Healthy Choices

The pharmacy close to my house recently  distributed booklets on dietary advice. My husband brought home one.I thought this was  laudable  on their part for creating awareness to eat healthy and live healthy.This was all about taking the  right steps to prevent hypertension. It’s always good to be aware and take necessary actions  to avoid being a victim to this deadly illness.

Eating food with low sodium helps  to reduce blood pressure ,which is the major cause for heart problems. A lot of pre-cooked and processed food have high sodium. ,We try to  avoid eating   them as much as possible . Another helpful hint  I  gathered from this booklet was,  to  forget  salt and add more herbs and spices in the food . Or switch to cooking food with chili,ginger and lemon for flavouring,  instead of salt . Oh! Dear! I have a penchant for salty foods. So to begin with, I must

work on that..

It’s about time I took  these guidelines seriously.   ’Why don’t you do some walking Mom,’ , suggested my daughter , when I showed concern about my weight. But then again, just the mere thought of running on the threadmill, makes me go weak at the knees..

Quick Meal

The recipe today is a  ‘quick meal’  to keep warm during the cold weather.This  could  be eaten as a late morning meal  (brunch) on a lazy weekend. It is very  easy to make .I have tried this recipe with a range of different toppings ( (tuna, boiled chicken, vegetables).The children  relish this.

Egg and cheese toast

Mash two boiled eggs .To this .add a little butter , grated cheese, pepper and salt to taste .Mix well set aside.

Take six slices of bread. Trim the edges.Cut into halves/triangles or squares.Evenly apply tomato ketchup on each slice.

Then spread on each slice   a generous amount of  the the  egg and cheese  mixture.

Place on baking tray and bake for 5 minutes.

Optional :  sprinkle  ground pepper and extra cheese. Cut  into bite  size pieces.

And voila ! A quick meal in minutes.

                                                 

Breakfast

-This is my response to Today's prompt at www oneminutewriter.com . "Describe in detail your favorite breakfast as a child."-


My siblings and I would wait uncomplainingly around the breakfast table for Father ,who would bring the freshly baked bread from the Bakery, which we all took delight in eating ,with the coconut “sambol” Mother made. Even though we had a choice for breakfast, we always tried to eat Mother’s favorite. With stinging eyes and a runny nose, my whole body would be encircled with a burning sensation . I wouldn’t give up!! Hastily gulping water in between each morsel, I would fan myself with the morning newspaper, to cool that sweltering in me and pretend that everything was just fine. I would n’t dislodge from the breakfast table till I finished the last mouthful of that spicy coconut sambol , which was a mixture of scrapped coconut, red chilly ,green chilly and chopped onions sprinkled with lemon juice and salt. This was Mother’s delight!