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Bean salad is one of the dishes that i don’t have to have a main dish beside it, it will fill my stomach and give me a great energy, here is one of the bean salads recipe i like:

Ingredients
1 15-oz can cannellini beans
1 15-oz can kidney beans
1 15-oz can garbanzo beans
2 celery stalks, chopped fine
1/2 red onion, chopped fine
1 cup fresh, finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 Tbsp fresh finely chopped rosemary

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Preparing
1 In a large bowl, mix the beans, celery, onion, parsley and rosemary.
2 In a separate small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, sugar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add the dressing to the beans. Toss to coat.
3 Chill beans in the refrigerator for several hours, to allow the beans to soak up the flavor of the dressing.

We always have Falafel for lunch or dinner from one of the Falafel restaurants in the country, but have you ever thought of making them at home? Well, if you would like to know how to prepare it, then here are the directions:
 
Ingredients
1/2 pound broad fava beans (skinless),soaked overnight
1/2 pound dried chick peas, soaked overnight
3 cloves crushed garlic
1 large onion finely chopped
6 large scallions, finely chopped
1/2 hot pepper finely chopped or ground
1 tablespoon baking soda
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup finely chopped parsley
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
vegetable oil for frying

Drain and rinse the beans, using cold water.Take the skins of the beans off. Pound or grind the beans, or put through the food processor, minced to very fine. Add the garlic ,

onions and peppers, mix well. Add the remaining ingredients. Pound or process into a paste. Cover and let stand 1 1/2 hour.

Take about 2 tablespoons of the mixture and form into patties about 1 1/2 inch diameter.Let the patties set another 15 minutes. Fry them in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Best way to eat: Serve with fresh pita bread, tomato, cucumber top with tahini sauce.

Look At The Food They Bought For One Week, and The Number Of Persons In The Family, and How Much it Cost?!

GERMANY:
The Melander family of Bargteheide  – 2 adults , 2 teenagers, Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07

UNITED STATES:
The Revis family of North Carolina   – 2 adults , 2 teenagers, Food expenditure for one week: $341.98

JAPAN:
The Ukita family of Kodaira City   – 2 adults , 2 teenagers, Food expenditure for one week: 37 , 699 Yen or $317.25

ITALY:
The Manzo family of Sicily  – 2 adults , 3 kids, Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11

MEXICO:
The Casales family of Cuernavaca  – 2 adults , 3 kids, Food expenditure for one week: 1 , 862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09

POLAND:
The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna  – 4 adults , 1 teenager, Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27

EGYPT:
The Ahmed family of Cairo  – 7 adults , 5 kids, Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53

ECUADOR:
The Ayme family of Tingo  – 4 adults , 5 teenagers, Food expenditure for one week: $31.55

BHUTAN:
The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village  – 7 adults , 6 kids, Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03

CHAD:
The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp  – 3 adults , 3 kids, Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

Most people make the same mistake when they start dieting, they reduce the amount and type of food which will make them feel hungry most of the time, and after few days you see them quitting their diet plan. The best diet plan is the 5 meals diet.

Add two extra Snack meals between your major three meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner), this will keep your stomach full and never have the feel of hunger. The best snack you could have is either one type of fruit or vegetable (avoid fruit salad) or light sandwich such as Tuna or Turkey. You can also have salad for a snack and add to it tuna, turkey or (boiled – grilled) chicken or meat.

Another important element that will take the hunger away from you is drinking water, tea or coffee without sugar, fluids are a great source to keep you full. After taking care of all these points, you need to avoid the following:

- No fried food.
- No bread, rice, pasta or potato after 5 pm.
- No sugar added food, any natural sweetened fruits are fine.

Except the above points, you can eat everything, but once you start to feel full when you are eating one of the major three meals, then you have to stop eating the rest of the meal. With such type of diet you need one more thing to do to start loosing weight? Walking, just 30 minutes a day is more than enough, and if you don’t have time or the place to do it, then you can go and get yourself a trampoline and jump on it for the same amount of time.

P.S. for people who think that they are not having enough food in their major meal, then grilled food is the best choice for them in their lunch or dinner.

Ingredients
1  cup  thinly sliced green bell pepper
1  cup  thinly sliced red bell pepper
1  cup  thinly sliced yellow bell pepper
1 1/3  cups  water
1  (10 1/2-ounce) can beef consomme
1  bay leaf
1  (1-ounce) slice whole-wheat bread
1  pound  ground round
1  tablespoon  finely chopped onion
1/2  teaspoon  dried oregano
1/2  teaspoon  salt
1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
1  large egg white
1  garlic clove, crushed
2  teaspoons  olive oil
2  tablespoons  all-purpose flour
1/4  cup  water
1/3  cup  finely chopped fresh or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil
2  teaspoons  white wine vinegar

Preparation
Combine the first 6 ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes.

While the peppers are cooking, place bread in a food processor; pulse 10 times or until coarse crumbs form to measure 1/2 cup. Combine breadcrumbs, beef, and next 6 ingredients (beef though garlic) in a bowl, shaping mixture into 36 (1-inch) meatballs. Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add meatballs; cook for 10 minutes, browning on all sides.

Combine flour and 1/4 cup water in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Add to bell pepper mixture in saucepan. Add meatballs; cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in the basil and vinegar. Remove bay leaf.

Nutritional Information
Calories:263 (34% from fat)
Fat:9.8g (sat 2.9g,mono 4.7g,poly 0.8g)
Protein:30.2g
Carbohydrate:12.4g
Fiber:1.9g
Cholesterol:70mg
Iron:4.3mg
Sodium:788mg
Calcium:34mg