Blog my diet!

Blog review:

http://heptask.blogspot.sg/

Her blog is very simple yet it is informative. Its simplicity allow viewers to view her blog and easily understand it. It contains a very detailed 3 day plan diet. However, I think that it lacks in certain aspects. She could have added more details on her improved dish, photos of it to make her blog m ore illustrative. I feel that it lacks statistics on the different components of her diet. Overall, I think she generally did a good job with her blog.

Blog review:

http://homeeconspt.blogspot.sg/

Her blog has a lot of details as to the procedure in making her dish and the pros and cons of it. As it had many photos to further explain the dish, I felt that it made it easier to understand her blog and made the blog more fun and creative. However, I felt that it lacked statistics which may help to convince the audience that her modifications of her chosen dish made it a lot healthier. One good point of her blog is that it had pointed out the unhealthy points of each component of her dish. Generally, she did a great job with her blog.

1st blog

http://meatingyouwasfarfromamis-steak.blogspot.sg/

Her blog was very informative, especially on the statistics of her 3 day diet and the percentage of proteins and carbohydrates consumed. However, it is not completed thus not showing her healthier alternative. Her blog is very well decorated and the content of her posts are very in depth. I have learnt about which kinds of food contain the most amounts of fats and which are alright to eat many quantities of. I think it was generally well done and allowed me to learn more through her blog.

Through this project, I have gained greater insight into healthy eating. I have learnt about the many ways to cut down on calories and make our everyday dishes into healthier ones. For example, to use whole-grain food as alternatives and using extra-virgin olive oil instead of our normal cooking oil. I also became more conscious about the amount of calories I take per day. Before, I thought if you take a lot of calories, you will only gain weight but now, I learnt that it has negative impacts on your body as well. Besides healthy eating, through researching, I learnt about healthy living as well. Exercising moderately and eating moderately will definitely make you healthier.

There are still a few ways to improve my dish to become a healthier one.

According to an article on the hpb website (http://www.hpb.gov.sg/HOPPortal/health-article/8958),
eating whole-grain food is the best. Be it bread, rice or noodles, the less processed your food is and the more whole-grains it contains, the longer and faster you will stay full.
When prepared well with less fat or sugar, whole-grains, fruits and vegetables offer you lower-calorie meal choices at any time of the day. hey are also rich in antioxidants.

Therefore, in my improved recipe, I should have used whole-grain pasta.

Tip: When looking for whole-grain food, just look out for this symbol!

• 1.       Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain and transfer to a pasta bowl.
• 2.       Combine garlic and olive oil. Cook over medium heat to slowly toast garlic, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low when olive oil begins to bubble. Cook and stir until garlic is golden brown, about another 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• 3. Boil the stalk of xiao bai cai till it turns dark green
• 4. Use 2 teaspoons of normal cooking oil and pour inside a pan. Heat the pan up before putting in garlic. Leave the garlic to cook till a golden brown colour. After that, put in the scallops and turn them occasionally.
• 5. Pour the olive oil onto the plate before putting the cooked pasta onto it. Mix them well.
• 6.  Add in the xiao bai cai and cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle moderate amounts of black pepper.
  
  

I have chosen this unhealthy linguine pasta to be improved on to be more healthy! This pasta although contains vegetables, it also contains a lot of oil. To improve on this dish, I will be using an small portion of olive oil as an healthier alternative to normal cooking oil and also adding an larger portion of vegetables. To make the dish have a more colourful colour patellate, I will add ground paper as well as cherry tomatoes.