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~~

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! ♥

The day was started with great singing!

The morning bell was ringing, ringing and ringing.....

Come on, today is Saturday, I should be lounging and lounging on the bed. But I can't, because my darling Jer was singing by the bed:" Mummy, it's time to wake up~~~". He sang well, so I couldn't have reason to push him away.

I feel happy for Saturday, usually I eat a lot. As if I am eating buffet but it's not. It's just a very good mood Saturday.

Morning, I went out for breakfast, met a "long lost friend". I mean this curry kampar noodles with assorted balls, bean curd skin etc. :P Yes!! Delicious! What was not missing is always my kopi.

At late noon, I made mixed fruits salad (pineapple + grapes + grapefruits), tasted like an appetizer that stimulated my taste bud for a big meal.

But then, I felt a little bit tired during noon and took a noon nap.

During evening, we went for groceries nearby. This very nice bouquet of greens attracted me.

We had dinner at the Full House cafe, Giant Cheras. I think I need so much of fluid during my diet, so I had soup, roasted milk tea and mushroom soup. 

The main was pan grilled dory with veggies & mashed potatoes. Dinner was great!

I like the ambiance in this restaurant, it gives me relax feeling. This is the kind of stuff that I'd love to have if I have an English house. hehe.

Supper was dragon fruits. A super food for vitaming C and fiber.

Well, last time I rarely eat fruits. Diet is bringing me good eating habit I think.

Now, the Saturday night has just begin, continue to enjoy my alone time. :)

Everyday is a New Day

Along my diet journey, my diet diary have recorded "low & rise", which simply means I do feel hopeless sometimes when the diet plan seemed did not work well. But the little disappointment is eventually replaced with the hearty meals. Mood is motivated and rising again.

So I have been repeating to myself that everyday is a new day! Let's start it again! :) 

Today I had some meals that are simple but it is sufficient for my boss (my tummy) :P

Brunch - Red & Green Cabbage Salad with hard boiled egg white & cherry tomatoes. I like to sprinkle my salad with chili flakes. 

Tea Break - I pampered myself with popcorn chicken, breaded prawn balls (sharing basis) and a cup of hazelnut coffee. Non-stop eating, haha!

Dinner - Simply delicious aglio olio with chicken sausage and a glass of red (Merlot 2011). This may not be the perfect pairing but I enjoyed it!

Having said that, I am missing the lounging time with the gang again...... I guess I am starting to dream again......

Fly me to the moon ~~~

Summer Mixed Salad

This is a refreshing salad recipe especially in Summer!

Preparation time: 5-7 mins 

Ingredients:

1 cucumber (sliced)

4-5 cherry tomatoes (halved)

1 small piece of watermelon (cubes)

some nuts (walnut, cashew nuts etc)

Dressing:

1 table spoon of olive oil

pinch of salt

pinch of pepper

1 tea spoon of apple cider

Method:

1. Tossed all the ingredients (except watermelon) with the dressing.

2. After tossing, add watermelon or any other favorite fruit into it.

Your Summer Mixed Salad is ever ready~

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

Another Great Day!

Today is another great day out! Girls' day, groceries day, of course another carbo fighting day.

I would give myself a rating of 60% for today's diet, thanks and credits to my petpetkia and her mum for the yummy lunch + tong sui.

Breakfast was full, so Asian! :)

After breakfast, I need a little exercise. Went for a walk and did some groceries shopping with friend, definitely burnt some calories...

It was a great noon spent, girls' talk with never ending stories. The time seemed always not enough for us, to be continued. 

Lunch was simple but it was exactly for me! Low carb and oil free salad. Love it!

Tea break was one of my favorite sweet porridge (mung bean + sweet potatoes + longan tong sui), tummy was never empty whenever visiting this friend, her mother is a great chef!

I thought I would skip dinner but it never happen. I had Penang rojak and asam kedondong drink, I assumed "spicy + sour = less fat"? :P.

No work-out day, only walking in the supermarket and talking the whole noon had taken away 0.9kg today. It's so good to have you, petpetkia as diet buddy - 

http://petpetkia.blogspot.com/

fist bump!!
by Ms Nice Little

Diet battle starts!

Let's start fighting! To diet with zero carbo? That is merely possible when I think of this. Hey, wait! But I did it before, long time ago......

Why not now? Today is not a selfie day but the 1st day of foodfie day. 

Mamak shop is one of breakfast hot spots for my family. How to reduce consuming fattening, yet delicious mamak food? Check this healthy mamak eating style link, it sounds good!

I did quite well today :P, but far from my target still......

Breakfast - Roti Masala & Teh O Ais Limau Kosong

A good choice of wheat flour crispy roti instead of nasi lemak and usual roti canai.

Lunch - The best of today, oops, over-eaten.

Yummy mixed salad (cucumber, cherry tomatoes, nuts, melons), check the recipe here.

Few bites only from here & there (fried mee, fruits)

Tea Break - Iced decaffeinated black coffee (with sugar free sweetener), let the caffeine talks!

Dinner - A good bowl of Chinese spinach soup & some chunks of Sardine

Broke some rules but at least cut some carbo! Wish tomorrow will be better. 

by Ms Nice Little