I still remember the months I had to cook porridge day in day out for my son when he first started out on solid food. Not one to resort to packaged or bottled food which I find kinda tasteless, too high in sugar and salt and lacking in nutrition and vitamins in comparison to home cooked food.
It is also one of the easiest meals to cook because you only need to dump all the ingredients into the rice cooker and then press ‘on’. Easy, simple and importantly healthy and wholesome for baby and the family!
I am a bread addict. Not just any bread, I only eat wholemeal bread from certain outlets and no, it does not include Gardenia or any other supermarket mass production type of brands. I prefer to go for local bakeries which produces freshly baked bread daily.
Nowadays, we can never be too careful when it comes to purchasing foods that has shelf life as most bakeries tend to put in a lot of preservatives to make sure the bread does not become moldy too fast. This is not good. I do not want to be eating too much chemicals . . . → Read More: Healthy bread without preservatives
The common bendi (or okra / ladies fingers) we often eat with curry or stir fried, is quite a nutritious vegetable (especially if grown organically). It is also one of my favourite vegetables which could be eaten steamed, stir fried with chili or even raw!
The Okra plant also thrive quite well in our weather and could be planted and cultivated from pots, if you have a garden and green fingers. It is from the cotton family and originates from the Nile, North Africa and the Middle East. It was discovered about 3,500 years ago in Ethiopia. The . . . → Read More: Okra (Ladies Fingers) For Health
The popularity of organic food is on the rise with more people realising the unhealthy effects of consuming foods that are laced with pesticides and are genetically modified. Most of the time, I do buy organic vegetables mainly because it tastes better and does not contain pesticides. Pesticides, even those approved, are linked to cancer and other serious diseases.
So, for a healthier lifestyle, I am slowly making a change to go for organic food. If anything, it is better to prevent than cure, especially with studies and research showing that children received four times more exposure to pesticides . . . → Read More: Organic and Vegetarian Food
I love to munch on nuts (the real ones!) a lot and one of my favourites are almonds. People used to think that almonds are fattening and not very healthy but it was actually a myth.
Almonds, raw or roasted plain (without salt), are great as snacks or addition to salads. It is also a healthy snack for those counting calories / on a diet.
Here are the benefits of almonds:
If you eat 3 ounces of almonds daily, it can lower your cholesterol by 14% this is because the fat in almonds are 90% mono-unsaturated fat (which . . . → Read More: Almonds as a source of protein and recipes with almonds
