If you haven’t heard of the The Marlboro Cookbook that is not surprising – the cookbook was part of Marlboro Miles Catalog in 2002. Marlboro cigarettes have “miles” on each pack and you save them up and can trade them for items out of their catalog when you have saved up enough of these miles.
You can’t buy the cookbook in stores but you can find it at flea markets, in secondhand bookstores and used on Amazon.com. It is well worth the effort to find this cookbook. And it is cheap …

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January

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, collards, endive, grapefruit, kale, forced rhubarb, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, shallots, squash, tangerines, turnip
Fish & Meat – Goose, lobster, scallops

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February

Fruit & Vegetables – Avocados, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, chard, celery, chicory, endive, forced rhubarb, grapefruit, kohlrabi, leeks, oranges, parsnips, rutabagas, spinach, swede, turnip
Fish & Meat – Mussels, halibut, guinea fowl, lobster

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March

Fruit & Vegetables – Artichokes, avocados, bananas, beans (green & wax), beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, endive, grapefruit, leeks, mint, mooli, nectarines, parsley, pineapples, onions (bermuda), oranges, radishes, rhubarb, rutabagas, …

Rice Helps the Heart, and the Wallet
(ARA) – With the rising cost of groceries, families are trying to make their hard-earned dollars go farther. Buying staples — as opposed to manufactured mixes — and using them in several different recipes is one way to reduce costs and yet provide a healthy meal for the entire family.
Of all the products on supermarket shelves, one of the most versatile is rice, a complex carbohydrate that is free of sodium, cholesterol and trans fat. It is also gluten-free, non-allergenic and easy to digest. …

If the economic crunch is biting hard this year and this Christmas won’t see you winding down and welcoming in the New Year under a Caribbean sun, how about bringing a bit of alternative rum, spice and sunshine to your Christmas lunch courtesy of Hotel Mockingbird Hill, the Caribbean’s No.1 eco-friendly boutique hotel in Port Antonio Jamaica.
Anthony Reid, the hotel’s Jamaican Head Chef whose cooking style is fusion and who believes that you can’t beat ‘organic’ for taste has bought together the traditional flavours of a Jamaican Christmas: pimento, sorrel, …

If the word “lunch” has become synonymous with “sandwich”, it’s time to get out of your rut! There are lots of low carb lunch possibilities.
Salads
We’re all familiar with the old fashioned chef salad –cut up cold cuts, cheese, and hard-boiled egg on a green salad (usually iceberg). But meal salads have become much more popular in restaurants and at home, in a variety limited only by the imagination.

Low carb “meal salad” tips:
* Use lots of dark green salad greens, which are much richer in nutrients than the traditional iceberg lettuce.
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