Day 8: Convenience

I know I said in my previous post that I am going for interval training today but I only ran for 30 minutes due to my flu. I will probably update it tomorrow.

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Convenience can kill! I saw a colleague of mine going into the pantry to the vending machine to get a can of Coca Cola Zero and a packet of M&Ms at 3pm on Friday. Is the high accessibility of these "rubbish" food making us fat and unhealthy? 

Have you ever been in a situation where you feel very hungry and there is nothing to eat at home? So your solution is most probably to get some food outside but because of food delivery, you do not have to step out of the house to buy food. Due to this convenience, most of the food you buy from food delivery will be fast food which are very unhealthy. Even if you went out and eat, the food outside will mostly be unhealthy as well. The healthiest food is probably home-cooked food made from unprocessed foods. However, this to many people is not convenient, is not fast enough. Thus, to them, the extra time that gained from buying outside food outweigh the health benefits of home-cooked food. 

So start with cooking your own meal at home with this simple recipe I am showing you below. This meal can be for lunch or dinner and is packed with healthy ingredients. It will also make you feel full for at least 4 hours due to the complex carbohydrates in this meal. And best of all, it is simple and fast. 

Chicken, mushroom and tomato pasta (1 serving)

1 handful of dry Wholewheat Fusilli / Penne pasta

1 Tomato, diced

1/8 Onion, diced

100g minced chicken breast meat (or 1/2 chicken breast mince with food processor)

2 fresh mushrooms, sliced

1/2 tsp oil, preferably olive oil if not any vegetable oil

50ml water/stock

1 tsp tomato paste

Salt & pepper to taste

1. Boil a pot of water and salt it well to cook the pasta as stated on the package. 
2. Saute the onion over hot oil till onion soften. 
3. Add in the minced chicken breast meat and mushroom and cook it till almost done.
4. Add in the tomatoes, tomato paste and water/stock. Let the mixture come up to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes. 
5. Taste the sauce for seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Mix in the pasta and you are done. 

Hope you have fun cooking your own meal. 

Bye!

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