Thin Seaweed Cracker

I find this recipe much better than the conventional seaweed snacks that we see on the store shelf, it does not have any oil or salt included. The only ingredient are TOMATO, CUCUMBER and KELP FLAKES. It does not need salt as kelp itself is a bit salty. The tomato gives a Tangy taste. The proportion I usually used is 1 medium tomato and 1 large jap cucumber, blend them up. There after, add in Kelp Flakes, it help to absorb the water a little as it expand.

Kelp are full of mineral and tomato are best to eaten raw as it turns acidic after cooked. And cucumber are very alkaline and cleansing. The ingredients are easily available and they are easy to make.

Recipe from Raw Living, Kate Wood

Curry Fever

Recipe from Raw Living, Kate Wood

Yummy yum, curry curry, I love curry. Just tried out some curry snacks after getting hold of my curry powder from Organic Shop. I soaked the Buckwheat around 3 to 4 hours, drained it then coat it with sesame oil and curry powder, leave them in the dehydrator to dry overnight. It turned out to be light and crispy. I add them to my salad and my salad become more tasty than ever.

Another type of snack is to use sweet potato. Slice the sweet potato as thin as possible, just like potato chip or else it will be woody. Coat it with the same seasoning as mentioned above and dehydrate it. The sweet potato I used is purple in colour but the flesh is orange, if you bake them, it become very soft like pumpkin. It become my favourite chip but not too much, you will have sore throat the next day. :( More juice, please!

For kids, curry is too hot for them. I tried with the Kelp seasoning and olive oil, it turns out great too!

My new Purple MOPPPPP

Hee hee, this will be out of the topic but I would really really love to share with you my new 2 in 1 floor helper, the Purple MOP!!! Maybe some of you have seen people demonstrating in the market or shopping center or have even got one at home. I tell you I hate mopping because the conventional mopper is heavy and I hate to twist and turn the mop head. It will be stuck with hairs and blah blah stuff.

I used to see the seller in the market very often selling these purple mops, I just ignore and did not really bother. Until my husband suggested to buy them (he is doing the vacumming and mopping everyday...) because our old mop head is not good anymore. So I bought 1 for $10. They said that we don't need to sweep the floor. Oh really???!!! I just gave it a try tonight and I just LOVE it after using and felt excited to write it down. I ate biscuit and purposely drop the crump on the floor. My son ate food and dirty the floor, I just let it be. I did no sweeping or vacuum, I just mopped and pushed the dirt to a corner. To wash the mop, I only do some twisting in the bucket of water then pull the column up and twisted. As you twist, the position will be locked by a mechanism. So not much energy is used and I don't have to touch the mop head. The area that had been mopped was clean and nice, the hair or dirt that cannot be carried by the mop was wipped by tissue.

This is a good tool for fast and easy cleaning, it saves time too. But once a week thorough vacuum maybe needed. At least now, I can do the mopping too. :)

My Ferrero Rocher

Ferrero Rocher.... This used to be one of my favourite chocolate for special occasions or for gifts to friends and relatives. I would eat them mindful with every bites but I have cut down totally on chocolate 2 years ago but occasionally still take some to satisfy my taste bud. Oh, so guilty after eating them and my piles will take effect after that.

Now my replacement for Ferrero Rocher is Carob Candy!!! It is guilt free, tasty and they looks similar I guess. I bring them to special occasions or give out as gifts and the kids simply love it. I also learnt this from the cooking class from Our Place International. The ingredients are Almond Butter, Agave Nectar, Walnuts, Sunflower Seed, Sesame Seed, Carob Powder after mixing and rolled up into balls, coat them with coconut flakes. The ingredients are super right? It is nutty with a bit of chocolaty taste. It will usually be wiped out very fast when we attended the cooking class.

Come for the Sept class if you want to learn more good, tasty and healthy food.

*If you want to order, email to tanshellin@hotmail.com

Red Pepper Bell Dip

Salad with dips will never be the same again. It add flavours to your dish and you can eat it with cucumber, celery sticks, ect... if you have no time to make your salad. You can have lettuce wrap too, just add some alfalfa sprouts, asparagus, cucumber strips, ect and drizzle some dips on it, wrap up and MUNCH.

I make Red Pepper Bell Dips as shown in the pictures. I baked the red pepper bell in the oven until the skin is separated from the flesh, turn it over after the top side is done. Let the pepper bell cool down then remove the skin and the seeds and the stems, left the flesh. Add dates, lemon juice, liquid amino and basil spice to blend until smooth. It can be kept in the fridge for a week. I got this recipes 2 years ago but never really use them due to busy schedule in work and in household chores. Until I stay at home full time and takes this opportunities to try on most of the recipes. In case, I have to go back to work force again, Choe Choe!!! Touch wood! Hopefully not lah but in Singapore it is hard to survive with single income.

I learnt this from Siok Khoon's mum (Our Place International), there are also others dips been taught in their classes. They are yummy... They also teach how to make good salad, dips, guilt free candy, shark fine soup, sushi, brown rice, healthy water cooked bee hoon, ect.... My saliva are drooping as I think of them. They use better seasoning like liquid amino, agave nectar to replace salt, sugar. I don't have to worry about anything when I am taking my meal there, I can eat wholeheartedly.

There is a chance for us to learn her cooking again in Sept 10, Siok Khoon's mum intend to have another round of cooking class this month. Aren't we lucky? Besides learning how to cook, we also have some sharing by some of our friends who have go through some fasting and we are also can make new friends. We need to support one another along the way to maintain this lifestyle.