Food, Glorious Food

Throughout most of my childhood, instant noodles would be regular merienda fare. Even in college and my first year of grad school, pancit canton would be my quick go-to meal. But based on the bad reputation that this food item has gained over the years, with or without empirical support (e.g. IQ-lowering MSG and indigestible ingredients), I decided to stop eating it and opt for healthier food choices. Today, I started craving for instant mami because of the cool weather, so I decided to indulge for a bit and cook some up for myself. I went to the kitchen, put water in a pan and grabbed a pack. While waiting for the water to boil, I checked out the nutritional information out of curiosity. Lo and behold, one serving contained about 93% of my daily sodium needs. Back in the food basket it went.

Instead, I opted for some soft-boiled eggs Kopi Roti style. It didn't quite turn out the way I wanted it to, so I began searching for copycat recipes. I found none, but ended up reading this awesome food blog instead (which incidentally also had interesting instant noodle recipe suggestions, and a run-in with a company producing such products) and found myself drooling over their recipes. It made me want to cook, become a food blogger, and explore new flavors. All this as a result of my desire to eat healthy and lose weight. It doesn't help too that I belong to this food-loving family, and my own love affair with food will probably never end. Still, I'd like to believe that good food and good health can go together, but I've yet to discover how. There's so much information on the internet that it tends to overwhelm. Any suggestions?

The Ochoa Love Affair with Food

On a totally unrelated note, writing seems to be coming back to me. I can't quite tell whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, since the time I spent writing this was supposed to be spent working on my thesis. Speaking of my thesis, an entry should be in the works for some interesting findings I've uncovered.

{Aaron} In line with this, I have been bitten by the health bug. It all started with a shoot with a magazine for a portrait session with a yoga instructor. And then all of a sudden, I'm doing yoga, eating my veggies and enjoying my new found flexibility. But it all came together recently when I had a food shoot bonanza with an up and coming book series about healthy food that can be easily be done at home. Like this smoked salmon covered scrambled eggs on top of wheat pandesal.