Sunday, June 7, 2009

Recipe of the Day: Kare Kare

Don't you just crave a certain Filipino dish you most likely get to taste only at fiestas and other celebration? I do! That's definitely what I feel for the Kare-Kare. Here's how I satisfied that craving as well as my family's



Ingredients:

1/2 tsp ground pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp soy sauce
a dash of sugar
1 small onion, peeled
1/2 kg beef
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp soy sauce
a dash of sugar
1/2 kg ox stripe
1 tsp garlic, minced
1 whole onion, chopped
100 ml peanut butter, preferrable the non-

sweetened one
2 bundles of string beans, cut into 3 inch pieces
3 bundles of pechay
1 young banana heart, cut into round pieces
bagoong

1.Place beef inside a saucepan with water enough to cover the lot. Add pepper, salt, soy sauce, sugar and onion. Bring mixture to a boil andsimmer for 1 hour. (If you have a pressure cooker, which I don't, it would be very nice as it would take around 20 minutes for the beef to be tender...)

2.Place ox stripe inside a saucepan with water enough to cover the lot. Add pepper, salt, soy sauce and sugar. Bring mixture to a boild and simmer for 1 hour. (You may include the ox stripe in the pressure cooker if you have one.)

3. When beef and ox stripe are in perfect eating condition (hehehe), drain them, keep stock, and saute in onion and garlic.

4. Add stock and bring to a boil. Add peanut butter and banana heart. Regularly mix the stew until desired sauce consistency is achieved.

5. Add more salt depending on taste then add a heaping tablespoon of bagoong.

6. Add string beans then pechay around 5 minutes apart and cook for another 5 minutes.

7. Serve with bagoong.


Love lots,

AH1N1 Scare

Hi! We are well informed in the news that the AH1N1 virus is already in the Philippines. And because our country is not really that rich, or updated with medical facility and training, I am very scared about what will happen if more and more people get infected by the virus. Because of this, I am making my family stay home as much as possible...even if it means not being able to attend the Along Came Baby event today.

Sad, but these kinds of events will keep popping into my calendar every so often, but risking the health of my family is a one big time decision. So yeah, I'm not going. I know where to find Gymboree and the "hard to find" baby stuff sellers anyway...

See you next time!

Love lots,

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Recipe of the Day: Creamy Chicken Soup


Rainy days have come, and what other way to best warm us up than good bowl of chicken soup? Here's how I cook up the classic comfort food...

Ingredients:

1/2 kg chicken
1 5-peso coin sized ginger
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 dash of sugar
1/2 kg chicken
1 tsp garlic, minced
1 whole onion, chopped
1/4 kg elbow macaroni
1 small can of evaporated milk
1 carrot, cut into small cubes
2 stalks of celery, cut into small bits
5 stalks of spring onions, cut into small strips
Salt to taste


1. Place chicken in enough water to cover it. Add ginger, pepper, salt, soy sauce and sugar. Cook to a boil.
2. Drain chicken but keep the broth. Cut chicken into small bite-size pieces and saute in garlic and onion.
3. Add broth and macaroni. Bring to a boil and simmer until macaroni is al dente. Add milk, carrots, celery and spring onions and cook for another 10 minutes.
4. Add salt depending on taste.

Try this one at home for a nice family eating-bonding experience!

Love lots,

Friday, June 5, 2009

Please Vote My Entry for Sunsilk's Style-In-A-Snap Contest...

Hi peeps! I hope this won't be too much of a hassle, but please vote for my "Beach Babe" entry for Sunsilk's Style-In-A-Snap Lookbook Contest.


1.First, visit Sunsilk's Style-In-A-Snap website and register through this page.
2.Next, log in and vote for my entry: Bianca...Beach Babe. Yey!

It's that easy! So please, please, please....vote for my entry as I am in dire need at this time and your vote could save my family's financial crisis. Thanks!

P.S. If you can't click on the links above, here are the actual websites:

Sunsilk's Style In A Snap Website: www.styleinasnap.ph
Sunsilk's Style In A Snap Registration Page: www.styleinasnap.ph/register.php
My Entry: www.styleinasnap.ph/lookbook-entry.php?id=4648&bookId=481

Thanks again peeps! Love yah!


Thursday, June 4, 2009

Along Came Baby: A Babies and Toddlers' Event


I came across a post from a party souvenir's supplier at my Multiply groups regarding an event at the NBC tent called "Along Came Baby" this June 7, 2009. The event will start at 9:00 in the morning and end at around 7:00 in the evening. According to Party Souvenirs:

"There will be food booths, hard-to-find baby stuff, a kiddie activity center to be managed by Gymboree, on-the-go activities by Gymboree in the afternoon, a short musicale, story-telling, face painting, prizes and surprises. Entrance is free so come and join us.Party Souvenirs Inc will have a booth near the entrance. Hope you could visit us. We are suppliers of wholesale party souvenirs with very good quality at affordable prices. "

Looks like a lot of fun...much like the one Ella had during
her trial class at Gymboree...


Hope to see you there! (Well, with the kind of weather we have these days, I sure hope to see us there too!)

Love lots,