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Posted on January 13, 2010 by admin
1. Legumes & Lentils: Dried beans, peas and other legumes including baked beans, kidney beans, split peas, dried limas, garbanzos, lentils, pinto beans and black beans. Green beans, snap beans, pole beans, lima beans and broad beans
2. Dried fruit such as figs, apricots and dates
3. Fruits like raspberries, blackberries and strawberries, cherries, plums, pears, apples, kiwi fruit, guava, banana. Pears contain more fiber than prunes.
4. Vegetables like Fresh or frozen green peas, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Sweet corn, beet root, baked potato with the skin, carrot
5. Greens vegetables including spinach, beet greens, kale, collards, Swiss chard and turnip greens.
6. Nuts such as almonds, Brazil nuts, peanuts, pistachios, and walnuts (Nuts are also high in fat content.). But pistachios are the lowest in calories and fat of all nuts, and a one-ounce serving has three grams of fiber.
7. Whole wheat and barley products
8. Rye, oats, buckwheat and cornmeal
9. Coconut (this is also high in saturated fat).
I was searching for foods high in fiber and I came across the list above from fatfreekitchen.com. We indeed get a lot of benefits from including fiber in our diet, like lowering cholesterol, weight loss management and it can even be a cure for hemorrhoids. So better include fiber in our daily diet and let’s start eating healthy.
Posted on January 13, 2010 by admin
We watched Disney on Ice last January 3 at the Araneta Coliseum. I never realized that getting good seats for the show was so difficult. No more front row seats and it took me forever to get our lower box seats. I bet booking rooms in a cancun hotel at bookit.com is so much easier. Anyway, we were there a bit early so we went around Gateway Mall first. Rustan’s was having a sale that time and I was able to grab a really cute red Kuhn Rikon paring knife, Rostfrei chef’s knife, wooden spoons and the forever-on-my-wishlist wooden chopping board. And that is after I made a decision to lessen shopping to save more this year. Tsk. tsk. But it’s for the house so it wasn’t so bad, right?
Posted on January 9, 2010 by admin
That’s one of the things that I really want to accomplish this year, aside from saving enough funds to finally experience cross country moving. I have been exercising on and off the past year. Too bad, I wasn’t able to keep the routine.
Anyway I came across these tips to make 2010 the year to get in shape.
1. Define your goals.
2. Find others who share those same goals.
3. Figure out what works for you.
4. Set a time and a place.
5. Record your progress.
6. Don’t expect perfection.
You can read more at http://www.organizingyourway.net/. I hope these tips can help me achieve my goal.
Posted on December 18, 2009 by admin
It’s the start of my son’s Christmas school break. There are just too many things to do in the house. I hope I can finish all of them during the break. I think I need to declutter my son’s shelf once again as his books are already overflowing. It makes me tired just thinking about the things I need to do.
Posted on December 13, 2009 by admin
I have been a bit lazy with all my online work. I can’t seem to have anything done when I am in front of the laptop. Plus real life is also demanding since Christmas is so near. And I am gonna turn a year older real soon, too. I wonder what I would get myself this year. I know it’s going to be for the house instead of some personal stuff. I do want a bigger fridge with a ukf7003axx water filter, but we can’t let go of our little ref as it was given to us by my IL’s. So maybe a new dining table or something for our little home.
Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin
I am slowly catching up with my photo uploads. I had to upload the set of pictures taken while we were putting up the tree as Christmas is fast approaching already. The bottom of the tree is still bare as gifts are still unwrapped. There are just too many things to do right now. I can only wish that we spend some time on outer banks vacation rentals, but I guess that will remain a wish for now.
Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin
Santa stockings hanging on our front door. I was supposed to hang a wreath there, but I couldn’t find our bigger wreath anywhere.
Posted on December 3, 2009 by admin
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog. Life has been a bit busy, especially now that Christmas is just around the corner. I have lots of dining out pictures to post, but I haven’t found the time to upload them to Flickr. Anyway, I am almost done with my shopping for my son, save for one big gift. I also need to look for new pajamas for him to wear on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. It would be nice if we can get a Wii and wii accessories. Let’s see if I can include that one in my very limited Christmas budget as Buy.com has some really great and tempting deals on Wii.
Posted on October 30, 2009 by admin
It’s my son’s school break and finally we have more than a week to relax. I can now focus on my unfinished projects around the house. And of course, I get to take some time out for myself. We’ll just drop by the mall today to look for barcode scanner and some food shopping at the grocery. I will be stocking on food for the whole week so I can have the next week free.
Posted on October 14, 2009 by admin
Tomato and basil pasta. The one I cooked today though does not have basil. I used Hunt’s canned whole tomatoes. I heat it in olive oil with chopped garlic, plus salt and pepper. Then I added the cooked spiral pasta.
For snacks, I’ll be having these. 
{image swiped from fritolay site}
Di ko matiis. I bought these from the grocery yesterday.
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