Mix Vege Soup

This is super easy and healthy mix vegetable soup. Either way, this is an affordable and easy soup to put together. I made this with 100% vege, if you're like for a something different you can add chicken sliced or some prawns or what ever you fancy. So basically you will need nothing exotic, everything can be find at local grocery store.

Garlic..Ginger..Straw Mushroom..Baby corn..Chinese Cabbage..Cauliflower..Carrot

1. Add 1-cup water to pot.  Add minced garlic and sliced ginger. Bring to a boil over high heat.

2. Once it is boiled, uncover and reduce heat to medium.Put all the vegetables except Chinese Cabbage.

3. Stir, and add Chinese Cabbage. Add salt or seasoning if you like. I don't. I feel that my amount of garlic and ginger are good enough to bring the taste into the broth. 

Spinach Soup With Sweet Potato

Spinach is a fast-cooking vegetable and packed with nutrients. It can be stir-fried and it can be cooked in soup. This is one in thousands my mom's recipe, which I have always loved and will always hold close to my heart. Who hate mom's cook..? No one right

So today I'm going to share a simple recipe which is spinach soup (also known as Bayam Masak Air). It is a simple spinach soup, with all in a bowl and one dominant flavor of anchovies with a hint of black pepper and this had always been our entire favorite. So here we go, Spinach Soup with Sweet Potato. Oh I’m on diet.

A bunch of red spinach 

5 Big garlic cloves - cloves separated, peeled and halved

1 Onion chopped

Black pepper to add taste. Thank You McDonald's

A handful of dried anchovies

2 Small sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into small cubes

The method is simple. First, add water to a sauce pan. Add the halved garlic cloves, black pepper and anchovies, bring the water to boil. Secondly, add sweet potatoes and onion, cook till onions are soft at medium heat. Cover and cook till the potatoes are soft but not mushy.

While waiting the broth boiling, rinse the red spinach and pluck at the stems. Discard old or thick stems. 

By the time I’m finished with the red spinach, my broth is boiling. Uncover and add the red spinach leaves. You may season the soup with a tiny bit of salt depending on the saltiness of the anchovies. Cover it back and switch off the heat. And you’ve done! 

This spinach soup with sweet potatoes is wonderfully light and nutritious. Its reddish color in a result. I love it.

Egg Sandwich

Boiled eggs as door gifts are commonly used in Malay wedding. I have a lot of it and I will make a super easy and simple recipe. Egg sandwich, great for breakfast and brunch or even lunch.

Eggs are a source of significant amounts of protein and are much more economical than protein's most common source such as meat. Eggs are also an excellent substitute for meat, except for people who need to limit their cholesterol intake.

So, to prepare an egg sandwich, you will need:

Fresh Lettuce

Pepper, then grind it to powder to add taste

Bread of your choice and butter or margarine. 

If you are concern about health and cholesterol intake, you can have the egg yolk of 1 egg but if you do not mind the cholesterol content found in egg yolks, you can include all the egg yolks. Egg yolks are yummy.

In a bowl, mix evenly chopped egg and pepper (salt if you like, I don't). Spread some butter margarine on a slice of bread.

Normally I add mayonnaise and mix with the chopped egg. But this time, I don't have mayo. 

Now spread the chopped egg with pepper onto bread. Add tomato slices and lettuce leaves. Top with another slice of bread. Cut into half diagonally if desired before serving. Makes one sandwich

Breakfast treat to my colleagues.

Organic Virgin Coconut Oil and Its Wonderful Beauty and Health Benefit

My confession: I have digestive problem since I was kid. It leads to constipation that makes difficult for me to have a normal bowel movement. Previously, I depend on medicine to have a smooth digestion, until my sister gave me virgin coconut oil to help my digestive problem. And it works! How..? I consume 1 teaspoon of virgin coconut oil daily every morning. The saturated fats present in virgin coconut oil have anti microbial properties and help in dealing with various bacteria, fungi, parasites that cause indigestion. It also helps in absorption of other nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and amino acids.

Not only digestion, there are just so many good things about it.

1. Skin nourishing lotion

One day I was running low on my favorite lotion for cracked heels, so I decided to slather some virgin coconut oil on my extremely dry heels and cover with socks before I go to bed. The next morning I found that my heels were soft and smooth, and wonderfully hydrated. Oh it was wonderful! Then I try to make it solid like butter. Keep it on fridge for few hours and apply as usual. It is perfect for dry skin.

2. Eye cream

I don’t use any expensive eye cream as I found that buttered VCO do wonders for my eyes. Even it is oil, you don’t have to worry because it absorbed into the skin fast. It also delays wrinkles, and sagging of skin which normally become prominent with age.

3. Hair mask & moisturizer

Before this I use olive oil as hair mask, it is easy to find and cheap too. Since I use virgin coconut oil as hair mask, I can see the difference between olive oil and VCO, it softens and moisturizes hair much better, and leave shine as well. My auntie says it prevents hair from going premature grey.
I explained how I apply VCO on my hair : My Hair Care Routine

4. Weight loss & dieting

Coconut oil is very useful in reducing weight because it contains and medium-chain fatty acids that help in taking off excessive weight. It is also easy to digest and it helps in healthy functioning of the thyroid and enzymes systems. Further, it increases the body metabolism, thereby burning out more energy and helping obese and overweight people reduce their weight. VCO is often preferred by athletes and body builders and by those who are dieting because it contains lesser calories than other oils, its fat’s molecule is super tiny thus it is easily converted into energy and it does not lead to accumulation of fat in the heart and arteries.

So, for those people that listing ‘lose weight’ as new year resolution, get a virgin coconut oil now.


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