Stories of Health and Food ♥

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 ♥ 2:51 AM

Self-Cooked Mushroom Sauce Chicken Chop

Yay!!! Chicken chop!! I would say this will be definitely an impressive set of self-cooked meal especially for people you love (Family, friends and partner) =) Ordinary side dishes that come along with chicken chop would be mashed potato, coleslaw or salad. Looks easy, but it’s not as easy as it is. Each and every side dishes and the chicken chop itself require different cooking steps. Not to say others, the chicken chop itself already require a few different time consuming cooking steps which include deboning, marinating, and finally grilling. And yea, preparing the sauce is not an easy task. What I mean is that, I will usually prepare brown sauce for my yummylicious mushroom sauce =) (It takes time for the brown sauce to be done) DEBONING! Yup, I usually debone the chicken myself. The reason behind is that I can practice more and improve my deboning skills. And another reason is that I can save the chicken bone for my brown sauce. Hehe

The thing that cannot be left out for this yummylicious meal would be mashed potato. Everyone loves mashed potato. And it provides the source of carbohydrate for the meal. I’ve tried a few different recipes for mashed potato and I don’t really like those previous one. I tried modifying some recipes and finally I came out with something that I really like. My friends love it too =) For this, I need to credit one of my unimates that had inspired me. The coleslaw recipe I used for this is the best that I’ve tried. I would like to thank one of my dearest friends for giving me the recipe (You know who you are ^^)

The first time I cooked the complete set of chicken chop was during Father’s Day. My dad was surprised by me and my parents enjoyed dinner for that night very much. My friends tried my self-cooked chicken chop too and they love it =) Will try cooking lamb and beef next time ^^

♥ 2:50 AM

Are You At Risk?

Ladies, please take note of the health of your breast. According to the latest M'sia statistic, one in 19 women will have a risk of developing breast cancer. Thus, breast self examination is important for an early detection of breast cancer cell development. This website provides lots of beneficial information regarding breast cancer.

♥ 2:49 AM

Healthy Snack

Some information I would like to share =) An article that explains how healthy snacks fit into a healthy diet loss strategy.

♥ 1:53 AM

A Healthy Treat ( Millet)

The type of food that I would like to share in this post is Millet. Millet is often known as the main ingredient in bird's food. After all, millet is a type of nutritious grain that often used to accompany other type of grains. Millet is tiny in size and round in shape and often come in a few colours such as white, yellow and grey. Cooked millet is soft and is a suitable food for elderly and children. The reason why I mentioned that millet is a nutritious food because it is rich in various kind of vitamins and minerals.

Millet is full of the nutrients that your body needs:

Vitamin B complex

Vitamin E

Vitamin K

Protein

Calcium

Iron

Magnesium

Copper

Phosphorus

Potassium

Zinc

Selenium

Dietary fiber

Millet is simply a delicious grain. For those who have no idea on how to prepare a nutritious healthy millet treat, here I provide a simple recipe.

Nutritious Pumpkin Millet Porridge

Ingredients:

100g of millet
Half a cup of diced pumpkin
One litre of water
Salt and pepper for seasoning

Cook millet with water until the water starts to boil. Continue boiling for 10 minutes.
Add diced pumpkin and continue to cook until millet and pumpkin are soft enough.
Add seasoning to taste.

And finally you can enjoy your healthy millet treat. =)

♥ 1:26 AM

Go For ORGANIC

What is safe to eat now? Are you sure what you are eating everyday is safe for your health? Are u aware of the chemicals, growth hormones, pesticides, antibiotics, synthetic additives, colouring and preservatives that present in your food? Our health will be definitely at risk when our body system start alarming with the dangerous level of hazardous chemical accumulated in the body.

When our food choices begin to impact our health, shouldn't we take a moment to ponder what has gone wrong and start to make changes? Consuming organically grown produce and whole food is the first step in reassuring our health status. Organic crops in well-balanced soil, free from any artificial fertilizers, synthetic chemicals and genetic modifications. As a general guide for those who realize the importance of health, why not make the first step by modifying the choice of food? Go for ORGANIC!

♥ 12:56 AM

HEALTH and FOOD

It has been ages since I last updated my blog. Well, it's time for me to be active since I've isolated my blog for years. Apart from that, I've decided to set a new theme for my blog. Since my life is revolving around health issues and food, the new updates for my blog will be regarding health issues and food as well ( Some topics that I would love to share ) =) Hope my sharing be beneficial for you guys =)