Tom Yum Fried Rice.

Similar to the Tom Yum stir fry.. Load up on vegetables and mushrooms, add cooked brown rice and some Tom Yum paste.. you can add as much as you want. Haha.. very addictive!

3 steps to a Healthy Pizza!

1. On a wholemeal pita bread, pile on lite ham, pineapple pieces, fresh tomato slices...


2. Add just a littleeee bit of light mozzarella cheese (if you're on a diet). Otherwise, just pile on the cheese. Haha.. Then place into a toaster oven for 6-8 minutes.


3. Viola! I know it looks like a mess.. but it's yummy healthy gooey stuff! :)

Tom Yum Stir fry.

This is very similar to the previous post except that I used fresh salmon and Tom Yum paste.. YUMMY! I am craving for it now...

Sour, Spicy, Tangy, Sweet, Deeelicious!

Chicken and Vegetables Stir fry.

Hi guys! Sorry for the short disappearance.. I have been rostered into Oral Surgery for 2 weeks and it is just so full-on and exhausting! Anyway, it is all over now and I'm back with some simple recipes that go well with brown rice. Hehe.. I loveeee the grainy crunch of brown rice and don't forget, there are tremendous health benefits since it is such a good source of fibre! Hehe... ;P


Marinate sliced chicken breast with:
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp soya sauce
1 tsp oyster sauce
dash of black pepper and chicken stock

Stir-fry mixed vegetables and white button mushroom with marinated chicken and chopped garlic. Add your favourite sauce - anything goes, ABC, abalone, oyster sauce or add some chicken stock! Enjoy~

Chocolate Banana Filo Pockets.

This is the other dish I contributed - slice some bananas, add some dark chocolate chunks and fold ready made filo pastry sheets into triangles, seal with a little butter along the sides. Bake at preheated oven at 180deg for 12 minutes and enjoy the gooey chocolatey goodness! *drools*

Sorry no pics of the inside.. it was all gone too soon.

Crispy Chocolate Squares.

What do you get when you combine rice crispies, peanut butter, melted dark chocolate and marshmellows together? Crispy Chocolate Squaresss!!! This is one of the chocolatey dish which I contributed to the party :) Recipe here.

I modified the recipe and added more rice crispies for the crunch and I also placed the mixture in the freezer for an hour so they tasted a little like ice-cream bars!

Chocolate Party Part V.

Scones filled with Nutella and cream cheese by May - my favourite out of everything! :)

Nutella & Banana Pancakes by May.

Chocolate muffins filled with white chocolate and topped with kitkat by Leah! Excuse the burnt choc chips. Whoops!

Yummmm.

Chocolate Party Part IV.

Chocolate cookie squares by Shelley.

Swiss rolls contributed by Megan's friends.

Milo Dinosaur - Milo drink loaded with extra milo!!

Chocolate Party Part III.

Chocolate cake balls by the host herself - Megan!

Chocolate brownie squares by Little Lisa. :)

Chocolate & Strawberry cream cheese tarts by Ernchee.

Chocolate Party Part II.

Chocolate and marshmellow platter filled with home-made chocolate and cookies - contributed by Megan's friends.

Assortment of "Pocky" sticks coated with chocolate, nuts and sprinkles!

Chocolate Party Part I

Light Cheesecake squares by Megan.

Peanut butter chocolate cake by Ludhara.

Sacred Heart Diet Day 3 & 4

Day 3: The soup, fruits and vegetables only.

Breakfast: 1 orange
Lunch: 1/2 bowl of soup and 1 apple
Snack: Blueberry yogurt
Dinner: 1 pumpkin scone (whoops!)

I went for pubcrawl and had both alcohol and carbonated drinks (diet coke).. so yeah.. I stuffed up my diet there. :X Sigh...

Day 4: The soup, bananas and skim milk only.

Breakfast: 1 banana and 1 glass of milk
Lunch: Megan's Chocolate party - Chocolate brownie, chocolate and cream cheese scones, chocolate banana filo pastries, chocolate pancakes, muffins, cookies, chocolate crispies, chocolate cake balls...
Dinner: After all that.. do you think I still wanna have dinner?!

Sneak preview of what we had for "lunch" today.

I feel... *bleah*

-_-"

But since I still have lots of that soup left in my fridge, I am going to resume my diet tomorrow and pretend that today never exisited. Haha.

Pumpkin Scones!

OH Nooooo... I caved in! The diet lasted for a good 3 days and I just KNOW I am going to break it today (4th day).. Megan's having a chocolate party today and tell me.. how can any girl say NO to chocolate? That's like saying NO to your bestest bud. :( So anyway, I said I will post more pictures and the recipe for the healthy scones I ate for supper 2 nights ago.

If anyone is curious.. in 3 days, I lost 0.8kg. I won't go into the details but let's just say my bowel movements improved a lot. Haha.. not too bad for a futile attempt.

So Golden.. so Delicious..

Look how moist they are?

I first tried these scones whilst I was in Mount Gambier for my dental community placement, Helen, a dental assistant baked these for all of us for morning tea one day and I got the recipe off her! :)

Cream 1 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp hot water, 1/2 cup sugar (I reduced it to 1/4 cup)

Add 1 egg, 1 cup (I added 1.5cups) mashed cooked pumpkin mix

Add 1 cup sifted self-raising flour

Turn out and knead lightly and flatten to 1"

Cut with scone cutter and placed on floured tray in preheated 180deg oven for 12minutes.

I found the batter a little too moist because I added so much pumpkin so I ended up using 1.5 cups of flour.

"Artistic" shot.

A little tier.

Full of pumpkin goodness!

Sacred Heart Diet Day 2.

Day 2: The soup, vegetables and 1 big baked potato.

Breakfast: 1 carrot. (I know.. How weird!)
Lunch: 1 bowl of soup.
Dinner: 1/2 bowl of cooked mixed vegetables (see photo), 1/2 a baked sweet potato.
Supper: 1/2 freshly baked pumpkin scone (it's healthy!! Will post up pics and the recipe later!)

I feel... sick of the soup but satisfied after the pumpkin scone!

I couldn't finish the entire bowl, so I only had half of what's shown here.

A sneak preview of the pumpkin scone!

Sacred Heart Diet Day 1.

Day 1: The soup and ONLY fruits.

Breakfast: 1 whole orange
Lunch: 1 bowl of soup and watermelon
Dinner: 1/2 bowl of soup, 1 whole orange, handful of almonds.

I feel healthy. :)

Ingredients all chopped up. I substituted green peppers with pumpkin and I used campbell's all natural beef stock, roma canned tomatoes, 1 brown onion, 2 large carrots, 1 bunch of celery and 1 can of green beans. Season with salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce.

so vibrant and colourful!

The soup tasted ok.. not as bad as I thought. Haha.. very tomato-ish and minestrone-like.

Watermelon as dessert.

Grocery Shopping.

So I went grocery shopping for my Sacred Heart Diet and this is what I came home with.. I just had the soup.. and lots and lots of fruits. Today is day 1 by the way! :) I started a day late because I had a choc-chip bun for brekky yesterday.. Hahaha.. will post pics of the soup later!

Orange Love.

Naval Oranges and Vanilla Persimmons... don't they look gorgeous?

Sacred Heart Diet.

This diet comes from the Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital that is used for overweight heart patients in order to lose weight rapidly, usually prior to surgery.

I am embarking on this diet for the whole of next week (starting Tuesday because I need to go grocery shopping tmr first!). *excited* Watch this space for my review.

This 7-day eating plan can be used as often as you like. If correctly followed, it will clean out your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well-being. After only 7 days of this process, you will begin to feel lighter by at least 10 pounds and possibly 17 pounds, and experience an abundance of energy.

SOUP:

1 or 2 cans of stewed tomatoes
3 plus large green onions
1 large can of beef broth (no fat)
1 pkg. Lipton Soup mix (chicken noodle)
1 bunch of celery
2 cans green beans
2 lbs. Carrots
2 Green Peppers

Season with salt, pepper curry, parsley, if desired, or bouillon, hot or Worcestershire sauce. Cut veggies in small to medium pieces. Cover with water. Boil fast for 10 minutes. Reduce to simmer and continue to cook until veggies are tender.

This soup can be eaten anytime you are hungry during the week. Eat as much as you want, whenever you want. This soup will not add calories. The more you eat, the more you will lose. You may want to fill a thermos in the morning if you will be away during the day.

DAY ONE
Any fruit (except bananas). Cantaloupes and watermelon are lower in calories than most other fruits. Eat only soup and fruit today.

DAY TWO
All vegetables. Eat until you are stuffed with fresh raw, cooked or canned veggies. Try to eat green leafy veggies and stay away from dry beans, peas or corn. Eat veggies along with the soup. At dinnertime tonight reward yourself with a big baked potato and butter. Don't eat any fruits through today.

DAY THREE
Eat all the soup, fruit and veggies you want. Do not have a baked potato. If you have eaten as above for three days and not cheated, you should find that you have lost 5-7 pounds.

DAY FOUR
Bananas and skim milk: Eat at least 3 bananas and drink as much milk as you can today, along with the soup. Bananas are high in calories and carbohydrates, as is the milk but on this particular day, your body will need the potassium and carbs. Proteins and calcium to lessen the cravings for sweets.

DAY FIVE
Beef and tomatoes: you may have 10 to 20 ounces of beef and a can of tomatoes, or as many as 6 tomatoes on this day. Eat the soup at least once today.

DAY SIX
Beef and veggies, eat to your heart's content of the beef and veggies today. You can even have 2-3 steaks if you like with green leafy veggies but no baked potato. Be sure to eat the soup at least once today.

DAY SEVEN
Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juice and veggies, again, be sure to stuff yourself and eat the soup. You can add cooked veggies to your rice if you wish.

Due to the variety of digestive systems in individuals, this diet will affect everyone differently. After day three, you will have more energy than when you began, if you do not cheat. After being on the diet for several days, you will find that your bowel movements have changed. Eat a cup of bran or fiber. Although you can have black coffee with this diet, you may find that you don't need caffeine after the third day.

You can eat broiled, boiled or baked chicken instead of the beef. Absolutely no skin on the chicken. If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for the beef on only one of the beef days. You need the high protein in the beef for the other days.
Continue on the diet as long as you wish and feel the difference both mentally and physically.

NOT ALLOWED:
No bread, alcohol, carbonated drinks (including diet drinks). Remember, absolutely no fried foods.

REMEMBER TO:
Drink plenty - at least 6 to 8 glasses - of water a day, as well as any combination of the following beverages: black coffee, unsweetened fruit drinks, cranberry juice and skim milk.

Chicken & Egg Salad.

Hmm.. it's been some time since I last asked the readers of this blog some questions/feedback. I was just wondering.. I get an average of 60 readers per day from all over the world and it would be great to know what kind of food you like. Would you prefer this blog to have more dessert pictures or do you like a regular dose of the food I eat everyday.. simple daily recipes that I tweak to my own taste? Leave a comment or just say hi! :)

Baked portuguese chicken & egg on a bed of greens and red!

Leah's Birthday Lunch!

The girls celebrated Leah's 23rd Birthday at Gusto on The Parade, Norwood.

I love my greens. So obviously I am biased towards anything in a salad bowl. :P

Half italian sausage and half cajun chicken pizza.

Blue swimmer crab pasta.. this was yummy, we were all trying to figure out how they made their sauce. Hehehe. I shall google the recipe and try it one day!

Pasta special of the day: Duck ravioli with spinach and ham.