Yes Recipe! ~ Cucumber Salad with Squid

Loving this sweet & sour + spicy crisp!!

Yes Calorie! ~  200cal
Yes Meal! ~ Lunch; Snack
Yes Nutrients! ~ Protein, Carbs, Vitamin A & C

Preparation time ~ approx. 10 to 15mins

Ingredients:
- 2 Japanese cucumbers
- carrot
- 1 red onion
- 1 red chilli
- 2 squids
- 2 teaspoon of lemon juice

Seasoning:
- white sesame seeds
- olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, vinegar

Method:
1. Clean squids, cut into small pieces, pour in lemon juice and set aside. 
2. Cut cucumber, carrot and red onion into thin and small slices.
3. Cook squid in a pot with boiling salted water for 5-6 minutes.
4. Remove squid from the pot and put it into cold water for few seconds.
5. Toss all ingredients, cucumber + carrot + red onion + cut chilli + squid together with the simple seasoning.

All done!! An easy salad recipe, which also can be served cold. 

Yum yum~~

Foodies Moments in KL China Town - Old China Cafe [Part 2]

Continue to walk across and along the Petaling Street, looking up and around the colorful stuff and decorations......

Until today, these 2 beverage stalls (longan drinks, soya drinks), which are situated in the center of the streets are still my favorite. However, I didn't drink today as I was too full.

While browsing around some old shops with nice stuff, we discovered this wall painting, apparently by local artist. Meaningful story of missing love...

It's lunch time. Saw this restaurant - Old China Cafe @ Jalan Balai Polis, craving for Nyonya food. Music was playing in the restaurant, felt like dining in the old times......

The Entrance of Old China Cafe

Nice decorations in the cafe

Foodie time! ~ Nyonya Laksa, Nyonya Fried Rice, Pie Tee, Bubur Cha Cha

A nice cafe with good food and service, and quite a number of tourists visits also.

It was a satisfying day, visited some places of thinking about a long while ago and foodies mission accomplished! Yay!!

Foodie Moments in KL China Town - Coffee Amo [Part 1]

It's a good day, good timing to spend a few hours exploring the historical scenes with a friend. It was long time, long long time I've never been to the China town in the city center.

First steps in the place, an eye catching Hindu temple was in front of us. At the same time, we said:"O, take photo?". The temple looks historical and nicely structured.

I almost forget to talk about the main purpose that pulled me to this walk, it's the 3D coffee art at Coffee Amo @ Jalan Sultan. A cafe full of feelings from the corridor, entrance to the cafe itself, nevertheless the coffee art is so lovely!

Walking up through the looking old stairway, emptiness in my mind......
Here you go the coffee that I was looking forward to >>

Ocean 11 - Tangerine flavored latte

Sweet 16 - Macadamia flavored latte

The cafe's ambiance is cozy and it's a good place for catching up with friends, having a cup of coffee, cakes etc.

After coffee, full energy was restored. We walked around the area, enjoying the historical scenes.

I was thinking of the past time stories when I spent my days in these streets and buildings for some days in China town. 

Yes Recipe! ~ Avocado Tomatoes Omelette

Yes Calorie! ~ 250 cal
Yes Meal! ~ Breakfast; Lunch
Yes Nutrients! ~ Protein, Vitamin A; C

Prep. time ~ 10 to 15 mins

Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- some cherry tomatoes (small pieces)
- 1 avocado (small pieces)
- olive oil, salt and pepper

Method:
1. Beat 2 eggs with a pinch of salt and pepper.
2. Heat olive oil in frying pan.
3. Pour in egg mixture, wait until the base is formed.
4. Add in cherry tomatoes avocado pieces.
5. Leave the omelette for 2-3 minutes. 
6. Fold over the omelette and switch off the gas. Let it cook on it's own for few     seconds.
7. Serve with chips and fruits.

Lemon Diet (Edited) - Day 3

I worked out a little yesterday, too tired and fell asleep......

Yesterday was day 3, I did major change on breakfast as I felt to have asian breakfast, postponed the original breakfast menu to lunch.

4 cups of lemon water in a day.

Breakfast - Chee cheong fun with some fish cakes, tofu and fish balls + coffee

Lunch - 1 slice wholemeal bread, scrambled egg whites with tomato.Yummy!♥

Tips: I choose egg white as it's healthier, less cholesterol and less calories.

I didn't have snack yesterday, made buttered corns with Jer. He loved it!

We enjoyed the mixing and shaking of corns with butter and salt.

Dinner - A bowl of dumplings soup and broccoli corn with lemon juice.

It should be broccoli corn pasta. I didn't put pasta, replaced it with the dumplings soup. For my family members, they enjoyed the dumplings mee.

I had a good sleep. Fortunately I am still in good mind condition, not starving until dream of food. haha :)

Lemon Diet (Edited) - Day 2

Today is day 2 of my lemon diet.  I feel myself almost like a herbivore, never ending munching greens. meh~~ meh~~~:¤

Breakfast - a cup of warm lemon water, buttered wholemeal bread, some dried cranberries and mango soya smoothies.

I changed banana to mango; raisins to cranberries.

Tips: cranberries are very good for health with vitamins and fiber, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dried_cranberry 

Lunch - Red cabbage salad with lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and some pasta (with lemon squeezes).

There's jacket potato in the menu but I don't feel like eating potato today. So I added some pasta in the salad. Ratio is 9:1. 90% vege, 10% pasta.

It's quite a big bowl of salad, which I can keep on munching and munching while watching drama. Very good facial exercise.

Tea - coffee and some biscuits.

Dinner - 4 spoonfuls of rice, stir fried vegetables with little fish cakes +prawns (added lemon juice), baked beans.

p/s: original menu should be no meat tho, but I calculated the calories, luckily it's still ok.

This is the best meal of the day! Feel so lucky to have it! Haha, feel touched when I am eating......not dramatic, but emotional. After the emotions spread, still munching and munching exercise throughout the meal.

I can see the menu of the next few days have more choices of food.

Looking forward......

Almost Perfect 1195/1200

Everyday looking at 1200 is the number of my daily routine. O to be exact, it's 1200cal.:)

Today my achievement is almost perfect hehe, 1195/1200. Read a paragraph that we shouldn't let ourselves starving...while eating healthily. Good words!

Here are my almost perfect 99+% meals of the day ♥

Breakfast - Heavy! Pork noodles with Cham C ice

Lunch - Homemade fresh lettuce and chips, served with salsa (mango+tomato+cucumber+bell pepper). I love the beautiful colors combination!

Dinner - Steam fish with bean sauce, steam egg and bean sprouts. These dishes were delicious from hawker stall, Sang Kee restaurant.

Aaaahhhh, another good diet day! It's almost 12, reaching a better tomorrow. I am looking forward to the weekly meet up, petpetkia! :)

Sweet dreams! ♥

Forgot Day No? of My Diet Diary

I think I have started to go on diet plan days ago, may be a week? or more than that......

Well, I am happy that my diet is still under control except some weekend eating bonanza :)

I always pay more attention on Monday's diet menu as I believe a good starting on Monday will make the whole week beautiful.

This morning, I had my own home sweet home breakfast.

Butter oatmeal breads, some refreshing cucumbers and tomatoes slices with grilled mushroom + onion. Paired with a cup of 0% fat yogurt drink. 

Too much? Not really, I was preparing myself for a walk. Hehe.

A walk was to groceries shopping in this sense, and shopping was done within 2 hours with my groceries kaki in NSK. I must say that seeing colors in the morning will brighten the day. Mood was good too.

During lunch, I had chance to taste this delicious typical Thai style spicy fish lettuce wrap with noodles, prepared by Aunt Chen, how lucky! I was told that the name of it in Thai is "miao badu".

Own recipe chili sauce + fish + noodles + fresh parsley, wrapped with super fresh lettuce. 

Wow! After eating, the freshness and fish's taste was lingering in my mouth, I am gonna miss it!

Dinner is always my hopeful meal with highest calories. I wrap up the night with all of my favorite dishes.

Stir fried mixed veggies, tofu soup with mixed ingredients and sardine in tomatoes.

Today, I watched the movie "Sex and the City 2" as recommended by petpetkia, it is a good movie, in my favorite list now. :). Just can't resist to it's scenes of luxury, fashion, travel, friendship....the story line is good too.

It started with my favorite song "Empire State of Mind" by JayZ & Alicia Keys, totally attracted me from the beginning.

It is then the hotel in the girls' trip in this movie that made me "wow"! Love it so much! Then, I went to search for it and came to know that the shoot was taken place in Morocco. Then hotel name is Taj Palace Marrakech, superb hotel that I would want to put in the "to go" list. 

Abu Dhabi; Morocco... I'll travel to you in my dream......

Tosbeheena ‘ala khair تصبح/ تصبحين على خير

Good night!

Sunday is my tummy's Holiday

Today is Sunday, my tummy's holiday! No guilty feeling but had bonus meals, yeah!!

Breakfast - Bonus session has started, I made cheese oatmeal bread, some blueberries, added a piece of kit kat chocolate + yogurt drink. O chocolate?! I am definitely not chocolate fancy, this is like the 2nd time of this year.

Lunch - Another round of Father's day meal at Semenyih Fish Valley Restaurant, rueful but delicious.

I ate some bites of steamed fish, marmite chicken, rice, my favorite seafood clear tomyam soup, green dragon vegetables, coconut juice. Wow, spicy + fresh cold coconut juice were just perfect match!

Snack time was movie time. Went to watch Maleficent, a good movie! I specially like Angelina Jolie's make-over and style, evil looking fairy with kind heart. Special highlight is the movie themed song - Once Upon a Dream, like it! The movie is worth the ticket, worth my tummy's quota for the popcorn + hot Nescafe. Hehe

It was suppose to be a fattening dinner, but I tried to reduced the fattening level :P, made the boiled lettuce as main dish, ate some kungfu mee hoon, ended up with a cup of chrysanthemum ginseng tea.

I feel very satisfy today, think I am quite well prepared for further fighting tomorrow.

Ganbate!

by Ms Nice Little

Ate too much!

Today I failed my calories marks! Too much carbs but at the same time achieved my protein and vitamin C goals. This is called give and take? :)

I am happy for my day as it is a disciplined day except for the scrumptious dinner.

Breakfast - Tuna light mayo oatmeal bread. Simple and delicious.

Lunch - Tuna ceaser salad with a hard bolied egg.

Snack - Mango orange juice, good choice full of vitamin C.

Dinner - Eat out for Father's day at 湖村 restaurant Air Panas, Setapak. Some bites of steam fish, stir fried vegetables, stew pork (only a piece of lean meat), chicken wing (1pc, didn't eat fries) and few spoons of white rice. Tummy full!

Looking forward to a good dietary tomorrow! 

Happy weekend!

by Ms Nice Little