Archive for November, 2009

American Chopsuey

Heat sufficient oil in a wok. Divide the cooked noodles into four to six equal portions, form into a nest and deep fry in hot oil till light brown and crisp. Remove and drain onto an absorbent kitchen towel. Deep fry tofu strips and keep aside. Blend cornstarch in a quarter cup of water and keep aside. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a wok. Add chopped ginger and garlic, and stir fry briefly. Add onion and sauté for a minute or until it turns translucent.

Add chicken and stir fry on high heat for two minutes or until the moisture evaporates. Add carrot, beans, cabbage, spinach and stir fry for two minutes or until the vegetables are just cooked, but still retain the crispness. Add pepper powder, salt and sugar. Stir in the tomato sauce and the vinegar. Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, reduce heat and stir in the blended cornstarch. Simmer for two minutes or until it thickens to a sauce consistency. Add bean sprouts and tofu and stir well. Use the remaining oil to make fried eggs in a non-stick frying pan.

Sick of the hawkers, i had a fanta in a rooftop garden. It was a pricey 80c, but the view was good. After finding a restaurant with a more desirable budget of $2 I braved the odd meal of American chopsuey. It was a noodle dish with a litre of sweet syrup and a fried egg on top, and it tasted gross. Even worse, I couldnt tell if the strips of buffalo meat in it were cooked or not. After a few hesitant mouthfuls I offended the waiter and retreated to the hotel, afraid of a vicious onset of diarrhea.

None came, so i ventured out on the streets to check out the shops. Some noticeable products included a whole buffalo being decimated on the street (next to the restaurant where i had just eaten), popcorn makers and cannabis incense. Ready you are American Chopsuey Please visit in the site www.indomunch.com for extra details.

In Moderation Fast Food Meals Are OK

Fast food diets are generally looked upon as harmful, useless, and not ‘diets’ at all! The public relates the word fast food with a connotative meaning of negative, unhealthy, and hard on a humans health. Understandingly so, most fast food outlets are loaded with grease, fatty foods, and preservatives hard for the body to break down. 

However, fast food diets CAN go in stride with creating healthy meals for yourself throughout the day. But, a few guidelines must be followed. For simplicity reasons, I’ll keep on referring to this as a fast food diet, but don’t think of it that way. Think of it as more of a Quick Fix Diet (sounds more appealing). 

More and more restaurants know obesity is the number 1 diagnosed disease in America, and are becoming more savvy when choosing their menus. This is what makes fast food diets possible!

Like every diet, calorie counting is an integral part of the process, and this doesn’t change for a fast food diet. The MAIN difference between a diet you prepare yourself and a fast food diet is the convenience and the chef (someone else in this case). Most people are skeptical because of the chef part – if your not entirely in control of what you eat, how do you know it is healthy? Well, you can easily influence this by requesting what you want on your order (no mayo or ketchup on your burger, no extra cheese). Take off the simple things that aren’t necessary and are the hidden calories. These are the things you normally don’t pick up on the calorie counter and can have a huge impact on the weight you gain. 

So lets link all of this together for you.

The major difference between a fast food diet and a regular diet that people goes on is the ability to prepare your own food, or have it prepared for you. This is convenient because of the time you save, but skeptisim arises with this because of hidden calories on the foods prepared for you. This is fixed if you know what hidden calories are, and accout for them by ridding your fast food diet of them. 

Creating healthy meals through a fast food diet is not as hard as you think it is. It takes a little common sense on what your body needs to function properly as well as being aware of hidden calories in fast food diets. 

Read more about fast food diets and calorie counting a http://www.AllHealth-Gateway.com or http://www.Optimal-Fitness-Gateway.com

Great New Restaurant Recipes

Every cook likes to keep as many recipes on hand as possible in their kitchen. Just as a mechanic needs unusual kinds of tools for different vehicles, a chef needs different recipes to match the occasion and culinary desires at hand. Each additional meal or dish that a chef knows how to prepare is one more trick up their sleeve to amaze and delight the shoppers who will be eating at their tables. By having many different restaurant style recipes to cook, a chef will be able to prepare most any delicacy, and constantly keep them next back for more.

It’s hard to know at which to find good recipes though. The internet is full of websites with endless lists of recipes, and of lesson you can always get them in more limited supply from your family and friends. Without talking to people who have tried them though, it can be hard to tell which recipes are winners. The great news is that new websites are showing out every day through authentic and delicious Restaurant Recipes that are prepared to be downloaded into your recipe book and brought out whenever the occasion calls for it. Dozens of recipes for every taste bud can be found either by working at an internet search, or in informative articles like that one.

So whether you’re a chef with ages of experience looking for the newest tool to put in your toolbox, or you’re a hobbyist who just loves to have a good home full of good food, one has the recipes for you.