Nom nom nom.... munch munch munch....
Oh yes, it is me eating again!!!
I admit I snack a lot in order to stay awake everyday. Some days, I have stress eating too especially before and after a certain class hence I am trying my best now to snack healthily if possible. I know i have this tendency especially when it comes to revision month of my students' and son's exams.
So here are some food I ate recently.
A China snack that is artificial meat 多汁大牛排
Okay I don't really know how to describe this snack except that it tastes like a delicious piece of meat but it is not. I think it is made of flour but tastes like a beef steak. Hahahah! I think China produces a lot of interesting snacks like this which is actually attracting me but I only bought one piece to try so I don't splurge on such things too much and put on weight.
Dried Mango
This is my new favorite snack, thanks to my nephew who keeps eating and calling it as his "mango chips". There are many many brands but some are more fibrous than the others. I like this brand that I am posting in the picture. Not too fibrous and bigger piece of dried mango too. Will get this for my nephew when I see him end of the month. I may need to source for those with even lower sugar.
Konjac snack 魔芋爽
Now this is a favorite snack of my husband and I. It comes in many different flavours but we prefer the fragrant spicy 香辣one!!! Okay I got it off a great deal for RM4.99 for 20 small packs. The husband kept asking mw why I didn't buy more. Oh well I am trying to control my snack amount. It is bouncy and it mimicks the shape of the stomach lining of a lamb. Very addictive!!! I have a habit to open and eat this whenever I am too stressed. Its spicyness gives me such a "kick" to go on with what I need to do. I found one with lower fat but of course it does not taste as tasty but it is fine by me. I need to eat healthier.
Mango Sticky Rice
There was a day I stopped by the Malay stall by the roadside because my son wanted to eat donut. I saw them selling this Mango sticky rice which is a dessert from Thailand. I could not resist but picked it up. I crave for mangoes every now and then and this satisfied my craving on that day! The coconut milk is creamy and nice to go with it and the sticky rice was not too much. I am glad because my stomach has difficulty to digest too much glutinous rice.
Plain Mangoes
I got some 6 mangoes for RM6.99 one day and I cut some when they are ripe as my fruit snacks. I dont always cut them nicely so when I managed to, I must take photos to remember my success! Hahah
Egg tarts
These are some good delectable egg tarts bought by my mum-in-law for us when she went down to a good eatery in downtown the other day. She also bought the most delicious braised beef with tripes but I forgot to take photo of it because it was too delicious!!!
My son and the donuts he requested
I queued for quite a while for the donuts because they were not ready when I went. Apparently many other customers were also waiting for it so the seller tried to speed up and I managed to get mine after 10 minutes wait! Look at the happy boy who was wiping his mouth after the sugar coating over the donuts got him in his mouth and face! Still enjoying it so much.
Red Dates with Walnut
Oh my this has got to be my most most favorite healthier snacks of all. I discovered this some years ago and I have been buying it as gifts for others during festive occasions. This round I bought it for my pregnant friend and I also bought a pack for myself. Red dates is very good in replenishing for women especially after our monthly cycle and walnut is a good nut to consume for improving our brain. On top of all these, it tastes very good! I just love it so much and hate to see mine finished just like that.
Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Got this from the same Malay stall. It is my first time trying it as this is the rice paper spring roll like what the Vietnamese eat. Wow it is surprisingly so yummy especially when I dipped into one of the 2 sauces. This Malay stall certainly sells a lot of hidden treasures!!
Frozen Beef Pepperoni Pizza
Last Saturday, my son requested for pizza for breakfast. I ran out of pizza dough but thank God there is a frozen pizza in the freezer so I heated it up in the oven and whoa, this is one delicious pizza!!! My son ate 3 slices himself while I packed 3 slices too for lunch in between my 2 revision classes. Definitely coming back to it again.
Beef La Mian soup
Ate this one night for dinner at a Chinese Muslim shop in a mall. I think this has got to be my most ordered food off any chinese Muslim shops. The broth was so comforting and satisfying.
Borscht soup
I cooked this one Sunday as a quick soup in the pressure cooker with celeries and carrots with minced beef in it. I ran out of ideas on what to cook and a friend said she was cooking that, hence I took her idea!!! Haven't made this in a long while and it was just so so so good! Tangy and savory is my kind of taste!!!
Healthy Overnight Oats
I have started overnight oats for breakfast to see if it can help me reduce my noodles intake in the morning. I usually prepare mine with the ingredients I can find at home like rolled oats, yogurt, fresh milk, yogurt drink, vitagen, dark chocolate crumbs (if there is), red date chips, bananas, blueberries or frozen strawberries (if I find a good deal). Then I soak and prepare the oats a night before so I just grab it off the fridge the next day. It has been very yummy actually for me though I was generally not an oats person. Oats have many good benefits like lowering cholesterol and also sugar levels. I shall try to eat more of it.
Last but not least - Ice- Cream!!!
Okay I have to end this post with my favorite pretty ice-cream made of strawberry cheesecake flavour. Got it off a good deal 3 for RM9 so I am spacing out in eating this. But it is just soooo yummy. I tell myself it can only be a reward once in 2 tough weeks. I am looking forward to have it at the end of my revision classes with my students in 2 week's time.