Cost Approximately RM1.20 Serves 2 people Ingredients 1 piece soft tofu 1 shallot (sliced thinly), optional 1 spring onion (chopped) 1 tsp soy sauce Sesame oil (to taste) Method Bring water to boil. Once boiled, steam the soft tofu over the boiling water for 5 minutes. In the meantime, fry sliced shallots in a bit …
Cost Approximately RM6 Serves 2 people Ingredients 1 medium-sized pomfret (ikan bawal mas) (we got ours for RM5 from NSK Kuchai Lama. Get them to clean it for you) 4 long spring onions (cut into 4cm lengths) 1/2 thumb-length ginger (julienned – cut into strips) 2 pcs pickled sour plum 1 tsp sugar Salt and pepper …
Cost Approximately RM5.50 Serves 2 people Ingredients 1 pack sweet peas (usually sold in 130g-packs) 1 pack fresh white shimeji mushrooms (our pack was 150g. You can also substitute this with any other mushroom of your choice) 50g fresh wood ear mushrooms 6 slices ginger 30g carrot, shredded (1/4 of a regular-sized carrot) Salt. pepper, and oyster sauce …
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Yaaaawn. Nothing’s worse for productivity than sleepiness, except maybe Facebook. However, it’s tough to avoid the inevitable food coma that comes after the lunch hour away from the office. You just can’t seem to focus on anything and all you want to do is slump into your chair and zone out. What we don’t know …
Do you often forget to defrost your meat for dinner and hastily stick them in hot water as a fast solution? How about that time when you woke up hungover and grabbed last night’s leftover pizza from the table? Or that day when you made soft-boiled eggs without checking if the shells were already cracked? …
From Shop to Fridge – Your Guide to Preventing Food Poisoning Read More »
1. 7 Minute Workout What it does: This fitness app is based on a 7-minute workout routine posted in the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal. It’s a high intensity interval training that only requires you, a chair, a wall, and seven minutes of your time. Now you have no excuse not …
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This 80-second video sends out a powerful message. But why is reality so different? As of now, we have 243,000 registered organ donor pledgers in the country. That’s 0.8% of our 29-million strong population. With 18,384 patients awaiting organs for a second shot at a healthy life, these numbers are despairing. Are Malaysians really that against …
Giving Hope After Death: Reasons These Malaysians Signed up as Organ Donors Read More »
An act as noble as passing on your life baton when you’ve moved on would probably score you many saint points, but why are there so few donors? With Malaysians being mostly generous people (remember all the shared keropok lekor at work?), what’s stopping us? The HealthWorks team seeks to separate fact from fiction for …
Debunked: 8 Myths About Organ Donation in Malaysia Read More »
As of January 2013, there were a total of 16,479 people on the waiting list for a new kidney in Malaysia. In 2012, there were only 44 cadaveric donors (88 kidneys), a far cry from what is needed. You can help. Here are 5 great reasons to join the Malaysian Organ Donor Register: 1. Save …
An Easy Way to Save a Life – Become an Organ Donor Read More »
Being diabetic is no reason to swear off desserts. (There really aren’t any good reasons to swear off desserts anyway). We’ve scoured the endless internet and compiled a list of low-carb, low-guilt dessert ideas for you to enjoy with your darling, or just to reward yourself after a long week. These romantic goodies won’t cause …
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