Homemade Meals

October 13, 2008 at 7:40 am (Breakfast, Main Dish, Snacks, Stories)
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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!

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Energy 99 Rocks!

September 24, 2008 at 8:06 am (Favorites, Snacks)
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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 ;-)

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