"Egg Sweet Potato Salad with Cashew Nuts"

so lazy to prepare so much today... thus, i just made a quick and simple evening meal.

all you need is washed mixed salad, 1 hard-boiled egg and boiled small sweet potato (remove skin after cooked) and a few cashew nuts. mix all of them together in a bowl, and on serving, dress with 1/2 tablespoon (up to you how much) 99% fat-free, low-salt thousand island dressing.

a piece of cake!

...inda payah rasa, cium bau saja... - "master chef" BB

"Grilled Turmeric Prawn with Chickpea Salad

bought 6 banana prawns last friday. just 6 prawns! can u believe? haha! and it cost me AUD$3. if i'm not mistaken it was AUD $14 per kilo. i know it is high in cholesterol but terseliurku. bukan selalukan... so that's why i just bought a few. kata orang supaya inda kempunan :P

i did mention in my previous post that i wanted to have wholemeal mustard chicken with spinach salad for today's dinner but i guess i'll prepare that one next time. i'm actually sick of chicken! nah! kidding. chicken breast is good!

so yeah... for tonight's meal, i made turmeric prawn. usually, i like to stir-fry prawns but now, i go for grilled prawns. also, i didn't wanna serve it with rice just now, so i made chickpea salad. nice healthy meal again tonight. and it's very quick to prepare!

...inda payah rasa, cium bau saja... - "master chef" BB

Ingredients:
3 pieces uncooked banana prawns, deshelled, leaving the tails intact
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon blended red chilli
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon mixture of crushed garlic and ginger
black pepper, to taste
parsley flakes
1 can 125g edgell chickpeas, drained
3 tablespoons corn kernels
1/4 hass avocado, diced
3 cherry tomatoes, cut into 4,
1/4 big red onion, sliced

Method:
Coat the prawns with olive oil and then add dried chilli, crushed garlic and ginger, black pepper and parsley flakes. preheat the oven for 2 minutes. grill the prawns for 10 minutes (5 minutes for each side) or till there's a change in colour. keep it aside after cooked. combine chickpeas, corn kernels, avocado, cherry tomatoes and onion on a serving plate and then top it with grilled prawns.

"BBQ Parsley Chicken Wrap"

yesterday was another healthy day for me. there were many temptations but i managed to resist. am so happy about that :))) and oh yea, i've been doing so so well with my diet too. i'm also very delighted with the amount of weight i lost in the first two weeks of my diet. it's so unbelievable. i guess i'm eating right this time but i just need to exercise more. am so gonna continue this good effort till i finally reach my targeted weight of which i won't reveal here. LOL

back to the real deal... the recipes posted today are, i shall say, superbly simple.

this was my breakfast yesterday - a bowl of weet-bix with 99% fat-free fresh milk, topped with sliced strawberries for extra flavour. actually, i prefer bananas over strawberries as they naturally taste sweeter and blend so well with weet-bix. some people like to add brown sugar but i don't.


for yesterday's dinner, i made BBQ parsley chicken wrap saluted with mixed salad (zucchini, carrot, celery stalk, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, bak choy and red onion).

To Make BBQ Parsley Chicken:
first cut into strips. then microwave till just cooked or it turns white. microwave to me is good in a way that the natural oil in the chicken itself can be extracted. after that, make sure to wash the chicken strips before coating them with 1/2 tablespoon masterfoods BBQ sauce. sprinkle some parsley flake as well. no salt or msg needed. then grill the chicken strips till firm or to your liking - 5-10minutes. after switching the oven off, i purposely leave the chicken in there for a while.

tomorrow i'm thinking of preparing wholemeal mustard chicken with spinach and corn salad for dinner. hmmm... maybe, maybe not. i'll see tomorrow. hahaha. nowadays, i enjoy adding some variety to my dinner meals (only dinner meals as i'm fine having the same breakfast everyday).

...inda payah rasa, cium bau saja... - "master chef" BB

"Lemon Pepper Grilled Mackerel & Mixed Veggie Salad"

i've been on a diet for almost 2 weeks now as i really need to shed a few kilos. been living a healthy lifestyle by embracing healthy breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner lately. eating at least 5 serves of veggies and 2 fruits in a day (as commonly recommended), consuming heaps of water, and exercising (nah! will be active starting next week). so yeah, recently, i'm into healthy recipes and thus, in this OTP, you'll see more healthy recipes from me. i'll try my best to update every night *cia karang!* hahaha. oh yea, bear in mind, i'll still put the not-so-healthy recipes here too.

today, i had lemon pepper grilled mackerel served with mixed veggie salad for dinner.

just coat the mackerel well with a tablespoon of olive oil. transfer the fish on a foil-baking tray. grill to your liking. 5 minutes before taking it away, sprinkle some Woolworths lemon-pepper seasoning on both sides. give it a lemon squeeze and some parsley flakes on serving. no salt and msg added at all yet it's still tasty.

a salad of 8 serves of veggies - spinach, red capsicum, corn kernels, celery stalk, cherry tomatoes, bak choy, carrot and zucchini. you can add 99% fat-free/light and low/no salt dressings or mayonnaises to the boring, bland taste salad. a tablespoon (as usually recommended per serving) is enough to give the salad some zest.

there you go my dinner for tonight. choices of fruits today include an orange, a pear and two strawberries. wow! plenty of fruits and veggies! i'm impressed with myself and i feel so much healthier now :)))

...inda payah rasa, cium bau saja... - "master chef" BB