Burdock root is not commonly used for cooking but now it is slowly catching on with burdock root being sold at supermarkets and wet markets nowadays.
When cooked, it is very sweet and tasty. Burdock root is also quite healthy, according to these facts:
It contains a lot of minerals, vitamins, protein and amino acids such as lysine, proline, choline, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, folate, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. It is considered as a type of vegetable and is also low in calorie – 118gm of burdock root contains only 85 calories. It is one of the vegetables . . . → Read More: Burdock root rice
I simply love the ‘Lengau th’ng’ (Lotus Root Soup) and it is actually one of the first soups I learn to cook when I started venturing into the kitchen to prepare my own meals. Lotus root is one of the more common vegetable used by Chinese for soups and stir-fry dishes. It is especially good in soups because of its sweet taste. So, why are the Chinese so crazy about lotus root?
Well, I checked and found that:
lotus root is a good source of Dietary Fiber, Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper and Manganese, and . . . → Read More: Lotus Root and Peanut Soup and its benefits
When I say honey, I meant the real honey, not the human type of honey….heh… So, honey has quite a few uses from making a drink, being used as a substitute for sugar and to being used as part of a marinating sauce for meat.
So, is honey nutritious at all?
So, here are some facts about honey:
1. It is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium
2. A tablespoon of honey contains 64 calories, all of it are carbohydrates.
3. It contains folate, vitamin C, choline, betaine, potassium, fluoride, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and a lot . . . → Read More: Honey, oh sweet honey
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
On busy days when I do not feel like cooking a lot of different dishes, I will take the easy way out by cooking an all-in-one dish such as the mixed bean rice. It can be eaten as is, without accompanying dishes, and it is also nutritious! Lentils are a good source of protein.
Instead of buying different beans, I bought a packet of organic mixed beans for this recipe. So, here is a recipe for mixed bean rice for busy days:
Normally, I do not have time to eat in the mornings so my usual breakfast is just a cup of milk with oats. Occasionally, I do make an effort to cook a nutritious breakfast that is filling, healthy and good. A hearty breakfast is a very good way to start the day. The easiest complete breakfast to make is a tomato and mushroom omelette. It has tomatoes, which is full of vitamins and mushrooms which is also full of nutrients. The eggs are a good source of protein.
As a Cantonese, soups are often the main component of meals especially at my grandmother’s place where I grew up. Amongst the soups she would make is the watercress soup which she always claimed to be nutritional and is good for ‘cooling’ the body.
Since my grandmother used to cook it once a week using fatty pork ribs which resulted in oily soup, I often avoided drinking the soup. I only drank it when it is not so oily or whenever I feel like having watercress. So, now that I have to cook for my family every once . . . → Read More: Watercress soup and the health benefits of watercress
