Thursday’s recipes

Salad:

Ingredients:

• two cups of green leaf lettuce
• one-fourth cup raw green beans
• one-fourth cup snap peas
• one-fourth cup chopped tomato
• one-fourth cup sliced carrots
• one-fourth cup apple slices
• one-fourth cup blueberries
• one-fourth cup chopped chicken breast
• one chopped hard boiled egg
• one ounce of shredded mozzarella cheese
• Some walnuts
• lemon and lime wedges

Why I chose it: It contains many vitamins, antioxidants, phytochemicals and fiber. In my interview with doctors, they have agreed that antioxidants and phytochemicals are very important in the prevention of cancer.

Chicken with cous cous:

• 450grams chicken breasts boneless
• 6 tablespoon of olive oil
• 6 tablespoons of water
• 4 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons of sugar
• Some scallions chopped
• 1 cup of cous cous

Preparation of Chicken cous cous:

In a saucepan, add soy sauce and sugar. While doing so, rinse and clean the chicken in water and cut into smaller pieces. Afer having done so, add the chicken and scallions to another saucespan and cook. In another container mix flour with water and mix. Then add to the soy sauce and sugar mixture. Add this to the chicken. Separately cous cous. Then, mix the chicken with cous cous.References:

Food for the Fight, DVD

http://www.aicr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=learn_resource_food_for_the_fight_dvd

http://youkioske.com/story.php?title=recetario-de-cocina This is a book called Recetario de Cocina, which tells how to make healthy recipes.

http://youkioske.com/story.php?title=cuerpomente-n%C2%BA-195 Magazine called Cuerpomente which talks about nutrition.

http://youkioske.com/story.php?title=cuerpomente-n%C2%BA-199-1 Another Cuerpomente example. This one tells us the top 10 hints in nutrition.

http://youkioske.com/story.php?title=gente-saludable-mayo-2009 Magazine called: Gente saludable and contains some information about nutrition.

Books: (All in Spanish)

Cocinar mejor que nunca- Aves. Círculo de Lectores

Cocinar mejor que nunca- Sopas y guisos. Círculo de Lectores

Cocinar mejor que nunca- Carnes. Círculo de Lectores

Cocinar mejor que nunca- Verduras. Círculo de Lectores

Cocinar mejor que nunca- Ensaladas. Círculo de Lectores

Images: http://www.streetdirectory.com/stock_images/travel/simg_show/11628994290705/1/moroccan_chicken_cous_cous/

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1639,159190-238194,00.html

http://nutrition.about.com/od/healthymainmeals/a/mmm_salads.htm

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