Gohan Ga Dekimashita!

My hubby loves anything japanese. In fact, every year we fly to Japan to have a vacation in his friend's farmhouse. One of the best thing Japan can offer is their food. I love japanese food. Everytime we're in Japan, my hubby's friend's wife *scratches head* a japanese woman, show me how it's done. It's a bit hard and time consuming but the effort is well worth it once you're finished, cos it taste soooo good! *sigh* So from there, I learned everything. And now I'm an expert... hahaha! just kidding.

Twice a week I cook japanese for us. Last saturday, I prepared soba noodles with onigiri and yesterday we had misoshiru with konbu rice. Along with that, I always make green tea.


And last week, I prepared Fish teriyaki with misoshiru...


What's good about japanese food is that it's very healthy. And as you can see, everything is made in small portions, so there's no chance of overeating. And if you are planning to go on a healthy diet, japanese food is ideal. I mean, I've never seen a "chubby" person in Japan while I was there. They are all very slim including men!

Oh by the way, I saved a piece for you...

So before eating, we say, "Itadakimasu!"

D-Day

Today is the day, ang start ng aming DIET. My hubby and i bought lots of fresh fruits and vegetables yesterday. I told him, i would only make fruit salad this week. And of course, he was overjoyed. Then i warned him, "you should stick to this diet, or else!"... Or else? wala lang... hehehe! So i took out this big tupperware and laid out all the fruits on the table and started peeling. Grabe ah, it took me longer than 30 minutes just to peel and slice all the fruits! *phew* I think we bought 7 different kind of fruits just for the salad. Ano nga ba mga yun? Teka... apple, banana, strawberry, grapes, orange, pineapple at papaya! Imagine lahat yan binalatan ko at hiniwa-hiwa.


Me: "Schatz, *german for Sweety* is this ok?"...
Hubby: "Yeah, that's fine but i have to add something..."
He went to the kitchen and brought with him a sugar bowl.
Me: "What's that?"...
He took a spoon and scooped out 3 tablespoon full of brown sugar at binuhos sa fruit salad.
Me: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Hubby: "Why? i like it a bit sweet!"
Me: "What's the use of fresh fruits? You could have just bought one of those fruit salads in a can!"
He turned around, went back to the kitchen laughing...
Me: "GRRRRRRRRR!"

The next thing i did was , i mixed his salad, placed it in the refrigerator and took out the chocolate pudding *devilish grin* I placed the pudding on a small plate and heated it up in the microwave. After 2 minutes, "TING!" - came out this sweet delicious aroma.


Me: "Wow smells good."
Hubby looked in my direction, wondering...
Me: "I think I'm going to postpone my diet today and start tomorrow. I want to treat myself first a nice chocolate pudding... hmmm yummy!"
Hubby stood up from his work desk and went to the kitchen...
Me: "What are you doing?"
He came back with a small fork and without a word, took my small plate and sliced the pudding in half!
Me: "What the?! I thought you're on a diet!"
Hubby: "Not today, do you think you're going to eat this alone? NOPE!"
Me: "That's miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!" *pouts*

So he ate half of my pudding and went back to his work. Well, so much for my small revenge *sigh*

The So-Called Diet

My hubby announced the other day that he wants to loose weight.

Hubby: "I want to loose weight!"
Me: "Why? you're not fat..."
Hubby: "Yes I am! I weigh 98 kilos today!"
Me: "Don't be silly! You're a big guy. Actually you should weigh more than that!"
Hubby: "No! I want to weigh 85 kilos!"
Me: "That's impossible! *slapped my forehead* Try to be realistic. Let's say, you wanna weigh 95 or 94 kilos."
Hubby: "Ok 90 kilos."
Me: *humming*
Hubby: "From now on I'll just eat fresh fruits and salad!"
Me: "As you wish..."

Well of course he didn't get his wish that day. I had my menu plan prepared *smirk* I want to eat stir-fried vegetables, so i asked him if he could postpone his diet and he just said ok *hehehe* So i made stir-fried vegetables in Oyster sauce with fried potatoes. And what do you know? He ate everything and completely forgotten about his so-called diet.