One great advantage of cooking your own meals instead of buying ready prepared food is that you can control what ingredients are used. If you are health conscious or trying to control your weight it pays to create menus and cook the food yourself, using fresh ingredients and low fat options. Typically, processed or ready made meals will contain ingredients that you may not want to include in your diet. Also a wide variety of additives are used in processed foods. These have been known to have detrimental effects on the health of some people. In order to create more flavour in their meals processed food manufacturers often add far greater amounts of sugar, salt and fat than you would use when preparing the same dish at home. Preparing your own food at home gives you total control over what you eat, giving your body a better chance of greater health.
F is for fruit, and also for five a day. In order to stay healthy it is recommended that we eat five portions a day of fruit or vegetables. Many people use breakfast as an opportunity to have their first portion, with fruit forming part of their breakfast meal. Just fruit, fruit on cereal, or even smoothies are all palatable at this time of the day. Mixed varieties of fruit are often eaten in desserts in dishes such as fruit salad, which is healthier than fruit cocktail as this is made from canned fruit and includes added sugar, syrup and many additives that preserve the canned fruit. Fruit salad is made from fresh fruit and the fruits natural juices, although some people do sprinkle suagr into the mix but it really is not needed. To make your own fruit salad follow the steps: Choose any varieties of fruit you would like, cut them into bite sized pieces, put them in a bowl and add a little water or fruit juice. You really don’t need a lot of liquid....
Sausage Pie Ingredients Conversion 2 frozen pie crusts 1 pound sausage, ground 450g 1/2 pound cheddar cheese, shredded 225g 4 eggs Directions: Preheat oven to 350°F (180C – Gas mark 4) Cook the sausage until well browned. Spoon it in one pie shell. Cover with cheese. Top with whipped, or well-beaten egg. Salt and pepper to taste Cover with the second pie crust and make slits in the top shell. Bake at 350°F (180C – Gas mark 4) for 30 minutes or until well browned.
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