Happy Sunday Everyone!!
After Thanksgiving, celebrating with family and enjoying so much good food I need to get back to the gym. A smoothie is my on-the-go meal before or after my workout. I will share my recipe for a quick breakfast or snack time smoothie. Like my previous posts about smoothies, it is clear I enjoy the sweet tasting variety. I always add agave liquid or stevia liquid in with the smoothie. This recipe is special to me as it reminds me of being a little girl at home being given a sweet treat with my breakfast. The creaminess from banana cuts the sweetness from pineapple, but the flaxseed and almond milk reassure me that this is also healthy and so good for me. All of these ingredients whipped together to make a good start in the morning. “It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” Natty
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Happy Sunday Everyone!
I can't believe this year is almost over and thanksgiving is here. So i decided to create and Thanksgiving meal with a Thai flavor and flair. This dish is great for someone who is planning to have a small group over for dinner and want to avoid roasting an entire turkey and for those who prefer white meat. My friends and i had decided to meet for lunch and we had been craving Thai Chicken and Rice ( khao Man Gai ) I decided to combine my Thai influence into this dish. Let's talk about Khoa Mun Gai! Khoa Mun Gai is well known as a Thai street food Served everywhere in Thailand. It is a simple and yet flavorful dish to make. The star of this dish is the combined flavor from the chicken, garlic and ginger. The rice preparation is topped with steeped chicken a side of fresh cucumber, cilantro and opo squash cooked in chicken stock and tauchu sauce ( Yellow soybean paste ). For the rice preparation, the traditional method is to use the chicken fat from the browned chicken skin to cook the rice, as this will bring out the most flavor in the rice. This dish which is originally from China and is known as Hainanese chicken rice . The traditional preparation is to boil the whole chicken for the stock and use the chicken stock in the rice preparation.
These are the note for these recipes:
- You can prepare turkey the night before. You can pop it in the oven while you are cooking the rice. - You can use minced ginger in a tube which is available at a grocery store if you dont have fresh ginger in your pantry. - You can make the rice and quinoa ahead or a night before you are stuff it into the turkey breast. - You can substitute opo squash with Daikon just remember to increase the cooking time by an additional 20 minutes. - You can also use miso paste instead of tauchu. It is easy to find at most Asian markets. - For healthier choice
- I use motor to smash ginger and garlic as it is the most effective way and releases the most flavor from them. If you don’t have motor, use blender! The menu components: - Thai Ginger & Garlic Rice, Shitake Mushroom, Almond And Quinoa Stuffed Turkey Breast Recipe. -Natty Style Khoa Mun Gai ( Rice infuse chicken, garlic and ginger flavors ) Recipe - Opo Squash Recipe -Natty Style Miso Sauce Hope you are all have a happy Thanksgiving. XoXo Natty
Happy Friday everyone!
70 degrees, It is unusual in October, we are lucky so far! So Let's celebrate this kind of nice weather with a healthy Creamy raspberry greek yogurt smoothie. This recipe is easy and quick to make. I love almond. It is healthy, less calorie, high calcium, contains no saturated fat or cholesterol. I use almond milk to be my protein smoothie base. Smoothie is a great way to start my morning. I have two type of smoothie in my pantry ( fruity smoothie or protein smoothie ), which I will talk about how is different in a little bit*. Fruity or protein depend on what type of activity that is on my plan . For gym day or need high energy for my activity. I am going to make the protein smoothie. For a regular day, I pick fruity smoothie..... continue reading
Happy Saturday Everyone!
I hope everyone has a nice week. I was enjoying a nice out even it was a little cold now. I like it in between 60-75 degrees. It feels like Fall outside. It is chill. It is getting dark early at night. Leaves are falling.
I need something to keep me warm.... hot tea, hot chocolate, soup, spicy Thai soup ( Tom Yum, Tom Ka, Tom Zap, etc. ), spicy food or something with ginger in it.
Ginger has a warm and tingly on the tongue-- has been using in Chinese and Thai medicine--good flavor in marinade sauce. And I need to find a piece of meat to soak in a ginger&sesame marinade sauce. Salmon..... !!!! Continue reading ... |
AuthorHi, I am Natty! And Thank you for stopping by!! I am a foodie girl who has a passion for cooking, exercise and photography. There are so many favorite recipes from my family and friends I have tried throughout my journey that balances out and makes a healthy meal. I would like to take you on a journey to a different pantry around the world to share my favorite stories and recipes. My hope is that they inspire and benefit you. "You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that's the sad truth. Maybe they'll break your heart, maybe you'll break their heart and never be able to look at yourself in the same way. Those are the risks. That's the burden.Like wings, they have weight, we feel that weight on our backs, but they are a burden that lifts us. Burdens which allow us" Bones Don't wait for the perfect moment,take the moment and make it perfect. - Zoey Sayward- Archives
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