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Hi my name is Carine Olivia. I’m a wife, daughter, sister, auntie and friend. I am Mauritian. Born and raised. Currently blogging from Singapore. Read more ...
Smoked duck Breast
I seldom buy frozen processed foods such as burgers, hot dogs, fish fingers etc. However, when I saw this frozen smoked duck breast at Fairprice Finest (I love Upper Thomson’s branch), I wanted to give it a try. It was less than $4 and I could get two servings out of it. Also, the ingredient list was pretty simple. So why not give it a try …
The ingredients: Duck breast, salt, sugar, flavouring and black pepper.
Product of China <– Should I be concerned? Hmmm
The “No Added Preservatives” makes the package more attractive (especially for health conscious people like me) but in fact, do you know that most frozen meals don’t include preservatives because freezing prevents spoilage (source). The first thing I look at before I buy something is the ingredient list and the food nutrition facts label. This smoked duck breast package however was missing its food nutrition facts label. *thumbs down*
Anyway, tonight I decided to try the smoked duck. I simply microwaved it. This is half of the duck breast that I’ve sliced (I’ve kept the other half for tomorrow’s lunch). The thick duck skin was quite easy to remove. Taste-wise? I like that smokey taste but the meat was way way too salty! I will still get it in the future though <– good for quick meals
In another news, I can’t wait to see mum soon! In two more days!! <3 <3 <3
xoxo
ChaLean Extreme Month 3 + Random Pics
Posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 at 10:34 pm | No Comments »
Tags: ChaLean Extreme, Food, random, working out, workouts
I’ve been following ChaLean Extreme 90-day workout programme for the past 2 months and I’m not bored working through them. I look forward to her workouts every time. Insanity on the other hand, was too much of cardio (6x per week) and by the end of the 2nd month, I was sort of dreading some [...]
My Birthday 2011
Posted on Sunday, September 11th, 2011 at 6:39 pm | 5 Comments »
Tags: birthdays, claire, family, Food, moi
After I left you with yesterday’s post, I received some bad news — things that you don’t ever want to hear in your life. I won’t go into details but just to share that I am very upset and scared right now :( *** Here’s a recap of my birthday celebration. Warning: Heavy pictures ahead. [...]
Getting ready
Posted on Saturday, September 10th, 2011 at 5:56 pm | 1 Comment »
Tags: birthdays, dinner, family, Food
Hey guys. How is your Saturday? I started mine with ChaLean Extreme — Push Circuit 2. This is my last week of Phase 2. Next week I start with the Lean Phase. Can’t wait! I took a nap in the afternoon and after that I started prepping for tonight’s dinner with the family. My stuffed [...]
Free stuffs from iHerb + My Cat
Posted on Friday, September 9th, 2011 at 11:03 pm | No Comments »
Tags: Cat, iherb, mikey, vlog
Hey Happy Friday everyone! About 2 weeks ago, iHerb sent me a package. I was pretty excited (and surprised) when “A” emailed me as I’ve never received anything for free over the internet . And it’s not like I had to review anything in return. I have purchased things from iHerb a couple of times [...]
I’m a year older
Posted on Thursday, September 8th, 2011 at 4:54 pm | 2 Comments »
Tags: birthdays
To my Facebook friends who have FB messaged me, thank you for all the birthday wishes! I used to write birthday wishes on my friends’ FB wall but there are just too many of them, hence I’ve stopped doing it (except for a few like my husb, sis, bro etc). I am a year older [...]
Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Posted on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 at 9:30 pm | 4 Comments »
Tags: breakfast, Cat, curry, dinner, iherb, lunch, mikey, overnight oats
Guess what I went to collect at the post office today!? … no, not my cat :D But a free package from iHerb! Looks like it came at a nice time — my birthday is tomorrow! More on the package soon! *** So after I left you yesterday, I went out to buy groceries and [...]
Finally a new fridge
Posted on Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 at 7:14 pm | 1 Comment »
Tags: breakfast, cake, kitchen, lentil, lunch, salad
For the past couple of weeks, I was living without a fridge and I managed to survive without one. And yes, it was weeks. Eeek. How did I do without one? Well, I cooked small and simple meals (no keeping overnight), which meant doing groceries almost everyday, depending on what I intended to cook that [...]
Exercise ball
Posted on Sunday, September 4th, 2011 at 2:54 pm | 1 Comment »
Tags: exercise ball, gym, Health
Hey how is the weekend so far? We were at this gym yesterday as some of the husband’s high performance athletes were being tested (speed, power etc). If I hadn’t done my strength training earlier, I would have gladly done it at this gym hehe. Anyway, while I was waiting I used the foam roller [...]
