Diet & Nutrition by Peg's Cottage

With  glimpse of an eye  , Yes, I am over 40 now.  However, I never feel better and healthier than when I was at my 20s, which I always have migraine issues. No matter what I do, I always have headache problem. And that normally will last for at least 5 days. Ever since I had my whole food and Low carb diet about 6 years ago, My migraine finally divorced with me. Since then,  I never fall sick again. Surprisingly, I do not need to wear glasses anymore. As my eye sights have improved from 150-175 to 125-150. I understand that my family history have both diabetes and cancer; and after I saw how my late father passed away in front of my eye, this makes me more concern about my diet and food intake. Hence, I did lots of research online, read books, took courses.  With all my effort, I am a Certified Trainer with Diploma in Diet and Nutrition and Diploma in Ketogenic Diet . Sometimes, u might see me going even further to Keto occasionally when I feel like...

  The recipe of this Chinese Chives Pocket Pie is only for the outer crust, as for the filling, I did not really measure; however, below are the ingredients for the filling: Minced meat Chinese chives Roasted pork Dried Shrimp Salt Pepper Sesame oil Fish sauce Note: By sharing our experiences in baking and cooking, we could improve further the recipe. Hence  I  would  appreciate if you could kindly link back your baking or cooking experiences to my blog for sharing and further improvement.

  Ingredients: 291g White radish 1Tablespoon of Oil 2 Cloves of Minced Garlic 1 drop of Stevia 8g Sweetener ¼ tsp Ground pepper ¼ tsp Salt 15g Oat fiber Psyllium 1 Egg White + 1 Whole Egg Method: Cook the grated radish with garlic and some dried shrimp (optional) until soft then set aside. In another bowl, weight Oat Fiber + Psyllium Husks. (Mix well) Beat 1 Egg White + 1 Whole Egg in a bowl until combine, add 1 drop of Stevia, and also pepper and salt. Add (3) to (2). Place in a heat proof container, wrap with cling foil, and steam for 30 minutes. Note: By sharing our experiences in baking and cooking, we could improve further the recipe.  Hence  I  would  appreciate if you could kindly link back your baking or cooking experiences to my blog for sharing and further improvement.

Ingredients : Marinate : 150 g chicken meat 1⁄2 tbsp soy sauce 2 1⁄2 tbsp corn flour 200 ml oil Marmite Mixture: 1 tbsp water 1⁄2 tbsp marmite 5 tsp honey 1⁄2 tbsp shaoxing wine Method: 1. Marinate chicken overnight; 2. Fried chicken with baked chicken mode. 3. Mix marmite mixture which suit your taste, can add more marmite if acquire. 4. Baked mode marmite mixture until thicken. 5. Coat fried chicken with marmite mixture. Note: By sharing our experiences in baking and cooking, we could improve further the recipe. Hence i would appreciate if you could kindly link back your baking or cooking experiences to my blog for sharing and further improvement.

Ingredients: (Steamed Chicken) 1 Chicken Breast Pink Salt Shao Xing Wine Few Slices of Ginger (Smoked Chicken) Steamed Chicken Breast Aluminium Foil 1 tablespoon of flour 1 tablespoon of tea leaves 1 tablespoon of sugar Method: Use PPC to steam chicken breast at steam mode for 10 minutes. Take out the steamed chicken, wait for a while until it dry. Now is the SMOKE part, use a wok with cover (better to use black and old pot), line your pot with aluminium foil, followed by mixed flour, tea leaves and sugar on top the aluminium foil (These will create the smoke aroma, hence you can use any of your favorite tea leaves, for me i am using Vietnamese Lotus Tea Leave). Then place a steamer on top the aluminium foil, place chicken on top of the steamer rack and cover it. High flame for 15 minutes. Or until your desire colour of your chicken breast. Note:By sharing our experiences in baking, we could improve further the recipe. Hence i would appreciate if you coul...

Today mark my 357th day of my keto Journey, and i would like to share this Keto Moist Chocolate Cake with all of you. Personally i like this cake ,as it taste very chocolaty. I keep my cake in the freezer as my dessert. When i feel like i want to have a piece of cake, i would microwave for 30 seconds and top with some walnuts and pecans. And the most interesting part is, no need oven, i am using my pressure cooker for this cake. I am a very simple and straightforward person, hence my recipes are always simple and straight to the point, if you have any question, please PM me via FB or my page. Ingredients: (4 Inch Pan) 68 gram Almond Meal 28 gram Cocoa Powder 1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda 68 gram of melted butter 1 tablespoon of lakanto 80 gram of heavy cream 1 egg 1 tablespoon of warm coffee Method: 1. Mixed almond meal, cocoa powder and baking soda in bowl. Set aside. 2. Mixed egg yolks, melted butter, heavy cream and warm coffee in ano...

If you want something quick, easy and nutrition recipe for chicken breast, you can try the below recipe. I have my super nutrition pulled chicken with broth within 50 minutes. Just place everything in after i got back from work. After 50 minutes, i have this pulled chicken with broth. Can keep the soup as broth, then serve the chicken as main course, and side with some salad/ or can be salad wrap. Ingredients: 1/4 teaspoon of Pink Salt Dashes of Pepper 1/2 teaspoon of Pure Sesame Oil To marinate with Rosemary Seasoning 1 tablespoon of Liquid Amino 2 tablespoon of ACV 2 Big Chicken Breast 2 Cup of Water Method: Marinate chicken breast with pink salt, pepper, rosemary and liquid amino; Then add 2 cups of water with (1) into the pressure cooker; Pressure cooker function will be: 20 minutes @ steam mode + 30 minutes @ Chicken mode. Note:By sharing our experiences in baking and cooking, we could improve further for recipe. Hence I would appreciate if you could kindly ...

Peg's Cottage Signature Curry Potato Chicken Ingredients: 300 gram of Chicken 3 potatoes (Omit Potato if you are on KETO) 15 curry leaves 3 cloves of garlic 4 French Beans (May add some other vegetables of your own liking) 1 Shallot 10 tablespoon of Light Olive Oil 1 teaspoon of Salt 1 pack of Kara Coconut Milk 1 1/2 cup of water (Depends on how thick you want your curry to be) 1 teaspoon of Organic Mushroom Powder 6 tablespoon of Baba Curry Powder Method: Heat oil at baked - chicken mode. Add garlic, shallot and curry leaves cook until fragrance. About 2-3 minutes. Then add chicken and potatoes.  Follow by Curry powder, salt and mushroom powder.  Stir until chicken and potato are well combined with the curry powder. Then add coconut milk + water. I am using my pressure cooker to cook this curry chicken. Chicken/Duck Mode. Valve sealed. START.  Note: By sharing our experiences in baking, we could improve further the recipe. Hence I would appr...

Ingredients: 2 Potatoes 2 chicken ham 2 hard boiled eggs Salad Dressing: 3 tbsp of Mayonnaise 1 tsp of lemon juice 1/2 tbsp of Mustard Sauce (Optional) 1 tsp of Italian herbs Method: Boiled potatoes and eggs for 15 minutes. Peeled potatoes and eggs. Set aside. Dry fried ham for about 3 minutes. (This step is optional, as ham already cooked) Combine salad dressing and mixed well. Mix all the ingredients and toss well with salad dressing. Note:By sharing our experiences in baking, we could improve further the recipe. Hence i would appreciate if you could kindly link back your baking experiences to my blog for sharing and further improvement.

Ingredients: 2 tbsp of cooking oil 4 gloves of garlic 4 shallot 200 gram of mince pork/ mince chicken 2 tomato, chopped 10 tbsp of Prego Sauce (any flovour) 1 tsp of Italian mixed herbs 1 tbsp of sugar 1/2 cup of water Some Spinach Lasagna Skin Cheddar Cheese Method: Heat wok with 2 tbsp of oil. Add garlic and shallot. Add in mince meat/ mince chicken, cooking until fragrance. Mixed tomato, Prego sauce, Italian herbs, sugar, water in a big bowl. Then pour into wok. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. Set aside. Boil spinach until soft. Drained. Set aside. Then layer lasagna skin, spinach and mince meat/ mince chicken sauce in oven safe plate. Please note that i am using those instant lasagna skin. Hence, do not need to boil in advance. Top the lasagna with a layer of cheese. Put in oven for 170 C for about 40 minutes. Note:By sharing our experiences in baking, we could improve further the recipe. Hence i would appreciate if you could kindly link back your baking ...

Cover pan with foil  Ingredients : 6 eggs 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 tsp cornflour 400ml (unsweetened) homemade soya milk Method : Break eggs into a mixing bowl & beat thoroughly with a balloon whisk. Once the eggs are well-beaten, slowly add in soya milk whilst continually mixing. Add in salt & cornflour. Whisk till everything is well-combined. Pour the mixture through a strainer/sieve into another bowl to remove any lumps & thick bits. Then pour the mixture through a strainer/sieve again into baking pan. Cover with foil & secure tightly around the sides. Add in 2 cups water into PPC pot & put in steaming rack. Put baking pan onto the steaming rack. Set PPC @ Steam Mode & valve @ SEAL. Remove baking pan from pot & remove foil swiftly to avoid water vapour dropping back onto the tofu. Allow the tofu to cool completely in the pan to room temperature before cutting it. Alternatively can opt to place the baking pan in the fridge to spee...

Ingredients: 3 chicken drumsticks 5 gloves of mince garlics 4 tablespoon of fish sauce 3 tablespoon of Thai sweet chilli sauce 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper Method: 1. Use the above sauce to marinate chicken drumsticks for about 2-3 hours. 2. Place the chicken drumsticks in airfryer @ 180 C for about 20 minutes. Note:By sharing our experiences in baking, we could improve further the recipe. Hence i would appreciate if you could kindly link back your baking experiences to my blog for sharing and further improvement.