A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
The other morning when I was at the butcher to get some pork ribs to make bakuteh, the butcher who is ever full of handy tips told me to get a wedge of ‘fun kot’ (kudzu root) to boil it with the bakuteh herbs and meat. The kudzu root will impart natural sweetness and flavor…
Our healthy organic brown rice noodles for dinner yesterday… The minced chicken meat and shimeji mushrooms were cooked with a head of garlic (minced in the blender), darkened and seasoned to taste with blackstrap molasses, organic soy sauce and pepper. The blackstrap tastes pretty much the same as thick dark soy sauce and way…
Many people don’t think about medical care until they have a problem, but there is nothing more important than you health. It is important to seek medical care quickly when something is wrong, but you can avoid many health problems by maintaining a positive relationship with your primary care physician. It is recommended that you…
Homecooked dinner tonight, 4 Sept 2014. 1) Stir-fried cabbage and bok choy (both organic) with garlic (I used an entire head of garlic and pan fried the cloves of garlic uncut. I love munching on fried garlic cloves!) 2) Blanched ladies fingers, drizzled with Japanese sesame dressing. 3) Beef bone soup with carrot, sweet corn,…
The other day, we had lunch at this little eatery that serves pretty outstanding local food at very affordable prices. It was our first time dining at the eatery. I told the hubs that the eatery’s noodles and rice dishes reminded me of my dad’s cooking. We ordered three varieties of soup-based noodles, their nasi…
I bought a jar of organic unsulphured blackstrap molasses last week. After reading up the health benefits of blackstrap molasses, I wanted to give it a try too. Instead of popping iron pills for anemia every other day, I thought I might as well pop something more natural like blackstrap molasses. Blacsktrap is a natural…
I still get the hand numbness and tingling sensation on my hands, especially on my right hand every morning when I wake up. I notice that the more I use the hand to carry heavy things, the more severe the hand numbness and tingling sensation will get the next morning. I try not to carry…