Filipinos are getting busier these days. As they say, we are all caught up in the rat race. One of the disadvantages is that we now tend to prefer fast-foods and the immediate services of restaurants more often than home-cooked meals. Although these may be unavoidable, we slowly forget how easy it is to cook meals at home (given the time), how healthier and more affordable, and most of all, how it bonds families closer to each other. Yes, I must say closer, because even though we can all chat with each other when we eat at fast foods or...
Filipinos love flavorful dishes. That’s why when we cook, we always make sure that we use varied types of spices and when we eat, we have all sorts of condiments. But sometimes, due to some health reasons or budget constraints, we like to cook without meat. Good thing is that it’s not impossible to do with Ajinomoto PorkSavor seasoning mix. You see, adding salt or fishsauce (patis) won’t be enough if you want to achieve flavorful dishes. I’ve tried that before. Although our ulam has this taste, it only tasted...
Baking is one of my frustrations. It was just last year when my husband brought me an electric oven as a gift when I started living my dream one recipe at a time. Being able to bake and seeing my kids and husband gives me happiness specially when I see them liking what I baked. It’s different from the daily cooking that I do because my family is not too fond of breads at all. Cookies and cakes, yes, but they have a very limited taste for these. I had an exciting experience of joining a baking competition for the first time and...
When I think of my kids school snack, the first food ideas which will come to my mind will be hotdog and cheese. But recently, they became fond of eating shredded corn. You know those cheese corn you can buy when you watch movies in the cinema? We love buying those corn with butter and cheese. The kids also like to eat popcorn, corn muffins and sometimes corn chips. Corn is good for our health so I just indulge them with all these. Corn is sometimes being called “the healthiest food” in the world. It contains a good amount...
It was an ideal day for my girls and I to have my husband join us for the first time in a family baking workshop. As we girls are fond of cooking at home, Daddy is always our happy eater, the one who taste tests when we try a new recipe. So when I received an invitation from The Maya Kitchen for their monthly family baking workshop, I immediately accepted it. Finding TMK (The Maya Kitchen) is easy. We decided to commute and try the P2P bus in Trinoma straight to Makati (Glorietta 5) instead of using the car. From Glorietta 5, we took a...
Eden Cheese has always been the star of my spaghetti, chicken macaroni salad and the sandwiches I make either in regular days or when there’s a special celebration at home. I use Eden cheese because it’s pretty affordable, satisfies my cheesy taste and it’s the brand of cheese I’ve always seen at home since birth. Eden Cheese Quick Melt, Eden Cheese Regular Cheese, Eden Mayo and Eden Sandwich Spread I am the only cheese monster at home but when I use Eden Cheese when cooking, my dishes always become a hit. My lasagna...
This year’s school vacation was all about having fun in the kitchen. Since the kids started staying at home for their school breaks, they had been bugging me to find recipes online and recipe magazines which they can make at home. I’m glad that they were up to it because the oven had been sitting unused for a long time. Fortunately also, Mommy Bloggers Philippines had lots of baking workshops in line this year for the kids. Last May 4, Mariel and I had a great day learning how to bake pretzel when we attended MBP’s JuniorChef...
Mega comes from the Greek μέγας megas, meaning “great” . But how can a mom really be a great Mom, a Mega Mom? For me, motherhood can actually be as complex as you want to think of it, but it can also be as simple as being a person in the family who will always think of her family first before herself. People are naturally born selfish, but when you become a mom and you really own it, you think of yourself less. I truly felt that the moment my husband and I knew that we were pregnant with my eldest daughter. In my elements...
