GOOD CARBS FOOD FACTS
YAMS Living in Australia, my exposure to the celebration of Thanksgiving was through the American TV shows I watched growing up. I know turkey plays a central role on the thanksgiving table, but I also know candied yams are a traditional side-dish. As thanksgiving is coming, it got me thinking about yams, as I don’t …
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PLANTAINS I once visited a friend and found a giant bunch of what I thought were bananas on her back patio. I learned they were actually plantains. A Filipino friend had given them to her from his own garden. She was keen to give some away as she had way too many and unsure what …
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CITRUS I know its winter because the citrus trees in my neighbourhood are laden with fruit. The citrus fruit family has something for everyone, whether it be the sweet and juicy orange, the cute and easy to peel mandarin, the gorgeously fragrant lime, the cook’s favourite lemon or bittersweet grapefruit. Then there are the more …
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COUSCOUS The past few months of diabolical difficulty have turned our focus toward survival. Carb-rich foods have come into their own as affordable, shelf-stable and easy to prepare staples (not to mention the mood boosting benefits). Pasta was one of the foods to disappear from my local supermarket shelves as a result of stockpiling. There …
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HOT CROSS BUNS Hot cross buns are traditional Easter fare, despite the fact they seem to appear on supermarket shelves earlier every year, sometimes hot on the heels of Christmas! They sell like proverbial ‘hot cakes’ in my local store. Hot cross buns are a yeast-leavened sweet bread usually containing sultanas or currants and a …
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NOODLES Noodles have long been a staple food in Asia and in parts of Europe (Poland and Hungary for example have a wide variety of noodles both egg and flour/egg flour potatoes noodles served with roasts, stews, sauces, soups). These days, their meal-in-minutes value has boosted their popularity – serving noodles with fish, chicken, tofu …
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BROCCOLI Broccoli is part of the brassica family of vegetables (also known as cruciferous vegetables) that includes cabbage and Brussels sprouts. It has been around since Roman times and still popular in Italy; the name comes from the Italian word broccoli meaning the flowering crest of a cabbage. We eat the large flowering head of …
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BULGUR Making wheat into bulgur (also spelled bulgar, bulghur, burghul and bourghul) has been an integral part of Middle Eastern cuisine for thousands of years. These days, you can still see villagers preparing it the traditional way: boiling the wheat in huge pots, spreading the cooked berries or groats over flat roof tops to dry, …
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MAKING THE MOST OF DRIED FRUIT PRUNE AND ALMOND BROWNIES 0:15 Prep • 0:25 Cook • 32 Servings • Chocolate treat • Festive fare INGREDIENTS 200g (7oz) pitted prunes, chopped 1 cup water 75g (2½oz) cocoa powder ¼ cup plain wholemeal spelt flour or plain wholemeal flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup almond meal …
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GRAPES Wine is generally destiny for grapes. It seems that was why we first began cultivating them and (mostly) why we still do. Some 76,000 square kilometres (about 47,225 square miles) of Earth’s surface is dedicated to grape growing and over 70% of the harvest is for wine-making. In the kitchen, grapes are typically more …
