This is would certainly please those who love Parmesan cheese. Baked dish with Broccoli, Parmesan cheese, organic red rice and eggs served with organic green salad.

Healthy Burger in whole wheat bun served with organic green salad and homemade mayo. If you’re in Manila, this is available at the Corner Tree Cafe in Jupiter St. Makati.

We only have half a kilo of tanigue left in the freezer. I don’t want it fried so I came up with this recipe.

• Ingredients
• 4 pcs sliced tanigue
• 1 carrot, chopped
• ½ cup greenpeas
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 pouch DelMonte Tomato Sauce 250g
• 2 tbsps Kikoman Teriyaki Sauce
• 1 tbsp ginger
• 3 tbsps calamansi juice
• 1tbsp Kikoman soysauce

Combine soy sauce, ginger, calamansi and soysauce. Use this for marinating the tanigue for 30-45 mins.

Place tanigue in baking dish and bake for 15-20 mins at 240C. Saute onion & garlic in olive oil. Add green bell pepper, carrot & green peas, and tomato sauce. Simmer for 3-4 mins. Add baked tanigue. Simmer for 5-10 mins.

Based on a recipe from Noel Young’s Healthy Recipes for Pinoy Cookbook

Ingredients:
½ kg Ground Chicken
4 squares tokwa (sliced into small squares)
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
salt & pepper
2 tbsps olive oil
1 tsp barbeque sauce
1 tbsp Kikoman Soy Sauce
lettuce leaves

Saute onion & garlic in olive oil. Add ground chicken. Cook for 4- mins or until light brown. Add tokwa, barbeque sauce, soy sauce, salt & pepper. Simmer for 5-10 mins. Spoon over lettuce leaves.

Wifey just prepared this healthy and delicious dish - Chicken Parmigliana. It was based on a recipe she saw from Reader’s Digest (May 2009) and was modified to adapt to available ingredients in our area. So here goes, Sharon’s Chicken Parmigliana.Chicken Parmigliana Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Oil
• 1 medium white onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 can button mushrooms
• 1 425 mg diced tomatoes
• 2 medium sized eggplants (sliced)
• 3-4 teaspoons of  basil (mccormick)
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese)
• 1/2 kilo chicken breast fillet (around 4-5 slices)

Cooking procedures:

Preheat oven to 190C.

Sauce: Saute onion & garlic in olive oil. Add mushrooms, eggplant and tomatoes. Cook for 3-4 mins. Add basil & pepper. Simmer for 10 mins.

Place breast fillet on a baking dish. Top with sauce and parmesan cheese. Bake for 25-30 mins. or until the chicken is cooked.

Serve with rice or pasta.

And here’s the finished dish.

Here are 5 best foods that we are not eating, why we are probably not eating them, and what are the essential nutrients that we may be missing for not eating them.

1. Cabbage - Admit it. Its pale white and green color makes it not the most appealing vegetable. Plus its taste won’t make you choose it as one of your favorite vegetables. But wait, you might be missing a lot, as Cabbage is a good source of sulforaphane, a chemical that reduces cancer by helping the body produce enzymes that disarm cell-damaging free radicals.
2. Guava - Yes folks, there is actually a guava fruit where guava jellies are made from. While guava jelly is more exciting and interesting to eat especially when spread on your favorite wheat bread, its fruit source is however not that as appealing. Even worst is the fact that the Guava fruit contains countless seeds which is pretty annoying to swallow. But the fruit however contains a high concentration of lycopene which is an antioxidant great for fighting off prostate cancer. It’s even better than tomatoes and watermelon.
3. Cinnamon - Who would have thought that the small bottle of Cinnamon powder that we rarely notice in Starbucks shaker can help lower blood sugar?  Yes, that Cinnamon powder is not just for adding flavor to your fresh brew, but it also  helps in metabolizing the sugar in your body. So , the next time you get your cup of drip coffee in Starbucks, don’t forget to sprinkle it with Cinnamon powder.
4. Dried Plums - More popularly known as “prunes”, this fruit has been associated with BM. But it actually contains high amount of antioxidants which is great in combating some free radicals which cause cancer.
5. Pumpkin Seeds - For their high amount of magnesium, Pumpkin seeds are actually the most nutritious part of a pumpkin.  High level of magnesium in the blood lowers the risk of high blood pressure.

The good news is, there are still some food items that you can order from McDonald’s that won’t give you that extra pound.

Lifehacker lists them down for us, and the good thing is, the food selection doesn’t seem all too boring at all.Here’s Lifehacker’s 5 healthiest foods at McDonald’s:

• Hamburger - contains 250 calories, 9g fat (3.5g sat), 520mg sodium
• Grilled Ranch Snack Wrap - 270 calories, 10g fat (4g sat), 830mg sodium
• Chicken McNuggets (6pc) - 280 calories, 17g fat (3g sat), 600mg sodium
• Southwest Salad w/ Grilled Chicken - 320 calories, 9g fat (3g sat), 960mg sodium
• Filet-O-Fish - 380 calories, 18g fat (3.5g sat), 640mg sodium