Make Your Family Addicted to Home Cooking Instead of Fast Food By Sunil Punjabi

Being at a fast food joint might be a teen's privilege because it is the age when he starts to hang out with his friends and get initiated into the pizza-burger circuit. His parents might have equal rights to be inside a fast food joint because they are hard pressed for time, and if they want to grab a bite during the lunch recess or on their way back home from office, a fast food eatery might be the best refuge. And when everyone in the family is having their share of pizzas and chips and fries and coke, how can they deny it to the kid brother? So he too gets his fill. In short, everybody gets his share of fast food, but hardly ever its alternative, which is home cooking.

However, things are a bit on the reverse gear these days, and that is a welcome trend. Both the Internet and the print media are doing yeoman service here, because they offer an endless variety of free recipes and easy recipes. All these can help in improving the quality and variety of home cooking, which will definitely give a fillip to de-addicting people from fast food dependency. And fast food addicts would also do well to calculate the money that they are spending on these fast food goodies, which also go by the name junk food. With half the money that is spent on a junk food meal, people can have healthy and fresh home cooked vegetarian food. Interest in vegetarian delicacies is also a current trend, and is amply aided by the vegetarian recipes that are doing the rounds on the Internet these days.

Whether you want to eat to live, or live to eat, recipes could be an ideal answer to both. There are plenty of veg recipes that are remarkably fat free and have a high content of vitamins and minerals that are required by the body. These veg recipes are the perfect antidote to fast food, which drip with fat and aid obesity. However, there are plenty of non-vegetarian home cooking recipes also, that have low calorie value and high nutritive value and are easy to prepare. Some of these can be as tantalizingly attractive as fast food but will not do half the harm that fast food does. These provide step-by-step guidelines for preparation, including directions for the right way of garnishing.

Vegan recipes appeal to different people for different reasons. There are animal rights activists who swear by vegetarian food and so are always searching for new veg recipes. Then there are people who avoid eating non-vegetarian food for health reasons. Whether you are vegetarian or non-vegetarian, it is better to master a few veg recipes, because a certain amount vegetables have to be part of a person's daily diet. Having said that, chicken and mutton are kings of the cooking pot and vegetables can never completely replace them. There are elaborate recipes for preparing meat and fish, and some of the meat preparations are perfect home cooking recipes, even if they are a bit time consuming. No harm in trying out a couple of elaborate ones on festival days and holidays and you can ask the rest of the family also to join in the efforts. When you ask them to be a part of your cooking ventures, whether these dishes are based on easy recipes, or elaborate ones, you will be giving them the first lessons in home cooking and in the importance of keeping off fast foods.

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A Review of Vita Rawstaurant - A New Vegan Addition to Green Bay's Downtown By Patricia Summerfield

New to the Green Bay area is Vita, a vegan raw restaurant. It is vegan cuisine using seeds, grains, nuts, organic fruits and vegetables and never cooking anything over 118 degrees. Vita is located in Green Bay's historic Broadway district and took years of planning and preparation. However the results are worth it. Everything is made from scratch and can be time consuming, so if you are in a hurry, especially during peak dining hours, they do have a sign posted in the window to warn you the food could take up to an hour if it is very busy. Vita would be best suited for a leisurely lunch or dinner.

The restaurant is delightfully decorated giving off a serene atmosphere with grass green colored walls and tiffany lamps with soothing music playing in the back ground. The tables are all different styles with fresh flowers, rock crystals, and earth colored linen napkins on every table. The interior of the restaurant has many plants arranged throughout, including a beautiful orchid, many assorted pictures, and two counters one facing the window with high back cushioned chairs and one curved counter towards the back with more seating. The hallway towards the restrooms was totally redone with new rose colored floor tiles, hanging cloth tapestries, and newly plastered walls with all new bathrooms fixtures. It was decorated warmly with lamps and oriental pictures. Every detail was touched upon, everything was immaculate, a nice ambiance to match the environment and cuisine.

There was sufficient staff on hand who were well informed of the menu. They were very helpful, and friendly. I ordered their single avocado sandwich for $5.50, a single tuna sandwich (made without using any real tuna fish) which was the special of the day for $5.50, and for my beverage I ordered a carbonated grapefruit water for $2.50. The water was served in a very tall clear glass with a nice large thick round slice of lime making it look as refreshing as it tasted. The sandwiches were served open faced, and the base of both sandwiches was made with caraway rye bread brushed with coconut oil. The cracker was thin with a soft crunchy texture and the coconut oil made for a great chemistry which I loved. The sandwiches were both layered with cucumbers, marinated mushrooms, sliced cherry tomatoes, red onion, and za'taar pumpkin seeds and topped with huge fresh sunflower sprouts. The avocado sandwich had a nice amount of fresh sliced avocados. The tuna was a blended mixture of cashew, dill, celery, sunflower seeds, and more, they had just made it up that day, it had a titillating distinct fresh flavor which was very delicious. I enjoyed both sandwiches very much. They also have soups, smoothies, and organic wine and beer. The owner was trained and certified in raw cooking in Chicago. It is great to have another new choice for dining in the Green Bay area. This restaurant adds a little something to those looking for something a little different from the ordinary.

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