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Yummy Tempeh Broccoli Sauté Recipe

November 17th 2009 07:00
Sometimes you may not know what to serve as an entrée, so perhaps this might help in changing a little different for this coming Thanksgiving. ^_^

Tempeh is made from fermented soy beans—a protein-rich plant food. In just one serving of this recipe, there are 20 grams of protein. The broccoli in this recipe adds calcium.

Do enjoy!



Tempeh Broccoli Sauté For 4 servings
Recipe extracted from Cancer Project
Image extracted from weheartfood.com

Ingredients
1 10-ounce package tempeh (any variety)
2 broccoli stalks, chopped, or 2 bags frozen broccoli florets
1 small onion, finely diced
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger, or 1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 cup vegetable broth
1 tablespoon soy sauce or tamari
2 cups cooked couscous or cooked brown rice

Directions
Chop tempeh into 1/2-inch pieces and steam for 10 minutes. Discard cooking water. Sauté tempeh, broccoli, onion, bell pepper, garlic, and ginger in broth over medium-high heat until tempeh is lightly browned. Add soy sauce or tamari at the last moment. Serve over grain of choice

Allow leftovers to cool before covering and refrigerating. This dish will keep two to three days in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Information
Per serving:


285 Calories
8.1 g Fat
1.7 g Saturated Fat
25.5% Calories from Fat
0 mg Cholesterol

20.2 g Protein
37.2 g Carbohydrate
5.8 g Sugar
7.1 g Fiber

312 mg Sodium
127 mg Calcium
3.1 mg Iron
86.4 mg Vitamin C
1293 mcg Beta-Carotene

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Healthy Sure-Fire Roasted Vegetables Recipe

November 16th 2009 06:44
Since Thanksgiving is so near, I have searched through my recipe database from Cancer Project and share with you some neat healthy suggestions for dinner.

Roasting vegetables with a mix of spices is an easy way to get all the healthy nutrients and fiber you need with very little added fat. This combination uses broccoli, peppers, squash, and eggplant. Serve them as a side dish, over couscous or brown rice, or wrapped up in a tortilla with salsa.

Do enjoy!



Sure-Fire Roasted Vegetables Recipe
Recipe extracted from Cancer Project
Image extracted from myrecipes.com

Ingredients (A)
vegetable oil spray
1 cup chopped broccoli
1 cup diced onion
1–3 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup diced bell peppers
1 cup diced zucchini or yellow squash
1 cup diced eggplant
Italian, Mexican, or Indian Seasoning Mix (see recipes below)
1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans or black beans, drained and rinsed, or 1 1/2 cups cooked garbanzo or black beans

Ingredients (B) (Pick a choice)

Italian Seasoning Mix:
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried rosemary
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Mexican Seasoning Mix:
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro

Indian Seasoning Mix:
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon garam masala
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro

Directions (for A)
Preheat oven to 400 F.

Spray jelly roll pan lightly with vegetable oil spray. Combine broccoli, onions, garlic, bell peppers, zucchini or yellow squash, and eggplant in a bowl. Add your choice of Seasoning Mix. Toss vegetables to coat. Place vegetables in pan in a single layer.

Roast 10 minutes. Take pan out of oven and spray tops of vegetables with vegetable oil spray. Turn veggies and cook for another 5 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Add beans and serve.

Roasted veggies are great when eaten fresh from the oven. Cooled leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for one to two days.

Nutrition Information
Per 1-cup serving (with Italian Seasoning Mix):

133 Calories
1.8 g Fat
0.2 g Saturated Fat
12.2% Calories from Fat
0 mg Cholesterol

6.8 g Protein
24.7 g Carbohydrate
3.8 g Sugar
6 g Fiber

206 mg Sodium
67 mg Calcium
2.7 mg Iron
36.3 mg Vitamin C
458 mcg Beta-Carotene
0.8 mg Vitamin E


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What’s Your Breakfast Grades?

October 4th 2009 04:20
Breakfast (Honestly, did anyone know why it’s pronounced “Breakfirst”, as it supposed to be “Breakfast”? This question has been bothering for a very long time…!) is to be known as the most important meal of the day, and everyone should take it before they’re heading to work/school!

However, many people seems to be neglected the breakfast, where they’re mostly skipped it for many reasons, such as wake up late, don’t have time, hate to eat breakfast and blah, blah, blah…

Honestly, they didn’t know the fact that those people who don’t love to have breakfast might have higher risk of getting gastrointestinal related cancers than those who practicing it everyday!

Oh, you’re deciding to eat breakfast, after reading the article? Well done, my friend. However, before you’re starting to do it, there are several things that you should know about it!

Did you know that breakfast have its label/grade like brands too? Let me show you, what is the different of grade “A” breakfast from the grade “B”, “C” and “D”!

Grade A breakfast: It must contain oatmeal, wholegrain breads, skim milk, pine nuts and orange juice.

Grade B breakfast: It mostly contain breakfast bar, breakfast shake or pancake with maple syrup!

Grade C breakfast: Sugary cereal, pastry or fast food sandwich.

Grade D breakfast: These are mostly junk or unhealthy foods, such as Pizza, McDonald, Fried Chicken, casserole and other (You named it!)

So, based on the above breakfast, what’s your breakfast mostly fallen into? Is it the healthy style, “Grade A” or the self-destruct style, “Grade D”?

You make your own decision…
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The Best Ways to Eat Well and Cheap in This Recession!

September 6th 2009 07:16
Honestly, it’s quite hilarious. Did you know, someone would prefer to skip their lunch to save up more money in their wallet? To be honest, it happened on my colleague, Elaine where she refused to eat during lunch time, as she decided to keep the money for other purpose (Ah, ah, ah…, don’t try to do it, as you’re the one who suffered in the very end!)

Well, if you’re thinking that it’s pretty costly to eat outside, why don’t you wake up an hour early everyday and prepare your own lunch?

Below here is my own recipe of simple pasta and it’s suitable for all people, no matter you’re omnivore, carnivore or herbivore (Sorry, it sounds like we’re animals here! lol)

Tasty Veggie Pasta

• 200 gram of pasta (Any favor is OK)
• 3 tablespoon of virgin olive oil
• 1 big garlic cloves (Minced)
• 1 cup fresh basil leaves
• ¼ cup Brazilian nuts

Cooking Process:

1. First of all, mix all the virgin olive oil, garlic, basil and Brazilian nuts. Remember to put in some salt and pepper into it. Blend it with a blender machine until it becoming a thick sauce.
2. Cook your pasta accordingly.
3. Separate the thick sauce and pasta in a lunch box.
4. Only mix them together, when you’re about to eat it!

Try it out and let me know, how it tastes, OK?
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The Great and Healthy Way to Lose Up to 10 lbs in Seven Days

August 15th 2009 08:10
There are over hundred or thousand of weight loss formulas in the market. The more ironic thing is, over 59.2 percent of people from all around the world have tried at least one weight loss program/product in their life!

Honestly, you’re free to try anything you want, as it’s your own rights to do so! The only problem is, not all the weight loss programs are effective for us, and even some of them will harm our health or leaving side effects to our body!

Frankly, I’ve seen many people suffering like hell, especially when they’re failed to lose away their weight. The even worst thing is, some of them got diagnosed with bipolar disorder or depression, due to their inability to slim down!

According to the nutritionists, up to 60 percent of the overweight people are not from the genetics, but it’s highly related with their daily diets! This means, one of the main reasons why the obesity has becoming a serious problem among human race is due to the unhealthy eating habit.

If you’re one of them who suffering with the obesity, but you resist to try the weight loss pills, maybe the healthy cabbage soup diet is able to help you overcome the problem.

For your information, the cabbage soup diet is a radical weight loss diet, which is well-designed for those people who want to try out the low-calorie cabbage soup and keep diet in the same time.



The cabbage soup diet plan is a low-fat, high-fiber foods plan, which is requiring the users to follow up a serial of healthy diet for the whole week (Seven days).

Many people using this method to cleanse their digestive system and most of them claimed to lose up to 10 lbs in only seven days.

The cabbage soup diet is much effective and less dangerous too, if it compares with other weight loss programs that have many harmful side effects.

Remember, “A bowl of cabbage soup a day, keeps the thyroid cancer away!”

PS: Figure thanks to costarestaurants.
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Kasha Chili

July 18th 2009 01:21
Are you in need of protein, but you want to minus meat and fat?

Well, take a look at this recipe, it might serve you well because this recipe is a healthy way to get low-fat protein. You can also garnish with shredded vegan cheese or vegan sour cream (these can be found at most health food stores) and serve as a dip with tortilla chips.

It can be made as salad too


Kasha Chili Makes 6 servings
Recipe extracted from Cancer Project weekly recipe mail
Image extracted from fatfreevegan.com

Ingredients

1 28-ounce can stewed tomatoes
3 cups vegetable broth
1 14.5-ounce can pinto beans
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon crushed or minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon celery salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
3/4 cup whole dry kasha

Directions
In a large skillet, combine all ingredients except kasha. Bring to a light boil for 10 minutes. Add kasha, cover, and reduce to simmer. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, or until kasha is tender. Serve hot.

Options: Substitute 1/2 cup dry lentils for pinto beans and increase light boil time to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Information
Per serving (1/6 of recipe):

149 Calories
1.2 g Fat
0.2 g Saturated Fat
7.4% Calories from Fat
0 mg Cholesterol

7.2 g Protein
30.4 g Carbohydrate
5 g Sugar
7.7 g Fiber

899 mg Sodium
82 mg Calcium
3.3 mg Iron
14.6 mg Vitamin C
693 mcg Beta-Carotene
2 mg Vitamin E

Recipe originally comes from The National Buckwheat Institute

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Refreshing Cucumber Mango and Spinach Salad

July 17th 2009 04:09
If you are bored with the mayo and regular coleslaw, this salad can be quite refreshing for you.

Mango lovers (like me) would find it delightful as well, and moreover, this salad boasts beta-carotene from the mango and lutein from the spinach, which are cousins in the carotenoid family and important antioxidants. Aside from cancer prevention and survival, Lutein is recognized for its key role in eye health.

Hope you all enjoy!

Colourful and Yummy!

Refreshing Cucumber Mango and Spinach Salad Makes 10 to 12 servings
Recipe extracted from Cancer Project weekly recipe mail
Image extracted from Istock photo

Ingredients
1 bag (10 ounces) or bunch fresh spinach
1 mango, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
1 large cucumber, peeled and sliced
6 green onions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
juice of 1 lime (about 3 tablespoons)
1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste

Directions

Wash and drain spinach, tear into bite-size pieces, if necessary, and put into a large serving bowl. Toss mango, cucumber, green onions, and basil in a medium bowl. Add lime juice and vinegar and stir to mix. Arrange mango mixture on spinach and sprinkle with black pepper.

To enjoy the fresh flavors in this salad, eat immediately after tossing.

Nutrition Information
Per serving (1/10 of recipe):

45 Calories
0.3 g Fat
0 g Saturated Fat
5.5% Calories from Fat
0 mg Cholesterol

1.5 g Protein
10.9 g Carbohydrate
7.4 g Sugar
1.7 g Fiber

219 mg Sodium
50 mg Calcium
1.3 mg Iron
19.1 mg Vitamin C
2134 mcg Beta-Carotene
1 mg Vitamin E



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Yummy Sweet and Sour Stir Fry

July 16th 2009 11:03
Do you know that the celery in this recipe contains the compound Luteolin, which has been shown to kill colon cancer cells. If you’ve ever prepared a stir-fry, you know that once the cooking begins, everything happens very quickly. The secret to a serene stir-fry experience is to prepare the vegetables and mix the sauce ingredients in advance, then arrange everything within easy reach of the stove.

It is really not as hard as you think, you just need to be a little quick at the stove.

Sweet and Sour Stir Fry


Hope this yummy recipe will bring you joy and health to the family!

Sweet-and-Sour Stir-Fry Makes about 8 1-cup servings
Recipe extracted from Cancer Project weekly recipe mail

Ingredients
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1/4 cup crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce
1/2 cup apple juice concentrate
1/2 cup crushed pineapple packed in juice
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup vegetable broth or water
4 or 5 garlic cloves, minced or thinly sliced
1 cup diagonally sliced celery,
1 carrot, diagonally sliced
1 green bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips
2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil, or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
3/4 cup water
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
8 ounces seitan, cut into strips

Directions
Place sesame seeds in a heavy skillet. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until seeds become fragrant and begin to pop, 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.

In a small bowl combine tomatoes or tomato sauce, apple juice concentrate, pineapple, soy sauce, vinegar, cornstarch, and black pepper. Stir to mix. Set aside.

In a wok or large skillet, sauté onion with broth or water over high heat, stirring frequently, until just soft, 2 to 3 minutes.

Add garlic, celery, carrot, bell pepper, basil, and additional 3/4 cup water. Sauté, stirring often, until vegetables are tender-crisp, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and seitan and continue to sauté, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in sauce mixture and continue cooking until sauce thickens, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

Enjoy this stir-fry with brown rice or soba noodles. Let leftovers cool and then cover and refrigerate them for up to three days.

Nutrition Information
Per 1-cup serving:

113 Calories
1.7 g Fat
0.2 g Saturated Fat
13.4% Calories from Fat
0 mg Cholesterol

7.8 g Protein
18.2 g Carbohydrate
11.5 g Sugar
1.8 g Fiber

353 mg Sodium
40 mg Calcium
1.4 mg Iron
15.9 mg Vitamin C
703 mcg Beta-Carotene
0.3 mg Vitamin E

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Walnuts – The Best and Essential Food for Elders!

June 18th 2009 10:08
Well, we’ve always been advised to add certain types of foods into cooking, as it might help to prevent assorted diseases.

Today, I would like to talk about the Walnuts. For those of you that love the walnuts taste, then here’s the another solid reasons, why you must insert walnuts into the diet!

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have been discovered that by adding a moderate amount of walnut into a cooking might help to improve the elders’ motor and behavioral skills.

The research group pointed out that walnuts are rich in polyphenols and other unsaturated fatty acids. These essential minerals are important to boost up the neural tissue and hence improving the performance on tasks of the aging people, especially when they require the motor and behavioral skills to do some simple tasks in their daily life.

If you do love about your parents or the elders, then you must add at least 20 grams of walnuts into the main meal everyday!

By the way, I got a recipe here and it’s called, “The Sweet Candied Walnut”. You can try it if you want to…

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup of coarse sugar,
• ½ cup of brown sugar,
• ½ cup of brown sugar,
• ¼ cup of sour cream,
• 2 cups of walnuts.

Cooking Process:

First thing first, mix all the sugar, brown sugar and sour cream into a pot. Cook it until the whole mixture becoming sticky.

Secondly, add the walnuts into the pot and stir it until all the walnuts has been coated with the mixture.

Lastly, pour the candied walnuts into a plate and put it into the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Voila, you’re now have the icy cold and sweet candied walnuts!
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The Fermented Soy Food and Its Benefit – Part 4

June 9th 2009 04:54
Welcome back and thanks for sticking with me from the part 1 until this new part. Well, this is the last part of the fermented soy food series and I hope you’ll enjoy it as you did in the first three parts! Hooray, I was a little bit overwhelmed about it (Am I a freak or what?!) lol

Ok, back to the topic. Does anyone here ever hear about this word, “Tempeh” or “Tempe” before? By the way, I’m not talking about the Tempe City at Florida, but rather a traditional food.

Well, for your information, Tempeh is a very famous Javanese food, where is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process. The Tempeh makers will bind soybeans into a cake form and let it fermented for over a period. Tempeh is a staple source of protein and is very common in the Southeast Asia region!



Beside that, tempeh has been claimed to have a higher contain of protein, fiber and vitamins compared to tofu. Tempeh also has a very strong and complex flavor. Well, it’s hard to describe it, is some kind the mixture of nutty and meaty-like taste. That’s why, tempeh also being referred as “Javanese meat” in other form!

Along with tofu, natto and miso, tempeh also has been listed into the “Top Four Healthy Fermented Soy Foods”.

Amongst the variety of tempeh, I loved the Tempe goreng (Deep-fried tempeh) in Indonesian Language the most. By the way, here’s the recipe of the Tempe goreng, try it if you dare!

Ingredients:

• 2 garlic clove (Make sure to crush it first)
• 2 teaspoon salt
• ½ pound fermented tempeh (You have to slice each of it into 2" X 1/2" in size!)
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• Two hot red chilies (It has to be seeded and sliced)
• ½ teaspoon shrimp paste

Cooking Process :

1. First of all, try to mix together the garlic and salt. Then, rub this mixture all over the tempeh. Put it aside and wait for at least 15 minutes.
2. Then, heat the oil in a skillet, and fry the tempeh over medium heat for about 3 – 5 minutes.
3. Blend the chilies and shrimp paste into a paste form. Serve the fried tempeh with the tantalizing paste!
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My wish for you today - 9 fruits of health

May 26th 2009 02:13
I believe that everyone will be wondering what sort of "9 fruits of health" I am talking about when you all saw this title... well, these "fruits" are not physical... and when you hear this, you'd think...

Ah... some sort of religious thing is going on in Jessicca's mind.

9 Healthy Fruits for your Soul
9 Healthy Fruits for your Soul


True enough it is has a link to it, but I would like to wish / bless... or even pray if you want to point at me sarcastically, that you can "eat them up", be "nourished" by them and stay in your character building for the rest of your life breathing on this beautiful planet.

Therefore, allow me to wish you today, that you may be filled by the 9 beautiful fruits in your soul: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and last but not least, Self control.

For when you are filled with Love, you will find Joy!
And because you are full of Joy, you will enjoy Peace in your heart,
and with that Peace in heart, you will have abundant Patience,
and because of Patience towards yourself and to others around you, you spread Kindness to yourself and to others;
and with that Kindness, your attitude is full of nothing but Goodness,
and whatever you do in whatever task, you complete it in Faithfulness.
And because of all the above, people will see your Gentleness character and they will love you for who you are, where you are not easily provoked;
and you will be able to love yourself because you practice Self-Control against any negative influences; from there… friends, family and anyone around you will sense your integrity and they will respect you as well as you respect them.

You are too unique, too precious, and too important to be hurting yourself with world pressure, negativity and status quo.

May you have the brightest day ever today, and everyday!

p/s: Please feel free to share this wishing to your friends or to whoever needs it. ^_^

Have a blessed day!

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The Delicious and Tasty Tomatoes Are Totally Irresistible!

April 18th 2009 11:11
Some people might enjoy eating fruits and vegetables, while the rest of them might want to puke out, once they’re putting the veggies into their mouth!

Well, if you’re happened to be one of them that have a crush on the fruits and vegetables, especially the tomatoes, then you must keep on reading the article…

For your information, the tomato is an herbaceous and it belongs to nightshade family. Some of its close cousins are potatoes (No wonder it has the words, “-tatoes” as well), eggplants and capsicum (chili pepper).

Do you know that tomato plants are originated from South America. Believe it or not, tomato has more than 7,500 of different varieties. According to the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) latest statistic, there are more than 140 million tons of tomatoes have been produced and consumed in year 2008!

Honestly, it’s always good to grow our own tomatoes plants, as we don’t have to worry about the possibility of the pesticides will cause some harmful side-effect to our health! However, if you unable to grow it yourself, then it’s wise to choose the finest and pesticides free tomatoes from the well-recognized tomatoes growers. After all, the organic tomatoes cost are very reasonable and we can afford to buy it!



Below here is some of the most common varieties of tomatoes, have a closer look on it:

• Beefsteak tomatoes (It’s the largest version of the tomato)
• Large tomatoes (The normal size of the tomato)
• Medium sized tomatoes
• Grape sized tomatoes
• Cocktail tomatoes (It’s the smallest version of the normal tomato)

By the way, I included a tomato jam recipe and hope you’ll love it!

The Tomato Jam Recipe:

Ingredients:

1. 1 pound of good ripe tomatoes (You have to core and chop it precisely!)
2. ¾ cup sugar (You’d better use the brown sugar for healthy lifestyle)
3. 1 tablespoon of limejuice
4. ½ tablespoon of fresh minced ginger
5. ½ teaspoon cumin
6. 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
7. 1/8 teaspoon cloves
8. ½ teaspoon salt

The making process:

First of all, you have to combine the ingredients into a heavy medium saucepan. Boil it over with a medium heat and stir it continuously.

Then, you should reduce the heat; stir the mixture until it has becoming a thick jam.

Lastly, place it into the refrigerator and spread it on wholemeal breads, crackers or any foods you want!

Don’t forget to enjoy the tasty tomato jam with your loved ones, friends and colleagues.

Note: Beautiful tomatoes figure thanks to masdudiable.
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A Healthier Diabetic Diet for Diabetics!

April 12th 2009 14:14
Have you ever noticed that you’re putting your life in the risk everyday? Well, if you think I’m joking with you here, then just take a minute and answer the following questions!

1. Do you a smoker?
A. Nope, I hate the taste of cigarettes!
B. Kind of, but I only smoke occasionally…
C. Of course, and I enjoyed smoking very much!

2. Do you an alcoholic?
A. Nah, I have no interest on alcohol!
B. Sort of, I only drink when my friends/colleagues force me…
C. Yeah, and it’s time for bottom up!

3. Do you a heavy red meat eater?
A. Excuse me, I’m a vegan!
B. It depends on the time and place…
C. Shut up and give me a quadruple cheeseburger!

4. Do you exercise regularly?
A. Yep, I loved to work out all day long!
B. Well, I will do it, if only I have the mood…
C. Are you kidding? I’d better spend my times watching Television programmes!

Ok, guys. If you answered all ‘A’ for the above questions, then I have to give you a credit here, as you’re totally have the lowest risk to getting the diabetes. For those that answered mostly ‘C’ here, oh my god, I have to cross my fingers here and praying for you a little bit more…

According to the latest survey, most of the diabetics are used to be the:

• Heavy smoker s (Yeah, smoking can really cause diabetes!)
• Heavy alcoholics
• Cannibal red meat eaters (Surveys have shown that red meat are not the good option for diabetics or normal healthy people!)
• Lack with daily routine exercises



As a diabetic for over 5 years, I discovered that it’s very important to have healthy balanced diabetic diets, as if you’re neglecting this step, you might be the one who suffer from the consequences of getting seriously ill here (Believe me, as I used to be a very stubborn person and I learned from the lesson).

In the very beginning, people always told me that I cannot intake too much of foods, including those coarse grains, sugars, unsaturated fats and blah, blah, blah… I did listen to their advice, but I found I started to become weaker and weaker day after day! I noticed that it’s wasn’t a great sign at all, as I might be got myself killed if I continue what’d people told me.

As a result, I searched all over the internet with hope to find something relate with diabetic diets. Thanks to god, I found a very effective daily diet for the diabetics named “1,800 Calorie Diabetic Diet”. The special part about this method is it teaches you the proper ways to intake less than 1800 calorie per day. The 1,800 calorie diabetic diet is the optimal diet to help us control our blood sugar and maintain our health.

By the way, below here is one of my sample of 1,800 calorie menus, you can try it if you want!

a. My breakfast: Two slices of wholemeal breads with low fat margarine or 1 cups of bran cereal.
b. My lunch: One ounce of poultry or fish, two servings of vegetables and one serving of fruit.
c. My tea-time: A few piece of low fat crackers and a glass of green tea!
d. My dinner: One ounces of meat or protein, one cup of brown rice, three servings of vegetables, one serving of fruit.

People always said, “Prevention is better than cure!” Thus, if you don’t want your life being spoiled by diabetes, then you should change your daily unhealthy lifestyle as soon as possible…

Note: Figure thanks to topnews.
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Recipe: Yummy Soft-Shell Tacos

March 27th 2009 07:11
If you enjoy Mexican food, you’ll be delighted to learn that a variety of great-tasting, meatless taco fillings are available in natural food stores and larger supermarkets. Among them are ready-to-heat products such as Lightlife’s Smart Ground Taco/Burrito, Yves Veggie Ground Round Mexican, and El Burrito’s SoyTaco. If you prefer, you can make your own filling, using meatless burgers or a crumbled meat substitute and adding your own seasonings, as we’ve done in this recipe.

Article extracted from Cancer Project
Image extracted from michigandaily.com



Soft-Shell Tacos (Makes about 3 cups filling or 8 tacos)

Ingredients
4 vegan burger patties, such as Boca Burger Original, Gardenburger Classic, or Gardenburger Flame Grilled
1 cup water, divided
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
1/2 cup finely chopped bell pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 cup tomato sauce, or 1/2 cup of crushed tomato
2-3 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, finely chopped, or 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
8 corn tortillas
1/2-1 cup commercial or homemade salsa
3-4 green onions, chopped
2 cups shredded romaine lettuce
1-2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 avocado, cut into 8 wedges (optional)

Directions
Remove burgers from freezer and thaw slightly. Chop into 1/4-inch pieces. Set aside.

Heat 1/2 cup water in a large skillet. Add onion, garlic, bell pepper, and cilantro. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until soft, about 5 minutes.

Add remaining 1/2 cup water, chopped burgers, tomato sauce, chili powder, cumin, oregano, and chipotle pepper or crushed red pepper. Stir to mix. Reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is fairly dry, 2 to 3 minutes.

Heat a tortilla in a separate skillet, flipping it from side to side until soft. Add a spoonful of filling and fold in half. Cook 1 minute on each side. Add a spoonful of salsa, then garnish with green onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado, if using. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

Cover and store leftover taco filling for up to three days in the refrigerator. Garnishes are best when consumed within one to two days. Wrap tortillas and refrigerate for about seven to 10 days and freeze if longer storage is needed. Follow storage instructions for the salsa. Commercial salsa will usually stay fresh for up to one week.

Nutrition Information
Per taco:

121 Calories
1.5 g Fat
0.2 g Saturated Fat
11.3% Calories from Fat
0 mg Cholesterol

8.9 g Protein
21.1 g Carbohydrate
4.1 g Sugar
4.2 g Fiber

371 mg Sodium
104 mg Calcium
2.4 mg Iron
18.9 mg Vitamin C
821 mcg Beta-Carotene
1.1 mg Vitamin E




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