VIC LIC

Im sooooooo sorry I havent been here in so long. I've just been so busy at work, plus I am doing a diet (A serious one this time) and so is Ben so cooking has been a little bit out of the loop. Anyways, Ben likes to go cycling, and he does...pretty much every tuesday and thursday he wakes up at 5:30 and goes out for hour and half or more. So usually they go to a cafe place and have banana bread, but since we started a diet I've been making him some, a much lighter version. This version is 4 PROPOINTS (New Weight watchers system) per slice and here is the recipe: You will need 2 cups of flour 2 eggs 1/2 cup of sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp bicarbonate 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tbsp apple sauce - no sugar 30g sultanas 1 banana large 1 apple or pear in small pieces, no skin Method: put everything in the bread maker and turn it on and let it stir for 5 minutes. you will get a sticky mixture. you dont really need more than 5 minutes. Get a spatula and fix the top. Choose the baking...

Hiiii Happy new year!!! If you have a bread machine you know that sometimes the bread doesnt get fluffy as the one you buy in the supermarket right? At least mine doesnt. And then, gets a little bit crumbly...and Ben, my beloved hubby, complains. I think I finally found the secret of making a perfect bread in the bread machine...kneading a little bit while the machine is doing its job. Sounds weird? Well, its not even close to the work of really kneading a bread from scratch. I just opened the machine and used my fingers to break in the air a little bit (I think that's what happens when you need). To be honest I didn't even got my nails dirty. Anyway: here is what I did (For a large Loaf, almost 2lb - 850 g) 1 1/8 cups warm water 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 tablespoon margerine 2 tablespoons honey 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups white flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup rolled oats 4 tablespoons flax seeds 2 tablespoons sesame seeds 1 1/2 tablespoon sunflower seeds 1 3/4 teasp...

Speaking about Fitness, Weight loss, etc...I went to try a Zumba class,  and I must say: So much fun! For those who doesn't know:  he Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will blow you away. Our goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, to get hooked. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long-term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exciting hour of calorie-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life! Apparently there is a Zumba fever around Sydney, and I would say around Australia, so you wouldn't have any problems finding a Zumba class around you. In my case, I could understand the lyrics, given I speak Portuguese and Spanish! So I would definitely go to another class, and who knows...maybe will become an weekly event. I hope so. I let you know my progress... Love, Vic