I am listening to some afternoon 70’s and 80’s music as I write this. When you’re used to blogging and posting something every day, you miss the hustle and bustle of the blogging world. I’ve been busy for a while though, catching up on gardening (finally finished replanting Crossandra that just sprouted in all corners of the garden, regrouped them together in one line) and reading e-books, Christmas stories that warm the hearts and lift the spirits. When it’s Josef’s days off, we work together to finish pending household chores that need his help. We found fresh zucchini and honeydew melons on our trip to the wet market last Saturday morning. Honeydew is juicier than your regular melon found in the market. Low in calorie, rich in vitamin C and rich in fiber too. I don’t know if zucchini are in season now but they are cheaper than a few months ago. It’s time to experiment on some recipes using zucchini. I normally use them for pasta dishes and crispy fries. I found out to my delight that there are about a hundred ways to cook zucchini. Here’s one simple dessert that I just baked a few minutes ago. The recipe is for muffins but I tweaked it a bit and came up with this yummy loaf.
Last week, I made a variation of Puto (steamed buns) by adding Pandan flavoring. Just love it. I always reduce the sugar in the recipe, although I like to bake, I am not fond of too much sweets but my son is.
Josef gifted me with a three-tier Camel food steamer. It’s a late birthday gift, another gadget in the kitchen that I love. I have the bigger aluminum steamer which I use for embutido (our local sausage) and siomai (pork dumplings) but this one is easier to use and you can steam several kinds of veggies and meat in one cooking. Healthy eats with no messy oil to think of. I tried it last night with carrots, sweet corn and deboned chicken breast with lemon. Yummy! How was your week?
my week is hectic…work work and more work and I could so do with dessert right now.
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Take time to smell the flowers, so they say! Thanks for the visit 🙂
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Although it is not yet 11am here, my mouth is watering for a taste of those steamed buns, pork dumplings, and the local sausage too! It all sounds delicious Arlene. I am not that fond of Zucchini, (we call them courgettes here) but I would try a slice of your loaf nonetheless.
Best wishes from England, Pete.
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Hahaha, I usually make siomai when I find fresh molo wrapper in the market, not the frozen kind. The local sausage roll is so easy to make and it is steamed, you can use as sandwich fillings too or with rice and other menu.
Actually, the recipe for the Zucchini was for muffins.Surprisingly, it was yummy 🙂
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oh i love siomai! now i’m craving for all these yummy food, Arlene! 🙂
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For us, siomai is a comfort food just like pasta. Mas masarap pag maanghang dip ano?
Thanks lolaWi!
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ay oo 🙂 in the absence of kalamansi, i use lime, soy sauce and sriracha. yummm 🙂
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We have lots of kalamansi here, minsan pinapamigay ko lang sa mga kapitbahay!
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Zucchini loaf? wow. I should taste your cooking sometime 🙂
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Sure, why not? It’s another kitchen experiment since this is the first time I used Zucchini in baking. I taste like carrot cake. I wish nuts are not so expensive here, they go well with this.
Thanks Cel 🙂
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I bake zucchini bread. It makes a wonderful bread to eat for breakfast!
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Yes, it’s yummy 🙂 Thanks!
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I assume those taste yummy! What’s a wet market?
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It’s an open marketplace where different stalls sell fresh produce of veggies, fresh cuts of meat, poultry and fresh seafood. Compared to supermarket finds, things sold at the wet market are fresher because produce are harvested usually a day before.
Yes, they are yummy, thanks!
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Got it. So in between a supermarket and a farmers’ market.
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Yes Leanne!
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