I remembered I prepared this appetizer for my group of Ci Muis friend last year when they came to my house for a gathering. Thought of preparing it again tomorrow but don’t know I have the time to do it or not. The fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls is one of my favourite provided I omit out the fresh Thai Basil leaves. I never like the smell of Thai Basil. Yuckksss… I can’t faint eating that!  Never like it.

The Vietnamese spring rolls is easy to prepare and its healthy too. I can whack a lot of it actually. Hehehe… It is also a good one to prepare for a group of friends that come over for a gathering.

Ingredients:
250gm steamed prawns, shelled and halved
100gm glass noodles
1 cup beansprouts, tailed
1 carrot, shredded thinly
2 sprigs fresh coriander, chopped
Some fresh Thai basil leaves, chopped ( I omitted )
Some fresh mint leaves, chopped
20 sheets Vietnamese rice paper

Nuoc Cham Dipping Sauce:
5 tbsp cooled boiled water
2 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp fish sauce
2 red chillies, seeded and finely chopped
4 chilli padi, finely chopped
3 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

Method:
1. Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan and blanch glass noodles till soft. Remove and drain well.
2. Using a hot damp tea towel, wipe the rice paper and leave aside until it has softened and is ready for use.
3. Place 3 halved prawns, some glass noodles, some beansprouts, carrot, chopped coriander, Thai basil leaves and mint leaves on the rice paper.
4. Fold one end of the rice paper over the filling and roll up firmly. Press lightly to seal.
5. Serve the spring rolls with Nuoc Cham dipping sauce.

Gonna eat a lot of this when I visit Sis in Hanoi this coming May. Yippie… can’t wait for the trip.

Some people like to do sales. Some can never work in the sales force. Take a good example of me. I can talk, I can PR but when come to sales I am out. Can never convinced people to buy. Hahaha… there are quite a number of sales jobs out there in the market. Why some people like sales because time are flexible. I see some of the sales reps are so relax and by 3pm they are back at home. Wah…so lucky. I wish I can be like them but too bad I can never be.

This is interesting and I find it is amazing to come out with such product. Guess what? It is the electric cigarettes!I wonder how it work. It stated more smoke and more puffs. Really couldn’t imagine how it function and it is battery operated. Each catridge can last 200 - 300 puffs. After some counting in terms of cost, better to get this than the normal cigarette s selling at the shop. But if can, better stop smoking for health purposes.

I was at the mall with the kids last weekend and saw have been thinking to get a treadmill for exercising at home.  There are many brand out there and it is hard to decide which brand to get. Furthermore some of it are so huge and needed a lot of space to store it. A friend recommended us to have a look at the nordictrack fitness equipment. I think both me and Dearie Suki must start to exercise more starting this year. Stay healthy always….

I heart Lap Mei Farn (Waxed Meat Rice) when come to CNY. The rice consists of all the waxed sausages (lap cheong), waxed duck, and waxed liver sausages. This is one of my favourite at home. It is easy and simple to do but eating too much could be quite unhealthy because it is really oily. Anyway any food that is unhealthy always tasted good right. Even both my kids also love it.

Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1 waxed duck drumstick ( I replaced with 1 boneless chicken drumstick )
1 liver sausages
2 waxed sausages
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1/2 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce

Method:
1. Rinse waxed meats.Marinate the boneless chicken meat with oyster sauce.
2. Rinse rice and put in pot. Add sufficient water and cook until water is almost absorbed.
3. Put waxed meats and marinated chicken on top of rice and pour both light and dark soya sauce over it. Cover and cook two minutes. When water is fully absorbed, lower flame and allow rice to cook a further 6-8 minutes.
4.Serve rice while it is still hot.

The dark circle under eyes are really ugly.I didn’t realize it until today I look myself at the mirror. After few nights of lack of sleep, this is what happen next. It is really bad to see the black patch of dark circles under my eyes. Going to dig out all my eye care in the cupboard and start using it.

What is hemorrhoid? Hemorrhoids can be inside or outside of the skin around the rectum. In some cases hemorrhoid can be so serious and the swelling around the rectum can be quite serious.  The hemorrhoids can be surgically removed using a special stapler or for smaller cases, you may not need any surgery at all. For further details, click here to learn more.

With the lack of sleep these days, I realized I had puffy eyes and black eye ring around my eyes area. Gosh… it looks so ugly and I think it looks more like a panda eyes. Hahaha… I am curious, do we really take care of our eye area i.e. apply eye cream or eye mask on it. I used to do it but half way I am lazy to do it. I must get back to the routine to apply the best eye creams on my eyes.

On the 1st day of CNY, the weather is so so so hot and humid. Staying in the house is just like staying inside a hot oven. So can you imagine how hot the weather is? With such hot weather, my boy eczema is back again. He has been playing, sweating and sweating and the eczema attack again. He kept telling me … “Mommy is itchy” and he wanted to scratch it. I wonder is there anymore good eczema treatment that can help to stop it.

Getting one health insurance policy for the whole family is very important. I always believe that insurance is a must for each individual. It is a protection for us and our whole family in case anything happen. For those who have yet to get one, try to get a quote from NC health insurance. At times you might get a very good deal out of it.Protect yourself and your family today.