Blog Reviews!!!

Review 1: nataliecookshealthy.tumblr.com

I love your blog it is neat and pleasing to the eye. Loving all the food photos you've posted. Very detailed when reviewing your 3-day diet as well as your adapted dish. Good job! ;) *gushes over everything in your blog*

Review 2: charmaineleeee.tumblr.com

Your blog is very simple and neat. Has many pictures so that's good. Very detailed reflection about what you ate and what you made during the test. Super neat (both ways) blog! So overall it's very good!!! c: c: c:

Review 3: joshannlee.tumblr.com

Your blog is very appealing to the eye (or my eye at least just kidding your blog is very nice). I can tell that you are very informed about food intakes and stuff. I feel that you put a lot of effort into your reflections. Well done!!! :)

Review 4: vallovescooking.com

I love that she took time to set up her blog. Her blog is organised, well-planned and attractive. Awesome job done there! ;)))

Home Econs Test

My selected dish for the home econs test is the Roasted Lemon Chicken Wrap with Cucumber Strip Salad. I think it is healthier than my grilled chicken wrap I ate on 7th July as I roasted my chicken instead of grilling it and I added a cucumber and tomato salad on the side (It's below the wrap because i packed it in a container). Cucumbers are good sources of vitamin B, they re-hydrates and replenishes our body's vitamins, fights cancers as well as aiding in weight loss and digestion.

I even added half and avocado as avocados contains a variety of nutrients including vitamin E for the prevention cholesterol oxidation; folate for reducing dangerous homocysteine levels in the blood; potassium for regulating blood pressure; phytosterols for reducing cholesterol absorption; and dietary fibre to control blood sugar levels. It also helps us maintain a healthy heart and regulates our blood sugar to prevent diabetes.
I got these information from http://healthiestfoods.co.uk and http://www.naturalnews.com

  

Above are just photos taken during my home econs testing.
Left: Slicing avocado
Centre: Shredding the roasted chicken
Right: Assembling the wrap

My 3-day eating diet

Day 1, 5th July

Time	Food eaten	Quantity	Estimated calories	Comments
10 pm	Charcoal salted egg custard buns	2 buns	218 kcal
3.37 pm	Coddled eggs	3 eggs	220 kcal	Too many eggs for a meal
	Toast	3 pieces of baguette	195 kcal
8 pm	Rice	1 bowl	204 kcal
	Spring rolls	3 spring rolls	188 kcal

Day 2, 6th July

Time	Food eaten	Quantity	Estimated calories	Comments
8 pm	Little custard buns	4 buns	152 kcal
2 pm	Fried rice	1 bowl	228 kcal
	Vegetables	1 serving	107 kcal	Healthy meal
	Soya bean drink	150 ml	81 kcal
8 pm	White rice	1 bowl	204 kcal
	Vegetables	1 serving	107 kcal	No meat so not balanced diet

Day 3, 7th July

Time	Food eaten	Quantity	Estimated calories	Comments
9.30 am	Marble Cake	1 slice	150 kcal
2.20 pm	Tom yum noodles	1 bowl	300 kcal
4 pm	Strawberry Pocky	1 packet	216 kcal
7 pm	Grilled Chicken Wrap	1 wrap	250 kcal

From my eating habits, I found out that I did not eat such a balanced diet as there were not enough meat in many of my meals. I could have included fruits in my diet too.
I consider my diet to be healthy to some extent as I had at least a serving of vegetables in some of my meals.
The suggested nutritional tools are helpful as they let us have more knowledge on how to have a healthier and more balanced diet.