A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
Cass has such a huge appetite. During our current stay in Ipoh, she has been eating non-stop, yet she does not seem to get full or satiated. She eats more than her 2 older sisters and even more than me! From a pintsized, sickly baby who weighed a pathetic 7.5kg after her surgeries at 13…
Broccoli is such a versatile veggie. I can eat it in so many ways. My favorite way of eating it has to be by blanching it till it is slightly soft, yet crunchy. Once blanched, I can either make it into a 1-pot dish like salad with other veggie and fruits, chicken or turkey breast…
Sea salt and table salt have the same basic nutritional value, despite the fact that sea salt is often marketed as a more natural and healthy alternative. The most notable differences between sea salt and table salt are in their taste, texture and processing.Sea salt is produced through evaporation of ocean water or water from…
Leftovers can be kept for three to four days in the refrigerator. Be sure to eat them within that time. After that the the risk of food poisoning increases. If you don’t think you’ll be able to eat leftovers within four days, freeze them immediately. Food poisoning — also called foodborne illness — is caused…
Soft cheeses, such as cottage cheese, cream cheese and ricotta cheese, that have mold should be discarded. The same goes for any kind of cheese that’s shredded, crumbled or sliced. With these cheeses, the mold can send threads throughout the cheese. In addition, harmful bacteria, such as listeria, brucella, salmonella and E. coli, can grow…
I am a coffee lover. I need my cuppa in the morning to kick start my long day. Sherilyn and Cass love coffee too. On days where they need some coffee boost to jump start their mood, I will add a pinch of instant coffee (less than 1/4 teaspoon) into their fresh milk. That will…
When I saw a friend drinking tumblers after tumblers of plain water with tiny seeds floating in the water, I asked her what it was. It reminded me of the ‘tadpoles’ drink that my school tuckshop used to sell over 30 years ago. We used to call the rose syrup drink tadpoles drink as the…
Two days ago, Alycia did something really silly — she tried to drink water when she was chewing on a piece of chewing gum and swallowed the gum together with the water! This girl of mine is not new to chewing on gums. But it is the first time that she has swallowed the chewing…
This is one of our easy-way-out lunches, comprising of fried eggs, chicken ham and turkey ham. Deli meat, as with canned meat and fast food are an occasional food for us. We eat them like several times in a year only. As I was blanching the slices of ham, I was wondering if anyone else…
I am now craving for some Salmon and octopus sashimi, along with some raw oysters. After 2 weeks long of drowning myself in fatty CNY cookies and high-calorie CNY dishes, I want to have some low-caloric raw food with lots of salads and fruits in my diet. Sashimis can be excrutiatingly painful on the budget…