All-Season Quick Bread Or Muffins (Basic R Recipe
Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup walnuts, chopped
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar, white or brown
1 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 cup prepared fruits such as
1 banana, zucchini, carrot,
1 tomato, orange or apple
Recipe
Preparation
COMMENTS: Choose from the following: Banana: Peel and pure‚ 4 to 5
medium bananas for 2 cup total. Carrot: Grate 1 or more medium
carrots for 2 cups total. Zucchini: Shred 3 medium zucchinis for 2
cups total. Orange: Grate one tablespoon orange rind. Peel seed and
chop 4 medium oranges for 2 cups total. Apples: Peel, core and shred
four medium apples. To two cups shredded apple, add one teaspoon
lemon juice. Tomato: Peel three to four medium tomatoes. Cut in
halves and squeeze out seeds. Chop and measures two cups pulp. For
quick loaves, have ready two greased loaf pans, 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2
inches. For muffins, have ready 2 12-cup muffin pans. In a medium
bowl, combine flours, soda, baking powder, cinnamon and walnuts. If
preparing muffin mix for storage, omit nuts and divide dry
ingredients into three batches. In a large bowl, whisk eggs until
foamy, add sugar, oil and vanilla and whisk until blended. Add choice
of fruit or vegetables. Add dry ingredients and stir with fork just
until blended. Do not beat. Divide dough between loaf pans or muffins
pans. Bake loaves in preheated 350'F. oven for 50 to 60 minutes or
until tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in centre of
loaves comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, before turning
loaves out on wire racks. When completely cool, wrap loaves in
aluminum foil and refrigerate for 24 hours before slicing. To freeze
for up to one month, put foil-wrapped loaf in heavy plastic bag and
seal. Bake muffins in pre-heated 375'F. oven, 12 minutes for large
ones, 10 minutes for small. Serve hot. For one-third muffin batch:
Use one cup plus one tablespoon dry mix, one egg, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3
cup oil, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, 2/3 cup prepared fruit or vegetable and
1/3 cup nuts.
Servings:
24
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Food Tips of the Week
Diet hints and tips
In deciding on a diet, it is essential to attempt to lower your consumption of fat, salt and refined carbohydrates.
Some reduced carbohydrate diet pointers:
* Make reduced carb breadcrumbs for deep fried foods.
While you can sometimes buy reduced carbohydrate bread crumbs, you can also make them by using low carbohydrate bread. All you have to do is toast the reduced carbohydrate bread in your oven on a sheet of cookie paper. When it is well browned, grind it in your blender. Keep in an airtight jar.
* Understand the food labels
Don't trust food packaging that proclaims 'low carb' - check the real nutritional information on the back of the tin or packet. A good number of are only a little reduced and in some instances still more than a competitors normal brand. In addition, beware of 'low sugar' and 'low fat' labels - 'low sugar' does not always mean 'low carb' - usually the carbs are just the same.
Lycopene rich foods
(includes apricots, red bell peppers & tomato puree)
The phytochemical lycopene is a simple compound used to color foods and part of the carotenid family. This chemical is accountable for the dark red color of a good number of fruit, vegetables and pulses.
Fortunately, unlike numerous healthy agents, this useful phytochemical does not become less effective if heated during cooking, but is noticeably enhanced by being cooked.
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Its most interesting nutritional contribution is that it behaves as an antioxidant and appears to help lower the risk of cancer.
Lycopene is the most potent fighter of singlet oxygen, which is correlated with skin aging. It is also thought to prevent the progression of atherosclerosis.
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