8 The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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FitnescSISIutritid
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ever, that the reason for the higher calorie co®
is due in part to the high level of sugar.
It has been said that onions in general ®
beneficial due to the high level of antioxidaAs
in them. Onions may help to alleviate or prev®
getting a sore throaWjy mixing onion juice wfl
honeyjn equal parts. It is also believe« that t®
may help prevent certain types of cancer.
jjQjke all onions, sweet onions are a bulbous
vegetable. The most common type of sweet onion
in our region is the Walla Walla onion, but sweet
onions originate off the coast of Italy on the
One of the greatest things that man has ever island of Corsica.
The best thing about sweet onions is that they
discovered'is the sweet onion.. Though they still
have a bit of spice, there’s s whole world of are a greM source of vitamin C, relatively low in
calories and are fat free. It should be noted, how
sweetness To them.
By Joshua Baird
Arts & Culture Editor
Recipet Sweetand Sour Chicken
Ingredients:
•
One pound of chicken breast, cubed
Two seeded and chopped bell peppers
(one red, one green)
One sweet onion, chopped
One can water chestnuts, drained
One can of low fat sweet and sour
sauce
Two cups of ric< precooked
Directions:
1. Begin by sauteing the cubed chicken breast in a non®
stick pan with an ounce of water. You can use oliv®
oil for this process but using water will prevent yoi®
from having extra calories in your dinner.
2. Once the chicken is nearly cooked; add the choppe® )(
onions, chopped bell peppers and the water chest®
nuts to the pan. Cook long enough so that the onion®
begin to turn slightly transparent but maintain theiB
crispness.
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3. Once done, pour in the sweet and sour sauce. One®-
the sauce begins to bubble removethe pan from th® h
heat source and spoon it over the rice. Enjoy!
All photos by Brad Heineke Clack«».«
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