Health Food 3 - Healthy Steam Almond Cake

Today is a special day for me. It is the day I am born...haha and that happened to be long time ago. Anyway, who cares, age is but a number.

Happy Birthday to myself. Wishing all my wishes will come true.

My sister will be steaming me an Almond cake. Yes, steaming.. not baking.

Here is the recipe:
Steam Almond Cake
Ingredients
250gm Butter
250gm Brown Sugar
4 bigs eggs
1/2 tsp of Vanilla essence
300g plain flour
1tsp sodium Bicarbonate
250gm Diced Almond flakes

Method:
1) Mix the butter and brown sugar well with medium speed.
2) Add one egg at a time to the mixture, stir well.
3) Add in 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence
4) Add in the sifted flour & sodium bicarbonate , mix well
5) Add in the Diced Almond Flakes and mix well.
6) Pour the mixture into a pan lined with baking plastic
7) Cover the pan with Aluminim foil.
8) Steam for 30 mins with high heat
9) Reduce to low heat and continue to steam for another 60 - 80mins.

PS: For those who are health conscious, I will strongly recommended to reduce the brown sugar from 250gm to 150gm and replaced it with dried mixed fruits like cranberries or raisins.

The cakes is perfect with a cup of green tea.

Health Beverage - Green Tea

It is a quiet morning and I am starting work today, 开工大吉。。
According to the chinese horoscope, it is a good day for me to start work today.
Hopefully, the Ox Year is a good year for me.
Haha...
Now, I am waiting for my hongbao and the 2 oranges from my boss.
During the new year, there were always so much goodies that I could not resist.
Pineapple tarts, Beehive cookies, are my favorites new year foodies.
With all these cookies saturated with fats, it is always nice to go along with a cup of green tea.
As an anicent chinese proverb: " Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one day" How true it is. Without it, I think I will put on with kilos of weight.

Green tea is the best beverages I have known of which can helps to flush out the extra fats and detox our body system.

Health Food blogs by Zay

Welcome to Zay's HealthFood Blog.

Today is the 3rd day of Lunar New Year 2009.

I wish all and everyone of you a Happy and Prosperous Lunar Ox Year!

May the new year be filled with joy and happiness and good health.

Gong Xi Fa Cai...

In the coming blogs, I will share with all of you ways and tips to stay fit and healthy with the right choice of food and correct ways of cooking style.

I hope you will benefit from my blogs and we can always share our secrets to be healthy and happy.