7Dec/111

Easy Tuna Dish – Make It In Less than 10 Minutes!

This is one of my favorite to-go meals that's fast and easy to make. The ingredients are basic and you can prepare this meal in less than 10 minutes!

You will need: Whole-grain pasta, canned tuna chunks (in water), cucumber, red onion, hard boiled eggs and black pepper. As usual, I like adding Thai chili to my meals and sometimes a dash of cayenne pepper too. Can't live without my spice! It's also good for your metabolism.

Quick and easy to make tuna meal.

Enjoy!

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25Oct/112

The World’s Top Ten Most Filling Foods

1.    Potatoes (323% more satisfying than white bread)
2.    Fish (225%)
3.    Porridge/Oats/Oatmeal (209%)
4.    Apples (197%) and Oranges (202%)
5.    Wholewheat Pasta (188%)
6.    Beef (176%)
7.    Beans (168%)
8.    Grapes (162%)
9.    Wholemeal Bread (157%)
10.   Popcorn (154%)

...popcorn? Seriously? Crunchy air... Who likes popcorn?

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27May/112

Just Made Me Some Bomb Tacos

That's right. It's Mexican almost all week.

It was probably good for about 4 to 5 people. There were only 3 of us though. Pretty stuffed afterwards.

Cheese, home-made mango salsa, minced beef. I would've loved to add an extra topping - diced onion. According to a couple of feedback, more onions would've been better than any lettuce at all. Boys. Charles doesn't get the concept of lettuce.

Lettuce is good because it practically contains 0 calories and makes you full. He finds it useless and redundant to have lettuce in sandwiches. I personally like the extra crunch.

A satisfying dessert. Mmm... mouth-watering watermelons.

 

 

 

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21May/115

Recipe: Chicken Burrito with Mango salsa

My first attempt at making burritos turned out to be an epic success. I didn't get to make guacamole as planned because the avocados I bought weren't quite ripe yet. So I had to make do without the avocados and cilantro (which I forgot to buy...)  in my salsa.

The wholemeal tortilla made a good wrap. Best if heated up before adding the ingredients. So healthy, fresh and muy delicioso!

Basic ingredients: Enchilada sauce, lettuce, mango salsa, roast chicken bits and extra mango topping for mango lovers.

Charles is allergic to bell pepper and all the salsa sauces I found in the supermarket had bell pepper in their ingredients so I had to skip that and made mango salsa. It's better to make it from scratch anyway - no preservatives and FRESH!

I used 3 tomatoes (2 diced, 1 crushed), 1 mango (diced), 1 yellow onion (diced), 4 cloves of garlic (minced), 1 jalapeño, 1 red Thai chili and some salt, sugar and pepper to taste.

It turned out to be a bit spicy, but not too much ;)

Roast chicken. You can use whatever you want for the filling. I usually prefer either chicken, fish or shrimp. Fish tacos are so rare here!

It's a burrito party!

I'm thinking I should do stock up on the ingredients and do this more often...

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19May/114

First Taste: Macarons from Ladurée

Ahh! My girl Helen just got some macarons from Ladurée just for me! Well, for us ;) Thanks baby.  The French macaron Ingredients: ground almonds, sugar, egg white and ganache filling. Damage: 70 calories for the fruit-based mini ones and up to 250 calories for for a large chocolate or nut-based macaron with chocolate ganache. High in saturated fat and a large portion of the calories in a macaron come from sugars. Why we love it: This artisanal snootiness is what I think will save the macaron from the fate of the cupcake — once fêted as the loveliest of novelties. Anyone can make near-commercial-standard cupcakes — and you can buy cute, cheap versions in supermarkets. Macaroons are different: although you can make them at home they come out nothing like those on offer at Ladurée or Pierre Hermé.

Verdict: A tasty, sugary sweet treat but nothing I (personally) can't live without.

(hat tip: Timesonline)

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7Apr/112

Fridge Essentials

So this is what I get up to in the morning...

We got the muesli, a buncha cereals (Coco Crunch, Oatmeal Squares, Trix and Cheerios. I usually only eat Cheerios but yeah, sometimes I like to have breakfast like any other 8 year old), wholegrain bread, raisin oatmeal bread (so good with peanut butter), jam, honey, maple syrup in the back, low fat milk, blueberry+raspberry yogurt and of course, Greek yogurt (tastes great when drizzledwith honey. Thanks to @inperfectform's suggestion from Twitter).

Mmm.

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5Apr/115

This Is Me… Post-Workout

Promax Diet high-protein shake. I've just started taking this on Monday right after my workouts. Will write a review on it soon.

Brown rice + Balinese fish + mushroom tofu

Brown rice + sweet & sour fish + garlic broccoli

I try to keep the  food proportions small so I don't feel stuffed after eating. That's key. The protein shake also seem to help control my eating. Not bad I must say. Wait for an update on that next week.

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21Feb/113

2 Things I Find Hard To Refuse…

1. Sarawak Laksa from a hawker in Bangsar

2. Pick-n-mix candies!

...but only when I deserve it the most. A treat is a treat because you don't have it all the time!

So I haven't been watching my food intake carefully last week and gained 5lbs in a blink of an eye. Meh. Aunt Flo might be a contributing factor to the sudden weight gain (mostly water retention). For some reason, I feel like this is a dejavu because I'm pretty sure I've whined about a similar situation every other month.

I envisioned myself working out on the elliptical machine for 45 minutes last night (yes, I think about what I'm going to do the next day before I go to bed) but today I'm really not feelin' it so I'm very likely to skip the gym.

Feeling moody and really wished I had a pick-n-mix. Instead, I just had a handful of baked almonds and a huge bottle of water. Nothing much to complain about, at least I don't feel guilty about it as I would after finishing a bag of candies.

Stay stoked and motivated, guys. If you're not hitting the gym today like me, make sure you're at least eating healthy.

4Feb/111

VitaminWater is cool, but MeatWater is NOT

Somebody please tell me this is supposed to be a joke... So I must admit that I do like VitaminWater - it tastes good and I don't guilty after finishing a bottle. But what the hell is MeatWater, and who came up with the idea of making pizza into a drink? The flavors range from chicken salad to fish'n chips, and even fried oysters. If the thought of drinking buffalo wings doesn't sound revolting enough to you, then you are indeed a sick motherf*cker.

Would you rather eat this...

...or drink it?

I can only imagine it to taste like blended food - which is pretty much what vomit tastes like. What are your thoughts on this?

Would you take a shot?

...

..

.

I might do it as a dare.

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31Jan/116

Herbed Pasta with Smoked Salmon

Lunch I made the other day - which was fairly simple to make.

Just steam the broccoli in the rice cooker while cooking the pasta. Drain the pasta once it's cooked and heat up the saucepan with some extra virgin olive oil. Sauté the pasta and then sprinkle the 'Herb & Garlic' seasoning with it. Serve on a plate with the smoked salmon on top and steamed broccoli on the side.

I've been drinking 2 glasses of warm lemon water every morning for over a week and it's doing wonders to my digestive system, skin and appetite! If you drink coffee every morning, try giving warm lemon water a try this week - it makes a good form of laxative too ;)

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