Guess what I gave up for Lent . . .

If you look at this picture, can you guess? Yup, I gave up rice for Lent. On Sunday mornings we usually have the “typical” Filipino breakfast which consist of the garlic fried rice, eggs and longanisa; however, since I gave up rice, I had slices of cucumber & tomatoes marinated in rice vinegar [...]

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Them empanadas . . .

These are them! The ones we picked up at my sis-in-law’s (ER) last Monday. We had ordered 50 of these frozen “bad boys” and I think we’re down to like 15. KV had ordered 50 also and RS had ordered 25. I have to let CE try [...]

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At The Cheesecake Factory . . .

Today, the familia decided to go out to eat for a late lunch, but we couldn’t make our minds up if we wanted Japanese at Sushi House or going to the Public Market . . . (JP didn’t have to work today so that was one of the reasons we went out to eat out [...]

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Chicken Mole (Chicken with Peanut Sauce)

This recipe is very similar to that Filipino dish, “Kare-Kare” although it’s made with chicken and not oxtail. I’ve yet to make “Kare-Kare” . . . that was one of Nanay’s “speciality” (remember, Bro?) I like to serve this with “bagoong” – – sauteed with garlic and small dices of tomatoes.

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Madeleines . . .

 

½ cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
3 large eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup granulated white sugar
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

First, melt the butter and allow it to cool while you make the batter.
In a small bowl place the flour, baking powder and salt and whisk until well blended.
In the [...]

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The Two Joe’s . . .

Monday, being a holiday (President’s Day) was a day I was suppose to “declutter” AC’s and whatever else room(s) but of course that never happened. The hubs had to go to work and JP decided to work a couple of hours so after I had dropped him off, I went to Trader Joe’s [...]

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Another Booksigning for AC . . .

Yesterday AC and her class had yet another booksigning but this time there were more people and the venue was “livier” than their first one with music and just the whole atmosphere itself. The booksigning was held at one major “book store” in the area. They even had a local TV crew at [...]

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AC and me . . .

on our way to my god-daughter’s 7th birthday. When we were at the party, my cousin’s wife SC remembered with AC was little, and now she said that AC was all grown-up . . . no more “kiddie” parties. When AC turned 7, we had to cancel any of the plans we [...]

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Did I always buy an “It’s-It”?

Yesterday evening, KV and her daughter came over our house. We didn’t know what we wanted for dinner so KV and I just went to Popeye’s Chicken for take-out. I had made rice for the gurls and a Cesar Salad for us before we left. [The hubs later came home and JP [...]

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Is it allergies or a cold . . .

I’m feeling pretty miserable right now. . . my nose can’t make up it’s mind whether it wants to “run” or get “stuffed” up. Not only that but I’ve been sneezing practically the whole day and my eyes are really watery and it’s already 8:36 p.m. The hubs and some folks at work have come [...]

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