Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Fruit Juices

I am into fruit juices lately, mainly because of Trenyce (am trying to get her back to her fruits' routine) and partly because of the expensive juicer I invested recently (so all the more I need to utilise it more frequently to get my money worth!). Got some recipes on healthy juices recently from emails and I am really eager to share with all.

HEALTHY JUICES FOR TOTAL WELLNESS:-)
Carrot + Ginger + Apple
> Boost and cleanse our system.

Apple + Cucumber + Celery
> Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and improve stomach upset and headache.

Tomato + Carrot + Apple
> Improve skin complexion and bad breath.

Bitter gourd + Apple + Milk
> Avoid bad breath and reduce internal body heat.

Orange + Ginger + Cucumber
> Improve skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat

Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon
> To dispel excess salts, nourishes the bladder and kidney

Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi
> To improves skin complexion.

Pear & Banana
> To regulates sugar content.

Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango
> Clear body heat, counteracts toxicity, decreased blood pressure and Fight oxidization!

Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk
> Rich in vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increases cell
activity and Strengthen body immunity

Papaya + Pineapple + Milk
> Rich in vitamin C, E, Iron. Improve skin complexion and metabolism.

Banana + Pineapple + Milk
> Rich in Vitamin with nutritious and prevent constipation

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I havent really tried those yet....my most favourite at the moment is green apple + celery + carrot/beetroot or simply orange + carrot! :))

Sunday, May 6, 2007

Udon

MIL is not feeling very well today, having indigestion problem...must be due to some food she ate yesterday. Hence I thought of cooking some light food for her and decided to cook Udon for everyone :)

Errr....forgive me yah, I know my food presentation is still not very good lah....I just need more time to practice :p


Ingredients (4 pax share):

- a packet of Udon for each pax (refer to bottom on Udon pack)
- 2 hard boiled eggs
- 4 pieces of mushroom (big size), soaked to soften
- 1 box of beancurd (get the one for cooking soup)
- some carrots for garnishing
- some vege for garnishing (any vege will do, just chopped finely)
- 1 pot of homemade pork broth (slighlty bigger than average size pot)
- salt to taste

How to cook:

- Heat the broth until the water boils, then reduce the heat slightly so that the water is just bubbling.
- Add in the Udon. Boiled till they turn soft.
- Add in the mushroom, beancurd, carrot and vege for another 3-4mins.
- Add salt to taste.
- Add the hard-boiled egg when serve on dish.

This is the Udon pack I bought from ShopNSave.