back from sunday service at church and lunch at waraku with mom =D

lunch reminded me of one of my favourite dishes- miso cod with enoki! =D =D yum yumm..

for people who are wondering how to prepare this, here are the instructions.

MISO COD WITH ENOKI

1. smear a tablespoon or two of miso paste over raw cod fillet

2. place a bundle of enoki mushroom over the fillet

3. steam!

so easy right? heh. know the instructions are really brief, but when i do it everything is agar ratio one.. cod fish is healthy. enoki is healthy. miso is healthy. steam is healthy. =D yay!

got this information from http://www.goldengourmetmushrooms.com/enoki.html:

Enoki mushrooms are low in calories and contain a good amount of vitamin D. They also contain small amounts of riboflavin, thiamin, and niacin, and are high in fiber.

Medicinal Properties: As with most other edible wood-decaying mushrooms, Enoki mushrooms have been found to have medicinal properties. Enoki mushrooms contain a powerful polysaccharide called flammulin. Japanese and Chinese researchers have reported anti-cancer and anti-tumor activity from extracts containing this water-soluble polysaccharide. It is believed that the abnormally low cancer rates in Nagano, Japan (the center of enoki cultivation) is related to the high consumption of enoki in that region. Enoki is also thought to stimulate the immune system and be anti-viral and anti-bacterial. Blood pressure lowering and cholesterol lowering compounds have been found in Enoki. Research indicates that Enoki may be useful in treaing lymphoma and prostate cancer. To date, the bulk of scientific medical research on the medicinal effects of Enoki and other mushrooms has been conducted in Japan and China where mushrooms have been regarded for thousands of years as powerful, natural healing agents. Only recently has Western medicine initiated clinical trials to "prove" this ancient knowledge.

and another interesting fact that i never knew:

Enoki is often added uncooked to fresh salads and sandwiches, although cooking does make the mushrooms much easier to digest and renders the nutritional and medicinal components more available for assimilation by the body.

and they TASTE better cooked too! =D

cod, on the other hand, is listed in the world's healthiest foods list. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=133

too many health benefits to paste it here, but its a great source of protein and omega 3 fatty acids good for the heart! (along with salmon)

miso (also in WHfoods) is packed with nutrients! see? manganese, copper, zinc- all there! don't need to take entrum already la! haha! and though its high in sodium, its saltiness makes it a really good salt substitute-just don't go overboard..

here ends my super long post. heh. quite fun. >

i was late for worship practice today!! practice was 2 hours but i was 1 hour late.. =( felt quite guilty about it. but i din expect to have to wait for the bus for 25 mins before it appeared! i think chenli's worship team is WOW. yaosheng can play the keyboard, drums, guitar and today i saw him holding the bass also. oh yes and he leads the singing too. O.O esther sings wonderfully, plays the keyboard soooo well and she can pen down the notes of any song. from my observation today it seemed like she didn't even need to think before writing it down for dawn. and jayce's voice is "waaaaa" so envious cannn.

after that mom picked me up and off we went to upper thompson to check on the house. its taking FOREVER.. first the contractor said june, its already end of december!! =( =( but by the looks of it, everything's almost done, except for the kitchen cabinet and polishing. after that's done, furniture and wait for TOP (whatever that is). lalalas~! then i can move into my new home. =D =D excited excited excited! totally looking forward to my BIG NEW ROOM. psst. my bedroom's bigger than the master's! hahahaha!! +evil laughter+ poor bro got a really small room, thanks to daddy who insisted he wanted half of it for himself.=( i really do think the new place will be fabulous though, excluding some odd rooms here and there like mentioned above (all a result of daddy's bad decisions, haha!). yipee!

june's not working on thursday, so we'll be going on wednesday, confirm. the question is whether it will be the two of us, or us both with some other girls, or us both with the guys. i have decided that i am fine with anything. (: june, if no protection okay also! i protect u, u protect me, any stupid guy come stick his tongue down ur throat i will pull him away and u do the same for me okay? =D =D love love.