I’ve been seeing this topic creep up a lot lately, in magazines, web sites and in conversations with friends. What is the proper way to settle the tab at a restaurant while dining out as a group? Do you always split the bill equally or figure out who ate what for how much and settle it accordingly?
Braising is a cooking technique where food is first browned in oil, then cooked slowly in some flavored liquid like wine or stock or vinegar in a dish with a tight fitting lid. Cooking can be done in an oven or on the stovetop. Braising is a useful technique for tough cuts of of meat [...]
I think I have ranted enough about my breakfast issues in previous posts. For someone who lived without breakfast for more than a decade, getting used to regular breakfast was a challenge. I have 10 am meetings on most days, and the morning commute is around 30 minutes, but I wake up only at 8 [...]
Before I get into my weekend SBD update, let me just share that this this is my 300th post! I’ve been blogging for about 750 odd days now. Do the math, quick! Yep, that comes down to 1 post every 2.5 days, a fact that completely baffles me! I am sitting here going like, what?? [...]
I desperately need a muse! There are six different recipes in my drafts, but I can’t think of any story or introduction to go with any of those. So I am just going to serve this one up on its own, hopefully I will get over the rut in time for the next post. Sometimes [...]
I’ve been on the diet for 6 weeks now, if someone told me last month that I’d stick to a diet for so long, I wouldn’t have believed them! But now it has become a normal part of life. I don’t really have to remember to eat breakfast or the daily snacks now, my body [...]
When I started the South Beach Diet, I naturally assumed that coconut is a big no-no. Since coconut is very high in saturated fat content, nobody would consider it a diet food. As a typical true-blooded mallu, I use a lot of coconut in my cooking, especially coconut milk, so I was sad to lose [...]
Life is back to normal now, didn’t seem to take anybody much time to get back into the routine at work. Having a set schedule seems to be working for me diet-wise. I really stuck to the eat 5 times a day rule this week, and lost a net of 2.5lbs. My pants are way [...]
As I mentioned before, breakfast is my biggest challenge on South Beach Diet. I love eggs, but it gets boring really quick. I did try oatmeal, but I am not a fan. Thanks to everyone who offered different recipes suggestions with oatmeal, I still need to try those out. For now, I am alternating between [...]
It seems like we’ve been eating a lot of salmon lately. Well, why not? Salmon is a very healthy option for the South Beach diet. It is easy to prepare since there is literally no cleaning if you buy the filets. This fish is so versatile that I use it in breakfast, lunch and dinner [...]
I had many slips this past week. A bunch of us went out for a prix-fixe New Year’s eve dinner, and of course one of the courses was dessert. After all it was New Year’s eve, not a night to think about any kind of self-control or deprivation. So I had my hazelnut gelato, Look [...]
Another new year is here, time for new resolutions, a chance for a fresh start. Well, at least for just a few days let’s pretend that everything is going to change and we are all going to be better human beings. I didn’t make any new year resolutions this year, I don’t have a great [...]
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