Idiom of the day

put the brakes on

Meaning: If you put the brakes on something, you stop it or slow it down.

For example:

• Many companies are putting the brakes on new investment until the economy improves.
• The government has to put the brakes on the water treatment project until the corruption enquiry is over.

Origin: This metaphorical idiom is based on the fact that if you're driving a car and you "put the brakes on", the car slows down and stops.

Idiom of the day

put the brakes on

Meaning: If you put the brakes on something, you stop it or slow it down.

For example:

• Many companies are putting the brakes on new investment until the economy improves.
• The government has to put the brakes on the water treatment project until the corruption enquiry is over.

Origin: This metaphorical idiom is based on the fact that if you're driving a car and you "put the brakes on", the car slows down and stops.

Idiom of the day

make a mountain out of a molehill - to make an unimportant thing seem important

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill

No le busques tres pies al gato

Idiom of the day

make a mountain out of a molehill - to make an unimportant thing seem important

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill

No le busques tres pies al gato

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Sunday January 27,2013

Chicken noodle soup

THIS classic comfort soup is brought to life thanks to fresh chilli and garlic, which makes it the perfect antidote to see you through these cold wintery months.

INGREDIENTS

Serves 4
250g chicken breast

fi llets
2 chicken stock
cubes
2 tablespoons soy
sauce

1 clove garlic, crushed.

1/4 to 1/2 a red chilli, finely diced

1/2 red pepper,

deseeded and sliced

175g cabbage,

shredded

50g tinned sweetcorn

125g stir fry rice noodles

Basil leaves

METHOD
Cut the chicken breasts into 2cm cubes.
Dissolve stock cubes in 900ml boiling water and bring to the boil in a saucepan with the soy sauce, garlic and chilli.
Add the cubed chicken breast pieces to the stock and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add the red pepper, cabbage, sweetcorn and noodles.
Bring back to the boil and boil for 3-4
minutes then serve in bowls topped with basil

a) see you through: allow you to survive. Example:  Here's $100. Will that see you through till the end of the month?
b) basil leaves? Hojas de albahaca

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Sunday January 27,2013

Chicken noodle soup

THIS classic comfort soup is brought to life thanks to fresh chilli and garlic, which makes it the perfect antidote to see you through these cold wintery months.

INGREDIENTS

Serves 4
250g chicken breast

fi llets
2 chicken stock
cubes
2 tablespoons soy
sauce

1 clove garlic, crushed.

1/4 to 1/2 a red chilli, finely diced

1/2 red pepper,

deseeded and sliced

175g cabbage,

shredded

50g tinned sweetcorn

125g stir fry rice noodles

Basil leaves

METHOD
Cut the chicken breasts into 2cm cubes.
Dissolve stock cubes in 900ml boiling water and bring to the boil in a saucepan with the soy sauce, garlic and chilli.
Add the cubed chicken breast pieces to the stock and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add the red pepper, cabbage, sweetcorn and noodles.
Bring back to the boil and boil for 3-4
minutes then serve in bowls topped with basil

a) see you through: allow you to survive. Example:  Here's $100. Will that see you through till the end of the month?
b) basil leaves? Hojas de albahaca

NO SALT PLEASE, WE’RE HEALTHY

Too much salt is bad for our health

Saturday January 26,2013

By Jo Willey

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HEALTH-conscious diners are shunning the salt cellar.

The number of people adding salt to food at the table fell by more than a quarter in the five years following the launch in 2003 of a campaign to lower consumption, researchers have found.

They looked at the salt intake from 1997 to 2007 of more than 6,000 adults in England. Their study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, found that since the launch of the campaign, the proportion of people reporting that they add salt dropped from 32.5 per cent to 23.2 per cent.

Salt use at the table accounts for 15 to 20 per cent of people’s total salt intake. Dr Alan Dangour, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, co-author of the study, warned:

Eating too much salt can lead to raised blood pressure, which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke

Dr Alan Dangour

“Salt intake levels in the UK remain well above the recommended amount.

“Eating too much salt can lead to raised blood pressure, which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke.”