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Rainbow Seafood Pasta Salad

Before posting the photos I shot in Penang, I would like to begin my 2009 posting with a food recipe.

Do you like salad? I never have a chance to made one so far as my Emperor is not supportive enough for this idea. But after all the Christmas and New Year festive celebrations, I desperately need one now. Remember what I mentioned in my last post? It is my 2009 New Year resolution! As we know, another festive celebration is approaching - Chinese New Year. During this period, we will have to attend family reunion dinner and friend and relatives' open house. All the yummilicious stuff are awaiting for us!! If I don’t seriously watch my diet now, then I have to prepare to upgrade my clothing size after CNY. Oh, no! please don't let this happen to me!!!!

Today I would like to share with you a light, simple and healthy recipe I found from my favourite cookbook - “Children’s healthy & fun cookbook”. Although this was my 1st attempt in making salad, to my surprise, my son could accept raw vegetables such as baby butterhead. He loved eating it so much. I guess it was because most of the ingredients used in this salad were his favourite (ie tomato, corns, raisin and prawns) and the thousand island dressing provides extra flavour to the salad.

This salad is very versatile. You can mix and match any ingredients using your own creativity. Below is my own modified version that is enough to serve both my son and me for today’s lunch.

Ingredients:
60g pasta shells – cooked and drained well
4 large prawns – cooked and peeled, cut each prawn into 4 portions
1 medium size tomatoes - removed seeds and chopped into cubes
½ ear of large sweet corn – steamed or boiled, kernel removed from cob
1 small Japanese cucumber – removed seeds and chopped into cubes
Handful of black raisins and sunflower seeds
A few leaves of baby butterhead (cut into strips)

Other ingredients you may consider:
- small tomatoes (ie cherry or roma tomatoes), carrot, avocado, lettuce leaves, cooked egg, pine nuts, chicken (instead of prawn), tofu (instead of prawn for vegetarian)

Dressing (thousand islands sauce):
4 tbsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
2 tsp lemon juice (start with 1 tsp)
2 drops of Tabasco sauce (optional)
Dash of pepper
Sugar or salt (if necessary)
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (for mixing later)

Methods:
1) Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Add the pasta and follow the cooking instructions on the packet. Drain well and leave to cool.
2) Prepare the dressing, cover with cling wrap and keep in the fridge.
3) Prepare all the ingredients.
4) Put all the ingredients into a salad bowl and mix well with the dressing. Alternatively, you can divide the ingredients between the serving bowls and then drizzle over the dressing. Serve and enjoy!

I am submitting this pasta salad to Presto Pasta Night, founded by Ruth of Once Upon A Feast, and hosted by Ivy of Kopiaste this week.

Other recommended colourful dishes:
- special egg rolls with rice, salmon and spinach
- millet porridge
- stir-fried capsicums & cucumber with stewed vegetarian mutton

Lemonade Diet Drink Review

You must have heard about the lemonade diet drink by now. This diet is taking the famous world by storm. Many well known celebrity had admit that they have use the lemonade drink also known as the master cleanse for their weight loss. For example, Remember when everyone was talking about how Beyonce lost so much weight. Some even said she got too skinny. Well all that weight lost was the result of this lemonade drink. Now the lemonade diet drink is really cheap to make. Compare to all those expensive pills that are being sold all over the place. And if the rich movies stars are using it. Even though they have the money to afford whatever they want. Than it must work for everyone right?

The answer is yes and no. Yes because if you can get past the road blocks of the cleanse. Than yes you well lose 1-2 pounds a day. And after 10 days. You well have more energy. And you well look great. You might even pull out that jeans that you been dying to fit back into. And No because the first few days of the diet is hard. These are when you're body is trying to get use to the new routine. Some people might not get past these first 2-3 days. And decide to quit.

But overall the lemonade diet drink works. If anyone want to lose weight bad enough. There are definitely ways to get past these roads blocks. After this first few days. You're body well be use to the cleanse. And it well be so much easier. Everyone can benefit from this cleanse. You just have to known how to get through the first few days. And the result well be so worth it. You well want to share it with everyone you know.

If you would like to learn more about this cleanse, how to get past the first few days, and lose 1-2lbs a day.

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