I know, boiled chicken just sound so bland. And boring. And plain. But do read on and you will see that it is not bland, boring or plain. Just look at it…
Far from being boring, it is so flavourful that the remaining sauces from the boiled chicken is pure neat chicken stock. Talk about a two in one dish! And yes, this dish is pretty healthy as it involved loads of vegetables and no deep frying to be seen!
So, we got a huge head of cabbage from a neighbour recently and what am I going to do with a huge head of cabbage that could spoil and stink up the fridge if not cooked and eaten.
First, I used some of it, raw, with my pita dinner with baked chicken breast meat. Then I cooked it in three other ways.
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 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!
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
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.
Wolfberries (Lycium Barbarum) or locally known as kei chi (cantonese) / kee chee ( hokkien) is a very healthy ingredient to be added to some of your dishes such as soups and steamed chicken (as in my steamed chicken recipe).
According to research and scientists, it is one of the healthiest food in this planet. Hah, so, they admit some of our chinese herbs are actually good! Alternative health expert Paul Brelin has this to say about this tiny wonder:
