Category: Food – Nutrition

Did you know bananas are in threes? For centuries in England, the "plowman's lunch" was associated with farm laborers who ate a midday meal of bread, cheese, pickled onions, and a drink consisting of beer. Today, this is a popular lunch served in British pubs.

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Label wars: GDA vs traffic lights

Traffic Lights

Some of the UK's major food manufacturers are launching a £4m food labelling campaign using a guideline daily amounts (GDA) system, where the labels show percentages of sugar, salt, fat and calories in each serving.

Other companies use the Food Standard Agency-approved traffic-light labels, where green is good and red warns shoppers not to consume too much.

TRAFFIC LIGHT LABELLING

Sainsbury, Asda and Waitrose, the Co-Op and Marks and Spencer have all opted for a traffic-light label.

This is the system the Food Standards Agency would like the whole industry to adopt.

(note: Unfortunately, the food lobbies won the war and the simpler labeling using Traffic Lights was rejected – Author – The Book of Threes)

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ricky rocket

ricky rocketIn the Marines and Navy, A ricky rocket consists of

  1. 1/2 cup of coffee
  2. 1/2 cup of cocoa
  3. 4 tablespoons of sugar

There is a recipe on the Internet for this drink as well.

Ingredients

    1 Packet of Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa Mix
    1 cup of hot coffee

Directions

Put 1 pkt of hot cocoa mix in cup. Pour in coffee and stir until hot coca mix is dissolved. Serve, makes 1 single serving. Great at Christmas to warm your guests or any other time. To save on additional calories, substitute with Sugar Free Hot Cocoa Mix.

Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 1
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 117.7
  • Total Fat: 1.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 153.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 23.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
  • Protein: 1.9 g
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Chop, Fry, Boil: Eating for One, or 6 Billion

By MARK BITTMAN

…”One could set off a heated argument with a question like, “What are the three best basic recipes?” but I stand behind these: a stir-fry, a chopped salad, and the basic combination of rice and lentils, all of which are easy enough to learn in one lesson.”

“Revolutionary” diet books flood the market this time of year, promising a life changed permanently and for the better — yes, in just 10 to 30 days! — but, as everyone knows, the key to eating better begins with a diet of real food.

The problem is, real food is cooked by real people — you! — and real people are cooking less than ever before.We know why people don’t cook, or at least we think we do: they’re busy; they find “convenience” and restaurant foods more accessible than foods they cook themselves; they (incorrectly) believe that ready-to-eat foods are less expensive than those they cook themselves; they live in so-called food deserts and lack access to real food; and they were never taught to cook by their parents, making the trend self-perpetuating.

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