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Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 24th 2010 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI | Comments (0)

Smoked Bangus Paté

Several mom blogger friends and I were invited to the SM Hypermarket Super Chefs cooking demo by Caren.

Below was one of the three recipes she demonstrated: Smoked Bangus Paté

bangus pate

Ingredients:

  • medium-sized smoked bangus fillet, flaked and fried in olive oil
  • 1 box of cream cheese
  • half-cup all-purpose cream
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

In a blender, put one piece of medium-sized smoked bangus fillet (minus the head, tail and bones), cream cheese, all-purpose cream, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Pulse until smooth and creamy.

bangus pate 2

Serve in individual containers with toasted bread or your favorite chips.

To those who have been reading phentermine reviews and want to diet, try substituting light all-purpose cream and light cream cheese. Lessen salt too since the smoked bangus is a bit salty already. Plus use baked chips instead of fried ones.

Nomnomnom!

Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 21st 2010 | Filed in Kitchen Needs,Plateful of Fun,Skin Deep,Socials,Through the Lens | Comments (2)

Vegetarian Crepe with Tomato-Basil Sauce

Here is another dish from the Dona Elena Cuisinera Club prepared last month: Vegetarian Crepe with Tomato-Basil Sauce

vegetarian crepe

Ingredients for Crepe:

  • 3 pcs eggs (or1 whole egg and 3 egg whites)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/4 cup fresh milk (or low fat milk)
  • 1/4 cup butter (or reduce to 3 tbsp)
  • a pinch of salt

Procedure:

  1. Beat the eggs.
  2. Add milk and butter
  3. Sift flour and salt then gradually add to the egg mixture
  4. Mix until batter is smooth. Batter should be thin (like heavy cream)
  5. let the batter rest at least two hours before using

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Equal Opportunity

We homeschool the kids but this coming school year, we plan to enroll them in a school. Consensual choice.

So now, a job search begins.

Who would want a middle-aged female and mom like me in the work force? I know I have the credentials, the skills, the (ahem) personality and on top of that I have other skills that I can be proud of.

Still on top of that, if I go the usual channel of job application, I may not be able to land one.

Why not?

I find companies in this country discriminating. There seems to be a NO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY for those applying for job vacancies.

I’d see job postings: “Graduates of blah-blah-blah courses, preferably from yada-yada-yada universities”

Preschool teacher: Preferably single and not more than 35 years old. (Yeah right how could single moms care for preschool children but then again married teachers will excuse themselves because of child/home-related emergencies)

I don’t know, should the Labor Department look in on this?

Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 21st 2010 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,introspection,Purse Strings | Comments (0)

Mang Inasal

A trio of dips from Mang Inasal: vinegar, chicken oil and soy sauce.

Mang Inasal Trio

Mang Inasal stores are just about anywhere. In the area where we live, there is one nearby but another one is being constructed.

Unlimited rice. For the uninitiated, rice is staple food in the Philippines and is present in almost every meal.(Yes, figure conscious people should have their weight loss pills ready 😀 )

We like eating here because the food being served are “homely” and simple.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 20th 2010 | Filed in Bonding Time,Plateful of Fun,Through the Lens | Comments (2)

Out of Context

Have you ever replied to a blog post written or maybe a tweet, and yes, a Facebook status that is totally out of context? By that I mean giving advice or maybe butting in when you don’t exactly know what the topic is really all about.

If you already did, then you probably felt like you wanted the earth to open up and swallow you whole 😀

Imagine butting in “Peggy needs to read fat burner reviews” when a friend’s status was about Peggy having a hard time walking because of her weight problems only to find out that Peggy is in fact, the friend’s pet hog. Ugh! Totally embarrassing.

Has this happened to you? Did you apologize or just tried to forget about it?

Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 18th 2010 | Filed in Going Digital,introspection,Socials | Comments (0)

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