by bens nqc | Apr 3, 2018 | Nutrition and Fitness, Recipes |
Lent is over, but that doesn’t mean that mostly vegetable dishes are out of the window. Most people view eating vegetables as some sort of chore to get over with or a task to accomplish unless you want to be sick or unhealthy, or before you can reap the medicinal...
by bens nqc | Feb 6, 2018 | Recipes
Oh, cocktails. The sweet and tangy lifeblood of parties and other social gatherings that somehow require booze for people to function properly…or for people to tolerate being there in the first place. The incredibly high sugar content, though, made them off-limits to...
by bens nqc | Jan 22, 2018 | Nutrition and Fitness, Recipes
Bland and unhealthy are two of the most common adjectives foreigners use to describe Filipino food. Our colonial past is somewhat to blame for this since we’ve been colonized by Spain with its meat-centric dishes dripping with too much oil and fat, and the United...
by bens nqc | Oct 30, 2017 | Nutrition and Fitness, Recipes
For a superfood full of medicinal benefits, you would expect bitter gourd to be the somewhat crowd favorite when it comes to vegetables. Or even among the favorite ones, alongside potato, carrot, broccoli, and tomato. But no, as it turns out, bitter gourd is among the...
by bens nqc | Oct 18, 2017 | Nutrition and Fitness, Recipes
Bitter gourd—also known as bitter melon, bitter squash, and sometimes balsam-pear—is a vine commonly found in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. Like its name implies, bitter gourd is known for its bitter taste, making it a less popular a choice in recipes. However, it...
by bens nqc | Oct 16, 2017 | Nutrition and Fitness, Recipes
If there’s one thing about alcohol that everyone will sort of agree with is that wine, compared to other alcoholic drinks is good for you. That is, if taken in moderation, at least one glass a day, not one bottle. For those who are looking for an alcoholic beverage...
