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Food Tripping Abroad

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:49:27 +0000

One of the best experiences for every traveler is going on a food trip to different places that they’ve been in, indulging into sumptuous meals and trying out different cuisines and specialty foods. DH was able to eat in a Mexican Restaurant when they went to Australia and passed by this alley where you could find most of the “international” restos. He was all praised with their ever famous tacos and burritos. Hopping in from one after another food house really made his trip more exciting.

The next place to visit would be (God willing and with all of us including the kids this time) to the US, Some of DH’s relatives is inviting us for a vacation. Hope that we can try out the Boston restaurants this time. As early as now, we are doing research and hitting the Boston restaurant guide Keyword upon searching into the internet. We’ve been using the Chinese restaurants Boston Keyword too to find the nicest and must try chinese restos there. It will definitely be a fun and tummy-filled memorable vacation for the whole family if ever.

Chocolate Goodies

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:04:09 +0000

DH’s aunt arrived last week for a holiday vacation, one of the few things that kids look forward to as presents from the balikbayans are chocolates! So we’re gonna be loaded with sweets for the next couple of weeks. I guess this will continue until holiday season is over since there’s more to come. Ahaha

Should I Eat, Pray or Love?

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:19:12 +0000

You Should Eat

It’s likely that you’ve been going through a hard time, and you need to rest and refuel.

You could do with some nourishment, and not just the caloric kind. It’s time to take care of yourself.

You find happiness when you put your own needs first. You deserve the best, and you should be pampered more.

Relax, indulge, and allow yourself to feel totally full. You’ve earned it.

Sweet Times!

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:19:12 +0000

Some sweet times that we had the past week, aside from two packs of chocolates- Baby Ruth and snickers on our ref. Ouch! just hearing those chocolate brands makes me shiver from toothache. lol!

Been craving from cakes and doughnuts when niece came over handling these sweets and I’m so glad to have both! I love the Bavarian doughnuts, still my favorite since I was in high school. ! I already forgot my promise to go on a diet while I was eating these and even forgot that I am searching on the net on how to get rid of belly fat, which I’m only reminded when I went back to my PC and saw the page. Uh, oh! I am guilty as charged..

Pizza Overload

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:37:52 +0000

That’s DD drooling over the Manhattan Meat Lovers from Yellow Cab we feasted on 3 boxes of 18″ pizza of different flavors last weekend when we visited DH’s relatives together with the Balikbayans and had long kwentuhan catching up on each others lives. Now, I am craving for more this time as I only ate 1 1/2 slices due to mouth sores then. Ahahaha.

Gave In

Sat, 29 May 2010 16:35:29 +0000

I am now in second week of less rice diet, I am proud to say that I was able to resist the urge to take a second or third round of rice serving during meal times, it feels good to have a light tummy. Sweets are moderated too! but then again, I was not able to resist when DH took home a slice of blueberry cheesecake that they made on their baking class.

Now I need to research more on diets that work! since there are more yummy cake recipes that they made and I was really craving for all of them. Oh well, I guess it wont hurt to gave in once in awhile right?!

Saturday Break

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:04:08 +0000

DH and I decided last weekend to take the kids out and treat them to their favorite pizza parlor, as usual they are in their best appetite as they were able to finish all the foods served to them, their most favorite part is having their sundaes’ the little boy loves the strawberry flavor, while DD wants the chocolate one.

We went around the mall after looking around, we were able to buy some things for the house and and a wall fan for our room as the stand fan that we have is as good as a junk already. But what excites DH is the Best Buy deal that we had, a Toshiba 24″ wide screen LCD TV not at the mall but from his cousin who went home from the states. She sold it to us at a very affordable price Now kids are enjoying their favorite Spongebob show at a more bigger screen.

Craving Again

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:01:22 +0000

DH cooked this yummy Carbonara for the 10th year death anniversary of his Mom. We just had this yesterday and I am now craving for it again. We went to the Himlayang Pilipino together with my SIL’s family and the kids of DH’s brother. We went there at around 2 p.m, a sunny and hot weather greeted us, but nothing stopped us in enjoying our stay there, as expected there was endless chit chat and catching up on each other after we prayed the novena for the dead. Many topics have been brought up and that includes gossips, business , etc. etc.. And while we were all busy talking to each other, an agent (we supposed) approached us and started discussing about insurance and others. He even handed us a term life insurance quotes. Oh well, this agent kinda scared most of my companions. Talk about the place where we are and there he is discussing about death and everything. He must have been thinking of the perfect place and timing.

Cheese Cake Recipe

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:34:26 +0000

I am a cake lover but I don’t know how to bake and I am no good cook, but glad that DH is a great one and can grant all my wishes when it comes to my food cravings. DH has been keeping an Easy Recipes book that he got from his late mom whose a good cook too. I’ve been requesting DH to make me a blue berry cheesecake, glad that he granted it and I know it has been so long since DH made this for my birthday last month ,the photos I uploaded from Flickr gained requests that I post the recipes of the cheesecake, so here it is… Pardon the long delay of posting it here.

Ingredients

For the Crust:

1 pack Graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup melted anchor butter

Cheesecake Filling

2boxes                     Philadelphia cream cheese
2/3 cup                     water x2
4 tbsp/ envelopes   Knox gelatin
4 pcs.                      eggyolks
2 1/2 cup                 evaporated milk
3/4 cup                sugar
2                                Magnolia cream cheese (softened)
4                             egg whites
1/2 cup                    sugar
3                               Magnolia all purpose cream

Procedure

For Crust

Combine all ingredients until well blended
Press in a pie pan or any container with flat surface of you choice
Chill in the fridge until set

For the Filling

Pour in two 2/3 cups of water in sauce pan, put 4 envelopes of gelatin, pour in 4 eggyoks, 2 1/2 cups of evaporated milk and 3/4 cups sugar, stir over low heat until gelatin dissolves, stir well. Set aside.
Beat cream cheese, sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Beat in whipped topping. Add dissolved gelatin in steady stream while beating at low speed. (Mixture will become loose and lumpy.) Beat 4 minutes at medium speed until smooth and creamy, scraping side of bowl occasionally
Spread cream mixture thickly over the crust.
Chill in the fridge until it is set.
Then pour in the Blueberry or any fruit flavored toppings of your choice.

Summer Fruit

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:56:12 +0000

Last summer, we were surprised to see that a tree has bore its fruits in our garden then and we didn’t knew then that it is a Mango tree. We were excited the first time we saw it, indeed it’s a different kind of feeling that you get to pick it freshly from the tree itself… Just last week, we had another set of fresh Indian Mangoes again… Look!