Thursday, September 2, 2010

Trying to Eat Healthy


The past few months, I've been trying to eat healthy. I've been skipping a lot of canned goods and noodles, as well as cookies. Lately, I see myself wolfing down the bad stuff. I blame the weather, stress, whatever. All bad stuff.

The good news is that I was able to take a couple of shots of my good food stuff. This should keep me inspired.


I love fresh ampalaya (bitter gourd). My Mommy forced me to eat them raw when I was a kid, and it seems that this notorious vegetable has crept its way into my heart. I especially love it sliced thinly and tossed with fresh tomatoes, onions and seasoned with vinegar, salt and pepper. It's such a palate cleanser. Refreshing and very, very healthy.

The ampalaya is packed with loads of iron, and the tomatoes are full of vitamin C. It's a powerful combination of vitamins. Cheap, too.

I got lucky with this bunch.
They were the freshest that I've gotten in my three years stay in the metro.
I tossed in some fresh, cubed cucumbers too. Yumm.


I also tried to substitute some good ol' gulaman as dessert. It's not so bad, but they are not as sweet. The good thing about gulaman is, they're made of seaweed, and not of crushed bones of whatever animal. Yes. Check out the labels of your favorite jellies, and Google them.




I used some red gulaman and poured in some strawberry Kool-Aid.

A good ratio to use would be 3 cups of water to 1 bar of gulaman. This should get it firm and jiggley.

I should try other flavors.


What's your healthy food? :)

3 comments:

gwacie said...

Lately my fave condiment has been finely sliced cucumbers with tomato, drizzed in vinegar and a bit of salt and sugar. It's kinda pickled, but not. And oh yeah, I can finish a kilo of mangosteen by myself.

Shalum said...

One kilo is way too much sugar, dear! Hehe.

gwacie said...

Minsan lang eh! And it's so goood!