QUEEN VICTORIA'S TAPIOCA SEEDS BREAKFAST

 by: MisS VictoriA DaviD

It is not just the porridge or cereals that is eaten as a breakfast meal on the table. Cooked tapioca seeds blended with basic ingredients is a palatable meal too!

Tapioca is a staple food in some regions and is used as food additives. It contains nutrients such as protein, carbohydrate, fat and fibre that are essential to our body cells and tissues development.

Ingredients:

• 7 dessert spoons of Tapioca Seeds
• 1 dessert spoon ground rice
• 2 dessert spoons of milk powder
• 1 dessert spoon mixed fruit
• 5 dried dates
• 1 dessert spoon of sunflower seeds, ground
• 1 dessert spoon of pumpkin seeds, ground
• 1 medium-sized banana, sliced
• 1 small-sized apple, sliced

Cooking Procedure:

1. Mix the Tapioca, ground rice and milk powder well in a sauce pan. Add enough water to about half an inch above the mixture.
2. Cook on a moderate heat.
3. Bring to the boil. Stirring all the time. (To avoid burning)
4. Add the mixed fruit and dates. Adjust the heat to low. Cook for 1 minute. Stirring occasionally.
5. Add the ground seeds. Mix it well. Cook it for another 90- 120 seconds on a low heat. Check the consistency and add more water, if needed.
6. Serve in bowls with the fruits on top.

SAY CAMEMBERT!

by: MisS VictoriA DaviD

When I was growing-up, I thought cheese had one shape and taste only. What a foolish child I was to have assumed that milk-based food products like cheese did not have wide-ranging flavours, textures, and forms too. This was during my school years or before the internet was launched in the world. Sad to say, my intuition really misguided me so much!

For the past weeks, I have been trying to regain my sexy weight as I added 5 klgs. or so after eating too much last Christmas and New Year's Eve. I was not just enjoying but also indulging myself, it was a case of 'eat as much as you can'.

I tried hard to get my weight back or even to lose a few klgs. of that chubbiness. It wasn't that difficult to lose weight but delicious meals are very tempting and hard to avoid. So, instead of gaining more weight or starve myself to death I decided to accustom myself to only eat at lunchtimes with fibre rich fruits like apples, bananas, oranges and pears. My fruit diet helped a lot and as a matter of fact, I just regained my weight without experiencing nausea etc.

Last week, I put on hold for awhile my fruit-diet regime and try buns with slices of Camembert cheese. I thought I would have it for a few days only, but my new luncheon is more than a week old now! Perhaps the soft and flavoursome spiced buns with juicy orange soaked sultanas and raisins as well as the scrumptious full fat soft cheese made from pasteurised cow's milk were the reasons why my choosy taste buds are so delighted.

My fruit-diet and my new luncheon have huge differences, in particular, health benefits. Bu on the other hand, I have found and tasted the cheese I prefer most while I'm on Earth.

It may be fattening as they say but I know it won't affect me as I can control the amount I eat. Hmmmmmmmm...I'm a little 'devil' sometimes.