Nom Nom Nom tag

I've found another tag!!!! Whoop whoop. And this one I must share with you guys. I've found this tag here: inaflowaroundtheworld
It's a foody tag, and I love food ofcourse.
Are you already curious what my answers are? Then read on......

What do you think that's delicious that others find very nasty? And vice versa?

Well I love spicy food and some people can't handle that haha. But I also love maggi hot. Thats a flavor enhancer mostly used for soup. But i'll eat it whit everything. And no, I don't eat it because I'm pregnant.

I'm not a big meat eater. So I can be very difficult about the kind of meat while eating.

What do you like to cook and far too often?

Call me a fake indo, but I love to cook cooked potatoes with cauliflower. Very Dutchy... 

But I also like to cook wok noodles. Because that's fast and healthy. But mostly we try many new things.

And if I have a day off and if I feel like it (that last one is most important) I like to make Indonesian food.

Well here is the Indonesia part of me comming back ;).

In which restaurant you would most like to eat every day?

I love to go to Sumo in Breda. That's a Japanese restaurant.

8 years ago Sumo started in Rotterdam as a small intimate Japanese restaurant. At that time wielded Sumo as one of the first "all you can eat concept" that became immensely popular.
Today's Sumo located throughout the Netherlands from Groningen to Tilburg, and in each branch you can eat Japanese lunch, dinner.There is something for everyone, because they have not only sushi but also grill, fish, meat and vegetarian dishes. 

They have a very Asian style and you can sit there very comfertable.  But how much I love sushi. If I 'll eat it every day it will get bored easily.

How would a sandwich named after you, to be called. And what's on it?
The Flaming sandwich? haha I don't know. I think I would take whole grain sandwich with, grilled chicken, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, onion something like that.

I'm not that kind of sandwich eater.

Share a handy cooking tip:

I love to cook really I do. But I'm not that handy.... So I'm sorry I don't have any tips. If you've got one, let me know right.

What else is on your 'Food baking bucket list'?

I've got a lot of things on my baking bucket list. Like: banana oatmeal cookies, chocolate banana bread, choco peanutbutter bars, banana quarck bread and so on..... To many things I want to try out.

What do you prefer? Home cooking, ordering food or out for dinner?
.Home cooking... So you've always know what's in your food. I love to go out for dinner once in a while. But I want to eat as healthy as possible. And cooking can be fun also. Specially if you cook both. It's fun, relaxing, you can talk while your cook. Just make sure you enjoy it.

Are you allergic to anything?

MILK... One glass my body can handle it. But if I drink normal ordenary cow milk every day. Well my guts are getting hypersensitive. So that;s why I drink always soy milk.

What's your foodobsession lately?

Chips while watching a movie. It's a bad craving also (shame on me). 

What is your favorite dessert?

I don't like desserts. Mostly we drink a cup of coffee or tea after dinner.

Just give me a bowl of fruit instead of pudding.

But with the nice warm weather I like icecream or water ice.

But not every day. Just give me my damn coffee ok?! 

Cherish the moment

Before I will gave you my new recipe for a delicious smoothie, I want to tell you that you must cherish every moment like it is your last.
Sometimes it's very difficult. I know that, I'm in that stage also. Sometimes it's hard to enjoy things in life, stay positive and be strong.
But enjoy the little things. Smile, laugh, I know it's hard sometimes but at least try. laugh your heart out, dance in the rain. Cherish the moment and ignore the pain. Live, laugh, love, forgive and forget. Life's to short to living with regrets.

Now I want to tell you a funny story how I get the waiting room at the gynecologist in full silence.
Well I think it's funny.
A couple of pregnant woman are talking about their 20 weeks ultrasound.
They are hoping that everyting is ok with their baby. I know their feeling I've been their also. Hoping that the baby is healthy and if it got 2 arms and legs and all the fingers etc. That there are no abnormalities. While they where talking I was reading a magazine waiting till my gynecologist is come to get me for my appointment.
They where still talking about it and when my gynecologist come to get me one of the woman asked me out of the blue: "You will also be relieved if you've had the 20 week ultrasound and everything is all right?"
Then I respond without thinking: "I will be glad if I shall be initiated in about 6 weeks".
The whole waiting room was in shock. They where looking at my bump and the looking to me, looking to their bump and again looking at mine.
My gynecologist did not stop laughing.
Just don't judge me by my little baby bump!

And here as promissed my delicious smoothie recipe!

I've had this for lucnh, sitting in the sunshine. Perfect!

What you'll need:

2tbsp greek yoghurt
1/2 cup almond milk
5tbsp flex seeds
10 cherries

Mix everithing in the mixer and your smoothie is done!
Easy peasy.

Healthy brownie without chocolate

Here another healthy brownie recipe, without chocolate!
This is also as yummie as the other brownie made of quinoa. You can find the recipe here.
But this is another recipe and it's just as delicious and tasty.
I love to serve this with raspberries.









So what you need is:
50gram sweet potato
1banana
1egg (only the eggwhites)
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/4 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp of oatmeal

Preheat the oven on 200 degrees.

Cut the sweet patatoes to small pieces and cook them for 10 minutes.
Then mix all the ingredients together. The easiest way is with a hand blender. Mix everything till you've got a smooth texture.
Grease a small cake mold with coconut oil.
Pour the batter into the mold. Bake it for about 15 till 30 minutes. The brownie is done when you can put a toothpick into the brownie and it will came out dry.

Let it cool down and bon apetit!

Food diary week 31!

Hello peepz,

Because of my sugar is to high I must keep a food diary. So I can easily see when my sugar is to high and what it makes that it is so high and more important how many grams of carbohydrates I get when eating.
So it looks to me a fun idea to share my food diary with you. I've once had a food diary for a magazine and it was fun to do. You're more beware of what your eating.
So I started at my 31 week pregnancy (so not in years) and I must be honest I started in a bad week.
I was having the flu this week and because of the lots of visits to the hospital and not feeling to well we had a lots of cheatmeals.
But hey, I'm not a saint in eating clean, but I will try to eat clean the most of the time.

25-5-2014 Sunday

8.30 black coffee, 1slice of Waldkorn bread with peanutbutter
1 cup of oatmeal with soy milk (not normal milk)
9.30 1 cup coffee
11.00 1 cup of tea
12.00 1 glas water, 1 frikandels roll (cheat meal)
13.00 1 glas water
16.00 1 glass water
18.00 potato croquettes from the oven with spinach and pork a la moi.
19.00 1 cup tea
19,30 strawberries
21.00 1 glass water

26-5-2014 Monday
Flu begins

9.00 coffee and brinta
10.00 water
13.00 Bubur kacang hijau
14.00 water
15.00 water
19.00 1 cup of vegitable soup (home made) with an half slice of bread
20.00 cup of tea
21.00 water

27-5-2014 Tuesday

7.00 coffee and oatmeal with 3 strawberries
8.30 water
11.00 cup of tea
12.30 1 ice coffee
14.00 2 spelled rusks with peanut butter and 3 strawberries
14.30 water with 1 squeezed lemon
17.00 water
19.00 vegitable soup
20.00 1 piece of nougat
21.00 radish salad and water
22.00 0,0 % beer

28-5-2014 Wednesday

8.00 coffee!!!!!
11.00 water
13.00 2 spelled rusks with peanut butter
14.00 raspberries
14.30 glas water
16.00 water with 1 squeezed lemon
19.00 2 patatoes from the oven and a vegetarien shnitzel
20,00 tea and Nutella cookie
21.00 cucumber crudités

29-5-2014 Thursday

9.00 oatmeal and coffee and 3 strawberrie
10.00 coffee
10.30 cup of tea
12.30 bread with nuts and sausage roll (cheatmeal again) 1glass water
15.35 1 banana soy milk
16.00 1 sour candy piece
17.15 1 glas water
18.00 cooked patatoes with bacon and cauliflower
20.00 tea
21.00 water

30-5-2014 Friday

9.00 coffee, greek yoghurt with flexseed and chiaseed with a litlle bit maple sirup
11.00 1 apple
12.00 2 glasses water, 1 slice home made brown bread with houmous
13.00 1 glass water
14.00 baked bimi with garlic and 1 glass banana soy milk
16.45 lemon sorbet ice cream
18.00 french fries with croquette (fast en cheat)
20.30 lynchee coconut drink
21.00 pistachios
22.00 water

31-5-2014 Saturday

8.15 coffee and  2 spelled rusks with peanut butter
9.30 1 banana soy milk
11.45 brownbread 1 slice with garlic butter
and water with squeezed lemon
13.00 1 banana
14.30 strawberry water
17.45 2 cups asian chicken soup
19.30 1 cup of coffee
21.00 little hot dog sausages for during the soccer game and a glass of water
22.00 water

I will post my food diary every Sunday! ;)

Asian chickensoup

At first I want to apologize for the crappy picture. But the soup tasted very good and spicy. I've added some noodles in it to make it more like a dinner meal. 

The smell of this soup is really Asian. So for this warm wheater I like to make and try this one out. 

Here you go:

2 red peppers 

handful of coriander 

250 grams diced chicken breast 

1 onion 

1 clove of garlic 

400ml coconut milk 

1 lime 

500 ml chicken broth 

1 tablespoon coconut oil

At first I'll bake the chickenbreast in the coconut oil. So they will be all done before I put them in the soup (I'm pregnant so I can not take any risks).

Half the peppers and remove the seeds. Put the peppers, coriander, garlic and onion in to a bowl and mix everything with a handmixer. Squeez the lime juice in the mixture. Make this warm in a pan and put the coconut milk in the pan also. 

Put in a saucepan the chicken broth and chicken pieces in it. At last put the coconut milk mix in the saucepan and mix this. Add some noodles if you like and make it in to a boil.

Here you have a nice spicy asian chickensoup!

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Currently there is a lot of attention to healthy and sensible diet.
Especially for pregnant women and women trying to become pregnant, it is important to have good health, which of course is largely achieved through proper and healthy diet.
Which often do not take into consideration and where previously a little attention has been paid, is the influence of endocrine disrupting substances on pregnancy.

Hormone disrupting chemicals (Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, EDCs) are found in plastics, food cans, certain care products, and pesticides in fruits and vegetables. There appeared a report about these substances in 2012 made by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The conclusion of the report was "endocrine disruptors pose a global threat to public health."

The impact of endocrine disrupters
Some researchers suggest that these EDC's could be linked with fertility problems,certain types of cancer and metabolic problems.
During pregnancy, these substances would increase the sensitivity of the unborn child for the above diseases.
These risks are recognized by the WHO.


How do you get endocrine disrupters in?
You can get endocrine disrupting chemicals in through inhalation, skin contact, through the mouth.
Various studies have shown that hormone disrupting chemicals and other synthetic chemicals can cross the placenta.

What about Denmark?
In 1992, Denmark has allready ring the alarm! 15% of young Danish men has as poor sperm quality, we saw an increase in the number of men with testicular cancer, we also saw that in young women's breast development began earlier than 15 years before. This can also be seen in animals who are exposed to endocrine disruptors. The Danish Parliament has therefore developing legislation and certain prohibited substances (like all plasticizers). The starting point is the precautionary principle.
This was seen in a Zembla broadcast in December 2013.

The precautionary principle in Denmark
The precautionary principle, for example, you take a substance from the market or inform the pregnant women about the potential risks of these substances until you are sure that they really are no risk for the unborn child or young children.
Denmark considers it important to provide this information so mommy's and mommy's to be have a choice. They find that it involves risks that you should be aware of.
Therefore, every pregnant woman receives a brochure explaining how you can reduce exposure to these substances. This brochure has been developed by the Danish Ministry of Environment and ensures that every pregnant woman in Denmark have the choice for everyday things which your pregnancy (and the later health of your child) can affect.

Here in the Netherlands they find that there is insufficient evidence to these chemicals.
Despite the alarming report of the WHO, Netherlands does nothing at all to point out the risks of these substances of concern.


Source: mens-en-gezondheid.infonu.nl and Zembla.

home made cheese

Home made cheese, I never thought that this was possible.
But I've run into a blog (don't know witch one anymore, sorry for that) and now I really must try this out.
It's pretty easy if you've got everything at home.

What you need:
1 ltr full milk
1 ltr buttermilk
a few drops of lemonjuice
1 tsp salt

1 can of 400 grams with a white interior
Another full can that just fits (serves as little weight)
1 cheesecloth
a long piece of rubber band
1 plate

Make the big can at the top and bottom open and keep the lids.
Heat milk and buttermilk in a large pan. Add a few lemonjuice drops to it.
When milk comes to the boil, you will see that the egg whites clump together in the milk (curd).
Stir for 1 minute. Pour this mixture through a strainer.

Stir the curd well to get all of the liquids out.
Add 1 teaspoon of salt and mix it well trough each other.
I've also addes some Italian spices, but you can also add some nuts or mustard seeds.
Put the empty can on a plate.
Then lay the cheesecloth in and on the can.
Spoon the curd into it. Pull the fabric up so that the cheese can sag properly.
Put the lid on and put the other can on top of the lid.
Stretch the rubber band tightly around it.

Put this for 12 hours in the refrigerator.
And this is the basic recipe for your own cheese!

Cheatmeal: Nutella Cookies !!!

 Sometimes you may cheat. And I think if you are pregnant you may cheat a little bit more to spoil your little one ;).
So here is a very yummie cheatmeal.
Everybody loves Nutella. So I've made cookies out of them. It's pretty easy you only need 3 ingredients.

1 cup of Nutella
1 cup of Spelt flour
1 egg

Preheat the oven on 200 degrees.
Mix everything together and put this for about 10 minutes in the oven.
Let it cool down and you've got a yummie cookie for a cheatmeal ;).

The flu and pregnancy

Yesterday I feel like a cold was coming up: runny nose, sore throat, headache. Nothing to worry about just take some rest and it will go away soon. For the runny nose I inhale a saline solution in the hope it helps. But when I wake up this morning I feel pretty bad.
I was not hungry, not in the mood for coffee (yes you've read that right), everything hurts, I was sweaty but I was feeling so cold.
I just measured my temperature, and yes I have a fever.
Normally I take a lot of paracetamol and everything for sore throats and colds.
But this time it is a different story.
When you are pregnant the only medicine you can take is paracetamol and most preferably just nothing. But my temperature was a little bit to high so I've talked to my gynecologist so I must take 6 of them this day (2 at ones) and meassure my temperature everytime so it would not be higher.
Further I must take a lot of rest and vitamins.
Well the rest will be ok with my snuggles!

 

I can't believe how much I love my four legged kids!

Can flu or cold hurt during pregnancy?

A heavy cold or flu will not hurt your unborn child. In fact, he will benefit from the antibodies that your body produces when you are sick. They will came trough the placenta to you baby. After birth, he added protection against these germs.

Is fever dangerous if you are pregnant?

A little fever is okay if you are pregnant. But does your body temperature above 39.5 degrees Celsius? Then you have a high fever.

High fever in early pregnancy can cause problems for your placenta, because the protein supply for your baby can be disrupted.

Too high fever can sometimes encourage labor.

You can choose to get your fever down with paracetamol like what I did. But always do it in consultation with your gynecologist or doctor.

What can you do more if you've got a fever?

Make sure you drink plenty of fluids: water, tea or bouillon. Because you can lose a lot of fluids when you have a fever. Wear light clothing and do not lie under thick blankets. Your body must be able to dissipate the heat properly. 

And take it easy and slow.

Caution with medication if you are pregnant

If you are pregnant you must be carefull with wich medicine you take!!!!!

So now it's time to eat my blackberries and cuddle with my fourlegged kids!

bubur kacang hijau

Bubur Kacang Hijau also known as a sweet porridge of small green peas.

This porridge is made out of mung beans. 

For thousands of years, mung beans have been used for a variety of purposes. Mung beans originated in India and were cultivated Throughout Asia. The ancient Chinese used mung beans for culinary and medicinal Purposes zoals dispelling heat and detoxifying the body. Today mung beans are still being used for culinary and health Purposes due to the beans' high nutritional content and value.

They are a natural source of protien, high in fibre and used extensively in Asian cooling, espacially by vegetarians. 

So with the mung beans by my side I will bring you back again to my roots: Indonesia.

My mother made this when I was sick as a litlle kid. And now I've got the flu again I wanted to try and make these porridge.

This is not the original recipe like my: Bubur ketan hitam . 

What you will need is:

150 gr. kacang hijau (aka mung beans)

7.5 dl. thin santen (coconut milk)

2 ltr. water

2 tbsp maple syrup

Soak the kacang hijau overnight in plenty of water. Pour the kacang into a pan of water and cook it in about 1.5 hours until tender. Pour off the excess water and add the santen with the maple syrup.

Make sure the santen is warm. 

I pour the remaining coconut milk off, but you can maintain it.

And your porridge is ready to serve!

selamat makan