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So I make cheesecake at home. From a ready-made box that we love: Jell-O No Bake cherry cheesecake. I made a strawberry cheesecake here 

My children love it and a cheesecake doesn’t last long.When I did this last week, I was doing some online research about construction (specifically on getting discount laminate flooring for a friend who is in the process of building a new home) and didn’t noticed the kids were “devouring” the cheesecake. They left a wee slice for me though.

I got these boxes from a duty-free store and they want me to look for boxes in nearby supermarkets. I already did and these stores don’t have these products. Where I got it from was more than a hundred kilometers away from home, argh.

I may have to learn how to make a “real” cheesecake the hard way. I hope I am up to it

Tags: cheesecake, cherry cheesecake, Jell-O No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake

The birthday is up and coming for my son and mine at the same day. Our only son requested that I bake some goodies to bring to school for his classmates. He wouldn’t hear of store bought goodies since he said he wanted his classmates to taste what I bake at home. I feel giddy of course that the son feels like that even at my lack of baking prowess.

I have been steering clear away from the tempting oh-so-good baked goodies for personal consumption but I can help get a small piece, and another and another especially when these are still warm.

I feel ze waist expanding and something tells me that I might be hearing whispers of get strongest fat burners soon.

So off to the kitchen to start the mixing and baking.

Tags: home-baked goodies

Last minute shopping. This is what can be said of the malls and stalls in bargain places (like Divisoria) nowawadays. People are on the hunt for school supplies, uniforms, school shoes and thingamajigs for school opening on Tuesday.

We plan to go look for kitchen appliances but we have to hold it off to avoid the crowds. Who knows what virus or worse, pickpockets are up to during these times. I still want to watch a movie with the kids though, before the school starts, LOL.

Nowadays, even the brother-in-law who works to design furniture does not frequent the malls where he looks for inspiration. I think I should do get the things I need for my grocery list today to avoid Monday’s crowd since Monday is a holiday.

And yeah, now I need to wake up before the rooster crows to cook packed lunch for the children.

Tags: children, June school opening, last minute shopping, Purse Strings, school opening

Instructions:

1. Put pizza toppings on the crust.
2. Put in the oven
3. wait until the cheese is bubbly (or uhm, has bubbles)
4. Take out the pizza and cool for a few minutes
5. Dig in!

Yummy cheesy pizza, perfect for a light (light?) afternoon snack. This is the kind of pizza my children prefer, no frills but flavorful.

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Tags: cheese, food, food and dining, food photo, Photo Hunter, pizza

Yes, you can win PhP100,000 worth of kitchen showcase PLUS a 4-day, all expense-paid trip to Singapore for Unilever Cuisine Training through the SM Hypermarket Super Chefs.

Here is how you can join the SM Hypermarket Super Chef 2010:

1. Contest is open to all cooking enthusiasts.

2.To join, just present a P500.00 single or accumulated purchase from SM Hypermarket, inclusive of at least one product from the following sponsors:

3. Criteria for judging will be: 50% Taste, 25% Originality, 15% Plating/Presentation, 10% Affordability

4. The contest has 3 stages: audition, elimination and finals.

For the AUDITION Stage, you have to present your own (secret recipe) cooked version of Adobo, Kaldereta or Menudo together with your proof of purchase (see #2) from June 15 – 30 between 2pm – 4pm. Schedule of SM Hypermarket branches and dates are as follows:

5. Three (3) winners from each branch ( a total of 60 winners) will be chosen to qualify for the next round. Continue Reading »

Tags: adobo, Asian Food Channel, cooking, kaldereta, kitchen showcase, menudo, SM Hypermarket, SM Hypermarket Super Chefs, Super Chefs

Vegetable salads are one of my favorite food. Below is a bowl of vegetable salad I prepared: cheese cubes, Romaine lettuce, black olives, cucumber, tomato and carrot slices.

It just occurred to me and I just checked, I already featured this photo in this blog post for my 2010 Project 365 (which is not updated by the way for almost a month!)

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Tags: black, black olives, carrot, cheese, cucumber, food, food photo, health, healthy eating, home, Photo Hunter, Photography, Romaine lettuce, tomato