Showing posts with label Healthy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthy. Show all posts

July 10, 2013

Otai

Source: http://polynesiankitchen.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-mamas-watermelon-otai-recipe_9555.html

Ingredients

1 ripe seedless watermelon
1 can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 can coconut milk
Water (variable to taste)
1/2 cup sugar (variable to taste)
1/2 fresh lime squeezed (optional)

Directions

Cut the watermelon in half, use a fork to scrape out the insides. You want it to be pretty much mush. To the mushy watermelon juice mix, add the crushed pineapple. I recommend lots of pineapple of various sizes of chunks, and the coconut, coconut milk, sugar, and water. Refrigerate it nice and good.


Notes

This is a Polynesian drink I learned to make in Hawaii. My version is different than the source a bit, I highly recommend my version. You chew this while you drink it. I know, it looks like throw up. It is very tasty though, and could be healthy depending on how much sugar you added. 

Fried Rice

(see source for detailed directions, nutrition facts, and suggestions)

I purposefully make the directions cripplingly simple so that you'll visit the source.

Source: Google it & you'll find something.

Ingredients

White rice
Egg
Whatever you want-- meat, veggies, anything at all
Garlic
Butter
Soy sauce
Celery

Directions

Partially cook a bunch of eggs until they are semi-cooked. Remove from pan, add butter and white rice. Add in everything else, add soy sauce to taste, and garlic. Mmm... garlic. More soy sauce, get an amount you like. I love celery chopped up in this. Haven't you had fried rice before? Add the normal stuff-- veggies, sliced ham, whatever. Add in the previously cooked egg, crack in a couple more eggs if you want more egg.

Notes
Just play this one by ear. Your stove top will be a mess, but it's tasty. I'm labeling this as healthy though it probably isn't. 8/10 for versatility, cheapness, and it tastes good.

Lentils, Garlic & Tomatoes

(see source for detailed directions, nutrition facts, and suggestions)

I purposefully make the directions cripplingly simple so you'll visit the source.

Source: http://www.food.com/recipe/lentils-garlic-and-tomatoes-16666#



Ingredients

4 teaspoons olive oil
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp salt
5 cloves minced garlic
1/2 lb tomato (peeled and minced)
1 cup dried lentils (washed and drained)


Directions

Cook the garlic in oil until it's turning brown, add tomatoes and cook until it's thick (about 8 minutes), add lentils and water, bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat. Simmer about 30 mins, add the salt and lemon juice, mix it all up.

Notes

I've cooked this once & thought it had great flavor, was healthy, and pretty cheap/easy. Only problem I had was with the lentils-- they had dried peas mixed in and those didn't cook at the same speed so the peas were  still hard. I give it a 7/10 because it tasted good, was cheap, and healthy.