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Sunday, April 6, 2008





2 cups strawberries stemmed
1 ripe Mango peeled and sliced
1/4 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
1/3 cup milk or water
6 Ice cubes
Vanilla Ice cream or any flavor

Purèe Strawberries and Mango with milk in the blender.
Add ice cubes and Vanilla Ice cream.
Enjoy!




Friday, April 4, 2008

Common Cucumbers



Those are common cucumbers and there are other kinds of cucumbers that I knew off. One is English cucumbers and they are 2 feet long. Another one is Kirby cucumbers which also known as pickling cucumbers. They are small ranging 3-6 inches long. I love cucumbers and also my daughter. She can eat 1 cucumber you know! haha. As you can see common cucumbers are long, cylindrical , green-skinned member of the gound family. Inside, crisp with white flesh surrounds the seeded core. Cucumbers are usually eaten raw and they are available in the groceries year-round.
Now can you tell me how you prepare your cucumbers?

Post it in your blog and let me know. When other participants posted their entry please give them some love. Happy Cooking everyone!

Have you heard about Ashop before? Well, as for me I never heard about it before nor do I know what it's all about. But now I came to know Ashop when I came across the site. Ashop dot com happens to be a company that helps people in building their businesses using shopping cart, ecommerce software. These products are accessible online and that where Ashop can help you. There's a lot of good and great stuff that you can do with shopping cart software. Ashop can help you build or enhance your business online site.

For example if you want to put some logos or graphics. I believe it will make your customers happy and they will want to come back again and again. I know myself would like an easier transaction when it comes to shopping online. It saves a lof time. Anyway if you want help building your shoe store site or something else please don't hesitate to visit Ashop. They will make it happen for you.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Ham Salad


I made this salad during hubby's b-day dinner and everyone loves it.

INGREDIENTS
8 cups mixed salad greens
1/2 cup shredded carrot
2 cups cubed ham

DRESSING
1 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup plain yogurt

Combine salad greens, carrot in a salad bowl; toss lightly to mix. Spoon dressing over Ham and salad.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Shopping Cart


Online business are very popular these days. I know that because my husband just started one a year ago. If you are looking or considering a business online try shopping cart software. They are very talented and professional. They can help you set up your own business online. They can even help you set up your own merchant account and also help set up how to accept Paypal or credit cards, and many more. Ashop is what you need right now in setting up your business online.

Their software is helping you build a faster and easier site for your businesses. As I said before their staff can help you if you are stock in the middle of making your online business. Most businesses that are popular right now are online store and they can help you setting up your store online. Perhaps a jewelry, clothing and many more. Perhaps you already have a store online but would like to upgrade your site. Put some graphics and logos. They are an expert with that kind of services. That's why shopping cart and ecommerce software are great programs. It will make your life happy and comfortable as you do your thing online.. It will also make your transaction smoother and easier for customers. And everyone will be happy.


This is also one of the menu that I prepared for hubby's b-day dinner. My family and friends enjoyed it very much. I did this recipe before using Smoked Chicken.
Recipes can be found here!!! Enjoy Cooking...

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If you are interested in blog advertising but you don't have a blog right now then go get one. There are lots of free blogs that you can register like blogspot. As I said it's free. Once you are done with registering start writing until at least 2-3 months will come. Your blog must always active then you can apply for SMORTY. If you are skeptical about making money well, I promise you that it's real. Later you can get a domain for your blog because it's even better money. What are you waiting for? Hurry now!

Sunday, March 30, 2008


After Church we came home right away and I made some lunch. I made some spaghetti with Shrimps. Well, it's obvious that I love Shrimps. I'm sure you can tell because of my recipes here. Anyway I made this recipe up so that means I made my own measurements according to what's available on hand.
1/2 package spaghetti
1 can chickpeas
1 large can crushed tomatoes
1/2 package shrimps
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp. butter
salt and pepper
Cook spaghetti according to instruction. Add shrimps. Drain
Saute garlic with butter. Add crushed tomatoes, chickpeas. Season with salt and pepper. Add spaghetti and mix it together. Serve it in a bowl and sprinkle with parsley


Peel and cut ripe/yellow Mango and throw it in a juicer or blender. For blender puree it. Sweeten it according to your taste. You can use sugar or honey.
Add some water according to your preference as well. Add ice and enjoy!

GREEN MANGO
Peel and sliced green Mango. The Mangos that I've got is already yellow and it taste really sweet. I don't taste the sourness anymore. I just ate it like that with salt.


My family loves this cheesy garlic bread so from time to time I just go to the store and grab French bread.

INGREDIENTS
1 medium loaf French bread
1/2 cup butter, softened
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1/3 cup cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 375 F. Cut French bread halfway. Combine butter, garlic and cheddar cheese in a bowl. Spread butter mixture on the sliced bread. Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Ripe Mangos





These are ripe and Green Mangos, one of my favorite tropical fruit. I love Mangos and I prefer the green one but it depends also how I want to do with it. Green Mango can be use for salad or just eat it by itself. Most Filipino pregnant women that I know of craved for that Green Mango. The husband will go crazy finding for that perfect Mango for his Wife...lol

There are different varieties of Mangos and different sizes as well.
Anyway the ripe Mangos above is very sweet! There's a lot of recipes that you can do with it. Show me one and post it in your blog. Let me know so I can visit and comment. Please don't forget to comment on the other participants.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

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Yesterday was hubby's b-day so I invited some close friends and family. I cooked some favorite foods but I will only share one menu tonight. The other menu will be shared next time. However there is one dessert menu below this post. It's a Strawberry Cheesecake. I know most people love Strawberry Cheesecake. Do you? Anyway one of the menu that I would like to share is Lasagna Roll-Ups. Lasagna is my favorite pasta.
I hope you will try this one day. I will guarantee you that it is yummy and delicious!

Here's the Menu:
Ingredients
12 lasagna noodles
2 cups ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 cups shredded Mozzarela or cheddar cheese, divided
8 ounces Italian sausage, casings removed
You can also use ground beef
1 package ground beef
1 jar marinara sauce, divided
Preheat oven to 375 F. Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain noodles and rinse with cold water. Mix ricotta, parsley, egg and 1 cup Mozzarela in a bowl. Set aside.
Cook sausage or ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly. Drain fat.
Spread 1/2 cup sauce in a baking dish. Spread 3 tbsps. ricotta mixture on each noodle: top with some sausage/ground beef. Roll up each noodle and arrange seam sides down in baking dish.
Top roll-ups with remaining sauce and Mozzarela. Bake loosely covered, for 15 minutes. Remove cover; bake for 10 minutes longer or until brown and bubbly.

Mixing the ricotta cheese mixture!!!


I used 1 packaged of Ground beef.


These are the Pasta noodles. You can use any kind of brand!!


This is how I spread the ricotta mixture and beef!!


Roll-Ups are ready for the oven!


Here's the finished Lasagna ready to serve!
Enjoy and Happy Cooking

For baked springform pan cheesecake. Prepare crust by pressing crust ingredients into pan. A mixture of Graham cracker, sugar and melted butter!!!

Mixing the ingredients!


Cheesecake is ready for the oven!


This is how I did it the glaze!


This is the finished Strawberry Cheesecake!!!

3 pkgs. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sour cream
1 large pkg. strawberries, stems removed
1 1/2 Graham cracker
1 pkg. strawberry glaze

Directions:
Mix cream cheese , sugar and vanilla at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, mix until blended. Pour into crust.Bake at 350 F at 40 minutes until center is almost set.. Cool and refrigerate overnight or 3-5 hours. Open the strawberry glaze and follow the instructions. Coat the strawberries with the mix glazed and arrange them into the cheesecake.

Roasted Chicken


Last Sunday, March 16 after Church we got hungry so we ate at Swiss Chalet then proceeded to the place where my DD had fun hunting the Easter Egg. Anyway I had half Chicken with fries and shared the meal with my daughter. Hubby had the same one. Swiss Chalet is a restaurant chain in North America featuring roasted chicken and ribs. You can also order on the phone and online.

Friday, March 21, 2008

Strawberry


Strawberry is one of my favorite fruit next to Mango. It's also my DD's favorite fruit. She can finish the whole package if you don't hide it. lol

Sunday, March 16, 2008

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These are some of the famous Merienda for Filipinos. Even though we are no longer living in the Philippines we are still able to eat these kind of snacks. My brother got them in a Filipino Bakery located in the City of Toronto.


These are Ube Bread

These are rice cake. I know how to make these cakes.


These are called Pork Bola-Bola Siopao. Siopao's are inspired by Chinese Cuisine if I'm not mistaken.

Anyway these are Chicken Siopao....

This is my own version of Broccoli with Shrimps:
1 cup sliced onions
6 mined garlic
2 tbsps. cooking oil
1 packed of peeled shrimps
1 bunched/sliced broccoli
Saute onions and garlic with oil until golden brown. Add shripms and brocolli. Season it a little bit of salt and pepper. Add oyster sauce!


Filipinos are mahilig sa Merienda and I'm one of them. I believed Merienda and Siesta have adopted these customs from the Spanish. Most Filipinos are still practicing these customs but not so much with Siesta I guess because everyone now are very busy and no time to nap in the afternoon. The Merienda is a light meal taken at mid-morning and mid-afternoon. I do it at midnight as well since I"m working night shift.
For Merienda you can served anything from noodles, fruits, coffeee, tea, , soft drinks, cookies, Halo-halo, champorado. Cuchinta, Bibingka, Maruya and many many more.
Cuchinta is very popular for pinoy especially during gatherings.

RECIPE:
2 cups water
1 cup white sugar
2 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon lye water (ligia)
4 tbsps. annatto water
Grated fresh coconut
In a bowl, mix together the water, sugars, flour and lye water. Add 4 tbsps. annatto water.
Fill oiled muffin pans or cuchinta molds 3/4 full with the batter. Place in a steamer. Cover and steam for 15-20 minutes.
Remove the pan from steamer and allow to cool before removing the cakes, by running the tip of a knife between the cakes and the sides of the pan. Sprinkle with the grated coconut. The picture above, I don't have coconut.

Tips:
Soak 2 tbsps. of annatto seeds in 1/4 cup hot water for 20 minutes that gives you a more reddish cuchinta.
Enjoy and Have a Happy Cooking!!!

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Broccoli


This is Broccoli known as bracchium, meaning arm.
According to Wikipedia:
Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). It is classified as the Italica Cultivar Group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli possesses abundant fleshy flower heads, usually green in colour, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible stalk. The large mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves. Broccoli most closely resembles cauliflower, which is a different cultivar group of the same species, but broccoli is green rather than white.
Anyway show me what you can do with Broccoli and let me know so I can visit you. If you would like to join Sunday Recipe just grab the logo here and put it in your sidebar and let me know about your recipe for the week.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

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13 kinds of beans


Added chicken, broccoli, onions, salt and pepper!!!

It was very cold this weekend and it has been snowing all day on Saturday with 10-15 inches snow out in the driveway. Hubby had been shoveling all day that day as well. Well, I decided to make beans soup! There are 13 kinds of beans in my soup and it taste good!








Ingredients:
1package of chicken liver
1package of chicken gizzard
3-4 pieces of long eggplant
1 cup sliced onion
5 pcs. minced garlic
soy sauce
salt & pepper

Wash all the the meat thoroughly. First cook gizzard in water for a little bit until the water is gone. Pour oil in frying pan and add the garlic and onion. Then add the chicken gizzard and the liver. When it's almost cook add the the sliced eggplant, soy sauce, salt and pepper. And that's it. Simple! Isn't it?



Friday, March 7, 2008

Long Eggplant


Eggplant is very popular in the Philippines and through out Asia at least this kind of eggplant. The other kind is mostly popular in Italy and other country in the world.
If you would like to join Sundays Recipe please let me know so I can add you in my Blogroll. This is very simple meme. I will post a photo here and you show me a recipe. Post it in your blog on Sundays. Leave a comment to other participants. Grab my logo and link it to this site. That's all and Happy Cooking!!!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Turkey Loaf

Sliced Turkey

Ingredients:
2 lbs Ground Turkey
2 large eggs
3/4 sour cream
Finely chopped celery
Finely chopped onion
Frozen peas, thawed
Salt & pepper
Fine dry bread crumbs

Mix all ingredients in a bowl except the ground turkey. After mixing the 9 ingredients add the the ground turkey. Mix well. Pack into greased loaf pan. Bake in 350F oven for 1 hour or so until it's cook. Slice it and serve. (You can use ground chicken as well)


Asparagus Smoked Chicken Rolls

Originally this is Ham but you can use anything you want like I did! This recipe inspired from Taste of Home. It's one of my favorite cookbook.
Ingredients:

* 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
* 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 2 cups milk
* 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
* 24 fresh or frozen asparagus stalks
* 8 thin slices fully cooked ham (about 1/2 pound)
* 1/4 cup bread crumbs

Directions:
In a saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour and cook until thick. Gradually stir in milk and cook until bubbly and thickened. Stir in cheese, salt and pepper. Remove from heat. Place three asparagus stalks on each ham slice. Roll up; secure with toothpicks if necessary. Place in 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan; cover with cheese sauce. Sprinkle with crumbs. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008



Mashed potatoes is always present when we have company. It's easy to make and it taste really good. Everyone loves mashed potatoes especially western people. Anyway here's the ingredients.
INGREDIENTS:

* 4-8 large baking potatoes, about 2 pounds, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
* 1 cup heated milk
* 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
* 1/2 cup sour cream
* 4 ounces shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
* 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon paprika

Cook potatoes and mashed them in a bowl. Add milk, sour cream, salt, pepper, and paprika. Transfer mashed potatoes into a baking dish and sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Cook for 15 minutes.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007


This delicious cocktails called M'bars Signature Caesar is available @ Moxie's. Ingredients in it are: Sminoff Vodka, Caesar mix, Maxie, Signature blend of Special Seasonings!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Safe Party Tips

Safe Party Tips
As the host of a party, you can be held responsible for injuries or damages that occur as a result of guests being intoxicated. Planning ahead can lower risks.
Here's How:
1. Don't drink too much yourself!
2. Serve drinks yourself instead of having an open bar.
3. Offer non-alcoholic drinks as well(i.e. sparkling grape juice)
4. Serve food!
5. Stop serving alcohol a few hours before the party is over.
6. Don't plan physical activities like swimming, skiing, snowmobiling or skating when you serve alcohol.
7. Plan to deal with guests who drink too much.
8. Provide small gifts to your designated drivers to let them know you appreciate them.
9. Be prepared for overnight guests.
10. Know how your guests will be going home from your party.