Stir-fried vegetables would be appropriate on a day when a swift meal was needed because children had to be picked up from an after-school club, for example.

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It seems that every street corner has at least one vendor, their charcoal grills and scorching woks hissing with stir-fried vegetables, charred meats, pungent spices and delicate sweets.

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He digs into the prepared meal - fried galunggong fish and vegetables - with his bare hands.

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When it's time to eat, he's trading old feedbag staples like fried chicken for baked chicken and vegetables.

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Psilakis' presentation was accompanied by typical Cretan hors d'oeuvres: spreads made of eggplant and fish roe, lots of raw vegetables and olives, and tiny, lightly fried cheese turnovers called kallitsounias.

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Winding through the hills, the surrounding forest enclosed the road in a verdant canopy, with roadside kiosks sprouting out of it to sell empanadas (meat and potato-filled fried pastries), mofongo (mashed plantains filled with meat and vegetables, served in savoury sauce) and beach towels bearing graphics of bikini-clad women.

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Serve fruits and vegetables at every meal, eaten family-style when possible and no fried foods.

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Two cooks sift and weigh the salvaged vegetables and whip up a selection of dishes - papaya soup, tomatoes and eggs, stir-fried cauliflower and cabbage.

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