishes, planting should be done as early as possible in the springtime when the weather is still cool. Carrots must also be planted deeply in rich, loose soil to allow the roots to fully fabricate as they grow downward instead of upward the way many vegetables do.

Whether you prefer them cooked or raw, carrots are easy to get ready and they are also light on calories as a whole cup of the raw vegetable contains only about 50 calories.

Carrots are authentically great for soups and you are authentically only minuscule by your own imagination and taste buds when it comes to what you select to put in your carrot soup. A butternut squash bisque would be a most welcoming treat during a chilly evening, or maybe a spicy carrot ginger soup. Along with other fresh vegetables, carrots can also be used in salsa, one of the staples of Mexican cuisine.

Besides the lowly collection with lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, some other types of salads you may want to make with the fresh orange vegetables include an orange carrot dish or possibly a rice pilaf featuring cashews and raisins. Make a deliciously spicy stir-fry dinner with carrots, onions, and an array of assorted peppers along with herbs, spices, and seasonings for a fabulous main policy or side dish.

Quick and Easy Mexican Coleslaw Recipe

What You Need

6 cups (about 1/2 head) green cabbage, thinly sliced 3 medium sized carrots, peeled, grated 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped 1/4 cup rice vinegar 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste

How to Make It

After slicing the green cabbage as thin as possible and grating the carrots, place both in a colander and rinse under cold water for a few minutes. This will cause them to be as crisp as possible. Then, allow the vegetables to drain for at least 5 minutes.

While the vegetables are draining, whisk together the olive oil, chopped cilantro, vinegar, and salt to taste in a large mixing bowl.

Add the drained cabbage and carrots to the mixing bowl and toss well to coat completely. Refrigerate or serve your Mexican coleslaw immediately and enjoy.

Serves 6

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