Hubby and i attempted to eat healthier after Christmas and we began pretty well with porridge on the 1st night.
The porridge was extra flavourful this time although hubby used the same ingredients such as dried shrimps, dried oysters, dried cuttlefish and minced pork. Makes me wonder if there was any addition of secret ingredient which hubby denied.
On the 2nd night which was a Friday night, hubby called me around 4pm to inform me that he bought something i like for dinner and gave me a clue before asked me to guess what was it. The clue was:- Something he would usually stopped me from eating. My imagination went wild as hubby hardly gives me a surprise in the sense to guess something. My 1st few guesses were mangosteen, "duku langsat" and durian as i've been eyeing these local fruits which are in season now and hubby always against the idea of buying them. According to him, the first two types of fruits are "cold" and "windy", so it is bad for my stomach. Durian is heaty, so it is consider as a "bad" fruit too.
To my wildest answer, hubby bought crabs for dinner. Oh my heart leaped on hearing this as i love crabs and again according to hubby, crabs are "cold" food and only to be eaten in rare occasion. I have to add hubby's ideology on "cold" food here which he said to be bad for women especially as our body has to be kept warm to avoid cramps. Unfortunate for me, i suffers from nocturnal leg cramps very often, so i took hubby's advise with a pinch of salt, unsure how true his ideology was. However, knowing crabs are high in cholestrol food, i don't over-indulge in them.
For a few minutes, i took pity on these two cute looking crabs. I even squealed in protest when hubby took a chopstick to kill them. I really thought it was cruel but i know i was a hypocrite as well as i looked in delight when they were served 30 minutes later.
Steamed crab with ginger slices,tomatoes, glass noddles and fishballs. It was awesome in every bite.
After dinner, i indulged myself in ice-cream.
Healthier meals...as this post header says? I think not quite as crabs are high in cholestrol and one stick of Magnum packs 400+ calories. Hee......i gave myself some lee-way. It was a Friday night, more so, the last Friday of Year 2011 so i went ahead and enjoyed.
To a healthier note, may we all eat well and be fit in Year 2012!
Well, at least the porridge is healthy. Wink.
ReplyDeleteTasty, tasty crabs! Have not had them in ages. The last time I had it was in Malaysia but can't remember when.
By the way, speaking of cold, I have been getting pins and needles on my hands and feet and feeling stiff in the morning and one thing I find soothing is to drink hot chocolate every night before I go to bed. He he.
Let's go for more crabs when you are back!
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