MesaStila Healthy Food!!

MesaStila Healthy Food!!

MesaStila offers healthy food options without deep frying; even those items that are traditionally thought of as deep-fried...

So - THROW AWAY that deep pan of oil for your Krupuk Udang (Prawn Crackers) – check out the healthy low-fat way to bring these tasty traditional chips from Nusantara Cuisine.

Food & Beverage

Organic, natural and wholesome home-made rice milk and soy milk at MesaStila – by Chef Arya and his team. Offering our guests essential breakfast nutrition, without the negative aspects that are so often tied-up to dairy milk. The advantages of these healthy cuisine creations are varied and include:

¯    Zero cholesterol

¯    High in omega oils (soy)

¯    No lactose – so excellent for those who are lactose intolerant

¯    Easy to find the raw materials in Magelang – not so many cows up here in the highlands of Central Java, but plenty of organically grown rice and soy!

¯    Easy to make - though of course not so easy to get it to our immeasurably high standards!

¯    No environmentally destructive methane gases from overworked dairy animals

Rice Milk:

-        Boil 1-kg of rice with 1-liter water with a low flame - without washing the rice first

-        Slowly remove the water from the cooking rice, a ladle at a time

-        Boil the removed water again and season with a little salt and a small amount of palm    sugar - collected from the trees in the jungle

-        Refrigerate and serve cold

Soy Milk:

-        Soak 1-kg of soy beans in 1-liter of water overnight

-        Cook the soy beans in the water for 1 hour on a low flame

-        Slowly remove the water from the cooking soy beans – a ladle at a time

-        Blend the remaining cooked soy beans

-        Add blended beans back to the soy water

-        Strain through muslin cloth

-        Season with a little salt and a small amount of palm sugar (collected from the trees in the jungle)

-        Refrigerate and serve cold

Welcome to Our Wellness Retreat

Personal wellbeing does not have to be arduously brought about by extreme dieting or hours-upon-hours of exercise each week. It is simply that people need to learn some of the techniques of creating a more healthful lifestyle: such as taking time to breathe calmly, undertaking simple daily tasks [such as brushing one’s teeth] with a focus on the moment and purpose in the outcome; establishing movement and physical activity as a part of the normal day; or making more healthy food choices on a long-haul flight, at the supermarket or over a business lunch.

Current [un]health statistics from the World Health Organization suggest that by the year 2020, even in the developing world, seven-in-ten people suffering from poor health will be because of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer and smoking related disorders. Very many illnesses can be prevented by taking time, to create a more healthy outlook; applying some of the concepts discussed in this blog: healthy eating; focused exercise; planned relaxation; stress management; limitations on smoking; learning more about wellbeing; moderate alcohol consumption and escaping to a relaxing natural environment.

In today’s saturated material world, health is one of the most precious assets we have. Taking care of your wellbeing now, means fewer health problems in the future, less time lost to illness, a more vibrant life, greater energy and an all round better you. Sustainable wellness is an attitude as much as it is learned on blog sites such as this...