WEDNESDAY, JULY 16,2003
FOOD
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like the Eggplant & Mozzarella on rustic Italian bread, served with roasted red peppers and pesto. Or try the Roasted Beef and Cheddar on country bread, served with horseradish, mayonnaise and fresh garden greens. Either way, finding or making a fantastic non-child sandwich will help you grow up in no time.
To begin a new sandwich regimen, start out with this yummy chicken salad sandwich with bacon and Swiss cheese. It is so tasty that I am sure it will become a staple!
Note: To make this lighter, use fat-free mayonnaise or Miracle Whip, reduced fat Swiss cheese and turkey bacon.
Chicken Salad Pita with Bacon and Swiss
Serve with wedges of watermelon.
2 packages of Louis Rich Grilled Chicken Breast Strips
4 slices of pocket pita bread
2 long celery ribs, cleaned and sliced
5 fresh pieces of garlic, minced
1 teaspoon of fresh flat Italian parsley, minced
1/2 teaspoon of thyme leaves
1/4 cup of mayonnaise or Miracle Whip
1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
2 strips of cooked bacon and a piece of Swiss cheese for each pita half
Optional: lettuce, tomato, alfalfa sprouts avocado slices or any other cheeses
1. Coarsely chop chicken strips and place in a large bowl.
2. Add all of the above ingredients except bacon, cheese, and pocket pita bread to the bowl and mix. Season to taste.
3. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
4. Place slice of cheese into pocket pita bread, then spoon in chicken mixture. Top off with cooked bacon and serve.
DiGiacomo is an Apple Valley, Minn., senior in communication studies. She studied at Dante Alighieri cooking school in Florence, Italy.
FOOD REGULATION
FDA to allow nuts vendors to advertise health benefits
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Packages of certain nuts can now advertise that eating a handful a day might just might help your heart, under a controversial new program allowing food makers to advertise possible health benefits before they're proven.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration loosened restrictions on how much scientific proof is required to put a health claim on food packages. Yesterday, the FDA approved the first of the new "qualified health claims" — for almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts and peanuts.
Packages of those nuts may now bear the following line: "Scientific evidence suggests but does not prove that eating 1.5 ounces per day of most nuts as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease."
That's roughly a third of a cup of nuts, or a handful.
It may sound like surprising advice considering that nuts tend to be high in calories and fat.
Indeed, the FDA didn't approve the claim for some of the fattiest nuts, agency nutrition chief Christine Taylor said. Macadamias, for instance, contain too much heart-damaging saturated fat to
make the cut.
But the American Heart Association has long said certain nuts contained mostly different types of fat that are hearthealthy — polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fat.
Only packages of approved nuts can bear the claim, not fat-packed ice cream with a nut sprinkle, and packages must direct consumers to check the back label for full calorie and fat disclosure, said the FDA's Taylor.
The decision drew the ire of consumer groups, who say at best, looser health claims will confuse Americans reading wishy-washy advice on food packages that once could bear only scientifically proven statements.
Given new understanding of the role of different fats, "the feeling was as long as they help consumers to understand this contributes quite a bit of calories, they probably should be allowed to make the claim," said Taylor.
"It would be unfortunate if the claim turned out later to be untrue. No one's going to get their money back," said Bruce Silverglade of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
It's also unclear if consumers will understand the disclaimer that nuts' benefits are as yet unproven, Silverglade said.
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