Cooking tips

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.

Buy Local Food : Check out farmers markets, roadside farm stands and tailgate markets (where parking lots are temporarily transformed into areas of commerce), and don’t be afraid to ask questions about where the food is grown.

Oven Tips : Close the oven door gently - slamming forces out the hot air.

Italian Pork Roast

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 lb PORK TENDERLOIN

2 ea SMALL CLOVES GARLIC

2 tb DRIED SAGE

2 ts OLIVE OIL

1 ea SALT & PEPPER TO TASTE

LINE PAN WITH FOIL. PREHEAT PAN TO 400 DEG F. REMOVE AS MUCH FAT AS POSSIBLE FROM PORK. MIX TOGETHER THE GARLIC AND SAGE. WITH A SHARP KNIFE, MAKE DEEP INCISIONS IN PORK AND INSERT A LITTLE SPICE MIX INTO EACH CUT. BRUSH MEAT WITH OLIVE OIL AND PLACE ON BAKING TRAY. BAKE FOR 25 MINUTES OR UNTIL MEAT THERMOMETER REACHES 160 DEG F. REMOVE PORK AND COVER WITH FOIL. LET STAND FOR 10 MINUTES. SLICE AND SERVE OVER LENTILS. -----

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