Bright Noodles Composition

Bright Noodles is a delicious recipe I came up with after visiting Peru. Peru has such a wonder and bright cuisine. Their food recipes are typically a fusion of many different and complimentary cultures from around the world. I thought I would bring a little bit of that inspiration to my dinner table. I believe this healthy and delicious dish has Asian, Hispanic, and Italian elements incorporated into it.

Serving Details

Serving size: Approximately 4

Preparation Time: 20-25 Minutes

Ingredients

Chicken Breast – 1 1/2

Lo Mein Noodles – 1 Cluster

Ugly Ripe Tomatoes – 1 1/2

Sweet Corn – 1 Cup

Peas – 1/2 Cup

Vigo Marinated Mushrooms – 1 Jar

Vigo Quartered Artichokes – 1 Can

Cilantro – Approx. 1/8 – 1/4 Cup

Black Pepper – 1 tsp

Less Sodium Soy Sauce – 2 Tbsp

Sriracha Sauce (optional) – Your Preference

Preparation

Mainly, this dish is created by simply combining the ingredients into a bowl, mixing and serving. These preparation instructions will include my recommended cooking guidelines. If you have a preferred means of heating the hot ingredients, then you can use your method.

Cold Items Preparation

Empty the Vigo marinated mushrooms into a colander, and pour out onto cutting board. Half the mushrooms and place them into a large bowl. Empty the Vigo quartered artichokes into a colander, and press gently to squeeze out excess Continue reading “Bright Noodles Recipe: A Tasty and Easy Fusion Recipe”

Overview

What follows are steps to help you to stop biting your fingernails. This is an explanation of my experience overcoming the urge to bite my fingernails, and what has worked for me. It’s all explained in an easy to understand progression of steps. These steps may or may not work for you, but they were very effective for me. At the end, I will list alternative methods to help you to stop biting your nails.

How To Stop Biting Your Fingernails

1. Understand the facts: What fingernail biting is all about

Firstly, I think it is best to start by understanding why we bite our fingernails. Here is a basic and brief definition through the wikipedia on nail biting.

Definition:

Fingernail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking.

Personally, I’m a little OCD, and if I happened to fray an edge of a nail, I would keep biting it, thinking I could fix the fray. I know that I cannot, but I do it anyway, and end up making it worse.

Health Hazards:

Nail biting is a disgusting habit. It may help to deter you from biting if you know what you are potentially putting into your mouth. Your fingernails are host to a variety of yeast, bacteria and fungus, says buzzfeed.com. Nail biting, can also give you bad breath, wreak havoc on your teeth and gums, give you infections on your fingers, contribute to cold sores, and if you wear color, your fingernail polish you nibble on is essentially poison. If that alone isn’t enough to make you stop chewing those nails, then I don’t know what will. Additionally, the aftermath of chewing can leave your nails very short, and painful. If you bite and pick at the skin around the nail, we know how that skin can become red and irritated, and it takes a long time to heal as well.

2. Develop a plan

Habits are formed through repetition. Over time, these actions that trouble us will seem automatic; as if someone else is behind the wheel, moving our bodies to perform actions on our behalf. The key is to identify the triggers for these actions to enable us to understand how the habit functions.

For me, it was underlying stress, mixed with boredom. Once I understood this, I changed my behavior, by alleviating my stress, and finding things to do to take care of boredom. Continue reading “Biting Your Fingernails?: How To Stop This Bad Habit”