Avocado Smoothie-Skin food

Noticed that avocados are on offer in most supermarkets,and having a sudden craving for desserts,I decided to subsitute it with creamy ice cold avocado smoothie instead..hehe...Rich in monounsaturated fats,vit A,E as well as containing folate and potassium,it does makes a healthier choice than most desserts laden with coconut milk,doesn't it?Besides,it helps to prevent dehydrated skin and most importantly,wrinkles,which at my age,I ought to be wary about...haha....

If you do like to try this smoothie which taste very much like melted vanilla ice cream minus the sugar,artifical flavourings and sweetners,heres the recipe:

2 ripe avocados(when pressed,it should be slightly soft,colour is not a gd indicator for ripeness)

1 tbsp of pure honey

a mug of chilled low-fat milk,about 350ml

4 ice cubes

1.Peel and deseeded avocados.Place all ingredients into the blender,blend till smooth.

2.eNJOY.

Soupy Soups

Winter melon,dried scallops and dates soup

Wintermelon has cooling properties,suitable for our scorching weather,red and black dates are added to sweeten the soup and to make me feel less tired as they helps to nourish the blood..Worth a try

Wintermelon(precut),peeled,seeded and chop into chunks

10 small dried scallops,presoaked and drained

handful of soya beans

5 red and 5 black dates

lean pork,washed and cubed

1. Boil soyabeans first in pot of water for 15 minutes.Add in rest of ingredients.

2.Bring to boil and simmer for 2 hours.enjoy.

Chrysanthemums with cabbage,carrot soup

Chrysanthemum is well-known as a common herbal tea found locally,it is good to relieve eye strain ,though I doubt it improve our vision..haha.In addition,it helps to soothe sore throat,or high blood pressure.Carrots,cabbage and soyabeans can helps to lower blood cholesterol and hypertension,though regular consumption is needed to do that.Cabbage can be too cooling for some,if that is the case,can add in a knob of ginger to counteract that effect.

5 dried chrysanthemums

2 carrots,sliced thinly to preserve nutrients,chop

Handful of soyabeans

4 white cabbage leaves,chunks

lean pork,washed and cubed

1.Boil soyabeans for 15 minutes,add in rest of ingredients to boil,

2.Lower heat to simmer for 2 hours.Time to drink.hehe...

Ever since I stopped ordering tingkat,I have to prepare my own lunch and dinner nearly everyday. Undeniably,tingkat is a convenience,but imagine eating the same food again nearly every two weeks for 3 months...gosh,that turns me off immediately...not to mention that outside food is always laden with too much salt and MSG...as for taste,oh well,I must gave some credit for the superb cooking,indeed food is always served hot if not pleasantly warm,service is very efficient..so if you are someone who favours taste and convenience,do try BEST catering...hehe...

Back to the soups,I loved them,wholesome goodness that warm the heart and soothe the palate,hence it has become my "lunch",with a bowl of brown rice,it is an substainal meal

best of all,with sufficient simmering,I do not even need to add any seasoning to enhance the taste,its good enough as it is...Noticed that flu virus is getting more and common,no appetite to eat?Try drinking some soups,besides,theres minimal cleaning,simply wash,chop and dump into slow cooker or pot to simmer..hehe...what can be easier than this?haha...

Fruity meal

Strange as it may seem,but I only consume fruits on empty stomach two hours before or after a meal.Fruits generally contains mostly sugar and water,requires less energy to be digested than other foods.hence,I believed that if fruits is eaten with other foods such as meat,or rice,it will fermet in the stomach voiding it of the life-giving enzymes.Though this is not what most health experts will advocate,haha..

Since childhood,I always suffer from diarrhoea every three months,having constipation at other times.This make my life miserable as unable to move my bowels,my skin breakouts was horrendous..sigh...I would down mugs after mugs of prune juice,drank 1.5 litres of water,exercise,ate oats,wholemeal cereals,yet it does not work,oh well,apart from short-term relief for a day or two..But,my cousin who drank only one glass of prune juice would be stuck in the loo whole day...haha...It changes after I started to make subtle changes to my diet,one for which is to eat fruits on empty stomach.Though two servings of fruits is recommended,that is only the minimal amount,to keep flu or other virus at bay,I would consume around five servings a day,besides,most fruits are sweet and tangy,and when combing fruits of different colours together,I get different types of antioxidants which hopefully can lower risk of cancers...haha....So,join me on a fruits feast,will you?hehe...

Low Fat Orange Cheesycake

Told myself I have to share this cheesecake and quit "selling-fish" haha....As I promised my lao gong that I am going to try to lose weight starting from july,haha...Oh well...so far managed to part with a few slices to my mum ,lao gong and friend,Peifen, who dropped by...all the while feeling sorry for myself as the sweet tangy ,cheesy treat being polished off..haha..Sigh,what to do?I can no longer fit into any of my old clothes,ex-colleagues have been kind enough to tell me to take it easy but not to let myself go...haha...

As mentioned before,cheesecakes are always my favourite desserts and with my love for citrus juices,simply enjoy the taste and smell of it(never fails to perk me up),I modified a basic cheesecake recipe to create a whole new orange chessecake ,with lotsa zest that burst into explosive flavour when I bite into one....To make myself less gulity,I use low fat cream cheese,but then again,who am I cheating when I had two slices at one go?Haha....

Will make an effort to resume the old me,hehe..Having attained the licence to conduct fox-flying,abseiling,challenge pole course,I got pregnant,and then it was bye-bye to all my trekking trips,canoeing and white-water rafting trips....Sigh,as my lao gong was so so afraid for the unborn baby then which makes me wonder whos more important?hahha....Now ,that it been four months for which I cannot exercise much for the past 3 months in case the stitches tear,now I can go and have fun again..Yipee.looking forward to another canoeing or dragonboating trip...Anyone wanna join me?hehe...