The American Institute for Cancer Research explains how the chao and bao stir-frying methods differ, why canola oil's high smoke point suits the pan, and how to pick snow peas, then gives the recipe for lemon stir-fry chicken with Chinese noodles.
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Recipes & Dining
Healthy recipes, cooking advice and dining, including recipes from the American Institute for Cancer Research.
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Cooking
Healthy Recipes: A Meal from and for the Heart
A recipe for white fish baked in parchment with tapenade, lemon juice and white wine, plus a homemade tapenade of olives, capers, anchovies and garlic. The writer notes light white fish bakes in about 15 minutes and supplies omega-3 fatty acids.
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Golden pork chop recipe
A lightly modified take on Hallie Guilfoyle's allrecipes.com dish: seasoned pork chops baked an hour at 375F under onion, sliced mushrooms, condensed golden mushroom soup and a little starch to thicken the coating.
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If You Drink Coffee Make Sure it is Organic
At least 10 percent of Mesoamerican coffee growers have gone back to chemical fertilizers and pesticides in three years as the organic price premium stopped covering higher costs and smaller yields. Mercola blames the three-year wait for certification and the small organic market.
Dining
Featured Restaurant: Hot Potato Cafe
A listing for Hot Potato Cafe at 529 E Girard Ave in Philadelphia, with its hours, phone number and menu items including hot potato soup, Port Richmond pierogies and Fishtown fries.
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Snow ice cream recipe
A four-ingredient recipe for snow ice cream: a gallon of freshly collected snow, a cup of sugar, a spoon of vanilla extract and two cups of whole milk, stirred together and eaten right away.
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Effects of Switching from Whole to Low-Fat/Fat-Free Milk in Public Schools
New York City schools dropped whole milk during 2005-2006 and moved to fat-free chocolate milk. Milk purchases per student rose 1.3 percent by fiscal 2009, and health officials estimate milk-drinking students got 5,960 fewer calories and 619 fewer grams of fat than in 2004.
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Healthy Recipies: Moroccan Cod with Chickpeas
Cod simmered with chickpeas in a hand-crushed tomato sauce spiced with cumin, paprika, ginger, cilantro and parsley, ready in about half an hour. Four servings at 220 calories each. Seafood Watch rates US Pacific cod the best cod choice for health and sustainability.
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Nutrition labels reduce caloric intake
In a Pediatrics study using McDonald's menus, 99 parents of 3- to 6-year-olds chose about 102 fewer calories, roughly 20% less, for their children when calorie information was listed. Both groups ordered similar amounts for themselves.
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Mexican Food Made Easy with Marcela Vallalodid
Marcela Vallalodid's Food Network series, premiering January 23, reworks traditional Mexican dishes into lighter family meals drawn from her cookbook Fresh Mexico. The piece also sketches the cuisine's mixed Mayan, Spanish and Portuguese roots.
Dining
How Much Food Do You Waste?
A US study estimated that 1,400 calories of food per person go to waste every day, 39 percent of the available food supply. Suggested fixes include buying proper portions, storing food better, planning meals ahead, sharing restaurant dishes and composting scraps.
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Health Recipes: Roasted Chicken and White Bean Salad
A salad built on rotisserie chicken and cannellini beans with celery, tomato and red onion in a red wine vinegar and Dijon dressing. Six servings at 250 calories, 20 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber each; no-salt beans keep it low in sodium.
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Healthy Recipes: Chicken Mini Meatloaves
An AICR recipe that builds portion control into the dish: ground chicken breast with onion, grated carrot, mushrooms, parsley and marjoram, baked in a muffin tin. It follows The New American Plate guideline of filling two-thirds of the plate with vegetables, fruits, grains and beans.
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Healthy Recipes: Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Dana Jacobi of the American Institute for Cancer Research offers whole-grain banana oatmeal muffins as a small step toward a healthier breakfast, using applesauce to keep them moist and lower in fat, and a light-coloured muffin tin for baking.
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Why Do You Continue to Eat When You're Full?
Mice given the hunger hormone ghrelin kept nosing a hole for high-fat pellets far longer than mice that did not, suggesting ghrelin may drive eating for pleasure past fullness. Earlier work tied ghrelin to the rewarding feelings from cocaine and alcohol.
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Health Recipes: Brown Rice Pilaf with Squash and Chicken
A one-pot recipe for brown rice pilaf with squash, peppers and cooked chicken breast. AICR notes that brown rice carries nearly four times the fibre of enriched white rice, and that high-fibre diets may lower colorectal cancer risk. 327 calories a serving.
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Restaurant menus may be skimping on calorie counts
Tufts researchers analyzed 18 restaurant dishes and 10 frozen meals and found chain restaurant calorie listings ran 18 percent below lab measurements, with two side dishes nearly 200 percent over their stated counts. They call the sample small.
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Healthy Recipes: Marvelous Mushroom Soup
A recipe combining portobello, white button and dried porcini mushrooms with onion, garlic, parsley and thyme in chicken broth, pureed and finished with milk and sour cream. It makes eight servings at 150 calories each.
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