surplus sunday: coconut rice pudding with strawberry syrup


As you would have probably guessed by now, I’m very much a dessert person. At the risk of sounding too much of a glutton, between the mister and I, even on the days when he’s quick to proclaim a meal satisfactorily filling and there would be no way he could down another mouthful, I would be the one with an incredulous look, exclaiming my oft-quoted “But there’s always room for dessert!”.

While my choice of decadence would almost always involve either a perfectly cold scoop of ice-cream or a rich slice of chocolate indulgence, I’ve always wondered about creamier desserts on the menu; pannacotta, custards, puddings, creme brulee, to name a few. But the thought of it being cheesy, milky or eggy pushes the the no-dairy side of me to always play it safe and stick to the familiar route.

That is, until I had leftover rice to play experiment with.

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make your little steps today


They say that because of the psychological guilt of  year-end festivities, which more often than not revolve around dining and sweet treats, a significant proportion of new year resolutions would typically pivot upon maintaining a healthy(-er) lifestyle. And the very same they in question here also say that most resolutions made at the beginning of a new year would realistically last no longer than the first month, tops.

Granted we didn’t exactly celebrate the turn of 2010 last weekend, nor is this my first post of the year, but interestingly enough, a quick flip through one of my first entries of 2009 saw me discussing the very same health issues. And one of the things that struck me in that post was mentioning about how “the little steps go a long way”.

Something apparently even I have forgotten.

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