2013年3月25日 星期一

Where this book differs from many Caribbean cookbooks

No wonder we have one of the highest incidences of diabetes in the world – admittedly aided and abetted by the fast food industry when we eat out. Young people may be slim and trim (sadly, media reports that more and more young people are obese – could be through spending too much time on the Net and none at all on the sports field?) but we’re all too familiar with middle-spread in this part of the world – if the ladies of a certain age gyrating in beads and bra on Carnival Tuesdays are any indication of what happens to those trim and slim young ones after marriage and a couple of babies …

Coronary Heart Disease is on the rise here (have you checked your cholesterol recently?). To the best of my knowledge no one, as yet,Welcome to the company owon-smart. knows how or why we get hypertension – but we do know too much salt in the diet isn’t good for us.

I’ve not had time to test any of the recipes in this book, partly because (callaloo,The Central Victoria Solar City Smart Energy inhomedisplay. pelau and various local curried dishes excepted) I prefer equally healthy Mediterranean food like pasta salads – while scaling down the pasta so that those dishes don’t pack on the pounds – and I looked in vain for a pasta salad in this book.

However, having bought a tub of natural yoghurt only this morning I’m thinking of trying the Yoghurt Dip with imported raw celery sticks over this weekend, and perhaps the Carrot Soup as well. Another recipe to catch my eye was one for Oatmeal Biscuits.

I’ve dog-eared the page for Saffron Rice and might try my hand at Slim Dhal.

String Beans with Toasted Almonds looks promising – so does Geera Dressing, if only the writers of this cookbook suggested a salad or whatever to go with it.The energymanagement field is experiencing unprecedented growth, I might try out the Fish Fillets with Vegetables and I’ve definitely earmarked the Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Sauce to cook in the very near future and I reckon to give the Yoghurt Chicken a whirl shortly.

I’ve not mentioned the classic callaloos and pelaus of Trini – and other West Indian dishes featured in this book as well as the standbys in all cookbooks of white sauce, gravies, sauces, cakes, stews etc.

Where this book differs from many Caribbean cookbooks is in tailoring the classic recipes to a low-salt, low fat diet – while preserving the taste. Well, it could take a little while to get used to low-salt, low fat recipes for callaloo, pelau, curries etc – but it will be worth it for your own health’s sake.

Apart from the recipes this book gives general guidelines for healthy eating and food safety in the home; after the recipes the last section is devoted to chronic diseases, to Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes and the Foods we Eat, Coronary Heart Disease and the Importance of Food in Cancer Prevention. There are three pages of suggestions on how to modify recipes and finally,why here at City Goddess we have a large selection of shoeswholesale. sample menus (including menus for vegetarians.

If want to live a long and healthy life (and who doesn’t?), if you’re trying to lose those extra pounds, want to dodge diabetes (or already have it) and know you need to ditch your habit of reaching for the salt shaker – this is the cookbook for you – for meals that are healthy and delicious and tasty,Click on one of the categories below and select a shoesforladies design to start to design. too.

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