Jandrea...so far

For a few days, I was out flat on my back unwittingly trying to weed out the toxins stuck in my system. The holidays were a killer in terms of activities and the food we guiltlessly heaped on our hapless bodies. One, of course, had the excuse of extreme difficulty of resisting the spread during two wedding receptions and the pre- and post-parties accompanying those. Then there were the two housewarming parties plus the hubby's side of the family's enchantment with all-you-can eat buffets. Vegeburger in a sesame bun With cherry tomatoes, lettuce, & cheddar cheese So, without even venturing to go on a diet,  one was forced on me. Everything more than 3 spoonfuls would end up where it was not intended to be. I spent almost a week going through all kinds of stomach pain and I decided that for all the discomfort and weariness, I should reap something positive from all of these. Lose weight, what else!    Back on my feet, I decided that I would help the proces...

Mar 5, '11 12:32 AM      Last February 28, I had lakatan banana in fresh fruit salad for breakfast. For morning snacks, I had one boiled saging na saba . Before lunch, I had a little latundan banana in our room ( I don't know why. Maybe I just felt guilty about the growing stash of uneaten bananas in our room!)  For merienda, I had 2 pieces of bananacue and followed later by one leftover boiled saba . That would be roughly 6 pieces for someone who isn't even crazy about bananasI Dessert for dinner was... you guessed it, bananas! Suko na ako!!!       But whatever the nuns serve, no matter what or how much, you seem compelled to eat them. Like I was transported back to the days I was a half-intern in St.Joseph's College in my elementary years. Then, you risked getting an invitation to visit Purgatory if you as much left a crumb on your plate!       So after a a few days of (forced) banana bingeing, I realized...

Our home-cooked Valentine dinner menu: *Garlic bread *Kalabasa soup *Popeye & Olive Oyl Salad (Spinach w/ green apples & feta cheese with olive oil & balsamic vinegar dressing; I know, ang corny ng pangalan! Haha! *Pasta Carlyn (Shrimps with sun-dried tomatoes, & parsley in lemon-butter sauce; named after Kara kasi favorite nya ang hipon) *Pasta Paolo  (Tuna with red pepper, mushrooms, & parsley in white sauce; created for Powie kasi allergic sya sa hipon) *Dulce de leche ice cream with coffee jelly *Sparkling red grape juice   It has been a tradition in our family that we celebrate dinner on Valentine's day as a family. As a young couple, we braved the Valentine crowd and traffic the first years of our relationship. In some years, we would celebrate with our friends in fancy restaurants. But as the romantic flavor of the day begun to wear off for us, we thought of expanding our idea of what should be celebrated on this day. It should be abo...

   These are what we had for family dinner two nights ago: Main dishes:           Chili con carne                                     Brown rice Drink:                       Green tea with mint Dessert:                   Tikoy                                    Christmas stollen      Midway through the meal, I laughingly observed that it was made up of an assortment of dishes that were foreign in origin.  It was a combination of Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, German, and of course, Filipino food. If I hadn't taken note of it, the meal's odd character would have passed unnoticed. It is not our practice to have themed meals in our household....

  Breakfast at HEAT Restaurant, EDSA Shangri-la Sometimes, my husband and kids think I'm looney. Well, admittedly, many times, I am! But I will certainly not get crazy over gadgets like the Blackberry, especially since they cost a pretty penny. But when it comes to food, that's another story!

 11/18/2007 04:40 pm   I bought this cookbook last week just because it had a recipe for meringues in it. Looking at the picture, I could almost taste the sweet, satiny texture of this simple, straightforward concoction of egg whites and sugar. Instantly, my endorphins kicked in! I've had a long standing affair with meringue. I think it must have started when I was in elementary when Roxanne Arcilla sold little, pink and white ones to us, her grade 6 classmates. From then on, I've tried any version I could lay my hands on. There was the cheap, firm kind you could buy in the sari-sari stores. Then there's small, white airy ones made in Lucban, Quezon in those cans with blue and white labels. But my all-time favorite are those from Panaderia de Molo - the light beige, slightly burnt, gooey ones with casuy. Last night, I had a taste of Parisian macaroons in Bizu. I'm guessing that somewhere in the heart of that dessert is meringue, what else. From a ...

01/09/2007 10:48 am "We all get heavier as we get older 'cause there's a lot more information in our heads. So I'm not fat, I'm just really intelligent and my head couldn't hold anymore so it started filling up the rest of me." - Garfield I wish that were really true! I wish I could blame my weight gain on the morsels and tidbits of wisdom I have learned through the years. But it isn't so. They're really from chunks of queso de bola, big bites of Chinese ham, and slurps of sweet delights I made part of my daily ritual during the holidays. I dare not check the scales! I just know the numbers will explain my bursting pants. Oh, misery (burp!).