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.
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 
Being A Vegan For Lunch: Trying out Real Food Cafe
Stumbled upon Real Food Café while I was on my way to a meeting with Nuffnang back in Singapore. So I managed to convince Huiwen and Amanda to have lunch and our meeting there 
All-vegetarian food @ Real Food
The set-up was simple, cosy and typically like every other organic stores...
To be honest, we only realized that it was a vegan restaurant upon reading everything on the menu. There were no fish, chicken or meat in any of the dishes!
Huiwen & Amanda both tried the Mushroom Aglio Olio (SGD7.80) which they found to be surprisingly tasty and filling.
They also tried the Organic Lemonade and Organic Cola carbonated drink (SGD4.00 each). You can choose to add a scoop of vegan ice-cream with the Organic Cola or Creaming Soda, but this time, the girls didn't feel like pigging out!
I had the Pesto Pasta (SGD8.80) and Wheatgrass Apple juice (SGD4.60). I wouldn't say it was mind-blowing but I did like the French beans with my pasta.
The dish could use a little bit more flavor - perhaps some garlic would do the trick. I sprinkled a little too much seasoning on it (I think it was paprika powder...) which made it tastier but my stomach was burning by the time I finished everything on the plate. I should really take my doctor's advice and lay off the spicy food until my acid reflux has gone down. But man, I just can't live without spice.
The Wheatgrass Apple juice was recommended by the waitress and I liked it. It tasted more like apple juice than wheatgrass but was certainly refreshing.
Thoughts: While the food is reasonably priced, the dishes are fairly easy to prepare for yourself at home. Everything on the menu is so healthy that they don't even do fries! It's nice to see that there's finally an organic vegan restaurant in town, perhaps they'll bring Whole Foods to Singapore too? Although, I highly doubt it as the prices will be insane.
Speaking of which, would I be vegan if I wanted to? The answer is yes. But I don't think I'm ready to commit on giving up fish and chicken. I could maybe try it out for a week though. We'll see about that.
KL, when are you going to catch up and start opening up more healthy restaurant/cafe spots?
Real Foods is located at Central (Clarke Quay) at#B1-52/53.
Updates From My Blackberry Camera…
In Singapore this week so here's a quick update on what's been going on... Photos taken with my Blackberry:
Today's lunch - Zesty steak from Quiznos (better than Subway, but probably not as healthy).
My new favorite drink - Vitamin Water. Such smart marketing for a bottle of sugary drink. But since I don't drink any sugar drinks, I'd like to think I'm at least entitled to this one. I really like the 'XXX' - Acai-blueberry-pomegranate flavor! You can get it at GNC or Guardian Pharmacy (Singapore).
I want this fridge in my home...
Brunch @ Boomberang in Robertson Quay (Singapore)
What you see: Potatoes, eggs and ham. How I see it: Carbs, protein, sodium.
KitKat Chunky - Cookies & Cream. Goodness in a bar. < I come up with the best taglines hehe. Got this at Candy Empire in Millenia Walk (Singapore).
High tea with my girlfriends at Carcosa Taman Negara (KL). Beautiful place for high tea, but menu selection is very limited. It was about RM60 per person.
My favorite healthier choice of ice-cream... Soy bean ice-cream from Mr.Bean! Wished they had this in Malaysia too...
Lunch with the family on Christmas Eve @ Fika, a Swedish Restaurant in Arab Street (Singapore).
Salmon crepe from Fika.
Dad loves his steak... The sauce was delicious!
Christmas party @ my girl friend's place last December (Singapore)... Every dish was home-made!
I really miss the healthier food choices in Singapore like Mescluns, SaladStop!, Cedele, Quiznos and all the nice eating places that are conveniently right in town. I think I spend more on groceries when I live in KL and choose to cook healthy for myself than I do eating out here. KL needs to have more healthier eating spots like Yogitree around!
Back in KL on Thursday afternoon, can't wait to spend some quality time at the gym.
A Simple Dinner I Made…
Just a simple dinner I made for myself yesterday... Meatballs (from IKEA) with steamed broccoli, garlic brown nice with sunny side up eggs. Fairly easy to make - just cook the brown rice and steam the broccoli with it (my rice cooker comes with a steamer). Then I fried the rice with some chopped garlic and onions. Wrapped the meatballs with aluminum foil and popped it in the oven; it was ready in 15 minutes.
I've kinda gotten used to not having a microwave although I miss the convenience of heating up leftover food. I always end up throwing away my leftover pasta because the oven 'overcooks' the pasta and it becomes too hard.
But anyway, it's better to eat fresh food than leftovers anyway!
Easy & Healthy Recipe: Garlic Spinach with Chicken & Mushroom Pasta
As always, this was my first time making this recipe (I'm no Naked Chef, yet) but it turned out great so I'm happy to share it with you guys. It's called 'Garlic Spinach with Chicken & Mushroom Pasta' - because that's pretty much most of the ingredients I used. I might need to start to get more creative with my recipe names!
This example I'm demonstrating is made for 1 so if you're cooking for 2 or more, I suggest you double up the ingredients.
Here's what you'll need:
1 serving of pasta
4-5 cloves of garlic (blended)
4 white button mushrooms
1 cup of minced chicken
extra virgin olive oil
spinach
salt + black pepper
You'll need about this much pasta if you're cooking for 1.
Ideally, it's better to blend your garlic until it becomes almost liquid/foam-like but I didn't have a smaller blender so I had to use the Garlic Zoom (from Firebox.com) and sort of mash it up a bit with a spoon (guess I really do need a mini blender - not for making protein shakes only)
I took out the stems from the spinach (here, I'm using red spinach) so I get only the leaves. You don't really want the vegetable stems in this dish. I also prefer to break my pasta into half so it's easier to cook and eat. 
Start by cooking the pasta first. Add a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil into a saucepan filled with water. Add a pinch of salt if you like and the pasta into the saucepan and leave to boil.
Heat up a pan with some oil and add the blended/minced garlic until it turns slightly brown. Then, put in the chicken and mushrooms, followed by the spinach. Stir well and let it cook evenly.
Quickly remove the water from the other saucepan. Using a tong, carefully add the pasta into the pan with the cooked ingredients. Stir them well. Your kitchen should start to smell pretty good by now!
Next, add some black pepper and mix the ingredients together and you're ready to serve.
Mmmm..mm!
Very simple and so easy to cook using basic ingredients. Takes about 20 minutes to prepare. Good luck and happy eating healthy!
What I Fed My Body This Morning…
Just a light breakfast before I head to the gym in an hour.
*Update: I'm trashing that vanilla yogurt. Too sweet!
P.S.: You may say this isn't enough but this beats having no breakfast at all; a habit you need to change!
Food For The Sick… Chicken Congee Recipe
I still needed my protein kick after the ginger mushroom soup yesterday so I decided to make chicken congee for dinner. My friend actually got Charles & I a rice cooker so I figured I might as well use it
You'll need:
2 cups of rice + 7 cups of water
2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon of chicken seasoning powder (I used ikan bilis/anchovy seasoning powder instead)
1 tablespoon of thinly sliced ginger
1 cup of minced chicken
3 tablespoons of shallots
1 or ½ a cup of brocolli (optional)
Spring onion (optional)
1. Rinse the rice and add 7 cups of water, 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, 1 teaspoon of chicken seasoning powder and leave to cook in the rice cooker for about 5 minutes.
2. After 5 minutes, add the thinly sliced ginger and minced chicken.
3. Let it cook! My rice cooker also doubles as a steamer so I made steamed broccoli.
4. After 13-15 minutes, check on the congee and stir the contents to check its consistency. If it's too thick, add more water. If you added too much water, leave it to cook for a while more. Add some shallots for some fragrance!
You can serve it plain like so...
Or with extra shallots for added crunch and sprinkle some white pepper and soy sauce on top!
Best served hot! I instantly felt a whole lot better after this meal...
Easy. Good luck!
Ginger Mushroom Soup
I've been down with a common case of cough & flu for over a week now but I'm glad to be back in KL because now I can finally take it easy for a while and recover. Way too much partying in Singapore (in my defense, I only partied on Friday for NYE and Saturday for a friend's birthday but being sick didn't stop me from drinking... or what many of us to refer to as 'celebrating').
2011 is here! I'm a little pissed that I'm sick and can't start working out right away but hey, healthy people fall sick too sometimes. But anyways, I received a lot of feedback from you about what you'd like to see more on withlovefay.com and most of you asked for me to share more recipes and what to eat (or what I eat in general).
Knowing what and when to eat is definitely a crucial step towards losing/maintaining your weight. I'm more than happy to share some recipes and the places I go to for a healthy meal/snack (it's been quite a challenge to find a healthy restaurant in KL compared to Singapore to be honest!) so let's start with one.
Since I'm sick, I'll be sharing this uber simple recipe to make 'Ginger Mushroom Soup'. I really wanted to make chicken soup but the supermarket is a little far so I had to make do with what I had at home.
I'm not a huge fan of packet food but like I said, I had to make do. So here I got a packet of Maggi's Cream of Mushroom Soup, ginger (dice-sized) and 4 shitake mushrooms. Alternatively, you could use button mushrooms instead - which I think will work better.
I really wasn't sure how this was going to taste but I wanted to include ginger in the soup because I recently read that ginger is often included in many herbal decongestants and can help to minimise the symptoms of respiratory conditions, colds and allergies.
Charles got me this nifty tool to chop cloves of garlic from Firebox.com called Garlic Zoom. I used it to chop up the ginger so it's nice and finely minced.
Next, slice up the mushrooms and you'll have your ingredients ready to go.
Pour 3½ cups of water into a saucepan, as instructed on the packet, turn up the heat and pour in the mix.
Stir the contents and let it simmer for about a minute before adding in the ginger and mushrooms. You can add a pinch of thyme if you like, it's optional. I personally like it. Stir, stir, stir. Put the lid on and leave it to boil for about 5-7 minutes (depending on how thick you like your soup to be).
Toast a piece of wholegrain bread, sprinkle the crumbs and some parsley (and even black pepper too if you like) on your soup and voilà!
Best served hot!
If you're going to try this dish... Get well soon!
Chasing the sun across the globe, starting from Singapore to California, Florida, and now Kuala Lumpur.
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