May
25th

• When people think ko0ty means “cutie.” It does not and I hate being called cute.
• People who say they are on a “zero-carb” diet and I’m watching them pig out on fruit.
• When we go for Chinese fine-dining and someone wants to order Sweet and Sour Pork.
• When we have “Chinese” days on the menu and it’s always the same 3 things: Sweet and Sour Pork, Kung Pao Chicken and Beef Stir-fry. Most Chinese people I know would never eat that stuff… it’s like our equivalent of Big Macs and cheeseburgers.
• When they charge $7 for a tiny ass bowl of Pho at the cafeteria that’s not even authentic Pho.
• People who don’t eat vegetables.
• I said this a billion times but I’d love to say it again: people who don’t take off their shoes in their house… and then lies on [or rolls around] the floor. Eg. the Kardashians— just watch their show! Just because you live in L.A. where you rarely get rain and snow doesn’t mean you don’t have dog shit, caked cat pee and e-coli under your shoes. And did you know that walking around barefoot [around your house] is the easiest way to keep your feet muscles strong?
• That my belly ring is crooked.
• When girls brag about starving themselves. Is that something to be proud of? If you actually did some research, you can eat all the things you love and still be slim. *points and laughs*
• When you can’t decide what color to dye your hair.
• When Youtube beauty gurus babble on too much in their videos. GET TO THE FREAKING POINT!! I don’t care what you had for breakfast today.
• Don’t understand: the point in making VIDEOS of “what’s in your purse” or your hauls when you can just take a picture of it. I’m nosey but I’d rather take a 30 second glance than watch a 10 minute video of boring babbling.
• With that being said, I hate it when excitedly open a link and it turns out to be a VIDEO or a SLIDESHOW (damn you FitSugar for your endless and annoying slideshows!!).

Edit— Check out this article: Look What I Bought (or Got Free)

May
13th

This is NOT my recipe. I found it online and made a few tweaks to it. I used all whole-wheat flour, added a little more milk and shortened the baking time. I’ll have to play around with it a little more though because it was still a little dry due to the flour but it was delicious!

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup mashed bananas (2-3 bananas)
• 1/4 cup non-fat milk
• 1/3 cup honey or Splenda
• 1/4 cup rolled oats
• 2 tablespoons walnuts, crushed (optional)
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup

Instructions:

1. In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
2. In a larger bowl, beat egg whites lightly. Stir in milk, mashed bananas and honey (or Splenda). Add flour mixture and stir until well blended.
3. Pour into greased loaf pan.
4. To make the topping, combine the rolled oats, crushed walnuts and maple syrup in a small bowl and mix until moistened. Sprinkle over the top of the batter.
5. Put in the oven and bake at 350°F for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Serves: 10

Nutrition Content (per serving):
205 calories, 3g fat, 0g saturated fat, 42g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 5g protein, 284mg sodium

May
10th

Peking Duck Wraps

Sundubu Jjigae

Hainanese Chicken Rice

Bun Bo Hue

Beef Tataki

Terung Udang Kering

I love cuisines from all around the world but 80% of the time, I’m craving for something Asian.

What are some of your favorite dishes?

Apr
13th

I LOVE the clean and nutty taste of spinach and it’s been one of the dishes that always appears on our dinner table while growing up.

Spinach is a power house of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. It is a rich source of iron, vitamins A, C and K, potassium and magnesium. As well as being packed with nutrients, spinach is low in calories and fat. In fact a serving of spinach (1/2 cup cup cooked) contains only 21 calories and less than 1 gram of fat!

All you do it toss together:

• spinach (I use A LOT)
• salt
• chicken brother powder (optional)
• water (as much “soup” as you want)

Bring to boil and then simmer for a couple minutes or until desired tenderness. Tastes awesome with rice and very filling. Nom. Of course, you can add whatever seasonings you want but I just add the basics listed above and I’m satisfied.

I know boiling spinach will take away some of it’s nutrients, so I also suggest throwing in more raw spinach at the very last minute so you have a bit of both worlds: the awesome taste of spinach soup + crunch spinach (with more nutrients in it).

Apr
6th

This is an old Weight Watcher’s recipe that’s been floating around for a while. It will cut the calories in an average slice of cake since you’re not adding the milk and eggs but that doesn’t mean it’s “healthy” and you should be making this every night; diet soda is still high in sugar and the cake mix itself still has calories in it. It’s perfect for when you get major cake cravings though since you. don’t feel TOO bad about eating cake.

Ingredients:

• 1 packet of cake mix
• 1 can of diet cola
• 2 egg whites (optional)

Directions:

1. Mix cake mix + diet soda in bowl. *Ignore the eggs/milk/etc. it tells you to add!
2. Mix and bake as per instructions on the back of the box.

The cake comes out super moist and delicious although the texture is pretty crumbly. You can add the two egg whites to better bind the mixture together if you want although it’s not really necessary since you’re just going to eat it anyway!

It’s recommended that Diet Coke only be used in chocolate cakes and white cakes should use Diet Sprite. You can also experiment with different sodas for different types of cakes like Cherry Coke, Orange Crush, Root Beer, etc.

Also, I’m not responsible for cravings the picture above may have been responsible for.