July 28 - Recovery...

Weight: 164 lbs.

Height: 5'5

Cigarettes: 0

Alcohol: 0
Vitamins: 1,000mg Vitamin C
Other Medication: 0

Sigh... Recovering from a cold sucks. I am running out of tissue and my bed is already so hot and sticky from too much of my presence in it! Haha!

Ever since my boyfriend Raul and I did some grocery shopping last Sunday, I have been cooking for him for his "baon" to work. I made him some of my special blanched broccoli with thick garlic and soy sauce. Yum!! I also made him some Cajun Chicken Breast Fillet like what I ate yesterday. I included the broccoli recipe at the bottom :)

My activity for today:

- Ashtanga Yoga

30 minutes

I really wanted to just rest today but I couldn't stay put! My body was like it was looking for sweat and a good workout! I wanted to go out and jog but I also didn't want to overdo it. So instead, I did some Ashtanga Yoga at home and the sweat and workout that my body was looking for was fulfilled.

I am actually looking forward to working out tomorrow at the gym... I am so excited to train for the urbanite run!

My menu for today:

BREAKFAST

1 cup Nestle Honey Gold Flakes

1/2 cup skim milk

SNACK

1 cup assorted fresh fruit cup

LUNCH

Sole Fish Fillet Baked En Papillote (my recipe!! recipe at the bottom)

3/4 cup blanched assorted veggies (corn kernels, green peas, carrots)

1/4 cup brown rice

SNACK

1/2 serving of Goolai prepared salad with Poppy-seed Vinaigrette (lettuce, pomelo, almonds, mangoes, dragon fruit)

SNACK 2

1 cup assorted fresh fruit cup

1 banana

DINNER

1/2 serving of Goolai prepared salad with Poppy-seed Vinaigrette (lettuce, pomelo, almonds, mangoes, dragon fruit)

1 pc. Grilled Cajun Chicken Breast Fillet

*****

Blanched Broccoli with thick Garlic and Soy Sauce

1 1/2 cup Washed and strained broccoli flowers (set aside in a mixing bowl)

2 Tbsps chopped garlic

1 cup water

1 1/2 Tbsps Kikkoman 43% reduced sodium soy sauce

3 Tbsps. Cornstarch

Ground pepper

Pinch of salt

In a small pot boil about a pint of water. When boiling, pour over your broccoli flowers and cover with a plate for 1 minute only. Strain and cover again with a plate. Set aside.

In a sauce pan, saute garlic in olive oil and continue stirring until slightly browned only. Add 1 cup of water and stir until it comes to simmer. Immediately add soy sauce and stir in cornstarch a little at a time completely dissolving the powder. Add ground pepper and salt to taste and boil until sauce is nice and thick. Set aside.

When you are going to serve the broccoli, all you need to do is heat the sauce and pour over your flowers! Your veggies will still have that nice crunch!

Sole Fish Fillet En Papillote Recipe

*Cooking en papillote is a method in which you seal the food in a pouch and bake. The food essentially steams in the oven in its own juices.

Pre-heat your oven to 180C or 356F

1 Fish Fillet (I used Sole but you can choose any fish you like)

1/2 slice of lemon

1 whole onion sliced in rings

3 large pcs of garlic thinly sliced (makes about 2 Tbsps)

2 Tbsps Onion Leeks

1 tsp sliced ginger

2 Tbsps Sesame Oil

2 Tbsps Kikkoman 43% Less Sodium Soy Sauce

Fresh ground pepper

1 sheet of Aluminum Foil

Marinate your fillet with the lemon and let sit for about 15 minutes. On a sheet of aluminum oil, arrange your onion slices as a "bed" for your fish. Put the onion leeks, garlic and ginger on top of your fish. Drizzle with the sesame oil and then the soy sauce. Season with pepper and wrap the fish, sealing it well making sure the juices don't spill. Bake the fish for about 20 minutes and check until the fish is no longer transparent. Make sure you don't over bake because it might dry out.

Blanched Assorted Vegetable Siding Recipe

1/4 cup diced carrots

1/4 cup green peas (frozen or fresh)

1/4 cup corn kernels (canned)

In a small pot of boiling water with a pinch of salt, drop the carrots and peas first to blanch until they are nice and tender. As soon as they are done, drop the corn kernels and blanch for 1 minute and strain.