Beef cook-off time

The National Beef Cook-Off entry deadline is just around the corner - and anyone out there want-ing to travel South might just give it a try.Little Rock, Ark., is this year's site for the 1995 cookoff competition. Fifteen selected finalists will travel, all-expenses-paid, to cook their "creation" Sept. 21-23.

Last year Utah was well-represented by Logan's Janice Skousen, who originated a Lemon Herb Roast that took her to the cookoff finals in Cheyenne, Wyo. (I still think her recipe was the winner.)

This is your big chance, y'all! So pickup up a hunk o' beef, and use your creativity - the grand prize is $25,000! (That ain't hamburger!)

Enter now, to beat the deadline. For details, call the National Beef Cook-Off hotline - 1-800-621-7011. Or send favorite, original beef recipes to:

National Beef Cook-Off Entries

P.O. Box 3240

Chicago, IL 60654.

Just a hint, kids. Many National Beef Cook-Off entries have reflected "hot" dining trends with ethnic or innovative flavors. Hope to meet another Utahn there! We can trade Jell-O recipes.

NO FAT BELLY!

Move over, Ralph Nader.

Deseret News' food sleuth, disguised as her incognito alter ego, Darth Grater, discovered another no-fat item!

FORCING myself to check out the Kara Chocolate store on the main level of Salt Lake's ZCMI Center, I actually found a no-fat delight among the crates of chocolate.

Jelly Belly beans.

What more can I say - who cares about the rest of the ingredients - they're NO FAT!!!!

For $5.50 a pound (a bit more pricey than pinto beans, but then, so is the taste!) you can feast on 39 flavors that produce intense joy and salivation!

For a free Jelly Belly menu and recipes pamphlet for fun ideas call 1-800-JBBEANS (1-800-522-3267).

AND SPEAKING OF FAT

Cooking Light magazine says that health experts tell us we're supposed to get no more than 30 percent of our calories from fat. But how much fat is that - in grams.

Here's the magic formula:

Your total calories per day equals

multiplied by .030

equals: fat calories per day

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divided by 9

(there are 9 calories in 1 gram of fat)

equals: grams of total fat allowable per day

(2,000 calories per day is a good target for a moderately active woman)

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