What's on your plate?

[lylysa]

Hello there, ladies and gents!

Keeping in line with all the fun and interactive threads asking about your most recent halls, items you have your eyes on, what you're currently wearing, what's your hair routine, and more, I've decide to branch out and ask:

"What's on your plate?"

The beauty world doesn't just stop at skin care and cosmetics, it also goes hand in hand with your overall health and well-being, so with that, I'm curious to see what we're all chowing down and snacking on be it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, or inbetween!

For those with apps that help count calories or to those who just want to keep a log, here's a place to share, possibly find and share some recipes, and even tips on maintaining a balanced diet.

Don't just share food items, but even drinks! I'm a huge fan of tea and at least have a cup of green tea a day (anti-oxidants) and drink plenty of water.

For lunch today, I had:

-Brown rice

-Steamed egg

-Steamed red snapper with green onion, sesame oil, and black pepper

-Gai lan (it's a type of Chinese vegetable/greens)

Now, tell me, Beauty Talk world, what do you have? 😄

[DiVWA]

Hello! For dinner today I made braised lamb shanks, with sides of organic purple potatoes and broccoli.

The lamb was grass fed and had a rub applied first that had various spices including turmeric. I pre-browned the shanks, removed them from the pan, and then sauteed some sliced red onion, garlic, and carrots. Then added some beef broth and saffron and roughly cut fresh mango. Then added the shanks back in. Photo before putting into 400-degree oven:

Then baked for 2 hours, covered, turning once after an hour, and taking lid off the last 20 minutes. Result in pan:

Dished up:

[lylysa]

I did something similar this weekend with pork loin....drooooool

[EvangelineDamon]

I would shank you for those lamb shanks!!

They look sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good...

[DiVWA]

You're pulling my leg!

[lylysa]

Shank you, very much 😄

[lyravega]

Yummmmm! Yes, please!

[blackkitty2014]

So yummy Diwva! I take a big plate please!

[lyravega]

Tee hee... Too cute!

[lylysa]

[lyravega]

Bahahaha! Yes! This is me! I delete all the food I see. I don't diet, either, but... I think I might be on a seafood diet....

[lylysa]

I totally used crab meat in last night's dinner, bwahhaha!

[lylysa]

This was me this weekend as I finished off the last pouch of Girl Scout PB cookies....except I don't diet, I just made sure I finished it all *no self control* LOL

[lyravega]

I know exactly what you mean.

 

[lyravega]

Oh! And...

[blackkitty2014]

How do you know I said this lol 🙂

[lyravega]

I've made these not so long ago... And, we loved them! So, I made them again today. 🙂 ( Nice and soft for tortured jaw/mouth, excellent when transitioning from "baby", to solid food. 😉 )

Roasted stuffed peppers. ( "Filling" is ground meat, with a lot of different veggies in it, too! Very yummy way of sneaking veggies in for those of us who are not so fond of them... 😉

[bratknits]

Made pork buns, kiddo's favorite.  

[blackkitty2014]

This make me want to have some dim sum this weekend 😉

[lyravega]

This looks so incredibly yummy! 

What is this? How do you make these? Please, do tell!

Oh my, I want so badly! 😄

*drools*

[bratknits]

If I said I didn't know how to list all the ingredients in English would I sound like an idiot?  We're a mixed family so I've kind of gotten used to shopping without being able to read the packages.  They're called Cha Siu (bbq pork) bao (steamed buns) you can probably google for a recipe.  I've been trying to adapt it to more readily available ingredients because getting hk flour around here costs a fortune.  Be forewarned it's a long rise double leavened dough so not a 1 day project usually.  These I did with cake flour close but I think a cake/pastry flour mix might be closer, that's next time.

[lylysa]

Cha siu baos are my favooooooorite!!!!!

The sauce above can be used to season the pork (even add a touch more honey or sugar to sweeten it more).