General kitchen advice

Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.

A local veg box shared between friends is a few quid a week, and the perfect way to slash your food miles while eating good food. So if you're self-catering at university why not try a doorstep delivery from one of the many veg box scheme providers?

Island Lentil Dish

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Ingredients And Procedures

6 oz Lentils; cooked

6 oz Brown rice; cooked

6 oz Celery; chopped

6 oz Cauliflower flowerets; in

-bite-size pieces 3 tb Sunflower oil

1 ts Thyme

1/2 ts Salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease 4 x 8 baking pan with sunflower oil. Combine all ingredients.Toss and mix well. Transfer to baking dish and bake for 15 minutes. From DEEANNE's recipe files

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