I’ve posted the recipe of this last year but it’s just the other night that I was able to cook it again… Well, I’m not sure if the photo was taken clearly but I just love the smell and the taste of this food.

Thanks for looking and have a great Friday to you all!

#1. Clair’s question. What’s the biggest kitchen blunder you’ve made?
~ the latest carrot cake I baked. It turned out not really good for me though it can be eaten. As soon as I have the grated carrots, I didn’t use it at once. Put it on ref and when the time to use, I should have thaw it properly….
#2. What’s your favorite snow day beverage?
~ hot coffee or hot chocolate
#3. What’s your favorite way to eat celery?
~ mix with soup
#4. What’s the most most unappealing looking food you can think of?
~ super oily food

Just a short non-food related post here… READ: weekend sale..
I usually find weekends to have lots of sale not only here in our place but online too. And today before I do my usual Friday routine, I browse some weekly deals at buy.com. And true enough I was not disappointed with lots of eye candy on that site. You can find their latest deals on electronics, computers, cameras and much more. Speaking of camera, I’m close to buying my wish digital cam soon… Hopefully the big guy will not change his mind LOL! Well, if you’re thinking of giving some gifts to your friends or family relatives who just graduated, why not take a look at the Grad deals over at buy.com… you’ll surely love all the items there… go check now and join me! Hehe…

Last week, my son requested for some cookies. It’s been a while since I bake cookies for him so I gave in to his requests… Towards the end, he said why not form letter M for his name. And since I have few batter left I formed his nickname and it goes like this:

He was happy to see that, LOL!

And after few minutes in the oven… here’s the cookies

… hehe.

He enjoyed our baking time and definitely will do it again…

I was reading the tutorial of how to make a cupcake tower then list down the things needed. I know I can look for a board but I’m not sure if I can find a round box set… No there’s no party coming but I just want to practice doing it for future use, hehe… Anyway, while browsing from one site to the other searching for boards, I stumbled skaetboard ramps and boards use by those cyclists. I thought of a cake with the same theme but I can’t remember where I’ve seen one. It’s pretty interesting. I hope I can enroll soon for baking class… I really wanted to push through with my baking business… hehe…

Looking for recipes? You can search online…
Looking for cake design tutorial? You can search online….
Want to know how to make a cupcake tower? You can search online… etc.. etc…
In other words, most of the things that we needed, we can search it online… See the technology trend…
In the past, we have to go to the bookstore and check some books or recipe books for our cooking. For restaurant reservation, we have to call the customer service. But with the technology advancements, we can all this things online. And pretty surprising even insurance quotes, we can obtain comparable insurance online from multiple competing companies. And from there, you can compare cheap insurance coverage that will fit your budget… No need to check from one site to the other.

It’s amazing how the technology evolves and made me think what’s in store on the next generation…

This should be last Friday but forgot to answer so anyway, let me do it today, hehe…

#1. bestmomma’s question. If you could copy the cooking expertise and ability of one person, who would it be?
~ no particular but any chef that cooks dishes without any recipe, hehe…
#2. What’s the first red food that comes to your mind?
~ red pepper
#3. How do you eat your strawberries?
~ with honey.
#4. Share a recipe that uses cherries.
~ Cherry Soup (recipe from here.)
Ingredients:
¼ x Lemon.
1 ¾ cup of Water.
½ cup of Sweet red wine.
2 cups of Pitted sweet cherries.
¼ cup of Sugar.
¼ teaspoon of Cinnamon.
1 ½ teaspoon of Cornstarch.

Preparation Instructions:
1. Peel and de-seed the lemon. Chop in to small pieces. Blend with the water until it forms a smoothe pulp.
2. Put the lemon pulp, cherries, sugar and cinnamon in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Dissolve the cornstarch with a little water and add with the red wine to the soup mixture. Stir over a low heat until thickened slightly.
4. Refrigerate for about 30 mins.
5. Remove the cherries using a slotted spoon and blend until the cherries are coarsely chopped. Stir the cherries back through the soup mixture and serve.

Having cold, fever and other illnesses is not good at all especially with the kids. I’m always on paranoid situation whenever my son gets sick like couple of weeks ago he kept on vomiting and complaining that his stomach was painful. Then later on his fever was on and off that made me so worried especially that there’s swine flu scare in the country. Well, right now he’s fully recovered and we’re happy he’s back to his normal eating habit. I’ve mentioned this because as mother I believe knowing what’s best Cures for Ailments is important. A sort of first aid that we can administer at home; however that doesn’t mean we’re not going to consult the doctor. Remember that self-medication doesn’t work all the times. So if you’re having symptoms with any ailments, just make sure you have a medicine or cure at home as your first aid and if gets worst consulting your doctor is the safest way.

In addition: Protect yourself from ailments and consult The Amen Clinics, your shelter house for good health. Also, more information on the Amen Clinics can be found here.

Yes with a question mark because I know Picadillo should be minced beef but here I use minced pork, hehe… Well, still good and the boys love it…

… and a closed up shot…

Have a wonderful sunday everyone…

I don’t know about you but I found these photos super, super nice! And I want to go there, hahaha!

Ok, so what place is this? This is the villa la Estancia Cabo San Lucas at Mexico. I’m trying to check a nice family getaway and I found my way looking at the beautiful photos of that place. It’s really wonderful. If only we have the budget then I’ll probably suggests this place or if you know someone looking for a nice family escape this is the place to be. And right now they have a special and great vacation packages and a discount to those who will book early. So if you have that plan, check this out. I haven’t been there but looking at each picture, definitely the whole family will love it and enjoy the beauty of the place. Well, you can see that on the photos above and if you think that’s not enough then I invite you to check their site, not later but now… hehe…