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The majority of women who are trying to lose weight look for healthy, convenient, delicious and cheap diets. Unfortunately, most nutrition plans leave dieters feeling hungry, depressed and frustrated when they do not see immediate results. Thus, just like fashion and beauty, everyone wants to know what is the next “hot” thing in weight loss and health.

Sunset Health Products, Inc. is proud to introduce a variety of diet products that is not only effective in helping to shed pounds, but is healthy, safe and will leave women feeling satisfied throughout the day. Now, you can have that beautiful physique too!

The Hollywood Cookie Diet® offers dieters the chance to eat delicious cookies, while still maintaining a sensible diet and staying full longer. A woman on The Hollywood Cookie Diet®, simply eats a cookie (a variety of flavors are available) for breakfast, lunch and as two snacks throughout the day. The website offers sensible recipe choices for dinner. The beauty of this diet is it relieves hunger (each cookie contains approximately 150 calories and necessary nutrients for the day) while helping women lose weight. People can stay on the diet for as short or long as they choose—until they reach their weight loss goal. Cookie choices include chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and lemon or the variety pack for just $19.95 a box. With 12 cookies in each box, The Hollywood Cookie Diet® offers 3 days of meal-replacement, which is less than $2.00 per serving. Also, in these busy times, it is perfect for meals on the go—with life moving so fast these days, eating well has taken a back seat to other things. Over 3 million cookies have been eaten .

BUY IT : The Hollywood Cookie Diet are available at Walmart, Rite Aid and Walgreens. The Hollywood Cookie Diet® has appeared in publications such as InTouch Magazine, OK Magazine and on programs such as “The Early Show” and the NBC television program, “Lipstick Jungle.” For more information, you can visit http://hollywooddietstore.com

WIN IT : Thanks to Hollywood Diet Store, I’m giving away two boxes of The Hollywood Cookie Diet® each to two lucky readers. All you need to do is:

• One mandatory entry – Visit www.hollywooddietstore.com and “name three ingredients in The Hollywood Cookie Diet. Please  leave your answer in our comment section in this post.
• Two additional entries – If you tweet this giveaway (please leave your twitter id)
• Five additional entries – If you blog about this giveaway with a link back to this post (please leave your post url)
• Giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only and closes on 3rd September 2009.
• A winner will be picked using Random.org. Remember to subscribe so that you will be updated with the contest result.

Many of you who follow this blog know that I’m always searching for fun and easy to cook ideas  for my family. Fun – because I don’t want to get bored preparing those dishes and Easy – because I am not one who enjoys preparing complicated dishes.

Anyway, I happened to stumble on this website called MomsWhoThink which provides some great chicken recipes such as Southern Fried Chicken, Cordon Bleu, Beer Can Chicken, Lemon Chicken, Chicken Pestos Triangle, Slow Cooker Rosemary Chicken and more. Personally, I’ve tried cooking the Sweet and Sour Chicken from one of their easy chicken recipes and it turned out great. The hubby gave it a thumbs up as unlike other Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe we’ve tried, this one did not require deep frying!

I also thought MomsWhoThink had some really cool kids recipes like No Bake Butter Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies and No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies. With no baking required, I know these will be some fun recipes that my kids and I will enjoy making.  If they are simple enough for kids, they are definitely simple enough for me. LOL. Check it out for yourself!

Just a bit of sharing for those who love traveling. In case Berlin is one of your desired destination anytime soon and enjoying scrumptious meals is on your agenda, you may not be interested to know where the best Berlin Restaurant is. All you need to do is click on the link in this post to view a list of the reputable restaurants there.

This link was forwarded by a friend to me as we were chatting about her recent vacation there and she was raving about the food she enjoyed while dining in one of the restaurant in the list.

LiveLifeOrganic is a webstore that promotes organic products ranging from vitamins, organic food, sports nutrition, personal care to household items. This site carries organic brands like Derma E, Atkins, Baby Bliss, Green Foods, Only Natural, Spectrum and many more. For those budget conscious, you can browse through the products under the “Special” category to get great offers and discounts. Alternatively, you may find LiveLifeOrganic a useful resource for information regarding  health and wellness as there are many articles available on health tips to read.

If you are a health conscious person who loves anything organic whether its organic food or organic skincare, this is definitely a site you should visit.

I would like to share a little secret with you guys. I am hardly creative when it comes to cooking. So, most of the time when I cook, I follow strictly to recipes.

I have tried out some recipes from a few sites but my latest “experiment” turned out quite successfully. The recipe is ideally name “First Timer’s Ribs” and I served them during our recent dinner gathering for Mother In Law’s birthday. Hey, believe it or not, I got quite a few compliments for whipping up the dish. Too bad I did not think of taking a photo of the dish earlier on.

Anyway, I just wanted to give the credit to whoever came out with this recipe which was published on Chef.com. For those who are not into cooking complicated meals, there are Quick and Easy Recipes on this website too.

Have you guys ever tried green tea tiramisu before? Well, I have and it may taste a little odd with the first mouthful but I will vouch for it, that you will truly enjoy it. I did anyway. I am equally in love with green tea ice cream too.

You guys must be wondering why am I recommending desserts made from green tea. Actually, I am a strong believer that green tea is good for health purposes because it contains antioxidants. As a person who loves desserts, I figure that it was better to have a healthy dessert than a sinful one. So, for those interested, you can find green tea recipes on this site called Ocha.com. Try it and if you want a volunteer tester, let me know!

This lovely woman tagged me. I can’t believe it’s about FOOD…yum yum….

I’ve got so many favourites, I don’t even know which to choose. Ok, I’ll choose SARAWAK LAKSA which I’ve posted on my other blog before *drools* It is one of the more famous food in Kuching, Sarawak. 

This one I must warn you guys, has high cholesterol. Ingredients includes bean sprouts, prawns, beehoon, eggs, chicken and of course, the yummy yummy soup which is the OOMPH! I normally forgo the bean sprouts as I hate the taste. Add this with belacan and lime, it can really taste like ”To Die For“.

Prices range from $3.00 to $5.00 depending on the portion and whether it comes with big prawns or not.

There are several good places to eat this but there’s too many to list out, so if you happen to drop in, call me and I’ll bring you there  

Passing the honour now to…

1. Binky, Blogging & Such - Let’s have food recommendation from over yonder

2. Bubba Stuff - Payback time for the tags I owe you

3. My Lovely Rays - Let’s talk food this time

4. Raising Belle – I miss irritating tagging youlah

5. Montessorimum – I know you have many paid posts to write. So, in case you are short of posts to slot in between, you can use this

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**Start Copy**

Proposition: What is your favorite food in your state or country?

Requirements: Find some info about the food and show delicious pictures of it?

Quantity: FIVE PEOPLE.

Tag Mode: You leave their blog and post link and add to the list below.

Mybabybay loves Asam Laksa from Penang, Malaysia

JustMyThoughts loves Penang Char Koay Teow

My Lil Venture loves Laksa Sarawak

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There were times when people hesitated in using business credit cards rather cash was more acceptable and investing money on solid real estate was considered an appropriate step. But now times are changing as people are relying on plastic money like visa credit card and even more people are investing on home improvement. With this entire one can see a rise in online trading and times are very near when holiday insurance would overtake other insurances.

Bananas have been the alltime favorite and perennial fruit for hundreds of years now. It has many curative properties. This fruit is affordable by anyone and is available in plenty in India. All the varieties available are beneficial in their own way.

Banana is rich in fiber content and also contains natural sugars like sucrose, fructose and glucose. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills — eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that t the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.