After 2 weeks of never-ending makan and endless invitation to "open-houses" , My hubby said he wanted to have a healthy start for today. You see,just after puasa he lost about 3 kg and he's gaining...more than 3 kg. :)
As a biologist, let me explain why this happens. During puasa, for most of us, especially those who do lots of work outs and didn't do it during puasa, our body experiences 2 "things" . 1- lowering of metabolism... meaning our body has a lower tendency to burn the fats into energy due to lesser activities. 2- our cells which have been deprived of "food" as a result of lesser intake of food during puasa become an efficient storage for fats when puasa ends. So as a result, if we are not careful, we'll gain double what we've lost.
Back on today's topic...
So today I prepared My hubby His favourite snack vegies with Hommus dip and green tea. Whereas My Kids and I had macaroni salad. Here are the recipes:
Hommus dip ( Arabic dip)
1 can chick peas ( kacang kuda)
3 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup tahini ( sesame paste: sesame seed soak in water for a day, crushed to seperate bran, soak in salted water for an hour, toast and grind to make paste)
1clove garlic
4 roasted garlic
1/2 tsp salt
a pinch of white pepper
steps: blend everything to form a paste.
PASTA SALAD
Ingredients:
1/2 pkt pasta ( macaroni, fettucini, shells, spaghetti)
1/2 onion
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup milk ( can be replaced by 1/4cup cream or1/4 cup mayonnaise)
patsarami ( smoked beef can be replaced by tuna or chicken slices)
1/2 tsp mixed italian herbs
cracked black pepper
salt to taste or use chicken stock powder
capers ( optional) but I love them!!
tomatoes
steps:
1. Boil pasta with salt and oil. drain
2. shallow fry the garlic and onion till soft add the milk the meat, herbs,pepper
3. Add in the pasta , tomato and capers....
and... for me I end my breakfast with this.... coffee and I put cinnamon stick in it....mmmmmm... heaven.
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