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Cajun Chicken Pasta

When I cook pasta, I don’t have exact recipes that I follow. Whatever we have in the fridge is what I use, as long as these would give delight the fickle taste buds of my children.

Here is my simple version of chicken alfredo pasta Cajun Chicken Pasta

pasta

Ingredients:

tomatoes

red and green bell pepper

sliced olives (optional, I added these because we have extra from another dish that I cooked)

bite-sized chicken (from chicken breasts)

all-purpose cream and cheese for the sauce

Italian herb seasoning for flavors instead of Cajun

spaghetti noodles cooked according to instructions

I topped mine with fresh parsley bits.

McDonald’s Twister Fries

McDonald’s Twister Fries is back.

Woohoo!

McDonald's Twister Fries

The kids love this, of course especially since McDonald’s Twister Fries are not offered in the usual menu.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 26th 2010 | Filed in For Little Hands,FYI,Plateful of Fun,Through the Lens,Visual Delights | Comments (1)

Velvet Apple

Mabolo or Velvet apple seems to be a rare fruit these days.

velvet apple

Mabolo tastes like apple, only softer and fleshier.I remember eating this as a child because our neighbor had a tree and under it was a bench where we (my neighbor friends and I) could sit and eat mabolo.

For more info on mabolo or velvet apple, click here and here.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 24th 2010 | Filed in Blast from the Past,Fresh Produce,introspection,Plateful of Fun | Comments (0)

Vote For Your Town, Vote for Iba Zambales

Mango Cheese Muffins from Iba, Zambales, an entry for Kraft Eden Cheese World’s Longest Christmas Celebration with a Cheesy Twist. This contest features 100 unique cheese-based specialties of 100 towns nationwide to celebrate 100 Days of Christmas.

Iba, (my hometown, yipee! ) is the birthplace of the late President Ramon Magsaysay. The town has several kilometers of clean gray sandy beach and lovely sunset views.

People from Iba, Zambales are wonderful and I say that not because I am from the place but because it is true. We are sweet too, as sweet as the luscious mangoes that delight people who have tasted these. Iba, Zambales has a long stretch of sea that has a wide array of fresh catch, rice fields, and rolling majestic mountain range and yes (one more time), the sweetest mangoes you have ever tasted.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 6th 2010 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Plateful of Fun,Socials,Trivia,Visual Delights | Comments (4)

Pumpkin and Sausage Pasta

Chef Golda Liamzon of the Dona Elena Cuisinera Club whipped up another yummy and nutritious food just perfect to serve for Halloween parties because the end result has yellow-y sauce: Squash Pumpkin and Sausage Pasta. FYI, Squash was used instead of pumpkin.

Dona Elena Sausage Pasta

Squash is rich in carotene and the richer the color, the more concentration there is in the nutrients. Squash is also a good source of folic acid, fiber, vitamins B1 and C.

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Oreo Snack Pack for 5 Pesos

Yes, Oreo Snack pack can now be bought for suggested retail price/SRP of PhP5.00

OREO snack pack

The Oreo Snack Packs (two pieces of OREO in the pack) are available in vanilla, chocolate and strawberry fillings.

Play the OREO Twist, Lick and Dunk game to win tickets to the OREO Get Dunked! event at TriNoma on Sunday, September 12, 2010.

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