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Deep Fried Green Peas

Ingredients

• 400g Fresh green peas
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons corn flour
• 2 tablespoons chilli (chopped)
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger (crushed)
• 1 tablespoon garlic (crushed)
• 2 tablespoons spring onion (chopped)
• 1 cup chicken / vegetable broth
• salt (seasoning)
• soy sauce (seasoning)

Instructions

1. Deep fried fresh green peas in hot oil for 3-5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Heat pan with oil, add chilli, ginger, garlic, sugar, salt, soy sauce and vinegar.
3. Mix corn flour in small amount of water and add to pan.
4. Cook mixture for 2 minutes.
5. Turn off heat and add spring onions.
6. Mix everything together with deep fried peas in a bowl and serve.

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Walnut and Prune Cookies

One of the natural remedy to relieve constipation during pregnancy is including high fiber foods such as prune in your diet. Try the following recipe for a nutritious and delicious snack that helps relieving constipation.

Ingredients

• 400g cup plain flour
• 120g uncooked pitted prunes (chopped)
• 120g uncooked walnuts (chopped)
• 100g butter (softened)
• 200g sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon of soda
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• ½ teaspoon of nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon of cinnamon
• ¼ cup fresh milk

Instructions

1. Use a spatula to mix together butter, sugar and egg till creamy.
2. In another bowl, mix together sifted flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
3. Use a spatula to mix 1 and 2 together.
4. Stir in milk.
5. Add prunes and walnuts. Mix well.
6. Chill mixture for an hour.
7. Preheat oven at 200C.
8. Shape dough into rounded spoonfuls and spread evenly on greased baking sheet.
9. Leave generous space for dough to raise slightly.
10. Bake for 10 minutes or till brown.

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Homemade Sweet Potato Chips

Ingredients

• 400g sweet potatoes (choose variety of colours)
• 2 teaspoon olive oil
• salt (seasoning)

Instructions

1. Wash and dry sweet potatoes with skin on.
2. Cut sweet potatoes in very thin slices.
3. Soak sliced potatoes in cold water for 30 minutes.
4. Preheat oven at 220C.
5. Drain and dry thoroughly with kitchen paper.
6. Mix with olive oil and salt for seasoning.
7. Arrange slices on preheated baking tray.
8. Bake for 15 minutes.
9. Turn chips over and bake for another 15 minutes.
10. Cool and serve.

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Spicy Peanuts

Peanuts, if you are not allergic to it, provides great source of protein which is important for fetus brain development during gestation.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups peanuts
• 1 egg white (beaten to foam)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients together with peanuts.
2. Bake in preheated oven at 180C for 10 minutes.
3. Serve when cool.
4. You may store them in an air tight container for up to a week.

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Benefits of Almonds

Almonds are actually seeds from the fruits of almond trees. Don't mistaken them as nuts, because they're not. They are amazingly nutritious. Almonds contain manganese, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, iron, zinc, potassium and selenium. They also consist of  Vitamin E, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Niacin, Folate,Vitamin B6 and Pantothenic.

Monounsaturated fats promote health and almonds are filled with those goodies. And get this, you can never get fat by eating too much almonds because they only contain good fat and are very low in calories, but eating too much of anything is not advisable. The daily recommended almond intake would be around one ounce.

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Banana Sunflower Seed Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 ripe bananas
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 all purpose flour
• 100g sunflower seeds
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

1. Preheat oven at 180C.
2. Mix mash bananas, olive oil and sugar in a bowl.
3. Add flour, sunflower seeds and baking soda. Mix together.
4. Use a spoon to shape dough around 2 inches in diameter. Spread out each dough evenly on a baking tray on baking sheet. 
5. Give enough space for each dough to rise into cookies without merging together.
6. Bake for about 15 minutes or till lightly brown.

Tips: You may add chocolate chips to the mixture and make chocolate and banana sunflower seed cookies.

 

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Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower seeds promote your healthy by providing a whole spectrum of vitamins and minerals including vitamin E, B1, B3, B6, copper, manganese, selenium, phosphorus, magnesium and folate.

Vitamin E plays the role of primary fat-soluble antioxidant in our body. It helps the body to neutralize free radicals and protects our cell membranes, brain cells and control our cholesterol. Vitamin E can also be found in almonds, spinach, avocado, peanuts, turnip greens, asparagus and shrimp, etc.

Nowadays, you can grab a pack of sunflower seeds from any local stores or supermarket easily, just make sure you don't pick one with too much additive or sodium. Too much of those will defy the principle of healthy eating especially during pregnancy.

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Eating nuts while pregnant

Unless you or your partner has any kind of nuts allergies, recent studies showed that consuming nuts during pregnancy may actually lower the risk of your baby developing nuts allergies after being born.

Pine nuts

 

Pine nuts supply all amino acids along with a wealthy source of vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin and niacin, as well as folate and vitamin C.

 

Stir-Fried Chicken Heart & Pine Nut

Ingredients

• chicken heart                            350g
• pine nut                                    50g
• red, green, yellow pepper        1 of each (diced)
• garlic                                        2-3 cloves (chopped)
• ginger                                       5cm (grated)
• corn flour                                 2 teaspoon
• salt (seasoning)
• sugar (seasoning)
• black pepper (seasoning)
• white wine (seasoning)           1-2 tablespoon

 Instructions

1. Wash and rinse chicken heart thoroughly and dry.
2. Mix with 1/2 grated ginger, 1 tablespoon of white wine, corn flour, salt and sugar. 
3. Marinate for half an hour before cooking.
4. Preheat oven at 200C, spread pine nut evenly on a baking tray and bake until light brown.
5. Heat pan with oil, stir-fry chicken heart until light brown, drain oil and set aside.
6. Heat pan again, add garlic and remaining grated ginger. Then, add diced pepper, sugar, salt, black pepper and white wine. Stir-fry on high heat for 5 minutes, then add pine nut. 
7. Fry for another 3 minutes and serve.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published an article last April showing that eating nuts does not cause weight gain or increase the waist line and nuts contain good fibers, unsaturated fats, vitamins, and minerals, which are important things in a good daily diet. The New England Journal of Medicine found that eating nuts increases life expectancy and reduces the chances of getting cancer or cardiovascular disorders later in life.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

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Roast Walnut in Golden Syrup

Once your appetite returns. The need to munch on something (possibly something sweet) starts to increase. Why not munch on something healthy? Walnuts contain many good quality nutrients for optimum health , especially Omega 3 which are essential for brain development of the fast growing fetus.

Ingredients

• walnuts    
•  golden syrup

 Instructions

1. Soak walnuts in water for 6 hours to get rid of the bitterness.
2. Drain until all dried.
3. Mix walnuts with golden syrup. (the amount of syrup used depends on how sweet you like it.)
4. Preheat oven at 200C.
5. Spread walnuts evenly on a baking tray. 
6. Bake for 10 minutes or till slightly golden.
7. Cool down and serve.
8. You may make a load of these and store them in an air-tight jar. Enjoy!!!