Be Healthy and Gain Weight

Almost everyone want to lose weight, to have the sexy body they wanted. And only few, have problems in gaining weight. It may feel a bit sad when everyone you know is trying to shed pounds and you are trying to put some on. But actually solution with this problem was really easy and that's just "to eat a lot". Change you diet strategy and eat more than your usual meal a day to consume more calories. But what kind of food or meal is this?

High in Protein:
Foods rich in protein is very important to have a healthy body. It allows the body to gain muscle mass without building excess fats. Milk is one good source of protein, others are fish(tuna, salmon, haddock)meats, eggs, nuts, grains, soybeans.

High in Carbohydrate:
Carbohydrate is the source of energy of human being, it is important that you have enough carbohydrate daily to perform you daily activities. Vegetables and fruits are considered to be a superior source of it like broccoli, green beans, corn. Other good source of carbohydrate are brown rice and whole grain.

Fat Sources
Not all fats are bad, we also need it in our body. Any type of nuts such as peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashew, and walnuts are healthy fat foods.

Aside from foods that you intake in your body, it is also important to have a complete sleep and do some exercise daily to become fit and easily gain weight.

January 19 ,2010

88DB Philippines

Keep It Safe and Fresh

Have you ever gone camping with your friends? Or are you an adventurous person that want to explore the beauty of nature and always on the go to have an extreme activities. Well, me and my friends love outdoor activities and we really had so much fun with it. We usually go to Tagaytay and spend time to relax and go camping.

Though we usually encounter problems regarding the foods that we have, it was so hard for us at first to ensure the freshness and to be able to avoid it from getting spoiled. And maybe some of you had already experience it. I'll share to you some useful tips that you can do to avoid it.

* Pack the right food. It is important to choose the right food to take during camping. Not all food can be store at a long period of time. It will be good not to bring any meat food, coz it can spoiled easily. Nuts or peanut butter is rich in protein also that you can bring without having worries that it will spoil.


* A Cooler. If you have food that need to place in a cooler, it will be good if it chilled already at home then pack it with a foil and place it in a bag that zip close, with this you can assure to prolong the life span of the food.


* Safe Storage. Can goods is what we usually take during camping. Once a can is opened, the food in it shouldn't be take back, if ever your not able to finish it all better place it in a plastic container or with a zipper bag or any plastic food container that you have.

Enjoy and have fun with your camping!

January 18 ,2010

88DB Philippines

Quick 'N Easy Meal for the Day

Have you ever had problems in preparing your meal for the day? Busy schedule and lack of time to cook and do the all the preparation for it? Here's a short list of recipes in which you can use for each meal:

Breakfast
Pancake - this is one of the easy meal for breakfast, healthy as well, so this will be right for someone whose always in a hurry. Here's an easy way to create one:

* a cup of whole wheat flour
* baking powder
* salt
* milk or soymilk
* oil

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Bake on hot griddle or frying pan with the butter or an ordinary oil. Makes 8 four inch pancakes. Can be easily doubled or tripled. Try adding some sweetener like honey or any additives that suites your taste.

Lunch
Lunch is the most appropriate time to eat heavy meal than any time of the day. You need more energy to spend with any activities you have for the day. Here's a recipe for a healthy fried rice that can satisfied your tummy ^^...

* eggs
* garlic and onion
* vegetables of your choice (carrots, peas, mushroom, baby corn)
* cooked rice
* chili sauce

Saute the garlic and onion and the vegetables of your choice in an oil. If all were already cooked, mix soy sauce and chili sauce together and then stir through rice mixture. Serve the sliced egg roll.

January 15 ,2010

88DB Philippines

Leftover Mania!

Well, lets make it to the fullest, now I'll present you more leftover tips for you to have some useful ideas to save money and avoid wasting...

* Use Spices. Aside from the common way of reheating your leftover, you can also make a brand new dish out of it. Add spices and herbs to your leftover food items and use them as ingredients in just about any recipe you can think of. Its not to bad to experiment sometimes and try to be more creative as well.

* Use The Veggies. We often dispose the leftover vegetables in the garbage not knowing that it can still be use as another additives or can create other recipes too. Veggies are great to use in just about any recipe. Not only are they good for your health, but they will save you money because they won't go to waste.

* Make Desserts. This is the best thing to do in any sweet leftover such as fruits, candies, cookies, pies, there are lots of yummy recipes for this; in fruits you can add it in making cakes, muffins, and breads; about dried-out bread it can be made into bread pudding; Oh..creating some dessert is a great thing to do specially when you want to chill out and relax.

* Use Eggs. Its only sometimes that we have eggs leftover from the last meal. Though using of it with other leftover ingredients is good. Use it to make another omelets, quiches, and scrambles. Eggs are also indispensable for binding together ingredients such as burgers, meatloaf, dough, and bakery dishes.

January 14 ,2010

88DB Philippines

Voila - its a Spaghetti Pizza!

Last week of December my highschool friends and I had a picnic along Manila. It was such a good experience to see and meet again your old colleagues grown up and matured already. It was fun and all enjoyed that day.

Each bring something for that picnic, and I brought my homemade spaghetti pizza. Yes! a spaghetti pizza, coz that pizza was made of spaghetti sauce. At first I decided to just buy somewhere but I wanted to make it special so I decided to create my own. Though I'm a bit confuse because I also wanted to make it a little different than the usual pizza that we can buy and I'm lucky that I found that there still a leftover spaghetti sauce in our refrigerator...tic tac..haha...its a great idea, a spaghetti sauce for a pizza!

It was just an easy recipe that anyone can make. Just spread the leftover pasta sauce onto the crust and add your favorite toppings such as bacon, ham, sausage, pineapple crust or anything that you want to put with it. And voila you will have your homemade spaghetti pizza...^^

I was glad that all my friends enjoyed it and they were curious how did I made it...

January 13 ,2010

88DB Philippines

Save Your Leftover!

After a long vacation and celebrations, there will be lots of food leftover... There will be instances that you don't have enough space where to put it, and due to this some might get spoiled.

I'll just share to you some little tips in which you can prevent spoilage of foods and right ways to store it:

* Hot foods can only be left within 2 hours outside the refrigerator, if its been out for more than 2 hours better not to keep it. Don't taste it, either, just to know if its already spoiled. Even a small amount of contaminated food can cause illness.

* If your going to cool a hot perishable food it should be done quickly. Don't cool leftovers on the kitchen counter, better to put them straight into the refrigerator or cool them in a bowl surrounded by ice water, then refrigerate.

* Date leftovers will only remain safe when refrigerated for three to five days, but leftovers containing meat will only last within 3 days.

* About foods with mayonnaise or other egg-based products may not be safe to eat for the next day, you should consume it within the day.

* It will be good also if you will plan of using the leftovers. They can be used as an additives or alternatives in other dishes. You can even create a different recipes out of leftovers.

* Lastly, do not rely on reheating leftover food to make mishandled food safe.

Just hope that this will help a bit for all and lets keep ourselves healthy by eating the right and safe foods! ^^

January 12 ,2010

88DB Philippines

Extraordinary Dessert

Its been a while since I posted here, its been a long vacation for everyone and I really had fun. I always looking forward for holidays .. (haha^^)...

It was a memorable break because I used to attend 3 parties within a week. Its kinda tiring though I really enjoyed it, two for my cousins despedida and a family reunion, the third one is a friends gathering. My get together with my family was the most memorable, all were there and complete, even my aunties and uncles from abroad was able to went home just to celebrate with us.

Everything was perfect, the place was classic, and very impressive just suites for the event, and specially the food, its something that I'm looking forward with any celebrations:D ...My aunt rent for a food caterer and the food was awesome, all was mouth watering, and something that you'll want to ask for more...:) specially the desserts...there are 3, though there's one that until now I can still taste it with my mouth - the Mochi, its a popular japanese snack! The one I tasted was much different from the original one, its a chocolate-filled Mochi and I love chocolates!

Oh..I really enjoyed the vacation and hope everyone also had a happy holidays!!

January 11 ,2010

88DB Philippines