Food: quick meals

I’m less and less interested in cooking lately… maybe because I don’t have much appetite or I am just tired most of the time. So meals have been just quick and simple, but making sure I get all the nutrients, specially protein and calcium.

Breakfast combo have been all over the place. One day I wanted something sweet but didn’t want to spend time preparing anything elaborated. So, I had a big white peach (still loving it!), almond milk (for the calcium) and a bowl of greek yogurt with frozen straberries and flax meal

Some other day I had a breakfast frittate made with 2 eggs and 2 egg whites, spinach, tomato and mozzarella.

simply pour the beaten eggs into a pan until it’s half way cooked, top with the veggies and the cheese and bake at 400F for 10 min.

I should make this more often, it’s tasty and nutritious.

Dinners have been veggie loading because usually I’ll have a carb+protein for lunch at work.

oatmeal porridge with

cucumber salad

seaweed salad

sauteed greens with oyster mushroom

Brown rice with

and sauteed celery with black fungus and dry shrimp

sauteed greens with mushrooms

oatmeal with

sitr fry of chicken tenderloin, black fungus, summer squash, bell pepper and mushrooms

And still loving the convenience of homemade panini

this grilled summer squash, spinach and mozzarella

served with steamed broccoli with ketchup

cheese + tomato + spinach

oatmeal with

sauteed broccoli, black fungus, onion and jumbo shrimp

Star’s meal: big bowl of rice

with sauteed greens with chili

scrambled egg with spicy sauce

That’s how I’ve been eating.. as you can see, stir-fries are still my best friend! 🙂

Q: What are you loving this summer? I’m loving water melon and peaches.

Food: eat to live

This past week I ate to live, for myself and my little baby. My mind was elsewhere (mainly disturb by the headache) so I basically ate whatever was easy to make and sounded at least eatable at the moment.

Breakfast was overnight oats

following Kath’s recipe, I used 1/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup almond milk, 1/3 cup greek yogurt, 1/2 tbsp chia seed. Adding 2 chopped peach. The next morning, added cocoa butter and mix.

it was easy to make but honestly I was not sold.

So I switched back to my recent favorite combo

1/2-3/4 cup greek yogurt, 1 chopped peach, 1 cup raspberry, 2 tbsp flax meal, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, all mixed.

Star is back and this is the first breakfast I made for him. Porridge with sweet chinese pancake

simply mix 2 beaten eggs, 1/4 flour, 2 tbsp honey and cook with some oil 3-4 min each side.

The only meal I cooked on the stove: stir-fry veggies with chicken in hoisin-tamari sauce, with brown rice

summer squash is in season. They’re fresh and tender. I used two medium ones, 2 cups of frozen veggies and trader joe’s chicken tenderloin. A quick meal made under 15 min.

And almost every night from Monday to Thursday, I had panini sandwich, either cheese with egg or cheese with avocado.

Now that Star is back, I’ll be cooking more. Now that Sofia needs to gain 1/2 lb a week, I need to feed her more! 🙂 Hopefully I can come up with new combos that I we enjoy! 🙂

Q: What’s your favorite chicken recipe?

Food: new combos

As I mentioned last week, I got bored of my usual eats, so I had to find new combos to invite my appetite back. I found few new meals that I enjoy. See below

Breakfast: instead of protein cake, I topped greek yogurt and peaches with 2 tbsp of flax meal, 2 tbsp of coconut flour and 1/2 cup of almond milk

it’s like eating a cookie dough~~~

this combo has dragon fruit, blueberries, greek yogurt, flax meal and coconut flour

and with quinoa

For lunch, I had this vietnamese noodle bowl that comes with glass noodles, assorted veggies, calamari in a soy ginger broth.

Dinner combo that I enjoyed a lot.

sauteed noodles with smoked tofu and bell peppers, and seaweed salad

with sautéed romaine lettuce with mushrooms

And I had panini several times

this one has 1/2 large avocado, cheddar and tomato paste

two fried eggs, cheddar and ketchup

grilled summer squash, two fried eggs and cheddar.

I love all these combos! Ready in <10 min and delicious! 🙂

And a chinese meal, seaweed salad, aduki bean oatmeal porridge

and sauteed cucumber with black fungus and jumbo shrimp

As dessert, I’ve been having steamed kabocha with a chocolate mouse made with avocado, silken tofu and cocoa powder. The mouse is soooo smooth with avocado! Love it! 🙂

Q: What’s your favorite panini combo?