Where to shop Recipe: Vegetarian
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More unusual items can often be obtained at ethnic supermarkets and health food shops.
Fresh fruit and vegetables have the highest food values and the fewest additives. Buy them in quanities you can use quickly and store them at the correct temperature.
Most should be kept cool and dry.
When you look at tinned foods, select those with the fewest added ingredients. There are hundreds of additives designed to modify the texture, appearance and taste, which do nothing for the food value but whose health risks are as yet unknown. There is no need to avoid them altogether, but it might be wise to restrict their use as far as possible.
Many tinned foods have high salt and/ or sugar levels and these are best avoided.
Some breakfast cereals may also have excessive levels of salt and sugar and these should be avoided.
Copyright Peter Thomson 2012-February-4
What is a healthy balanced diet?
Starchy foods - the basis of the diet
Plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables
Health is also dependent on exercise
Food Supplements pros and cons
Vitamins, Minerals and Trace Elements
Eat whole grain cereals, not highly refined flour
Further tips for a healthy lifestyle
How preserving affects nutrients
Getting Started - Changing your diet
Equipment for pressure cooking
Food mixers, food processors, grain mill
Ready meals, takeaways and cook/chill
Entertaining and special occasions
Picnics and children's party ideas
Diets for life stages - Pregnancy
Feeding Baby- breast or bottle
The main starch grains: rice, millet and sorghum
Other starchy grains and flours: amaranth, buckwheat, quinnoa, teff, wild rice
Starchy roots and tubers: potato, sweet potato, jerusalem-artichoke, yam
Sesame, pumpkin, sunflower seeds
Starchy fruit: breadfruit, banana-plantain, water chestnut
Oils and fats: butter, olives, olive oil
Rice with a hot vegetable sauce
Stuffed vine or cabbage leaves
Chestnuts with brussels sprouts
Low-fat yogurt sauces and dips
Spicy broad bean and pine kernel salad