Friday, July 23, 2010

Spanish omelette

Ingredients:

½ piece of onion

2 no. of eggs
3 potatoes
3 strips of bacon
¼ cup of milk

Method :

Slice potatoes, cut the onions and bacon.

Put all the three in a pan with a low flame.

Cook until it's slightly golden brown.

Break the eggs and pour them on the top of cooked blend.

Wait for it to set, now cut these into pieces and serve.

Note:Can also sereve by spreading cheese or sheredded paneer(cottage cheese)

World's expensive food items

Have you ever thought that the things you use daily in your kitchen can have a most costly face too? Yes. The things such as tea, coffee, vegetables etc can come for a price that you would spend for your jewellery.


World's Most Expensive Coffee : Kopi Luwak, bags the credit of being the most fine and expensive coffee in the world. This is from Indonesian island of Sumatra. Only 500 pounds of beans is produced annually. A pound of this rare coffee costs you 300 Dollars or more.

World's Most Expensive Tea Bags : This star studded tea bag is from the PG Company. This tea bag was brought out during PG's 75th Anniversary. The feature that makes this tea bag the most costly one in the world, is that it is decorated with 280 diamonds. This 'diamond star' tea bag's a cup of tea costs you 7,500 pounds.

World's Most Expensive Mushroom : White truffle is the most expensive mushroom in the world. This mushroom is from Langhe area of the Piedmont region in northern Italy. The interesting fact about this mushroom is that, it can reach 12 cm diameter and 500g. These costliest mushrooms can be eaten, if you can pay 2,000 - 4,000 per kilogram or 1350 dollars – 2700 dollars per pound. The record price of this 'star mushroom' is when Stanley Ho, the owner of the Macau casino paid 330,000 Dollars for 1.5kg of truffles, during last December.

World's Most Expensive Potatoes : These potatoes are from France. La Bonnotte, the fine quality of potatoes are cultivated in island Noirmoutier. Only 100 tons of these star potatoes are produced annually. This rare delicacy can be bought with 322 dollars per pound.

World's Most Expensive Beef : Beef from the Wagyu cows are the most expensive beef in the world. These are Japanese cows, these cows are provided with special and best grass and treatment. It's because of these special treatments that the meat is expensive and smooth. 200 grams of this will cost you more than 100 Dollars in Europe.

Pregnancy Diet

A Woman's healthy pregnancy is dependent on what she eats every day. Hence a healthy diet should be followed when she is pregnant. The diet that she follows during her pregnancy not only enhances her health. It plays a vital role in the baby's health too.


These following four basic food groups should be included in your diet strictly.

Starch Filled Food : Vegetables should be your first preference when you are pregnant. Starch filled foods like potatoes, rice, chapatis, oatmeal etc should be made as an important part of your daily diet. As these suggested foods are rich in many calories and vitamins it's advised to strictly have them.

Dairy Foods : Although diary products are important in your diet, it's advised to take low – fat products. Products like milk, yogurt or cheese are rich source of calcium, which are very essential for your bone. Also these dairy products have other essential minerals like zinc, iodine and magnesium, which are very much needed for the babies' health.

Fruits and Vegetables : Fruits and Vegetables, as I mentioned earlier, these two essentials should be in the priority list of your diet. Eating lots of fruits and vegetables will not only provide you with minerals and vitamins. It will also give you fiber that helps in good digestion. Hence will prevent constipation.

Meat, Fish and Alternatives : Eggs, meat, fish, nuts, pulses, peas etc are very rich in nutrients. These foods along with your dairy and starch filled foods give the baby a healthy building block. These foods are good source of iron, zinc, vitamin A and B.

Although these are the certain foods that you should follow during your pregnancy, it is also important to avoid certain foods. The food list that you should avoid during pregnancy includes:

1.Strictly avoid having sweet and sugary foods like biscuits, cookies, cakes or chocolates. Although sugar contains calories, it does not have nutrients that your body need.
2. Avoid liver and liver products, although liver products are rich in Vitamin – A, it can ruin your baby's health.
3. Avoid fatty foods like chips, pastry, chocolates etc. Although fat rich foods are high in calories too much can ruin your health. It can lead to heart diseases and excess weight gain.

Following Vitamin rich and Healthy diet can ease yours as well as your baby's life and health.