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Pumpkin

What can we do with pumpkin? Image taken from the following site: fogcity.blogs.com/.../ 10/halloween_and_c.html Definitely not this!!! (It's cute though....) Image taken from www.students.stedwards.edu Before going into cooking, let's read some healthy information about pumpkin. Got this from: http: //homecooking.about.com/od/foodhealthinformation/a/pumpkinhealth.htm PUMPKIN & HEALTH Pumpkin and Health Pumpkins are a tasty source of vitamins and minerals, particularly beta-carotene, vitamin C, and potassium. It also helps prevent arterosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, which can lead to strokes and/or heart attacks. Pumpkin seed oil and pumpkin seeds are a good source of zinc and unsaturated fatty acids which are effective help for prostate ailments. A study by the USDA indicated that diets high in pumpkin as a fiber source tended to curb the appetite, yet provided more food for the same calorie count. The subjects in this study also absorbed less fat and calorie

Mee Rebus

Again, this is a recipe that I learnt from my mother. Well, most of my cooking knowledge comes from mak. Make sense isn't it? Kemana tumpahnya kuah kalau tak ke nasi. But I have not acquired all. There are many more to learn. Anyway, this is my first time cooking the mee rebus for my own family since got married. Phew! That's so looOOOOOOng ................ Apo nak buet, kadang-kadang R ajin tapi kadang-kadang juga M alas. These are some of the MUST HAVE ingredients: Boiled beef bones. Boiled and mashed sweet potato. Fresh prawns. (cut off its head, blend the head and strain for the 'juice', betul ke? hentam je lah ) Other ingredients will be: chilli paste tomato pure (tomato sauce pun hentam je lah) shallots and garlic peanut (fried & blended or boiled & blended - pick your choice) - but i did not put this into my cooking as my beloved daughter, Sabrina is allergic to this -meaning to say, the gravy 'menjadi' even without the peanut. tamarind juice co