Iron Rich Foods

Special 2014 - A New Year With A New Moon

Foods That Fight Inflammation

Foods That Heal The Kidneys

purple plums
purple potatoes,
black quinoa,
blackberries,
black carrots (purple carrots),
hijiki(potent seaweed),
black seaweed salad,
black grapes,
black beans, and black elderberries

Tips For Alcoholics

Health Benefits Of Red Wine

Health Benefits Of Broccoli

4 Beneficial Vitamin Combinations

Did you know that some vitamins depend on one another for maximum absorption by the body? These vitamins work together in such a way that they provide a greater benefit to the body when consumed together than separately. When consuming foods, being mindful of these certain vitamin combinations is useful to give your body a chance at absorbing nutrients more efficiently.

Calcium & Vitamin D:
Calcium absorption is enhanced by vitamin D, which helps prevent osteoporosis and maintain strong bones....Read MORE

Joke - Oh Heavens

MEN ENTERING HEAVEN

When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Heaven, God appeared and said,"I want the married men to make two lines - one line for the men who were true heads of their household, and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women.   I want all the women to report to St. Peter."

Soon, the women were gone, and there were two lines of men.

The line of the men who were dominated by their wives was 100 miles long and in the line for men who truly were heads of their household there was only one man.

God said to the long line, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves; I created you to be the head of your household!   You have been dis-obedient and have not fulfilled your purpose! Of all of you, only one obeyed.  Learn from him."

God turned to the one man, "How did you manage to be the only one in this line?"

The man replied,

"My wife told me to stand here."

Your Time Is Not Up Yet!

A middle-aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital.

While on the operating table, she had a near death experience.

Seeing God, she asked "Is my time up?"

God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months, and 8 days to live."

Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a facelift, liposuction, and a tummy tuck. She even had someone come in and change her hair color. Since she had so much more time to live, she figured she might as well make the most of it.

After her last operation, she was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way home, she was killed by an ambulance.

Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 40 years? Why didn't you pull me from out of the path
of the ambulance?"

God replied, "I didn't recognize you!"

Garden of Eden
Adam was walking around the Garden of Eden feeling very lonely, so God asked Adam, "What is wrong with you?"

Adam said, "I don't have anyone to talk to."

God said, "I will give you a companion and it will be a woman." He said, "This person will cook for you and wash your clothes, she will
always agree with every decision you make, she will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them.

"She will not nag," God continued, "and will always be the first to admit she was wrong. When you've had a disagreement, she will never have a headache and will freely give you love and passion whenever needed."

Adam asked God, "What will a woman like this cost?"

God said, "An arm and a leg!"

Adam said, "What can I get for just a rib?"

AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

Health Benefits Of Guava

1. Rich in Calcium, Potassium, Iron, Fiber, Vitamin A-B-C and Content Folic and Nicotinic Acid.

2. Prevents Prostate Cancer and High Blood Pressure.

3. Remedy for Prolonged Menstruation, Asthma, Acidosis, Catarrh.

4. Cough and Cold Fighter, acts as a Respiratory track disinfectant.

5. Relief Constipation, improve Digestion system, helps Losing Weight.

6. Battles Diabetes by lowering blood glucose levels and avoid scurvy.

Joke - We Live In A Funny World

If swimming is a good exercise to stay FIT, why are whales FAT??

Why is the place in a stadium where people SIT, called a STAND?

Why is that everyone wants to go to HEAVEN but nobody wants to DIE?

Shall I say that there is racial discrimination even in chess as the WHITE piece is moved FIRST?

In our country, we have FREEDOM of SPEECH, then why do we have TELEPHONE BILLS?

If money doesn't grow on TREES then why do banks have BRANCHES?

Why doesn't GLUE stick to its BOTTLE?

Why do you still call it a BUILDING when its already BUILT?

If its true that we are here to HELP others, what are others HERE for?

If you arent supposed to DRINK and DRIVE why do bars have PARKING lots?

If All The Nations In The World Are In Debt, Where Did All The Money Go..?

When Dog Food Is New With Improved Taste, Who Tests It..?

If The "Black Box" Flight Recorder Is Never Damaged During A Plane Crash, Why Isn't The Whole Airplane Made Out Of That Stuff..?

Who Copyrighted The Copyright Symbol..?

Can You Cry Under Water..?

Why Do People Say "You've Been Working Like A Dog" When Dogs Just Sit Around All Day..??=D=))=D

We all r Living in a seriously funny world..

11 Reasons To Drink Green Tea

6 Nutrients You Need Most

Foods That Worked Better Together

Eat A Rainbow For Health

Read more ......(link)

Joke - A Leg Up

Alexander de Seversky, a World War I war hero and influential Russian-American aviator and engineer, was once visiting a fellow flyer in the hospital. The young man had just lost his leg. 

De Seversky, who had had an artificial leg for some time, tried to cheer him up. “The loss of a leg is not so great a calamity,” he said. “If you get hit on a wooden leg, it doesn’t hurt a bit! Try it!” 

The patient raised his walking stick and brought it down hard on de Seversky’s leg. De Seversky didn't flinch. 

“You see,” he said cheerfully, “if you hit an ordinary man like that, he’d be in bed for days! Good luck, now!” 

With that he left his friend and limped into the corridor, where he collapsed in excruciating pain. The young man had struck de Seversky on his good leg. 

   

Charlie Chaplin Meets Albert Einstein

Meeting between Chaplin and Einstein.

"What I admire most about your art" Albert Einstein said "is its universality. You do not say a word and yet...... the world understands you."

"It's true" replied Chaplin. "Your fame is even greater ; the world admires you when nobody understands you."

Recipe - Sea Cucumber Stir Fry With Ginger And Spring Onions

Sea cucumbers are marine animals with a round elongated body and and a mouth at one end and  lots of tentacles for feeding. Shaped like a cucumber, sea cucumbers have a leathery skin and a distinctly phallic appearance.

Sea cucumbers are known for their anti-ageing properties. Sea cucumbers are considered a general health tonic and benefit people with chronic joint pains, sprains, ligaments stress and arthritis.

Like tofu, sea cucumber is flavorless, but has the ability to soak up the flavors of foods and seasonings it is cooked with. It is used in soups, stir-fries, and certain braised dishes.

In this recipe, the sea cucumber is given a quick stir fry with ginger, spring onion and dried shrimps.

Ingredients

150 grams sea cucumber thinly sliced,

1 tbs of dried shrimps

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

Shredded ginger slices, shredded from abt 8 slices

sea cucumber

Spring onions 2 stalks, cut into long strips 

Coriander leaves, 1 stalk, cut into long strips

1 tsp chilli paste

1 red chilli , sliced

1 tps light sauce

1 tbs cooking oil

Method

Heat oil in a wok or pan on medium

Fry dried prawns till crispy & fragrant, then dish out and set aside

In the remaining oil, fry garlic, and ginger and white portion of spring onion till fragrant

Add chilli paste and fresh chilli slices, mix well

On high heat add sea cucumber slices,  stir quickly and add some water

( if fresh prawns are used, add them in together with the sea cucumber )

Season with a teaspoon of light sauce.

Add spring onion and coriander leaves, fried dried prawns & turn off heat immediately

Delicious , served with warm steamed rice

    

In this 11 minute video, the sea cucumber is cooked with abalone sauce.

Carrots And health Benefits

8 Foods For Healthy Skin

Five Best memory Boosting Foods

Maths - Why Do Competitiors Open Stores Next To One Another - Nash Equilibrium

Why are all the gas stations, cafes and restaurants in one crowded spot? As two competitive cousins vie for ice-cream-selling domination on one small beach, discover how game theory and the Nash Equilibrium inform these retail hotspots. 

Improve Your Memory With Spinach

Breast Cancer Prevention Veggies

Chef Gordon Ramsay In Vietnam

Gordon's gastronomic tour of South East Asia brings him to Vietnam. 

In Vietnam the culinary rule seems to be that if it moves, eat it. Gordon samples a host of surreal, challenging and delicious foods, including still-beating snake heart, freshly slaughtered barbecue duck, and basket-caught squid. 

In Ho Chi Minh City Gordon visits the city's finest snake restaurant.

In Hanoi he grapples with the ferocious Madam Duck and begs her to reveal her secret duck recipe. He also rises to the challenge of broth maker Zi Hai to sell over 80 broths in a tiny boat at a floating market in the Mekong Delta. 

Gordon travels hundreds of miles to the tropical hot spot Mai Chau to learn how to prepare rice cakes. 

Gordon's final challenge is to host a dinner of pork for several of Vietnam's most discerning and critical food connoisseurs.


Part 1 - Ho Chi Minh City





Part 2 - Hanoi





Part 3 - Phan Thiet





Part 4 - Hanoi

Bromelain (Pineapple) Destroys Cancer

A 3 minute video on the amazing pineapple

Eat More Spinach

12 Best Foods To Cleanse The Liver

Health Benefits Of Kiwi Fruit

8 Most Alkaline Foods

How To Dress A Cooked Lobster

How to dress a cooked lobster - scientific name: Homarus gammarus
(Also called the European Lobster)
This preparation method may also be used for the North American lobster.

How To Dress A Cooked Crab

How to dress a cooked brown crab - scientific name: Cancer pagurus (Also called edible crab). This video will take you through the process of preparing a cooked crab to industry standards, ready for presentation.

How To Prepare Scallops

This video explains how to prepare raw scallops for cooking.

Potassium And Health Benefits

The Power Of Papaya

Health Benefits Of Avocados

Joke - Why Sharks Circle You Before Attacking

Two great white sharks swimming in the ocean spied survivors of a sunken ship.

"Follow me son" the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the Mass of people.

"First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing."

And they did.

 

"Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our Fins showing." 

And they did.

 

"Now we eat everybody." And they did.

 

When they were both gorged, the son asked, "Dad, why didn't we just 
Eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and around them?"

His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without the shit inside!" 
No need to thank me, I just try to learn something new every day.

Recipe - Youtiao Stuffed With Fish Paste

Youtiao or crispy crullers are a popular snack in Singapore. It is a key ingredient in Rojak  but it is nice on its own.

The youtiao is very often served together with a bowl of congee (or chok). The crispy youtiao can also be combined with fillings of squid paste or fish paste to make it a wholesome meal and to add variety to your meals.

In this recipe, I make a fish paste from the sutchi fish fillet which is ideal as it is boneless. To make the fish paste, I blend the sutchi fillet with sesame oil, salt and mint leaves for flavour. I happen to have mint leaves, if not, spring onions will do.

For the youtiao, I bought 3 pairs of ready to eat youtiao, split them out and cut into 4 pieces each. For each piece, I use a pair of scissors to cut a slit along the length of the youtiao for  the fish paste filling.

Ingredients (serve 5)

3 pairs of youtiao, cut and slit in the middle.

youtiao

Fish paste

250 gms sutchi fillet blended
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbs of chopped mint leaves

Method

For the youtiao, separate the youtiao pairs. Cut into 4 sections each and snip open the youtiao lengthwise.

For the fish paste, mix the paste well.

Stuff the fish paste into the cavity of the youtiao and pat it neatly.

At this stage, the youtiao can be pan fried or bake in the oven.

I bake them in the oven, using top heat at 150 deg C for 10 minutes, with fish paste facing up.

Serve warm and enjoy the crunchy youtiao with fish paste. If you like, serve with tartar sauce or mayonnaise.

  


A short video on how to make youtiao



A nice video that explains how to make the youtiao in details



How to make fish paste.

Joke - Don't Drink And Drive

Foods That Kill Cancer

Very True

How To Season A New Wok

All new woks have to be seasoned to make them non-stick.

This video shows how to season a carbon steel wok. Cast iron wok can also be seasoned the same way.





This is for black steel wok.

Marina Coastal Expressway

When the new Marina Coastal Expressway opens on 29 December 2013, motorists will need to take note of some road changes. Click on to watch a video summarising the changes and what to expect. 

5 Foods To Prevent Your Arteries From Clogging