Baking My Eggplant Harvest

I shared with you before how I harvested my Kangkong, Okra and Sili and cooked them for lunch. It's my usual healthy meal at least once a day and I couldn't be prouder. Last week, I started harvesting  my eggplants and I've been baking them since. Frying them is also a good option but I try to limit my oil intake as much as possible. 

Here's how my black beauty eggplant looked like after I sliced them:

The Red Rice and Vegetable Diet

We originally made this blog to journal the food we make at home. But because of time constraint brought about by our busy work schedules, we ended up eating out more, or ordering food delivery or take out. Moreover, when we travel, we of course have no choice but to dine at a restaurant we like which we also share here (more to come on this after this post).

Lately though, Peter and I have fallen into our old routine of making our own food at home. This was due to the following factors:

1. We're not getting any younger and if we want to eat healthily in order to lose weight then we might as well start making our own food again.

2. Making our own food at home considerably brings down our food expenses.

3. We have complete control over what we want to eat.

4. Peter recently resigned from his job in order to set up his own digital PR/Advertising business. He's currently enjoying doing work from home half the time which means, if he doesn't want to keep eating what I make (mostly Adobong vegetables), then he has no choice but to start making dishes for us since he is the better cook anyway. ^_^

Below are some of the dishes Peter prepared the past week since we got back from our Cebu-Bohol-Siargao trip...

vegetable salad with cheese and citronella dressing + pâté on french bread

My ChicBoy Experience in Alabang

Our friend, Koryn, visited us last night. Actually, she arrived at around 1 am this dawn. She just came from work at Bandila, ABS-CBN and naturally she was quite tired. Peter also just came home from work and was napping. As for me, I was still so wide awake. I was watching the news about the devastating tsunami in Japan, changing channels from Fox News to BBC to CNN. Honestly, I haven't been eating much since the devastating news broke out. I guess I just lost my appetite. But when Koryn got here, my tummy started to grumble. After some chitchat, we all decided to go somewhere that's open 24 hours. We dropped by 7-11 first to get my favorite French Vanilla Cappuccino (the only coffee I crave for since December 2010) then Peter suggested that we go to ChicBoy.

Kalye Juan: Yummy and Affordable Pinoy Dishes

The branch of Kalye Juan I've tried is the one at Mall of Asia. Pops was craving for a breakfast meal even if it was already 3pm that day. As for me, Filipino dishes have always been my favorite. So when we saw Kalye Juan's menu plus the affordable prices for such large servings of dishes they offer, we stayed put. Here's what we ordered for only Php500.00:

Pinaputok na Tilapya

Wimpex Oven Toaster Grill Rotisserie

Over the weekend, my husband and I treated ourselves with a brand new mini oven that can bake, toast, grill and practically cook anything. This Wimpex oven has space for extra large capacity of up to 30 liters and my husband, Peter, couldn't be any happier. It uses AC 220V/60Hz 1500W.


Peter will test it this coming Saturday. He plans to cook up a feast by baking some chicken and salmon. But then I couldn't wait. I was craving for some grilled vegetables and baked scrambled egg so yesterday, I used it.


I always eat one egg a day. Yesterday, I scrambled one and added a bit of fresh milk, salt, pepper and Italian herbs in it. I poured the mixture on a bakeware and placed it inside the oven.

Eggplant in Scrambled Eggs For Breakfast

I seldom buy eggplants coz from what I learned about it back in grade school, it doesn't really have any nutrients in it. Just water. But anyway, I was craving for eggplant lately so I tried to make some "Tortang Talong". Unfortunately, Peter wasn't around to help me get it done right so what I did was:

• Sliced the eggplant in the middle without cutting it from its stem
  
• Fried it on both sides
• Put a dash of salt and pepper
• While it was frying, I poured a bowl of 2 scrambled eggs.
• When the scrambled eggs were cooked, I folded the whole thing on both sides.

It was pretty tasty. It even lasted until lunch. Plus, I know it's quite healthy. According to an article on Reader's Digest, an egg a day will help reduce by 24% the likelihood of breast cancer in women. So these days, I try to eat 1 egg a day. I just have to come up with other ways of cooking it. ^_^



Bon appetit!