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April 15, 2015

Writer’s Workshop: Very Yummy

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts alpha thursday, Healthy Eating, mama kat's writers workshop

Grilled fish over garden salad

I have been doing quite a lot of cooking lately in bid to eat more healthy at home. Since being on the healthy eating challenge I’ve been experimenting with different types of foods which are both yummy and healthy.

Pan fried chicken over spinach

I’ve introduce a greater variety of greens and include more salad like vegetables like baby spinach to our diet.

Prawn Salad

When I am out I too gravitate towards ordering salads and request that they put the sauce on the side so that I can avoid taking in all the hidden sugars that normally come with the mayo or other dressings that they have for salads.

Fried beef with peppers

If we are dining out at a Japanese restaurant for dinner I would order just the dish without noodles or rice to accompany it. I’m currently on a LCHF (Low Carb High Fat) diet and have been cutting off sugars and wheat products in my diet.

Baked Cheesy eggplant and Almond Four bread with a side of bacon cooked at home

I find that I am doing much better in my weight lost management as compared to the previous months after switching to LCHF. The weight has finally started slipping off. (Even though it would certainly be better if the weight came off much faster!!)

Grilled fish with vegetables and mash potato.

Nowadays when I eat out I’ll pass the mash potato to Doggie boy to eat as he loves eating mash as it is too high carb for me.

What have you been having for dinner?

April 13, 2015

Of Shades of Pink and White Roses

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Wordful Wednesday Flowers, roses, wordful wednesday

Light pink rose

Roses are one of my favourite subjects for photography. The last time I took pictures of Roses was during a visit to the Flower dome at Garden at the bay 2 years ago. Prior to that we saw Roses when we visited Everland back in 2012 as there was a Rose exhibition when we were there in South Korea.

Light pink bloom

During our Valentines Weekend trip I managed to snap many pictures of Roses as there happened to be a Rose exhibition in one of the parks that we visited.

Pale pink rose

There were roses in many different shades of pink. They also came in assortment of sizes and varieties.

Cluster of pink roses

There were easily 50 different types of roses in that small enclosure and it set me off on a frenzy taking photos almost every 2 meters or so when I spotted a bloom of different color or texture.

A cluster of baby pink roses

This cluster of roses had a really lovely hue of baby pink. It certainly would make a great center piece in a crystal vase.

Light pink roses

The same bunch of roses at a different angle and processed differently .

Dark Pink Bloom

Another shot of the same bloom from a different angle

I tried getting different shots of the same flower by adjusting the focal length and my position while capturing the bloom. As you can see it does look very different from the two shots captured above.

A purple pink rose

I love this shade of pink/purple. It’s really pleasant to the eyes and I wouldn’t mind having a whole vase of this color rose to adorn my dining table at home.

Pink Rose

The roses in the garden were regularly sprayed with water so that they were kept in their pristine condition.

A white rose

This was not your traditional shaped rose. I don’t know what the specific name is as the roses in the garden didn’t have any labels next to them so it was hard for me to identify them.