More belly fat fighting food ideas

I've shed 3 kilos in about a week already. Partly from eating very little and partly from drinking Chinese stomach-piercing slimming tea - but hey, no pain, no gain right?

Here are some diet snack/meal ideas:

Craving carbs/ "proper meal: try a fist-size portion of brown rice with half a roll of egg tofu with sprinkling of Japanese seaweed flakes and a small fistful of edaname OR a baby's fist of cus cus with (a teeny little bit) lemon chicken (recipe to come...)

Sugar rush: some watermelon OR a slice of pineapple with dollop of cottage cheese

Out and about: forget the frappe, swop it to a crushed ice drink (loads of sugar, but after a few days of dieting, you'll need it)

Breakfast: A slice of rye bread OR two scrambled eggs on their own OR a tub of 70 calorie yoghurt

Lunch: Small slice of chicken breast with baby spinach and some salad dressing (just keep some cooked chicken in the fridge for handy instant access)

Best munchie: Tinned crab meat mixed with Japanese mayo and wholegrain crackers (Limit: 4...3's just not enough)

Magic Bunny is on a diet!

I want a body like Cindy Crawford in two months. So I'm on a diet now and trying to squeeze in 30mins on the treadmill twice or three times a week.

Here's what I'm eating:

Breakfast: Slice of rye toast with homemade lemon jam

Morning tea: Slimming tea

Lunch: 1/3 chicken breast on salad leaves and squirt of ceaser dressing

Afternoon tea: Slimming tea + muesli bar or 70 calorie yoghurt if hungry

Dinner: edaname, brown rice, tofu

Supplements: Multivitamin + Metamucil fiber caps

Day 4 and I feel skinny already and accustomed to eating less food.

The perfect juicy medium rare steak

The secret to a perfect steak at home is to buy the best quality meat at your local butcher and marinate it in olive oil 15 minutes before cooking.


To get a medium rare steak, cook it on high heat for 3 minutes on one side, 2 minutes on the other side and seal the sides for 30 seconds each. Rest the meat on a plate for 3-5 minutes before serving and voila.

I've made a cus cus, tomato, boconccini and basil salad and garlic green beans to go with.

Garlic green beans:
1. Fry 3-5 cloves of garlic in olive oil till golden.
2. Add beans and lightly fry and coat with garlic.
3. Pour vegetable or chicken stock till beans almost covered.
4. Steam with lid on till wilted (10-15 mins).
5. Salt and pepper to taste.

Burnt vanilla custard

Heat 2 cups cream, don't boil. Whisk in 5 egg yolks, 1 1/2 tbsp cornflour, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1/3 cup brown sugar and stir till thick.


Pour into ramekin dishes and chill for a few hours. To serve, top with caster sugar and burn with brulee torch.

Chicken Curry revisited

I've already posted this recipe but the pictures were crap for the best recipe on the blog!

First off, you're better off buying a whole chicken and cutting it up into pieces than buying chicken pieces. It only takes 5 minutes to do but you need a strong and sharp knife.

1.Remove the thighs and seperate each thigh into 2 parts (upper and lower)
2.Cut off the wings
3.Split the carcass in two - breasts and back
4. Split the breasts, cutting through the bones. Then cut each breast into 3 pieces
5.Split the back in two
6. Keep the neck for flavour, some people like to chomp on it, like me




Chicken curry ingredients:
Chicken pieces
3 tablespoons Curry powder for chicken curry
2 red onions, slice
Ginger, thumb size, pound
8-10 garlic, pound
1 small can evaporated milk
1 small can coconut milk
1 cinnamon stick
8-10 cloves
3 star anise
8 cardomon

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