Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

I remember taking this shot at a  casual get-together with some high school classmates at Shakey’s Espana, in front of UST where we finished high school. Those bracelets were gifts from one of our classmates who makes jewelry as  a hobby. I do remember the laughter, the camaraderie, the game I posted at Facebook if [...]

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The Hunger Games, The Movie

Finally been able to watch The Hunger Games on DVD, a much-awaited event because I was not able to catch it on wide-screen. If you have read the book, the first of a series of Suzanne Collin’s trilogy, you would appreciate the movie version a lot more but if you are the type who take [...]

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The Joys Of Living

If you’re following my blog you would definitely ask, “what, food again?” I am wondering myself why lately, my blogs are focused on food.  Summer definitely brings that hungry feel, because every time I open our fridge, I often wonder what to prepare for the next meal. So I’m done with the tortilla  but I [...]

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Tortilla Wraps

Nowadays with the temperature reaching to as much as 35°C  in Metro Manila, I find it so hard to prepare elaborate meals that would need staying in front of the stove for long.  What Josef and I do is to cook something that we could eat cold and won’t need lots of time to prepare. [...]

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Longganisa Pasta

That’s right, it’s been a meatless week for Josef and I just  thriving on  fish, vegetables, and canned tuna.  And it’s really a challenge to come up with a variety of dishes using fish. It was a form of sacrifice for us during the Holy Week and now we’re back to eating meat, just have [...]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged

I was checking my e-mail when I saw WordPress’ weekly photo challenge.Then I remember the shots I took in one of my forays at the wet market here in our place. A while ago, a good neighbor who spent a short vacation in Ilocos gave me more than a kilo of these native onions which [...]

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A Perfect Summer Dessert

When you think of summer, what does it reminds you of? Ripe mangoes, right? They are sold everywhere now, some at street corners and through ambulant vendors that shout out their wares in the neighborhood every morning.  One could get three ripe, sweet and juicy mangoes at the price of P60.00 pesos a kilo. And [...]

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And It’s Good Old Champorado For Breakfast

It’s been raining since last night and my son said, “it’s a sin to wake up early in this weather” but when he saw the spread on the table, he smiled and said, “kain na”.  Yes, it’s the kind of weather where you just want to stay in bed and read while sipping a hot [...]

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Why Not Try Adobo?

I’d like to think that Adobo is an authentic Filipino dish and there are so many ways to cook adobo as there so many recipes for chicken and pork. You could try chicken-pork adobo, chicken adobo,  pork adobo, chicken adobo mixed with chicken liver and gizzards or adobo with coco cream. Basically, the ingredients are [...]

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Baked Bow Tie Pasta in Four-Cheese Sauce

And since it’s dad’s birthday today (may he rest in peace), I prepared one of his favorite dish – pasta with fruit salad for dessert. I bought 500-gram pack  bow tie pasta  and half a kilo of ground pork, then added a cup of cream and thinly sliced parsley. Ready to go into the oven [...]

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