The sun is shining bright. I hope the monsoon rains which typhoon Maria would be bringing are not strong to cause flooded streets and houses. Sometimes monsoon rains take as long as more than a week, a little inconvenient when you want to go out and it’s raining outside.
I checked the garden for a while making sure that the the plants in the planter’s box not reached by the previous rain yesterday are not too dry. I also checked our jackfruits which are still fruiting and our two kalamansi trees. What do you know. I just harvested about a kilo of fresh kalamansi. Perfect for marinating meat, dips and making kalamansi juice. I am trying to limit my sugar intake though so it would be just a bit of sugar. I am planning to buy honey when I go back to the supermarket.
Fresh kalamansi
For the past two days, I avoided eating rice. Carbohydrates eventually turn into sugar and sugar feeds cancer cells. Trying to do it right slowly until my body adjusts to no rice at all. My daughter Nissa is on a Keto diet. She’s been on it for the past two years. I asked my internist about it and he said I should not eat fats since I am on maintenance with high blood pressure. I don’t like fats specially from pork and chicken. When I buy chicken, I remove the skin or have chicken breasts deboned by the vendor. Josef suggested that I cook my meals in our steamer to avoid those unnecessary oils and fats that I don’t need.
Over the weekend, Josef and I bought some wonton wrappers and cooked Pinsec frito. Pinsec is a type of dumplings wherein wonton wrappers are filled with ground meat, carrots, sesame oil, salt, ground black pepper, green onion, crab meat (optional), and egg or seafood filling and then deep-fried until golden and crisp. It’s best eaten when it’s hot and it’s best with sweet and sour sauce as dips.
Pinsec Frito
As we grow older, it’s not just the body aches and muscular pains that we experience. I still feel my immunity is low. After all these years, maybe it is still the effect of chemo drugs. I am grateful though that despite all these setbacks, I feel okay and I thank God for that.
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It must be so difficult to be so careful about your diet, but you are doing well
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I am beginning to adjust Derrick, thanks!
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There are so many dos and don’ts when it comes to food, aren’t there? We learn such bad habits (like sugar in my coffee 😦 ) and they’re hard to get out of. I tell myself lack of energy is natural as I get older, Arlene, but probably much is self inflicted. Monsoon must be hard to live with. The news from Japan is awful and I’ve watched with baited breath as those little boys sit trapped in the tunnel. Thank heavens for brave rescuers.
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So many things happening in this world. Sometimes we just catch ourselves wondering. I watched the video on the flood in Japan too and those of the rescuers in Thailand. True Jo, As we grow older, we feel those unwanted body aches and pains. Thank you so much!
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It seems that everything has carbohydrates and sugars at some level.
It’s so hard to eat carefully, when you have medical concerns to consider.
Best wishes, Pete.
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True Pete. I’m trying. No more snacks…haha!
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That’s great that you are taking care of yourself. With so many people in and out of the house, I’m trying portion control instead of planned eating.
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Thank you Anne.
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I love noodles and pasta especially, try to control the amount taken.
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Difficult to change our food habits and those dumplings sound good. Perhaps it’s very small portions of carbs that we need so they don’t turn into excess sugar or for me weight! Keep well and hope you have sufficient rain but no flooding!
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Getting there I hope, thanks! I love the rain without the flood 🙂
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