Homemade Meals

This was my first day staying, working, and eating at home in a long time. It was such a great pleasure to enjoy homemade meals – and three of them!

Breakfast: Muesli

  • Soyogurt (with real vanilla)
  • Fresh blueberries
  • Banana slices
  • Pumpkin seeds

Lunch: Noodles

  • Japanese buckwheat noodles
  • Chili bean curd (famous brand 王致和 Wang Zhihe)
  • A touch of rice vinegar (镇江香醋)
  • Zucchini with mushrooms
  • Stir-fried cauliflower

Snacks: Nuts and Juice

  • Raw Spanish peanuts & walnuts, roasted salted cashew nuts & macadamia nuts
  • 1 QT of Odwalla antioxidant vitamin C micronutrient fruit juice drink

Dinner: Rice with kidney beans

  • Rice with kidney beans
  • Tomato with scrambled eggs (the most common Chinese homemade dish; well, I think my version tastes just a little better than my dad’s, hehe)
  • Asparagus and black fungus

Wow, my diet can’t get better than this. Maybe I should spend more time at home than in the PhD office!

Energy 99 Rocks!

I’m just starting to become obsessive with these snack bars called “Energy 99″… It has all the goodies in it: Brown rice, husked lotus, pearl barley, buck wheat, oatmeal, pea, small read beans, mung beans, speckled kidney beans, black soy beans, black glutinous rice, corn, egg powder, etc. you name it!

Oh, one other favorite of snacks of mine: homemade Nuts Boxes! I enjoy buying fresh, raw nuts from farmer’s market and putting them into used snack boxes. My current version includes walnuts, raw Spanish peanuts, cashew nuts, and macadamia nuts. I have one for Larry in San Diego, one for dad at home, and one for myself in the office :) AND my version of 5-A-Day: multigrains, fresh veggies, fresh fruits, nuts, and water … it can’t sound healthier than that, right ;-)

Starting Point

I am starting this new blog on wordpress.com today to use it as a mechanism of motivation and documentation about my interest in healthy cooking and dining – particularly my passion about vegetarian and Chinese medicated diets!

A friend had given me a gift bag of nutrition bars back in December 2006. Those were the best ever! [Yeah, they were from Al Gore, no wonder!] Yet, at the time I did not expect what these little fresh and tasty nutrition bars would have influenced my way of thinking and living in a healthy lifestyle…

On Feb 10, 2007, I learned about the concept of “humm” vs. “beckoning” foods from a leaflet of those delicious LÄRABARs and wrote on my other blog a short note called “Go humming! Ingredients of a healthy life” where I reiterated the story of the owner of LÄRABAR and her introduction of the “humming” idea:

I started Humm Foods®, the creator of LÄRABAR®, because of my firm belief that good health and well-being are derived from what you eat. At Humm Foods, we develop natural food products that enliven the body, mind and soul. Our company name comes from an ancient belief that food falls into two categories:

Beckoning Foods, which beckon consumption again and again, sapping the body of energy without any real health benefits. Today, they’re called “junk foods.”

Humm Foods, on the other hand, resonate with energy in a whole natural state. When consumed, they cause you to feel vibrant and alive.

That’s what you get in every LÄRABAR® – real food that creates an unmistakable urge to, well, hum! Enjoy and start humming!

Lara

My favorites:

Cashew Cookie (with cashews and dates)

Cashew Cookie (with cashews and dates)

Pecan Pi (

Pecan Pie (with dates, pecans, and almonds)

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