GARLIC – is the best known foodstuff used in medical treatments. Its curative effects, appreciated by ancient Greeks and Egyptians, have been used by modern investigations for a long time. It strengthens blood circulation and immune system.

HEALTHCARE CONVENIENCES

• It combats infections

• It improves health of your heart

• It reduces stroke risk

• It stimulates blood circulation

•It is a Natural remedy for diabetes

•It reduces cancer risk

MAIN NUTRIENTS

at 9 g (about 2 big cloves)

Kilocalories …….. 9

Kilojoules ………….37

As only small quantities are always consumed, its part in need for energy, vitamins and minerals can be disregarded.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

THERAPEUTIC CHARACTERISTICS

• Antibiotic activity against infection triggers

• Garlic is effective against a whole range of bacterial, viral and fungal infections like flu, cold, gastroenteritis and candidiasis, and it is also efficient for hard-to-heal wounds.

• It reduces high levels of blood fats

• This effect has been confirmed by numerous investigations. 1 to 2 fresh cloves of garlic a day can reduce cholesterol by about 10 percent.

• Stimulates blood circulation

• Studies show that garlic increases elasticity of blood vessels and reduces the risk of blood clots.

• Regulates high blood pressure

• Moderate consumption of garlic reduces blood pressure.

• It acts against high levels of blood sugar

• It prevents increase of sugar in blood after meals. This is especially important for diabetics.

• It acts against cancer

• Population studies have shown that people who eat a lot of garlic regularly, have a smaller risk of stomach cancer by more than a half.

RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS

Effects of 1 to 2 fresh cloves of garlic (9 g) a day to the action of your heart can be seen after a few weeks already. The similar amount is recommended for protection from infections. As healthy ingredients of garlic are contained primarily in etheric oil of the fresh bulb, garlic should not be cooked long, but ought to be added at the end of preparation.

Smashed cloves of garlic

release oil, so that useful sulphur compounds can be created.

To catch these volatile ingredients, garlic should be eaten as soon as possible after smashing.

I think that every region has its own way of preparing stew. This time I want to show you how I prepare one of my favourite stews. Preparation is very easy and the flavour is fantastic.

What I truly like in this stew is that various vegetables give it special aroma and flavour.

INGREDIENTS :

1 kg of baby beef

2 big onions

4 cloves of garlic

4 spoons of butter

2 spoons of mild red pepper

1 ½ tea spoons of hot red pepper

3 spoons of tomato paste

300 ml of red wine

1600 ml of beef broth

3 spoons of sugar

4 tea spoons od marjoram (dry)

10 stems of parsley (fresh)

3 bay leaves

4 – 5 medium potatoes

2 – 3 big carrots

4 peppers (yellow and red)

salt

1 tea spoon of pepper

ADD IF NEEDED :

2 spoons of corn starch

50 ml of water

PREPARATION :

1 . chop the meat to pieces and onion to small pieces …

2 . peel the potatoes and chop them to pieces, just as meat …

3 . peel the carrots and cut them to slices …

4 . wash the parsley and chop it …

5 . wash the peppers, clean them and cut them into stripes …

6 . put the butter in a pot to heat up, add meat and fry it for 5 minutes till it changes the colour …

7 . then add onion, garlic and fry for some 7 to 8 minutes …

8 . add hot pepper, mild pepper, tomato paste and fry for 3 to 4 more minutes …

9 . pour broth over it, add wine, sugar, pepper, marjoram according to your taste …

10 . stir well and cover, when it starts boiling, add bay leaves and reduce cooking temperature, so that the stew simmers gently in the covered pot for some 45 minutes …

11 . add potatoes, carrots, parsley and peppers …

12 . stir well and cook for 20 more minutes, till the potatoes are soft.

NOTE :

When the stew is cooked, you can add some corn starch, if needed. Mixed with water, it will thicken your stew according to your wish. I do not add any corn starch, because I think the stew has just the perfect thickness.

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This fine, sweet and a bit sour dessert is perfect for winter, but also for summer days. In winter it is good because you can eat it as soon as you take it out of the oven, and in summer you can have a refreshing dessert from the fridge. If you like fruits of the forest, you should try this.

INGREDIENTS :

250 g of frozen fruits of the forest (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries etc. … )

150 g of Amaretti biscuits or (Pettit beure biscuits, Plazma biscuits etc. … )

250 g of Mascarpone or cottage cheese

250 g of solid yogurt

4-5 spoons of honey

45 g of brown sugar (you can use white sugar, too)

1 tea spoon of cinnamon

PREPARATION :

1 . heat the oven to 220 degrees …

2 . mix Mascarpone and solid yogurt …

3 . mix sugar and cinnamon separately …

4 . put 1 spoon of ground biscuits into small moulds, to make the bottom well covered, put fruits on the biscuit and one spoon of honey over the fruits…

5 . pour Mascarpone, which is mixed with yogurt, almost to the top of the mould, cover the fruits with cheese completely …

6 . sprinkle with mixture of sugar and cinnamon abundantly, so that cheese cannot be seen any more …

7 . put in the heated oven for 7 – 8 minutes …

8 . serve immediately and enjoy the hot dessert, and if you do not like it hot, you can have it cold as well …

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Protein Bread is used in diets. This bread is very soft, moist and can last five to seven days, without problems. It is important to keep it in a closed dish in the fridge. The bread contains neither flour nor yeast, and its preparation is very quick and simple. You can use this bread to make sandwiches or you can put it into toaster.

INGREDIENTS :

150 g of ground linseed

300 g of low fat cottage cheese

5 eggs (L)

1 tea spoon of baking soda (without aluminium)

1 soup spoon of olive oil (pumpkin seed oil, canola oil or any other healthy oil)

1 soup spoon of dried tomato (ground)

50 g of coconut flour

1tea spoon of salt (Himalayan)

3 soup spoons of chilli seeds

1 tea spoon of Italian spices (not obligatory)

PREPARATION :

1. Heat the oven well at 160 C…

2. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix them well…

3. Put baking paper into the baking tray…

4. Put the mixture in the tin, using a spoon…

5. Press and smooth the mixture gently with a tea spoon to avoid appearance of holes in the bread…

6. Put the bread into the formerly heated oven and bake for exactly 45 minutes…

7. Take the baked bread out of the tin immediately and put it on the greed to cool…

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