…Sunday. Summer. Salad.
rolled into one. on a warm, lazy family day such as today…a refreshing SALAD is a must. ones that are particularly made of fresh and citrusy ingredients such as fruits and gourds flavored by minty and syrupy dressing, never fail to ease the unbearable heat even for just a bit.

…consider the pleasantly unique, light and fresh flavor that this MANGO and CUCUMBER SALAD is made of plus the fact that it can be easily assembled in as little as 10-15 minutes! no cooking required. just simple slicing tossing and mixing. pair it with your favorite chicken, fish or any meaty dish…and you’re golden!
recipe is now up on MOMCOOKS.DADCOOKS!

…its bright nd vibrant colors against the bright and sunny outdoor backdrop make for one delicious beat-the-heat photograph too! too bad i only had yellow onions instead of red, but as it is, i think it does the job!

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isa sa mga pangunahing bagay na napatunayan kong muli mula nang malaman namin na ang aking mahal na esposo ay may diabetes, ay ang kanyang natatanging disiplina sa sarili, at ngayon ay maging sa kanyang katawan. unang una, naging very conscious na siya sa mga kinakain nya at ang pinakamahalaga ay sa kauna unahang araw ng diagnosis sa kanya, tumigil na siya kaagad sa paninigarilyo. ang galing di ba? as in! sana ako rin matigil na haha! ooops! i think it’s the very first time i wrote about this. anyway, may ilan na nakakaalam nito sa inyo pero it’s something that i need help with. especially at this point in our lives. with the big D and our age…wag na nating pag usapan ang numero. pero it is about time to quit. at disiplina ang kinakailangan. isa nalang ang dapat naming gawin mag-asawa at ito ay ang regular exercise. lahat ng bawal hindi na ginagawa ni M at ehersisyo nalang ang kulang and we’re on the right path to beating this disease. i hope.

what’s the photo doing on this post? well well…i made this dessert/snack specifically for M…it is diabetes friendly and i got it from one of the cookbooks that we bought recently…if you want to know how to make it..here it is on my food blog. good not only for someone with diabetes but for me and my daughter as well who lurrvvveesss it!:)

Lahok para sa Litratong Pinoy…DISIPLINA.

gỏi cuốn

…this for me is a quick fix. why? because we craved for Vietnamese food today and luckily we have a number of places to go to and get our cravings satiated. this one though is the cheapest around since we just bought it from the Asian store, ready made instead of eating or getting to-go from a Vietnamese Restaurant which could be a bit pricey. coupled with  another ready mix of Beef Pho sans the soup, just cooked with Pho seasoning? we are golden!!!

gỏi cuốn, a Vietnamese salad roll, is translated as “spring roll”, while some others prefer the term “summer roll”. Ingredients include slivers of boiled or fried pork, shrimp, chicken, beef, fresh herbs, lettuce, sometimes fresh garlic chives, rice vermicelli, all wrapped in moistened rice paper, served cold with dipping sauce (nước chấm) or hoisin sauce. The salad roll is easily distinguished from a “minced pork roll” by the fact that it is not fried, the ingredients used are different. Spring roll refer to the freshness of the spring season with all the fresh ingredients

[source:Wiki]

Lasang Pinoy, Sundays is a FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY meme, Pinoy style!

…this week’s theme for LaPiS…CORN!
i made this Ginulay na Mais last night, inspired by Nell. thanks again dear! seeing his photo over at Facebook made me crave for another comfort food. still not the way my mom used to do it, but close enough.

…what have you to offer?
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I love Red Velvet cupcakes! That’s one line I always get from my daughter whenever I make a batch of this sinful yet glorious indulgence. I myself cannot complain when I have a bite or two…that’s one bite per cupcake haha! Well all it takes is just a couple of cups or so of FLOUR to make this. I must admit though that I’d rather call this Rust Velvet cupcakes instead…ooopsie! A major booboo for me. Why? I made this before with bright red food color and it was a huge success, both in taste and presentation. You can see it here with the original recipe.

This time though, I decided to make it a tad ‘healthier’ using Beet Roots. No problem with that, I suppose but I must’ve used the smaller ones that the deep red I was looking for after turned out to be more like a rusty brownish shade. Oh well…lesson learned. Taste-wise? Just as good, if I may say so myself. You can actually taste the healthy stuff in there though. Not sure if that should be the case. But I don’t really mind.

I made more than enough for the 2 of us, that’s s and myself. M who is now in sugar intake moderation, just had a few bites. So I decided to give some to my gracious friends and neighbors. And yup! They were very gracious about it haha! Good to know!

is now a bi-weekly thematic FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY meme, Pinoy style! Next theme…COCONUT.

thanks for playing guys!

The delicious aroma of food. The gastronomic delight we get from the smell of breakfast. The pungent scent of Pinoy breakfast. salty DILIS, garlicky SINANGAG coupled with the appetizing flavor of spiCy vinegar dip!

SARAP!

Lahok para sa na may temang…AMOY!

…to kick off our IRON CHEF inspired themes, this week is all about succulent and sweet strawberries! and all i can come up with is everyone’s favorite in the house…CREPES. this one is specifically for moi and my girl. we love crepes with strawberry filling, loads of whipped cream, slathered with a bit of cream cheese…more whipped cream on top and finally fresh cut berries to garnish. the downside of this? making the crepes in itself requires a whole lot of time and effort, but eating them…not even a minute!

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kids and nutella…what can possibly go wrong, right? and if i may say so, even for big kids like me! i made these on one of those playdate days. tried to make the simple bread and nutella spread a bit more fancy by making them into cutesie nutella sushi! an easy-piecey, quick-in-a-jiff, eye-candy solution for KIDS and their friends!

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update: we will be doing some Iron Chef inspired themes soon as per Jay’s suggestion and as agreed on by most of you. do not fret though…the concept of having a ’secret ingredient’ is all we are borrowing from the show. and to kick off this new game, next Sundays theme is STRAWBERRIES! have fun and happy week ahead guys!:)

…Samia did it again! she managed to do a quick and easy sweet tooth fix for both of us and then for dad later.

…out of the package [not in box eh:) hee!] from Betty Crocker. seriously, it’s that good you won’t need any measuring and scrambling for ingredients!

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This month, we are on anything goes!:)

…for 2 days in a row, we had Teriyaki on the dinner table. the first one was with Salmon and last night, it was chicken. both with stir-fried bok choy with sesame oil on the side.

why? just because i made my own Teriyaki sauce and it was just more than enough for the salmon the previous night. plus! of course, there’s a plus!:) we all loved the sweet soy flavor that much that a second serving [read:repeat performance] was far from keeping it at bay, so to speak. Recipe will be posted @ momcooks.dadcooks!

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