My Diet Journey Day 5 – Chicken Lettuce Wrap

Finally, it’s Friday! It’s going to be the toughest because it’s the weekend! So many temptations once you go out with your friends and not stay home to cook your own meal…I’ll make sure I conquer the devil inside me.

For tonight’s dinner, I had chicken breast again but thought it’d be a good idea to change it up a bit. So I made this Chicken lettuce wrap. Taste-wise is pretty good considering that I have to stay away from flavoured sauces. Who said your diet meal has to be boring and plain?

Healthilicious diet

Chicken Lettuce Wrap

Ingredients:

2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, chopped into small pieces

1/2 red onions, chopped

1/2 red pepper, chopped

Salt and Pepper

1 tbs Olive oil

3 cloves of garlic

1/2 tbs of soy sauce

1 Lettuce

1 slice of non-fat cheddar cheese, grated

Instructions:

1. Chop all onions, garlic, red pepper and chicken into small pieces

2. Heat oil in a skillet over medium high and saute garlic.

3. Add chicken and cook until all white, approximately 5-7 minutes. Add remaining condiments and saute for another 5 minutes.

4. Season with salt and pepper. Add soy sauce for colour and saute again for 2 minutes.

5. Sprinkle some cheddar cheese on top before you serve, mix well and they will melt. To serve: put 1-2 spoonful of chicken mixture onto each lettuce leaf and wrap them up.

Serve with lettuce leaves

That's a wrap!

My Diet Journey Day 4 – Vegetable Quiche

I have been eating eggs everyday now, even though I love eggs but they can get kind of boring after awhile, especially I can’t have any bread to go with them. So this time, I experimented in baking a Vegetable Quiche, hoping by changing the cooking method, it will spice up my repetitive diet routine. It turned out really good actually. It’s a little bit like steamed egg with veggies. I had trouble figuring out how long I should bake this for as I used my small oven and the recipe I followed makes serving for 6. Anyway, here is how it turned out. Not bad for first time, right?

Breakfast: Vegetable Quiche

Vegetable Quiche

Ingredients:

A handful of spinach

Cheddar Cheese, 1 slice, shredded

2 large eggs

1/4 of tomato, chopped

1/4 of onions, chopped

(Amounts are estimated depending on how many servings. I made those up as I only made one enough for myself to eat. But key is I like to balance all condiments and have a little bit more spinach)

Have approximately the same portion of everything but slightly more spinach

Instructions:

1. Microwave the spinach for 1 minute. Drain the excess liquid if any.

2. Combine eggs, cheese, onions, spinach in a bowl and mix well.

4. Pour mixture into oven-proof tray. I used the ceramic pie plate or you can pour in muffin pan to make small little quiche cups.

5. Bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees or until your knife comes out clean when inserted in the center.

Note: if it starts squirting out juices, it’s probably over baked.

Very filling!

Lunch: Spinach Salad with Tuna and Salmon Sashimi

Dinner: Pan Fried Fillet with Tomato Paste

For dinner, I kept it quite small and simple because I had to go play badminton straight after, didn’t want to be too full. So I just pan fried the fillet and made my own tomato paste. Also took a cup of V-8 to get some vegetable intake. I enjoyed my meals so far 🙂

My Diet Journey – Stuffed Chicken Breast

For Dinner, I tried out this recipe for spinach & feta stuffed chicken breast. I didn’t have any feta cheese so I substituted with fat-free cheddar cheese instead. Also, my dad’s friend got us this really fresh salmon sashimi so everything was fantastic and on target.

Fresh Salmon Sashimi

Stuffed chicken breast with spinach, onions and cheese

Ingredients:

1 tbsp olive oil

1/4 red onions chopped

Salt and pepper

1 handful of spinach

2 pcs of skinless, boneless chicken breasts

2 slices of fat-free cheddar cheese (or feta cheese), shredded

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven at 375 degrees

2. Heat oil on pan in medium-low heat, cook onions and season with salt and pepper, until soft or lightly brown. 2-3 minutes approximately.

3. Add chopped spinach and cook until soft. About 2 minutes. Remove from heat.

4. Cut chicken horizontally to create pocket

5. Season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper (I used garlic salt). Transfer to baking sheet.

6. Stuff spinach mixture and cheese into pocket until full.

7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the thickest part is opaque.

I secured with a toothpick, but don't think it's necessary

Note: I put the spinach mixture and shredded cheese into a zip bag to mix everything together. Then I cut the corner of the bag and squeeze the mixture into the pocket. It works just like squeezing cream on a cake.

Finished Product

My Diet Journey Day 2 – Fillet with Rosemary

This is what I had for dinner on the second day. Very simple. Taste-wise…it’s alright. I would have eaten it with Miracle Whip or some tartar sauce with lemon juice but I can’t have sauces…grrr

Baked Basa Fillet with Rosemary

Ingredients:

1 piece of basa fillet (frozen)

2 teaspoon of olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

Black pepper

1 clove of garlic, minced

1 teaspoon of Rosemary leaves

Instructions:

1. Brush tray and fillet with olive oil

2. Combine salt, pepper, rosemary and garlic and brush mixture onto fillet

3. Bake in oven for 7-10 minutes at 350 degrees

My Diet Journey: Omelette with Onions, turkey breast and Cheese

I love omelettes, they are fulfilling, but it all depends on what you put inside the omelettes. I like to put onions (I add onions in everything), fat-free turkey breast and non-fat cheddar cheese. Add some pepper and voila!

My Diet Journey Day 1 – Chicken Breast with Saute Onions

My diet journey begins again. This time trying the south beach diet plan that my friend recommends. Basically I have to stay away mainly from all kinds of starch, fatty food and sugar for two weeks, which isn’t that bad but I can’t eat any fruits in the first phase….Let’s see how long I can last.

Breakfast:

Turkey breast omelet with organic strawberry white tea

Lunch:

Spinach salad with tomatoes and onions in light Italian dressing

Snack: V-8 and 0%  fat yogurt

Dinner:

Chicken breast with saute onions

Ingredients:

1 piece of skinless, boneless chicken breast

1/4 onions, minced

1 clove of garlic, minced

1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar

salt and black pepper

1/3 cup of chicken broth

1 teaspoon of Rosemary

Instructions:

1. Combine chicken broth, vinegar, pepper and rosemary; pour over chicken, cover, and refrigerate for at least an hour.

2. Remove chicken and pat dry, reserving marinade.

3. Heat oil in a frying pan and brown chicken on both sides. Make sure it is cooked.

4. Remove chicken from the pan; add onions and garlic. Saute over medium heat until onions are softened.

5. Add marinade to pan, add a bit of salt and bring to a simmer for 2 minutes.

6. Add chicken, baste with some of marinade, cover and simmer for 2 minutes.

7. Pour sauce over chicken and serve.

I modified a recipe online and created my own. It turned out quite nice and moist. I’m impressed. Tomorrow I shall try cooking the basa fillet. Time to dig up some recipes.

Happy Chinese New Year {DIY: Felt Cherry Blossoms Tutorial}

Happy Chinese New Year & Happy Valentine’s!

In chinese culture, cherry blossom is a symbolic representation of love, it is said to help boost your love life. During Chinese New Year, the cherry blossom becomes one of the most popular flowers to bring good fortune and love. And so I decided to make a felt cherry blossom for myself. Since it will never die, it should bring me good fortune forever… haha.. I wish all of you a good fortune and a prosperous love life =D

DIY: Felt Cherry Blossoms Tutorial

1. First you need to cut out your pieces from the template. Feel free to use mine or you can adjust your own size to fit your taste*The circles are for the closures of the twig.

2. Select your colours.
I use hot pink as the main body colour and light pink as the inner part of the blossom. Brown for the twig.

3. Blanket stitch around the 2 pieces of the blossom together, leaving an opening to fill in with stuffing. I use pink thread here.Tips: I tend to use the pencil to stuff the stuffing into the tiny areas so it will look fuller when it is done.

4. Now stitch the small inner piece on top of the blossom you just did with brown thread. Start from underneath at the center and stitch at all 5 “corners” of the blossom. Continue these steps to create as many blossoms as you wish on your twig.

Tips: I stitched the same spot twice so that the brown will look thicker and more visible to see.

5. For the twig part, roll the brown felt to the same diameter of your circles from the template. Fill the roll with stuffing. Stitch the two ends with the circles for closure. Repeat with different lengths to create the “branches” and stitch them altogether.

Tips: I also stuff a bamboo stick inside along with the stuffing just so the twig will hold its place and not bend when the blossoms are stitched on.

6. Now, just stitch all your blossoms onto the twig. Make sure the blossoms are spread apart evenly.

And you’re done!

My new handmade cushion

Finally got something for my baby’s backseats..^^ I hope they are not too plain…. and then i saw this red small car that has everything strawberry inside…muahaha…someone is as crazy as me XD at least im not da only weird one =P

and then a shot of a sporty me….hardly been dressing in sporty look..but stupid rain made my golf tournament canceled…><

成功左啦!!! ^o^

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