All you need to know to prepare for your next meal [WIP]
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Not yet finished, will add all the recipes later…
Why I want to write this
- 🤤 I’m a foodie and enjoy cooking because…
- I miss cheap and delicious food in China
- Cook by myself helps me save money
- I could eat healthier (less sugar, oil and sodium)
- 📝 Keep a note of what I usually eat, so that I could make better choices next time
- 🍜 You should keep reading if you want to try easy asian food…
- 🧂 Fun facts - I like sour flavour, and i like sesame source.
What should be prepared
Condiments
- Salt + sugar + oil
- Soy sauce [Must have]
- Dark soy sauce
- Oyster flavored sauce
- Vinegar [Must have]
- [Optional] Trader Joe’s Italian Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce (If you like spicy food 🌶️)
- Penut jam
- Fruit jam
- Sesame sauce
Food
- Egg
- Whole wheat bread
- Milk
- Potato
- Tomato
- Lettuce
- Napa cabbage
- Cabbage
- Boneless + skinless chicken thigh
- Chicken breast
- Beef
- Shimp
- Bell pepper
- Carrot
- Turkey Ham
- Cheese
- Cream cheese
- Tofu
- Konjac noodles
- Rice
- Spegetti
- Soba
- Yogurt
- Berries
- Banana
- Apple
What I usually eat
Breakfast
Usually have easy to cook or pre-cooked food for breakfast, so I can head to school asap.
- 🥚 Boiled egg + toasted whole wheat bread with light cream cheese + latte
- 🥣 Oatmeal
- 🫐 Yogurt bowl with berries, banana, granola, maple syrup, chia seed
- 🥟 Wonton or dumpling
- 🫓 Green chinese onion pancake
- 🍜 Shanghai Spring onion oil noodles
Lunch
Usually pre-cook all the food and then frozon them into the fridge. So I can prepare a lot during weekend, and just heat them up at for lunch.
Easy to cook, maybe just need to mix all the ingredients and a timer, you don’t need to be a master chef to cook them.
Always have spegetti or rice (refined carbs) for lunch, so I can have enough energy for the rest of the day.
Some food I usually have:
- 🍛 Curry chicken or beef
- 🍗 Steamed chicken with shiitake mushroom
- 🫑 Bell pepper with potato 🥔 and eggplant 🍆
- 🍅 Stir-fried chicken or beef with tomato and potato 🥔
- 🍝 Spegetti with tomato sauce or pesto sauce
- 🥪 Turkey ham + cheese + lettuce + tomato + whole wheat bread (during lazy days)
- Everything noodle
- Stir-fried noodle with chicken breast or beef or shrimp 🦐
Dinner
I tried to avoid any refined carbs for dinner, and have more vegetables and protein.
Some food I usually have:
- Stir-fried cabbage with egg pancake
- Korean style tofo soup
- Stir-fried tofo with egg
- Vietnam style Spring roll
Desert
- Peach gum with white fungus soup
- 🍡 Glutinous rice balls boiled in fermented wine