Alright! Nice long break I’ve had :-)! Like I said in my last post, my aunt was visiting and now daddy’s here. And this weekend we had problems with our pc. All that’s fixed now…Thank God! I have a lot of work still pending at home which I will tackle once I put up this post. My weekend was pleasant. Spent much of Saturday cleaning up the house and spent time with R and Vedant at home. Nothing special…just some family time. Dad’s flight time was 7:50 am on Sunday but was 12 hours late!!! So we picked him up late evening and went straight to my in-laws place for dinner coz we were celebrating mamma’s (mom in law’s) b’day. Got her a DVD player and some movies to watch. She’d been keen on a DVD player for a long time now.
I had written a post last week, which I meant to put up on Friday. I wrote it just after my having my breakfast and naturally food was on my mind! :-) …It’s a simple post that had me reminiscing about my food habits…JLT
I had written a post last week, which I meant to put up on Friday. I wrote it just after my having my breakfast and naturally food was on my mind! :-) …It’s a simple post that had me reminiscing about my food habits…JLT
I wish that (pic above!) was the breakfast I had!! Lolz…
“Just had breakfast! This is one meal I just can’t skip…I may not eat a lot but I have to eat something for breakfast. I try not to skip breakfast ever. I remember even when I would be getting late for college, I’d drink a glass of milk before rushing out to catch the bus. Many a time I’d be chomping on some buttered toast standing at the bus stop! Dinner I don’t mind missing esp. if lunch was heavy or I’d been out in the evening and eaten something…
When I was a kid, I was very thin and always looked like I hardly ate…which was kind of true back then! I would nibble at my food…fuss a lot and make mom’s life hell when it came to meal times. My paternal grandma lived with us and I still remember her chiding me “Eat rice...nobody will marry an unhealthy looking girl” hmmm! I wonder what she would have said if she had seen the kind of models we have walking the ramp nowadays! God bless Thamma (my granma)…if only she could see me now. She would have no complains regarding my health or my eating habits! Watching me struggle to shed of those few extra kilos would amuse her no end! *Grin*
I never ate green veggies…now I prefer veggies to non-veg at times! My food habits changed slightly after I got married…at least my food portions increased as saying NO to my mom was a lot easier than saying NO to my mom in law!!
And once I got pregnant, I had no say in my diet. I just ate everything I was told to! All people had to say was “this is good for the baby”…. and I’d just eat it…no questions asked! And needless to say I just went from thin to fat! Lol…literally! Of course pregnancy does that to women but when my doc put me on a diet in the third trimester, I got the hint that I was going into extremes!
Well, now I’m just fine. I eat well and sometimes a bit too well ;-)…and I enjoy food. I don’t cook…not much that is. I cook only when there’s no other alternative left! Rajiv’s the one who’s totally at home in the kitchen. Though he insists that I do a better job than him but I guess I just lack the passion and joy that many find in cooking! Where he excels in making Indian meals, I prefer making pasta, macaroni bake, roasts, grills, etc. But yes I love baking cakes. My mom btw is a fabulous cook. She can cook any kind of meal and all you have to say is, “I’m hungry” and she’ll have something yummy to eat ready in no time at all!
Vedant here *touchwood* takes after his nana (my dad) when it comes to eating habits…he loves dahi (curd), fruits (bananas, apple, pear, pineapple, papaya, mango, grapes, cheeku, guava…u name it and he luvs it!), raw tomatoes, cucumber (salads)…rice, daal. He fusses over vegetables (like I did!) and doesn’t care much for chicken/mutton/fish (hmm!) but loves eggs. I’ve seen many parents struggling to get their child to eat. Some kids just don’t eat! Or they keep the food in their mouth for ages and sometimes poor mommies have to sit (or chase them) for hours to get through one meal! I have never faced such problems with Vedant…Thank God! If he doesn’t eat, I just let him be. If he doesn’t like something I don’t force him. It works because he’ll just come up to me and say, “Kya aaj kuch milega nahi? Bhook lagi hai maa!” :-) (*Is there nothing to eat today. I’m hungry maa!! *)….
Okk…all this talk of food just made me hungry all over again. I’m off to get some thing to munch on. While I leave you with some “food” for thought…funny isn’t it, how a satisfying breakfast prompted a whole new post :-) … what are your food habits like I wonder?..."
Some Food Trivia and Food Facts
(Courtesy: http://www.foodfunandfacts.com/foodtrivia.htm)
The 4 Classes of Vegetarians:
1. True Vegetarians- Will eat nothing from an animal, cooked or processed.
2. Lacto-Vegetarians- Will eat dairy products.
3. Ovo-Vegetarians- The only animal product allowed to eat is eggs.
4. Pesco-Vegetarians-Will not eat red meat, but will eat fish, chicken, eggs and dairy products.
Tomatoes Each American eats approximately 22 pounds of tomatoes yearly. Over 1/2 of the tomato consumption is in the form of catsup and tomato sauce.
Did you know that in the United States, Farmers use 1.5 billion pounds of pesticides and that these pesticides end up in about 1/2 the food we eat? Why? Only about 1 percent of food shipments in the US are tested for pesticides. Kind of scary, isn't it? Some Apple Growers use 24 different types of pesticides on apples!
Rice
Did you know there are over 15,000 varieties of rice?
Brazil Nuts
Did you know that Brazil Nuts are only grown in Rain Forests?
Butter Did you know that butter is one of our oldest foods?
Did you know that cabbage is 91 percent water?
Did you know that in Japan, the most popular topping for pizza at Domino's Pizza is Squid?
Coffee It takes nearly 2,000 coffee cherries to provide enough beans for a pound of roasted coffee!
The world's rarest coffee cost @ $300 a pound. It is called Kopi Luwak and comes from Indonesia!
Milk Did you know that about 88% of all milk is water and only about 12% is solidsubstance that has food value?
Cheese There are over 400 varieties of natural cheeses!
Seafood There are over 240 varieties of fish and shellfish sold in the fish markets and grocery stores!
Did you know it takes 50 gallons of maple sap to make one gallon of maple sugar?
In Japan, Gerber's top selling baby food is a sardine dish!
“Just had breakfast! This is one meal I just can’t skip…I may not eat a lot but I have to eat something for breakfast. I try not to skip breakfast ever. I remember even when I would be getting late for college, I’d drink a glass of milk before rushing out to catch the bus. Many a time I’d be chomping on some buttered toast standing at the bus stop! Dinner I don’t mind missing esp. if lunch was heavy or I’d been out in the evening and eaten something…
When I was a kid, I was very thin and always looked like I hardly ate…which was kind of true back then! I would nibble at my food…fuss a lot and make mom’s life hell when it came to meal times. My paternal grandma lived with us and I still remember her chiding me “Eat rice...nobody will marry an unhealthy looking girl” hmmm! I wonder what she would have said if she had seen the kind of models we have walking the ramp nowadays! God bless Thamma (my granma)…if only she could see me now. She would have no complains regarding my health or my eating habits! Watching me struggle to shed of those few extra kilos would amuse her no end! *Grin*
I never ate green veggies…now I prefer veggies to non-veg at times! My food habits changed slightly after I got married…at least my food portions increased as saying NO to my mom was a lot easier than saying NO to my mom in law!!
And once I got pregnant, I had no say in my diet. I just ate everything I was told to! All people had to say was “this is good for the baby”…. and I’d just eat it…no questions asked! And needless to say I just went from thin to fat! Lol…literally! Of course pregnancy does that to women but when my doc put me on a diet in the third trimester, I got the hint that I was going into extremes!
Well, now I’m just fine. I eat well and sometimes a bit too well ;-)…and I enjoy food. I don’t cook…not much that is. I cook only when there’s no other alternative left! Rajiv’s the one who’s totally at home in the kitchen. Though he insists that I do a better job than him but I guess I just lack the passion and joy that many find in cooking! Where he excels in making Indian meals, I prefer making pasta, macaroni bake, roasts, grills, etc. But yes I love baking cakes. My mom btw is a fabulous cook. She can cook any kind of meal and all you have to say is, “I’m hungry” and she’ll have something yummy to eat ready in no time at all!
Vedant here *touchwood* takes after his nana (my dad) when it comes to eating habits…he loves dahi (curd), fruits (bananas, apple, pear, pineapple, papaya, mango, grapes, cheeku, guava…u name it and he luvs it!), raw tomatoes, cucumber (salads)…rice, daal. He fusses over vegetables (like I did!) and doesn’t care much for chicken/mutton/fish (hmm!) but loves eggs. I’ve seen many parents struggling to get their child to eat. Some kids just don’t eat! Or they keep the food in their mouth for ages and sometimes poor mommies have to sit (or chase them) for hours to get through one meal! I have never faced such problems with Vedant…Thank God! If he doesn’t eat, I just let him be. If he doesn’t like something I don’t force him. It works because he’ll just come up to me and say, “Kya aaj kuch milega nahi? Bhook lagi hai maa!” :-) (*Is there nothing to eat today. I’m hungry maa!! *)….
Okk…all this talk of food just made me hungry all over again. I’m off to get some thing to munch on. While I leave you with some “food” for thought…funny isn’t it, how a satisfying breakfast prompted a whole new post :-) … what are your food habits like I wonder?..."
Some Food Trivia and Food Facts
(Courtesy: http://www.foodfunandfacts.com/foodtrivia.htm)
The 4 Classes of Vegetarians:
1. True Vegetarians- Will eat nothing from an animal, cooked or processed.
2. Lacto-Vegetarians- Will eat dairy products.
3. Ovo-Vegetarians- The only animal product allowed to eat is eggs.
4. Pesco-Vegetarians-Will not eat red meat, but will eat fish, chicken, eggs and dairy products.
Tomatoes Each American eats approximately 22 pounds of tomatoes yearly. Over 1/2 of the tomato consumption is in the form of catsup and tomato sauce.
Did you know that in the United States, Farmers use 1.5 billion pounds of pesticides and that these pesticides end up in about 1/2 the food we eat? Why? Only about 1 percent of food shipments in the US are tested for pesticides. Kind of scary, isn't it? Some Apple Growers use 24 different types of pesticides on apples!
Rice
Did you know there are over 15,000 varieties of rice?
Brazil Nuts
Did you know that Brazil Nuts are only grown in Rain Forests?
Butter Did you know that butter is one of our oldest foods?
Did you know that cabbage is 91 percent water?
Did you know that in Japan, the most popular topping for pizza at Domino's Pizza is Squid?
Coffee It takes nearly 2,000 coffee cherries to provide enough beans for a pound of roasted coffee!
The world's rarest coffee cost @ $300 a pound. It is called Kopi Luwak and comes from Indonesia!
Milk Did you know that about 88% of all milk is water and only about 12% is solidsubstance that has food value?
Cheese There are over 400 varieties of natural cheeses!
Seafood There are over 240 varieties of fish and shellfish sold in the fish markets and grocery stores!
Did you know it takes 50 gallons of maple sap to make one gallon of maple sugar?
In Japan, Gerber's top selling baby food is a sardine dish!
Phew...that's it..BYE!
Ps: the music playing is “When love and hate collide” by Def Leppard and it has nothing to do with the post or food! ;-)! Lines from the song “Without you one night alone is like a year without you baby…do you have a heart of stone? Without you can’t stop the hurt inside…when love and hate collide…” hmmmmm!
Now that I’m done with this post, I can sit back and visit all the blogs I missed in the past week :-)…gotta reply to some of your comments on mine too…hmmm! :-) …Have a great week ahead!
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