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Day 2 of the new year 2012: Late breakfast at the Toast Box. I had 2 coupons to redeem, which entitled me to a toast and a drink. We both chose a thick peanut toast, a hot tea for him and a hot barley drink for myself. Plus 2 half boiled eggs. 01.01.12: I took [...]
How is it going? This was the happy me this morning before getting some bad news and breaking in tears … Life is full of obstacles. I haven’t bothered with the internet much in the last week . What have I been doing? Spending time with the family after I get back from work and [...]
I started my Saturday with an al fresco breakfast .. a slice of gluten free chocolate pumpkin bread and a bowl of green smoothie The bread ‘hardened’ the next day as it was kept in the fridge. so it’s best to re-heat it before eating Dad flew to Singapore in the morning and we (mum, [...]
Hello how was your Monday? Mine was not too bad. Work shoes (love!) — I feel the most comfortable in sports shoes On the way to work. Good thing I decided not to cycle today Because it rained minutes after I reached the office. Yep, it is the rainy season over here … After work [...]
Mum stayed over during the weekend. On Saturday we spent the whole morning watching cooking shows … Here, we were watching “Down home with the Neelys” … We were drooling over their buttermilk baked chicken. Mum baked a buttermilk cake (texture of a pudding) in the morning too. The cracks look pretty don’t they ;) [...]
Spent time with my family (mum, sis and me) Popped some popcorn (drizzled some olive oil and nutritional yeast over) And everybody watched as it popped Prepared make-ahead meals (chicken meatballs in homemade sauce) for the week Snacked on these delicious (and sinful) Taiwan Pineapple Tarts — somebody hide them from me! The husb received [...]
Happy Friday everyone! I woke up to the sound of rain … Definitely no cycling to work in this kind of weather. I was secretly happy though–I wanted a little break. Plus, somebody drove me to work :P After a sweaty workout (ChaLean Extreme Lean Circuit 2), I made a warm bowl of oatmeal. For [...]
Saturday I made my weekly grocery store trip. Made fish in creamy mushroom sauce yesterday I used portabella mushrooms, onions, garlic, thyme, salt, pepper, frozen veggies (carrots, peas, corn), milk, nutritional yeast (you can use cheese instead), oil, fish fillets (I don’t dare buy Sutchi Fish after having read that they are reared in dirty [...]
I baked this last Saturday. I used laughing cow cheese. I froze one piece (leftovers) and had it for lunch on Wednesday I think (this one was a little burnt on top) Marinate chicken breasts in yoghurt, turmeric, some salt, pepper and crushed garlic cloves mixture overnight or for a few hours. Pound to 1/2 [...]
