J's thoughts

What to make for breakfast? A nerve wracking thought for all moms (everyone). Especially when you are hard pressed for time. And you had enough of boxed cereals and oats. Come on, even those 'healthy' cereals are loaded with sugar.  Steamed plantain is one of those easy breakfast items , as long as I can remember. It can be eaten just like that or with a chutney of crushed shallots, green chilli and salt in a bit of water. Oh nostalgia. But, I always felt hungry after an hour. A chit chat with my friend over this topic and she suggested having a boiled egg and a piece of toast (or plain bread) to go with the plantain. And yes, you have a delicious, filling and nutritious breakfast. And doesn't take much time at alllllll.

I bought this cute tea infuser from Centrepoint. What i found attractive about this was its shape and the colour. There is something about green colour which you automatically associate with nature ,tranquility, peace and calm. The base is made of stainless steel and the top is made of silicone. The top fits snugly into the steel bottom.  It's really easy to clean as well. Now I am off to drink my green tea..... I prefer to use loose green tea leaves instead of tea bags because i had read on the internet of the potential health hazards associated with tea bags and that really scared me. Another reason is : I had the chance to visit a tea factory in Srilanka and one of the guys there told me that first the loose green tea leaves are packed and the left over green tea leaves and tea dust goes into making green tea bags. So that was like him confirming what someone had told me earlier. Why go for second hand stuff eh! lol[there are a lot of varieties of...