POTATO CREAMY SOUP

1 big potato, peeled, finely diced
1 cup evaporated milk
3 tablespoons cream of mushroom powder
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
3 spring onions, cut into 1 1/2
salt to taste
water

• Boil potato and onions in a saucepan with enough water to cover them until tender.
• Mash potato in saucepan.
• Dilute cream of mushroom and cornstarch in 1/2 cup water and add to mashed potato.
• Add milk and butter. Add enough water to desired thinness.
• Season with salt. Boil for 2 minutes.
• Add spring onions. Remove immediately from fire.

(Recipe is from Cooking Smart by B.M. Varona and D.A. Varona)

Exercise - To A Healthier and Slimmer YOU!

I love exercise! It makes me feel great inside and out. Good thing the company that I work for established an aerobics program for us employees to join in. We sweat our bodies away twice a week. Since I joined the class, here are some of the remarkable changes that happened:

1. Goodbye, PMS!
   - a day in every month, I get to suffer from this terrible pain. Luckily, I found the secret, just have a regular exercise and you'll be pain-free!
   
2. Healthy body - exercise helps keep the blood in my body well-circulated thus keeping me healthy. Note also that it reduces the risk of high blood pressure.
   
3. No more muscle pain - before my regular exercise, my upper back used to ache extensively.
4. I feel & look better - I lost several pounds since I started with this regimen and my skin looked brighter.

There are more, and I mean more benefits of exercise but those things listed above where the things I notice on my body.

So what about you? What health tip can you share? Post on my comment to share...who knows you may be of help to someone.

TOFU STEAK

3/4 kilo tofu, sliced, slightly fried
2 tablespoons catsup
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 onion, ringed
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt to taste

• Saute 1/4 part of onion slightly. Set aside the rest for garnishing.
• Add soy sauce and catsup.
• Dilute cornstarch in water, then add to mixture. Stir until evenly mixed.
• Add tofu and season with salt.
• Simmer for 2 minutes.
• Garnish with onion rings.
• Serve hot.
  

HARD BOILED EGGS WITH TOMATOES

This is a very simple easy-to-do recipe.

6 eggs
18 tomatoes, sliced as desired
2 tablespoons sesame oil
Salt to taste
Lettuce

• Place eggs in kettle and add water just enough to cover the eggs. Bring to a boil. (Boil with kettle uncovered)
• Once water begins to boil, set time for 12 minutes. Immediately remove eggs and place in tap water.
• When cooled, remove shells and slice as desired.
• Mix eggs and sesame oil.
• Season with salt.
• Arrange mixture on platter.
• Garnish with tomatoes and lettuce.
  

(This recipe is from the book Cooking Smart by B.M. Varona and D.A. Varona)

GLUTEN CURRY

3/4 kilo gluten, cubed, slightly fried
2 cups potatoes, peeled, cubed, fried
2 tablespoons curry powder
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 onion, sliced
2 red or green bell peppers, sliced
2 cups thick coconut milk
1 tablespoon calamansi extract
1/2 cup water
Salt to taste

• Dilute curry powder and cornstarch in water
• Saute garlic and onion in vegetable oil
• Add bell peppers, coconut milk, and curry powder-cornstarch mixture. Simmer for 1 minute.
• Add gluten, calamansi extract, and potatoes.
• Season with salt.
• Serv hot.

(Source: Cooking Smart by Blecenda Miranda-Varona & David Arsulo Varona)

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