I thought I didn’t have kitchen gadgets to write about which is this week’s Lasang Pinoy Sundays theme. Well, I do! *insert Plurk banana dance here 😀
I would have taken a photo of my (almost) newly bought Rubbermaid can opener as suggested my Munchkin Mommy but then I thought about my Tupperware Quick Chef Food Processor which is rarely used. Mine though is bigger and colored white, because its older than the one in the link.
In fact I think I have had this for several years but have used it less than ten times only.
Anyway, a few weeks ago I used this de-mano gadget to chop tomatoes, garlic and fresh basil together for a pasta dish.
The tomatoes, garlic and fresh basil (when my basil plant was still “alive”) sitting in the Tuppeware Quick Chef Food Processor.
This was the dish when it was finally cooked:
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Tags: food, food and dining, food processor, fresh tomatoes, Lasang Pinoy Sundays, pasta, Tupperware Quick Chef
Having said that I am going to spend a frugal Christmas, I have one after the other, slowly getting the things I need to see my plan of action into a reality
I got several things to use to be able to afford baking goodies as gifts
Sure, I shelled out some but I know these are for long-term use so I am still able to save, I think
Anyway, I got a silver 9 x 9 baking pan which was not bought on purpose but rather as an alternative The nonstick baking pan I was setting my sights on was not in stock so I settled for the silver baking pan which incidentally, is the FilipinoMomBlog’s Fab Holiday Finds week 3 theme
Here is a photo with the butterscotch bars that I and the kids baked last week, cooling in the silver baking pan 🙂
Tags: Christmas, family bonding, FilipinoMomBlog, food, Frugal Christmas, Purse Strings
Theme: Green
I love greens, from the raw vegetable salad to the greens like camote tops, malunggay leaves, pechay and others that go with other food cooked as viand. As a healthy alternative, I personally prepare my own vegetable salad for my consumption. This is way less expensive than if I have to buy those that are ready-made.
One of my favorite salads is made up of just (Romaine) lettuce, slices of tomatoes and carrots, diced cheese, (sliced boiled egg) and tuna.
Most of the time I do not even put any dressing because some of the dressings are rather fattening.
This is a photo of our Italian Oregano plant:
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Tags: carrots, greens, Lasang Pinoy Sundays, lemongrass, lettuce, tea, tomatoes, tuna sandwich, vegetable salad
This is the second week of the weekly Lunchbox Meme that we have over at the FilipinoMomBlog.com.
Below is a photo of my eldest daughter’s food container which she brought to school last week. Yesterday, she had this.
Pan-fried pork steak, marinated in soy sauce and ground pepper.
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Tags: FilipinoMomBlog, lunchbox, Lunchbox Meme, Memetag
We had a basil plant.
Yes, had because the plant died courtesy of those small white insects that seemed to feed on the fragrant plant. Coupled with that, ants infested on these small white creatures. I wasn’t able to take photos of these creatures but Googling them I was able to land to this page. Click here.
I knew I should have made pesto when the leaves were plentiful. This would have to wait until I get another plant or resolve to buy fresh leaves from the supermarket. I know I should have read pages like this one before I got the plant but that is water under the bridge now. Sigh.
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Tags: basil plant, gardening, health, healthy eating, natural
We used to have Sunquick Juice Concentrate before but we shifted to using powdered juice for our juice drinks. I found this too sweet and the taste too artificial.
So I have decided to go back to having Sunquick Orange Drink Concentrate. It is a bit more expensive but then the taste is better and the nutritional value does not suffer too because there is no artificial flavoring, no artificial colors and no artificial sweetener.
At first we experimented on buying small bottles of 330 ml (the one in the photo below) because the children might not like the taste which is a bit sour.
Now we get the 840 ml bottle for more juice drinks for the children, and for me and my husband too.
Bottle? Yes, the drink concentrate comes in a real bottle, and not plastic container.
Click here to read more about Sunquick Juice Concentrate.
Tags: juice, orange juice, Sunquick orange juice
