Asian Cuisine c: any asians out there :D?

I'm not asian technically...(that's another story lol) but I grew up living with a Vietnamese family. They ate so healthy all the time, and all their food was amazing! Most of our fridge was just different meats and veggies, with rice. I try to avoid rice, but maybe brown rice? And for noodles try the ones made from veggies, some brands are better than others. Try making your own sauces, the store bought ones are usually PACKED with salt and sugar. We always tried to make our own so we controlled what we put in it and could estimate the calories/sugar/salt we were taking in.

I'm half Filipino, half Japanese. Japanese food is fairly healthy but traditional Filipino food can be very fatty (pork adobo, lechon, etc.). I'll be making pansit tonight for dinner with lots of veggies and lean pork.

If you're not too keen on switching to brown rice, you can always do half white and half brown. I've been able to lose weight on white rice.

You can also substitute quinoa for rice. I use quinoa for arroz caldo.

Navin_Tovio wrote: »

Hi, so I just started this site and am curious as to what other Asians have to eat (I am part Filipino).

My fridge is running on empty, so I will have to go buy food soon and I'm interested in seeing what other Asian backgrounds have to eat.

So if my fellow Asians out there are supportive & have an open diary, please feel to send me a friend request.

And no I'm not discriminating against other races I just have more Asian variety foods around me, so I feel that knowing what kind of things other people eat would give me a better idea of what meals i can make at home.

Thanks for reading!

Not Asian, but I live in a community with a lot of Asian representation, so I have gotten a chance to sample some very delicious authentic cuisines here. Some of my go-tos are having jasmine rice on hand (very versatile, and delicious), noodles (stocked up on lo-mein noodles recently), and supplies for making traditional Cambodian and Thai marinades (limes, soy sauce, oyster sauce, ect). Plenty of recipe sites online to find inspiration as well!

Navin_Tovio wrote: »

Thanks for all the info guys, I'll definitely give a thought about mixing both rice since I am partial to white rice. myself. Also thank you or the nutrition link I'll definitely give that a view. Also ooh pansit I'm jealous lol.

As for making my own sauce that sound's interesting, although I have never thought of that ... guess google will have to teach me how lol

Haha, google is amazing! I've tried so many different foods and wanted to make them at home, so I looked up different recipes to experiment with at home. Very easy to find different sauces and marinades to make at home!

swirlybee wrote: »

I'm half Filipino, half Japanese. Japanese food is fairly healthy but traditional Filipino food can be very fatty (pork adobo, lechon, etc.). I'll be making pansit tonight for dinner with lots of veggies and lean pork.

We're having our own recipe for chicken adobo. Yes, it's very salty due to a good amount of soy sauce, but my serving is usually around 550kcal including rice and chicken thighs. And it's sooo yummy!

I'm not Asian, but I do eat a lot of Asian food including lots of rice, pasta 2-3 times per week, Indian curries and so forth but none of this has stopped my weight loss. Most of my meals are around 500-600kcal. When I was still losing I could easily fit that into my small girls' calorie budget. One of my favourites is a steamed fish marinated in chili, ginger and a few other things, with bok choy, soy and fish sauce and lemon, and rice with sesame seed and spring onion. I usually stay below 500kcal with that one.