fresh and healthy spring salad

served last night to our good friends from the ‘hood who were kind enough to come over for some Crepe and salad spread with us on such short notice. let’s just say, it’s my post-birthday bash:)

this is such a very refreshing and scrumptious spring salad. easy to make and tweak too! recipe will be posted soon on my food blog! promise:) up next…CREPES!

…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!

Lasang Pinoy, Sundays is a bi-weekly thematic FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY meme, Pinoy style!

…first, it was the star of the show this week…the SLICED PORK TENDERLOIN.

…funny how the salsa and other garnish came in second, you might ask? ..the RICE pilaf was just a hurried decision. i completely erased that part due to lack of exact ingredients until M and I decided, what the heck…make do with what we have. and guess what…still, yummy maybe even better! and without it, the whole enchilada [as they say] will not taste as good!

…i am posting the recipe in a few! and this brings us to the last part of this so-called foodplay! showing it off! hee! now, it’s your turn!

is a weekly thematic FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY meme, PINOY style!

Belated Happy Easter to all! The long weekend was on a half half of sorts as it was both productive and relaxing. We were able to rearrange furniture once again while doing a semi-general cleaning and it we were also able to do what we want to do other than work like watch until the wee hours of the morning and wake up whenever plus some like singing! Hee! after months, me and my daughter sang our hearts out for hours!

..let’s not forget the easter egg hunting that the kids had indoors [it was a very cold spring day!] nonetheless, i managed to take some outdoor snapshots for a few minutes and these are just 2 of them:) …more to come!

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Now, this is the Philippines version of the lemonade here or Limoncello..actually its taste is a cross between lemons and limes. This is our Calamansi and I miss it so dearly. All we have access to here are the bottled ones which costs an arm and a leg! Even my kids learned to love this drink…as for us, we also love it as a dipping sauce mixed with fish sauce or say sauce. ooohhh! i am literally drooling, just thinking about it:]
Go ahead and check more on this theme, here!