| Artichoke Soup | October 24th, 2006 |
1 lb. each of artichokes and potatoes Peel, wash, and cut into dice the artichokes, potatoes, and onion. Cook them until tender in 1 quart of water with the butter and seasoning. When the vegetables are tender rub them through a sieve. Return the liquid to the saucepan, add the milk, and boil the soup up again. Add water if the soup is too thick. Posted in Recipes, Soup, Vegetarian || No Comments »
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| Bean Soup | October 21st, 2006 |
2 cups beans Soak beans in water over night. Drain and put into saucepan with six cups boiling water and boil slowly two hours or until soft; add onion and bacon which have been fried light brown; boil five minutes; add salt, pepper, parsley and thyme. Mash beans with back of spoon. Add flour which has been mixed with a little cold water; boil five minutes and serve.
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| Do You Need to Buy Bottled Water? | October 18th, 2006 |
I know a lot of people who prefer to buy bottled water. The kind varies - from the big bottles that get delivered to your door by one service or another to the smaller bottles you buy at the store. But how necessary is it? The water supply in the United States is generally very clean, so you don’t have to worry about bacteria most of the time, short of a water pipe breakage. However, some people are not comfortable with the chemicals added to many cities’ water supplies. Fluoride is quite common, and is supposed to help prevent tooth decay. Some argue that it in fact causes other problems, and so you might choose to avoid your city’s water because of that. Bottled water, however, does not have to stand up to the same standards as tap water. The EPA regulates tap water, while the FDA handles bottled water. Read the rest of this entry »
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| Curried Chicken Salad | October 15th, 2006 |
1/2 cup low fat mayonnaise
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