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You surely can use spinach, but I prefer horenso. Classic creamed spinach goes well with steak, grilled chicken, or even pasta. Some people do it with cream, I use milk instead because I added some cheese. Cheddar, mozzarella, and parmesan, my classic combination, no doubt. For me,  Mimolette cheese also works well with the spinach but it's very hard to find here in Jakarta, anyway a couple table spoon of cream cheese can be added for even creamier spinach. If using horenso, you surely can remove the stalk but I like to use both the stalks and leaves though you need to squeeze the blanched spinach really well to remove the excess water. Ingredients : 4-5 bunch of horenso / spinach 2 tbsp butter 1 clove minced garlic 2 tbsp minced onion 1 tbsp all purpose flour 1 cup milk 1 cup cheese (combination of mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan, cream cheese, or any of your preference) salt to taste a pinch of grated nutmeg (optional) water as needed ice as needed Directions : Blanch: put horenso

It's deep fried, it's greasy, definitely not a healthy snack but here in Indonesia, " gorengan " refers to deep fried snacks are just mandatory, you'll find it like at every corner of the street, it is sold in a food cart. You can eat it as a snack or with rice as a side dish. One of the most popular gorengan is bala-bala , also known as bakwan and ote-ote . Made from thinly sliced, shredded veggies in savory batter, deep fried, similar to Japanese veggie tempura. Cabbage is a must for bala-bala , because fried cabbage is really good. Ingredients : 1.5 cup all purpose flour 2 tbsp rice flour 250 ml cold water 2 cloves garlic, pureed 3 shallot, pureed 1 tbsp butter 1/2 tsp chicken powder / bouillon salt and pepper to taste 2 green onion, sliced 1/2 cup bean sprout 2 cup thinly sliced veggies (carrot, cabbage, green beans) 1/2 cup corn (recommended) shrimp (optional) Directions : Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, fry in hot oil until golden brown. Serve with

pink guava banana smoothie topped with kiwi berry, muesli, and blueberry OK here comes my favorite smoothie bowl, pretty, healthy. Especially here in Indonesia, is it become popular lately? Well, I've been making it since few years ago, as I am into vegan food and healthy stuffs. It was when I couldn't get superfood easily as today, I used to get it from iherb. One of my fav place to shop nuts, seeds, and some other healthy ingredients is Club Sehat, you can check their website for online shopping or visit their stores in Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, and Bali, check the address,  here . I visit Grand Lucky quite often, they also have wide selection of organic products. More places, check out the list down below. Mango Smoothie Tools : High speed blender such as Vitamix and Blendtec. Basically, you can use any blender but why high speed blender better? Because you don't want to process your fruits & veggies for quite long time, the faster the better. I own a Cuisinart bl