A human no matter how healthy the diet you eat, how much the organic food you eat; if you didn't follow the following eating rules, IT IS USELESS!!

So this is what I ensure when I come to eating my meal --------

• Proper Quantity (3 quarter full)
• Eat only when previous meal has been properly digested (hunger)

Make sure is Stomach hunger and not mind hunger

• Must have all 6 tastes (sweet, sour, bitter, salty, Astringent and Pungent) in a meal

The 6 Tastes offer us a user-friendly guide map for how to nourish ourselves. Rather than looking at nutritional labels for X amount of protein or Y amount of carbohydrates, the 6 Tastes naturally guide us towards our body’s nutritional needs.
Each taste feeds our mind, body, senses, and spirit in its own unique way. From a modern nutritional perspective, the 6 Tastes satisfy each of the major dietary building blocks. Sweet foods, for example, are rich in fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and water, whereas Bitter and Astringent foods are high in vitamins and minerals.
The brain sends the body signals when it requires energy in the form of food. By incorporating all 6 Tastes into each meal, we ensure that these signals are adequately met, thus avoiding food cravings or the over-consumption of certain foods..
Including the 6 tastes in each meal doesn’t need to be a daunting task. Adding a squeeze of lemon to cooked dishes, for example, can quickly satisfy the Sour taste, while adding a side salad will fulfill the Bitter and Astringent tastes.

Taste		Primary Actions		Common Sources
Sweet		Builds tissues, calms nerves		Fruit, grains, natural sugars, milk
Sour		Cleanses tissues, increases absorption of minerals		Sour fruits, yogurt, fermented foods
Salty		Improves taste to food, lubricates tissues, stimulates digestion		Natural salts, sea vegetables
Bitter		Detoxifies and lightens tissues		Dark leafy greens, herbs and spices
Pungent		Stimulates digestion and metabolism		Chili peppers, garlic, herbs and spices
Astringent		Absorbs water, tightens tissues, dries fats		Legumes, raw fruits and vegetables, herbs

• Eat approximately same time everyday
• Prepare the food with love

Cook food with energy love and the food will natural being healthy. That's why people said the best healthy food is what a mother cooks with love for the children. So if your mom is the one cook who cook for you, the kids are the most blessed one.

• Don't eat when emotionally upset (Hard to digest hence the food become toxic)
• Focus on eating and chew well before swallow in the food
• Don't eat after 8pm or 4 hours before going to sleep 

Not many people know that red meat (pork, beef) take 8 hours to digest. 
Imagine you eat red meat during the dinner and the meat need at least 8 hours to digest. So meaning when you sleep, your digestive system is still working hard when it is supposed to be resting. Over sometime there will be problem with your digestive system and breakdown.
I think this is my problem, my digestive system already breakdown. The above eating rules, most are what I'm doing in the past and I alway eat supper and then went to sleep.

So all these are a NO NO for me and my kids now!

Labels: Beauty, Habits, Healthy Body, Healthy Diet, Meal Time

Other than brown rice, I also substituted the unhealthy white rice with Quinoa; it is superfood qualities, as a complete protein source also high in iron, magnesium, and fiber.

It's technically not a grain but a seed, but it is used in virtually the same ways as other whole grains.

Not only one of the healthiest pantry staples, but also one that's incredibly easy and quick to cook with high protein content and delicate texture. It made it a popular substitute for starchier pasta and rice.

Here's how to cook great quinoa — not mushy, not bitter.........but delicate and perfectly fluffy.


What You Need

Ingredients
1 cup quinoa (any variety — white or golden, red, or black)
Olive oil (optional)
2 cups liquid, such as broth or water
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional) - for me I omitted this

Tools
Fine mesh strainer
saucepan with lid
Spoon

Instructions
1. Measure quinoa and liquid.
Measure out 1 cup quinoa and 2 cups liquid.

2. Rinse the quinoa.
Place the quinoa in a fine-mesh strainer, and rinse thoroughly with cool water. Rub and swish the quinoa with your hand while rinsing, and rinse for at least 2 minutes under the running water. Drain.

Rinsing quinoa is to remove the quinoa's natural coating, which can make it taste bitter or soapy. Although boxed quinoa is often pre-rinsed, it doesn't hurt to give the seeds an additional rinse at home. Some cookbooks suggest soaking the quinoa.

3. Dry and toast quinoa in saucepan.
Heat a drizzle of olive oil in the saucepan over medium-high heat, and add the drained quinoa.
Cook, stirring, for about 1 minute, letting the water evaporate.


4. Add liquid and bring to a boil.
Stir in the liquid and the salt (if using) and bring to a rolling boil.

5. Lower heat and cook covered for 15 minutes.
Turn heat down to the lowest setting. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.


6. Let stand covered for 5 minutes.
After 15 minutes, turn off the heat and remove the pot from the burner. Let stand for 5 minutes, covered.

7. Fluff and eat! After 5 minutes, remove the lid, fluff the quinoa gently with a fork, and serve. (You should see tiny spirals (the germ) separating from and curling around the quinoa seeds.)



Enjoys this healthy meal!

Labels: Healthy Diet, I Can Cook, Meal Time, My Food, Plant-based food

Mom and dad came last night again; they came to make sure I'm doing good a few days in a week as I need to cook all my meal at home so I don't have time to go over their place.

Mom have been very supportive in me into organic and being vegetarian for most meals. Erm... maybe she understands me too well, knowing that I know what I'm doing, and so that no matter what others said I will still be in my stand. So she rather being supportive, not against my thought - my doings.

Where else dad feesl that I should still take a bit of meat though he shares the same thought that having lot of vegetable are really good for health.

I understand his worries too, knowing that cause he did not ever read up the nutrient of each food so he don't know that the nutrient in meat I can easily get it from other better source in a plant that is even better for body system.

And every time they see me, they will ask me to employ maid. I'm way doing too much, worst than a stay-at-home-mom!

They alway see me in the house doing this and that, not even have time to sit down chit chat with them, comparing to their friends' daughter who is a stay-at-home-mom doing every single thing. They said I overloaded, too hard on myself.

They have been asking me to employ a maid to help out, in the past... I kept saying no, cause I hate having maid, the stress, having to supervise them. Then now that I in the need to rush home to cook every meals at home, they want to support me and asking me to quit my job, so I won't get too tired. I know they really love me and feel heartaching. But I can't don't work la and even shame to have parent to support me.

In the past, when I start working, wanna give them allowance but everytime they refused to take a single not to say when I married, they didn't even want to take any single $$$ from me, they said we got house loan to pay. Then after having kid, they even fight to pay our meals or things when we are out together.

And now they know my expenses will shot up high again agreeing to employ maid and the need to buy those organic foods, my dad even pushed bucks to me last night, we push here push there that he got so frustrated, scolded me he is tired pushing and I must take, is for me to engage the maid since is them kept forcing me to engage maid! Saying other days will pass me again! Me is like huh...😪😪, saying will accept this and keep in bank first then but don't pass me any anymore. They really love me and even my Hus that they don't want him to be too financial burden cause they knows me his wife really can spend a lot and for the best of  my kids.

Mom said next time their $$$ will also goes to us brothers sisters, so just take la if unused just keep it in bank! Dad always mentioned wanna give me his stock shares. Me is like huh, I don't know how to play stock sia. So for?! Lol~

He is already retired so is like enjoying life now! Whereas, Mom chooses to continue work, she is super workaholic, she never work she will feel sick. Weird woman haha~

In law also came the few days ago when my parent also around.
Haha, look like parents meeting.
Then Dad offered to drive them back to Tiong Bahru then back to Jurong again, mom and 2 kids take the ride too to jalan jalan haha
Well that is the loves of a parent, always want the best for their children.
The care is always there, no matter what.
And I love them too, just can't live without them.

A parents love is whole, no matter how many times divided

Yesterday morning, having avocado.
Haha, the way I eat it in the office.


 Brought bestie Sz to a Onaka restaurant, which served Organic foods

 My Organic Pineapple Brown Rice, I pretty love it. Suit me!

Sz dishes, but she claimed that too salty.
Look good though

My organic vegen sandwiches. I love it too


Last night, the dinner I cooked, here the kids' portion.
Veggie (vitamins and minerals), cashew nut (protein), flax seed powder (healthy fats) , cooked with olive oil (healthy fats) served with Quinoa (complex carbohydrates and non-gluten grains), all necessary nutrient is in there and are high calories that we needed.

I am still learning more about the nutrition facts of foods and may slowly introduce more healthy food to them.

Thanks god that they are not a fussy eater when come to meals.
Maybe yes at the initial but they don't dare to say NO to me.
Ever since they born, whatever thing I serve them. They have to eat, even they don't like.... I will want them to slowly finish up. Even if they don't like it and eat until like wanna vomit, they still got to slowly finish it. Well after sometime they learn to eat the food they dislike. See~ they now like it!
They shouldn't be picky on food!



No snacking always for my kids la, even more particular now.
So unhealthy....... I thought parent want the best for kids?
Instead I giving my kids healthy snack like natural pumpkin, sunflower seeds, or brown rice cracker etc
I hate seeing kids one hand ice-cream, one hand chocolate bar.
Look cute?!?! what for!!

Once in a blue mood ok la I won't say no, don't wanna be that EXTREMELY STRICT mommy too.
Sound too kelian
But at least I should keep it at minimum. Once a month if they really long waited for? lenient enough?! :D
I know Amabel is in primary school, can easily eat it in school without telling me.
So I will be particularly strict on her diet at home definitely.

Labels: Baby Food Journal, Family, Grandfather, Grandmother, Habits, I Can Cook, Maternal grandfather, Maternal grandmother, Meal Time, Mom, My Food, My Mommy's lifestyle, My views, Plant-based food

This week, in the class gardening activity, the teacher teaches and let the children hand on how to plant onions; I find it a good way to show the children how a small seeds can yield large harvests and how they were planted, maintained, and harvested. I feel that children are more likely to try foods they grow themselves too! This was placed in the kitchen near the window now.


Saturday morning, brought Amabel to school and I chiong to Sasa to buy this.


Gf, Karen, highly recommended this for whitehead and blackhead. I didn't go online to read up other people reviews because I trust her review. She have the same problem of whitehead like me with occasionally outbreak and this really reduced her whiteheads and now she only use it occasionally whenever new whiteheads appear. She recommended many of her friends which all gave a thumb up! So is a MUST TRY!



Tonight, is the 2nd night I applying it. Super like it so far! When I apply it, it was quite a nice minty and cooling feel on the skin and the gel texture is just right for my liking. It seems that the whiteheads are so easy to be squeezed out. Oop! slap my itchy hand, I know I shouldn't do that but I wanna see whether it really soften the whiteheads on the 2nd day. Yes, it did! lol~


I think it took a few days for the whiteheads and blackheads to be 'softened' up and became easy to remove. If you don't remove it, the gunk will still come out of your pores naturally after sometime (maybe within 2 week) as guaranteed above. Shall review the result again in another 2 weeks. I want even more beautiful skin soon, with this, my routine skincare, Lamor and praventac!

Tried out this three new foods; "BLT burger", coffee bun and wolfberries chocolate
My Saturday's supper; MacDonald new menu "turkey Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato". Super like the crispy turkey bacon.

Bakery shop in Boon Lay, just next to the hawker. They bake super nice bun, many different flavor. I tried their coffee po lo bao. One word "Shiok"! Must eat immediate while it is still fresh from oven.


Bought this in cold storage on Saturday, first time try this after hus read about it on newspaper. Very nice too!


Bought new kids' bowl, have been looking for this bowl size for months; this was big enough and the deep and width is just what I want, so the food get warm fast enough for the kids to eat easier and the width is wider so less likely for Aisleyne to mess the table with food. And most important that I want and have been looking for long is it can withhold high  temperature of up to 120 degree. I saw a number of really nice bowl but I always put back to the shelf after checking that the temperature it can withhold is the most 80 degree. because I always have to rush back to cook after work for the kids and by the time we reach home is already quite late, I don't want to wait for the food to cool down before pouring onto the bowl as it was delay their meal time.

and I saw a very nice straw cup, so bought it for them to draw water. but kanna regret cause I really don't know how to wash that straw part :(

Having their meals I cooked over the weekend using new bowl

mee sua on Satursday

I love how Amabel eat, fast and clean! Very seldom waste her food. She always tell her meimei "Must finish up your food, many children no food to eat and Mommy earn money not easy!" Lol~ that is what I alway telling them.


by the time I took this video, she is already almost going to finish her food.




As for the meimei, Aisleyne, I alway have a hard time getting her to eat fast because her mouth is DAMN SMALL!! Her mouth cannot stuff big portion of food.



Their mealtime Rule and Regulation that I set
1) don't talk whilst eating - this will slow down their eating
2) no toys or any other things on the table other than food and drink - this will distract their meal
3) lean forward abit near the bowl whilst eating - table manner, try not to dirty the table and waste the food
4) hand must always holding on to spoon/fork - to remind them that they are eating, get ready the next spoon feed

but Aisleyne always violate the rule and get cane and scold by me. I know she is trying very hard and she did improve much compare to the past.

Video of her
talkative again


I always scold her for holding on to her bag bag, bad habit which she is trying very hard to kick off.




Armswag, ring and nailpolish(gift) from stylenanda

me


Sunday morning, immediate right after waking up, drink a big glass of warm water (is a must every morning), before brushing my teeth; my way of detoxified! Make breakfast for the kids and after brushing my teeth, not even wash my face (don't wanna wash my face again after it get dirty with all the dusty housechore), I start get ready a pail of water, cloth and dettol, remove the carpet and furniture and clean my dirty ceiling fan!. This is always my job even when I have a maid.


eeerrr. thick coat of dust built up fast because of the construction nearby


standing up on my tea table rather than ladder because of the wider base, to reach the ceiling fan, haha this table can only withstand my 40kg weight
this is the dust in just one blade. aww....

how thick it is

I cleaned multi wash to get it all clean


Rearrange my storeroom to make more space for carton of toys in the guestroom, so my guestroom is more spacious now. My shoe cabinet is too full and the boxes of shoes in the storeroom is randomly placed until so messy, so I bought this shoe rack from groupon with better price. Now my storeroom is neater with this

then sweep the floor with my magic floor wiper. Super love this, cause is easy to use! I don't even need to bend down to change the cloth to another clean side




No banging of the handle stick on the floor, it can stand up straight on its own.
360 turning

So dirty always; strands of the 3 girls hairs in the house and threads/fibers from my $700+ carpet, every thread/fibers gone the $$. lolx



hand mop the floor and vacuum the carpet and put back the furniture

then washing and hanging of clothes


follow by mountain of clothes to fold

Everything done by evening time, I'm super exhausted, sweat so much and faster go shower and wash my face. Want to set up Christmas tree but was too tired to do so.

Jiejie Amabel, reading story book to meimei until she fell asleep. So funny~ lol~

We got a cousin group chat on whatapps talking about everything, so funny la

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