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14-THE CAROLINA TIMES—SATURDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1993 I'icantc Shrimp ’n Peppers Pasta garnered Grand Prize honors — and a check for $3,000 — in the 1993 Pace Picante Sauce "Pick Up The Pace" recipe contest. A fast and fresh mix of pasta, shrimp, bell peppers, muslirooms, tomato and shrimp, it takes its one-of-a-kind lexas-size taste appeal from San Antonio’s own Pace Picante Sauce. Choose mild, medium or i)ot, as desired, for jtist the desired degree of tongue-tingling jalapeno "heat." Fiesta-Flavored Pasta Garners Grand Prize In Annual Tick up The Pace’ Recipe Contest SAN ANTONIO — Picante Shrimp ’n Peppers Pasta, a fiesta flavored, fast-to-fix main dish, has been named the $3,000 Grand Prize winner in khe 1993 Paced Picante Sauce "Pick Up The Pace™" Recipe Contest. The hands-down favorite of the judges, the dish was selected from a record number of entries in the annual recipe round-up. Colorful and appealing, the best-of-contest creation is a Mediterranean- style mix of pasta, shrimp, bell peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes seasoned with garlic and basil. For its big-as Texas taste and lively jalapeno heat it relics on versatile Paced Picante Sauce in the cook’s choice of mild, medium or hot. A sprinkling of grated parmesan cheese tops the pasta, which needs only a favorite bread and simple salad to complete a winning meal. Gregory Chaconas. a U.S. Postal Service lead mechanic from Ludlow. Massachusetts, who has never before entered a recipe contest, created the prize-winning recipe. Recipe cntr&s the 1993 contest mirrored today’s back-to basics cooking trend. Few exotic or hard-to-find ingredients were used, and emphasis was on simple foods prepared with spectacular seasonings. The vast majority of recipes entered could go from start to serving in an hour or less, and there was a major surge in meatless entrees - especially pasta, bean dishes, pizza and meatless "Mexican lasagna" — accounting for nearly 16% of all main dish entrees. Chicken and turkey starred in more than a quarter of all main dish recipes, but as in previous years’ contests, ground beef reigned supreme as the single most frequently favored dinner-starter. Picante Shrimp ’N Peppers Pasta 8 ounces rigatoni or other favorite pasta 1/4 cup olive oil 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 green pepper, cut into short, thin strips 1 yellow pepper, cut into short, thin strips* 1 cup sliced mushrexjms 2 cloves giulic. minced 1 tablespoon dry basil, crumbled 2 medium tomatoes, coarsely 1 cup Pace Picante Sauce Grared parmesan cheese Cook and drain pasta according to package directions. While pasta is cooking, heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp, peppers, mushrooms, garlic and basil. Cook, stirring frequenUy. until shrimp is cooked through and peppers are almost tender. 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and picante sauce; simmer 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add pasta; mix well. Serve with cheese and additional picante sauce. Makes 4 servings. COOKIN' GOOD French Country Shrimp By Deanna Gugoi 2 pounds baby shrimp 2 small zucchini 10 pearl onions 1/2 red pepper 1/2 green pepper 1 cup wild rice I tsp. dried rosemary 1 tsp. dried basil 4 T olive oil 1/2 cup butter 2 T lemon juice 2 garlic cloves 1/2 tsp. black pepper 4 cups water Prepare the wild rice as directed on the package. While the rice is cook ing, slice the zucchini no thicker than one-quarter inch and cut the slices in half. Cut the peppers into strip,s about aquarter-inch wide and one-inch long. Set both vegetables aside separately. After all the water has cooked off the rice, turn your attention to the shrimp. In a large boiler or Dutch oven, add 2 T of olive oil to the four cups of water and bring to a boil. Add the shrimp and boil vigorously for about three minutes, or until the shrimp turn pink. Remove the tails and/or skins from the shrimp. Crush the garlic cloves. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over low heal, so it does not burn or boil. Add the crushed garlic. Stir in the2T olive oil, lemonjuice. rosemary, basil and pepper. Add the baby shrimp until they have all been coated with the butter-seasonings mixture. Dump the rice into a very large skillet and heal on low on an oven burner. Sprinkle lightly with water and add the raw zucchini and pepper slices and the pearl onions. Mix well. Then stir in the shrimp/butter-seasonings mixture. Warm until the butter ap pears to be cooked off. Garnish with more pepper or raw zucchini, it de sired. 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Calorie Countdown Increase Garbs, Reduce Fat By Susan Duff To make the most of your workouts when you’re trying to lose weight, experts suggest concentrating on high carbohydrate foods (pasta, fruits, veg etables, grains and breads) and exer cising at a slo.w, steady pace for as long as possible. What’s called the “fat-burning” heart-rate zone is 50 percent to 60 percent of your maximum heart rate — a much lower rate than that achieved in most high-impact, no- pain-no-gain aerobics classes. Walk ing for an hour at a pace that main tains your heart rate within this zone will burn more body fat than playing tennis for half an hour, exercising vigorously for 20 minutes, orrunning for 15 minutes. The good news about this Is that exercise can be less painful, more enjoyable and more effective. You just have to spend more time on it and keep the pace consistent. You can determine the heart rate zone you’re in when you exercise by feeling your pulse and checking it against a target heart rate chart. A more accurate and efficient way is to invest in a heart rale monitor that you strap around your chest; the read-oul device is usually worn on th6 wrist. (Polar CIC Inc. makes good heart rate monitors in five different models; available in sporting goods outlets or by calling 1-800-227-1314.) At a recent convention of fitness experts, the virtues c^f carbohydrates for losing weight and for increasing training capacity were extolled by .several speakers. In a nutshell: High- carbohydate diets help people elimi nate excess fats from the diet (a gram of carb food contains less than half the calories of one gram of fat). Carbs also fill us up faster and are more readily used by the body when we exercise as described above. As a result, the carbohydrates we eat are less likely to be converted into body fat than the calories we get from fat. High-carb staples like grains, rice, pasta and bread satisfy hunger more completely and al low you to at lower calorie counts. Thei recommendation is tobaseevf and snack on carbohydrate-r- cereal for breakfast, sandwk hearty whole grain bread atlyi a dinner centered on rice p veggies. Federal dietary gj suggest we all include from high carbohydrate foods im daily. For dieters who like else, and even for those whj high carbs are definitely the The black and bit inks used today are m formulas that may dak early as the second cei I APFLB *- PReSH APft£5 iOM 5£a>5 AtiO Pl£^ flS.- RAOSWPC.WMo 0E ' .'IT Up APFLEi. 5P&iDS AU Hl5 AT oeViiN'S rAto /wo i U.S.D.A. INSPECTED GENUINE Ground Chuck U.S. GRADE A, WAMPLER/LONCACRE Chicken Breast Kroger Milk,.... 1/2 cal. FROZEN ASSORTED VARIETIES Kroger Pot Pies..6.5-7-oz. GOLDEN RIPE Dole Bananas CORN, GREEN BEANS OR PEAS Dei Monte vegetables 17-oz. s/$\ APPEARING ON VIDEO FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME! ALADDiN VIDEO
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