Food
Beef Hot Pot and field mushrooms with chestnuts
by lucy on Dec.04, 2009, under Food
1 kg of dried meat
1 can chestnuts
200 g of mixed field mushrooms
½ pint of beef stock
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 onion, peeled and sliced
2 carrots, peeled and cubed
100 ml port wine
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
2 large potatoes, peeled and sliced
2 teaspoons chopped thyme
4 tomatoes, peeled and diced
50 g butter, melted
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon brown sauce
100g diced bacon curing
Method
Place a baking pan on high heat. Add the vegetable oil and stir until browned the ground beef. Season with salt and pepper.
Add tomatoes, garlic, onion, celery, carrots, bacon and thyme and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the mushrooms and then add the tomato paste, brown sauce, beef stock and port wine.
Simmer for 10 minutes and then add the chestnuts. Remove from heat and cover dish with sliced potatoes.
Brush with melted butter.
Season and place in an oven at 160 ° C for 2 hours.
For consumers of chocolate
by lucy on Nov.22, 2009, under Food
Despite knowing the harmful effects of eating chocolate, chocolate lovers can not resist them. Curiously, for a long period of time, this sweet indulgence has maintained a long list of followers. According to most chocolate lovers who are not helped by its distinct flavor and taste. Avid chocolate eaters report that can respond emotionally and helps them manage stress and everyday problems. For consumers of chocolate, health conscious, may be a better option than the dark chocolates have become very popular in the world.
The dark chocolate high in antioxidants are also very beneficial for our health. This is mainly due to dark varieties are made from raw cocoa. As we all know, cocoa beans contain over 300 chemicals that are rich in antioxidants. The presence of oxidants in this type of chocolate is to reduce the degeneration of cells in our body. This then allows the part to work harder. Apart from these anti-oxidants have a value, is even more interesting to note that dark chocolate contains vitamins like A, B1, C, D and E, as well as calcium, potassium and iron. These elements will help you stay active.
Dark chocolate is also useful to reduce the chances of heart related diseases such as heart attack and myocardial infarction. This is possible thanks to the flavonoids present in cocoa beans. Flavonoids reduce fat and prevent clogged arteries. Consequently, the chances of heart disease are significantly reduced. In addition, dark chocolates are known to lift mood and increase alertness in people under stress. These factors make the chocolate, the best choice when it comes to trying to entertain without compromising health.
Roland Poitevin is an established writer with a passion for business and environmental issues.
Pizza World
by lucy on Oct.20, 2009, under Food
The pizzas are an international court since the 20th century and the basic design has not changed, but different types of materials have evolved over the years.
Pizza Australia
Pizza has always been popular because of its population and the usual Italian-style pizzas, as well as Australia itself, which is a typical base with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese is covered with bacon and eggs , and occasionally shrimp.
Pizza Australia with the market, but also high quality ingredients like salmon, tiger prawns and EMU, pink, etc.
Pizza in Brazil
Self said pizza capital of the world, and Sao Paulo itself has over 6000 sales, the pizza more than 1.4 million pizzas a day. Until the middle of the pizzeria will be limited to Italian quarter of the 20th century but has since expanded across the city. Their pizzas are typical Neapolitan style, with thick, pasty bases.
Pizza India
Pizza has become the fast-food urban India, which coincided with the arrival of the brand of pizza sales.
Pizzas are generally keen on the local population on a Western version of pizza and further tightening is like tandoori chicken or paneer. Other variants of the spicy Indian food is traditional and Western-style pizza.
Pizza in Pakistan
Introduced in 1993, who received three years before the release of the first Indian, it is not very popular in Pakistan, and only in liberal provinces.
But in 2009 the income of Pakistan was 2 billion, of which only a few seconds to make the United States and the largest pizza which provides space for people 5000th demand for pizza is the scope for large chains pushing to keep pace.
Free Soul Food recipes down to meet consumer demand
by lucy on Oct.13, 2009, under Food
Free Soul recipes are in transition. To preserve, in response to growing consumer demand and market share, more books, website and a recipe for publishers Weight loss of revenue. How? Reducing fat in calories, sodium and cream in recipes. Adjust the ingredients is thinner and evil, the result of consumer demand.
Revenues in the South are the subject of weapons by many health experts and Doctors for large quantities of fat and sodium, contained them. As delicious as these dishes are inspired by the south. The Many health experts have complained about ingredients and cooking methods that blood pressure, diabetes and obesity can cause, and other threats to health problems.
In response to these concerns, the industry begins to threaten the health, because these substances react. “The trick has always been the bad-for-your-health, without cutting taste. We’re getting better at it, “admits Don Griffith, CEO of Atlanta, Georgia, known as the Mecca of restaurants in the south more.
More and more soul food are beginning to address the health conscious people, offers salads on the menu. A few years ago most people laughed at the idea that all types of salad or vegetables in a food soul, do not go together easily. There are more homeowners Add a salad bar, vegetarian dishes and even offers to their customers.
The response was overwhelming. Indeed, an owner plans to open a separate Vegetarian Soul Food Restaurant in the next year because of growing demand.
Soul cooking techniques are also adjusted to demand increasingly thinner consumption. Techniques are not generally associated with southern cooking to join this movement. For example, frying, stirring – This quick method that allows cooking to preserve nutrients and vitamins used in soul food recipes. You’ll also notice that it steamed, fried and baked instead of fried.