Day 1 Day 2 When I checked my schedule last Tuesday, I saw that my students disappeared. I guess they decided to go on a break because Thursday is a holiday in their country and it’s nice to have a long weekend. Then, my sister proposed on the same day I found out my students cancelled for Thursday and Friday that we go to the beach. Of course I wanted to go because my sister and her family are here…
When I woke up this morning, I saw a strange-looking, worm-like creature stuck on the wall. (I wasn’t sure because it was transparent and yellowish.) When I climbed up the couch to look closely, I realized it was a gummy worm! My, my! The ingenuity of kids is amazing and funny! 😆😂🤣
I first tried bibingkay abnoy in Antipolo last year. I tried it twice before I appreciated it. It has a strange taste at first but it’s really good once your palate has gotten used to it. I didn’t know that it was made of rotten duck eggs (bugok na itlog ng itik). It’s better when dipped in vinegar. I enjoyed our little food adventure there. It doesn’t mean though that I can do what Andrew Zimmern did on Bizarre Foods….
The Tans are here on business and they are staying for a couple of days. We are, of course, happy to spend some time with them. They also brought their tortoise pets that are extremely adorable. Fun fact: they are said to get as heavy as 70-100 pounds and live around 60-120 years or more. These babies could outlive us!
This afternoon, my mother, niece, and I went to a local creamery that serves exotic-flavored ice cream. We tried the sili (chili – volcano/hottest level), tinutong na bigas (toasted rice), latik (toasted coconut milk curd), and malunggay (moringa) flavors. We didn’t finish the sili ice cream because it was too spicy. We tried to mix it with the other flavors so it wouldn’t be wasted. I think I tried level 1 or 2 before. I don’t remember my tongue burning…
After cooling the pie, I put it in the fridge for an hour so it was easy to slice it. I used Natasha Kravchuk’s apple pie and pie crust recipes for this. I just used too much cinnamon because I love cinnamon. I have to admit though that I put a little too much. I’ll lessen it next time. 😜 Also, I doubled the pie crust recipe because I wanted to pull off the lattice-crust. I love the buttery taste of the crust. You…
Ingredients:5-6 medium-size ripe mangoes, diced9 large tomatoes, diced3 large red onions, diced6 large red bell pepper, diced1/2 tbsp salt1 tbsp black pepper, ground1/2 c cilantro, finely chopped4-5 tbsp lemon juicechili (optional) Here’s another recipe I used for our picnic last Sunday. I got the recipe from QVC Originals but I twisted it a bit. This salsa is one of my favorites! It has the taste of summer. It’s perfect with nachos. Yum!
Ingredients:2 blocks of cream cheese (226g x 2)6 large garlic cloves1 medium-sized onion2 tbsp basil1 tbsp thyme1 tbsp rosemary1 tbsp lemon juicelemon zest2 tsp black pepper1 tbsp honey1-2 tsp saltabout 1/3 c cilantro leavesabout 1/3 c flat parsley leaves (I used curly parsley though because I couldn’t find flat parsley in the market)a pinch of chili (optional) I combined some ingredients I saw online and it surprisingly turned out delicious. The measurement is really up to you. I just adjusted…