QUEEN VICTORIA
Age: 124
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Foods to be Avoided
*Fats like butter, ghee, vanaspati, coconut oil. Fried food *Puddings and cakes, pasties made in saturated fats or butter, ice creams. *Ham, bacon, yolk of egg, red meat, organ meats, crab, shrimps. *Pickle made in oil. *Milk products like cheese, cream. *Nuts like almonds, cashewnuts, pea-nuts. *Canned,tinned, preserved and processed foods to be avoided. *High calorie fruits like banana, mango, grapes.
Foods Recommended
*High fiber food items like green leafy vegetables and green salads should form essential part of daily menu. *Inclusion of wheat flour with black channa flour or barley flour(4:1) is advisible. *Whole grams and pulses are preferable to polished ones. Sprouted or raw form should be taken frequently. *Wholewheat bread is preferable to refined flour bread.
Golden Rules
*No Feasts No Fasts *Equal spacing of three major meals per day. *Free Food items should be taken between meals ar when ever hungry. *There is not hard and fast rule that can be followed. Every food item has to be judged in relation to the quantity of other food items being taken during the meals or being taken in a day.
QUEEN VICTORIA
Age: 124
7824 days old here
Total Posts: 26285
Points: 0
Location:
Lahore, Pakistan
Low Fat, Low Cholesterol Food Chart
Various food items can be grouped in relation to their fat and cholesterol content
Free Foods
*Juices like tomato, lime juice, clear soup, plain soda, diluted butter milk. *Green leafy vegetables. *Fresh green salads and other vegetables except roots and tubers. *Fat free pickles.
Foods Permitted in limited quantities
*Refined oils- sunflower, sesame and soyabean oil are better than other oils. *Mayonnaise and other sauces made in vegetable oils may be taken in limited amount. *Egg white can be taken. *Lean meat, chicken, fish in limited amount provided cooked without fat i.e. boiled, steamed, roasted or baked. Chicken and fish (50 gm) not more than 2 times a week and red meat not more than once in 15 days. *Skimmed milk intake mot to exceed 500 ml in a day. *Fruits like guava, orange, papaya, water-melon, apple - 100 gm / day.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 11- by 17- by 1-inch baking pan with parchment paper (or butter and flour pan). In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, place milk and butter and heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat and cool until tepid. , 2. In a large bowl, beat eggs and confectioners' sugar together with a wire whisk until mixture is pale yellow and thickened to consistency of mayonnaise. , 3. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold flour mixture into eggs. , 4. Scoop 1 cup batter into a small mixing bowl and whisk together with milk-butter mixture. Fold mixture into batter. This will enable the heavy milk-butter mixture to be easily and completely folded into the light, airy batter without deflating it. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until cake is pale golden brown and dry on top, and springs back when gently pressed with finger (20 to 22 minutes). , 5. Cool 2 to 3 minutes in pan. Loosen edges of cake from pan with a small knife. Dust
1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine pears, apples, apricots, pineapple, vanilla, wine, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon rind, and orange juice. Cook, stirring frequently, until most of wine has been absorbed and fruit is very soft (about 30 minutes). , 2. Serve warm or chilled, topped with nonfat yogurt. , Makes approximately 5 cups compote.
QUEEN VICTORIA
Age: 124
7824 days old here
Total Posts: 26285
Points: 0
Location:
Lahore, Pakistan
HISTORY OF MOTHER'S DAY
The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday". Celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter*), "Mothering Sunday" honored the mothers of England.
During this time many of the England's poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.
As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the "Mother Church" - the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church.
In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace. Ms. Howe would hold organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass ever year.
In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.
Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.
