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PALAMANTASAN is Kraft Foods’ extended project about Nutrition in the recently concluded July Nutrition Month celebration.

Palamantasan aims to give importance to proper nutrition and incorporating this concept to the educational programs not just during Nutrition Month but all year round.

In this regard, Palamantasan and Kraft is launching a contest where those who will join will pledge  to do something to help improve the health and nutrition of their loved ones and themselves too. Winners get to win a Kraft gift pack too! How cool is that?

Promo Requirements:

• Facebook page

Promo Mechanics:

1.       Go to the Facebook Page of  Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya and add yourself as a fan

2.       On your Facebook Wall, share with us your pledge on how to fight malnutrition by tagging us in . Example: “@Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya I promise to include vegetables in my daily meals”. To  tag, type in the “@” symbol then follow it with the world “Palamantasan” This will prompt a drop-down menu box which will present you “Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya”. Click that and you should see the “Palamantasan ng Sarap, Sustansya at Saya” become a blue link.

3.       After writing your pledge, click the attach link icon and paste the URL of this post.

4.       Afterwards, change the privacy restriction of this post to “Everyone” by clicking on the lock icon just left of the “Share” button.

5.       One entry per person ONLY

6.       See if your entry is valid by checking my page and the Palamantasan fanpage.

7.       I will choose the most creative answer of the lot

8.       Prize can be claimed at the GeiserMaclang office by contacting Sam Sanchez (I will give Sam’s contact details for the winners)

9.       Winners will also be announced by me in this post.

Promo Period: September 01 to September 15

Announcement of winners: September 18

Claiming Period: September 20 – 30

Promo Prize: 10 winners will receive a Kraft gift pack each

Tags: Fight Malnutrition, Join Palamantasan ng Sarap Sustansya at Saya and Win Kraft Gift Packs, Kraft Palamantasan, Palamantasan, Win Kraft Gift Packs

I got that New Year’s resolution here, a randomly generated one if I may say so.

No, I am not complaining.

Maybe I need to do this for there have been a lot of times that I have been tactless, thoughtless and had my words come out without a thought if these are hurtful, insulting or bad.

Try it and share what you got

Tags: thoughts

For the FMB Lunch Meme, we had lechon kawali as viand for our Monday packed lunch. The lechon meat was from the post-Media Noche lunch we had last Saturday.

I am not used to cooking lechon kawali so I just had to rely on my instinct and taste buds as to what I will put.

Here was how I did it:

1. In very little oil, I sauteed lots of garlic and onions.
2. Then I put lechon meat in the pan.
3. I then put on some (strawberry cider) vinegar, a little (muscovado) sugar, a little soy sauce and a little bit of (less sodium) oyster sauce.
4. A dash of ground pepper (cracked peppercorns are not used since there are children who will eat the dish), half a cup of commercially bottled lechon sauce and a bay leaf completed the recipe.

I cooked in slow heat for several minutes.

No, sometimes I don’t follow certain measurements when I cook. Photo here.

What else have I forgotten?

Tags: Filpino food, FMB Lunch Meme, lechon, lechon kawali, left-over food, recipe

Last week of the Filipino Mom Blog‘s Fab Holiday Finds and the theme is RED and/or GREEN.

One of the gifts I got from my students was this red wooden Christmas tree which I already featured as a part of our Advent Wreath.

This mini tree has “gold” trimmings and red accents on proper places that lights are reflected on the glitters.

In the background is the big Advent Wreath which I got from NBS for less than PhP100.00 because the tag says “less 20% off”.

I am still updating my other blog for another red and green entry.

Here is my post about the Handmade Christmas tree ornaments with red and green colors.

Tags: Christmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas tree, Fab Holiday Finds, FilipinoMomBlog, Frugal Christmas

Lasang Pinoy Sundays for this week is all about Noche Buena.

Noche Buena is that midnight feast meal which families share to celebrate Christmas. These can be a table full of elaborately-prepared dishes or just simple meals that best reflect what each and every member of the family wants to share or to have.

We have had a simple Noche Buena. Pasta carbonara, baked ham, macaroni salad for the kids and my hubby and potato salad for me. We were going to have lunch in my hubby’s aunt the next day so I dd not cook a lot.

What I did (the salad) was just for me to have during the Noche Buena and breakfast. Or so I thought.

Who would have thought that they (hubby and the kids) wanted the potato salad better than the macaroni salad?

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Tags: baked ham, Christmas, Lasang Pinoy Sundays, my family, Noche Buena, Pasta Carbonara, potato salad

I have written posts about our Christmas finds in more ways than one which include my Frugal Christmas in my other blogs. Among others I blogged about Personalized Gift Tags, white gift wrappers, being on the lookout for Baked Goodies Recipe and I was able to make Butterscotch Bars. We were able to make Handmade Paper Stockings which hang by the silver cord. Bargain books anyone?

For the FilipinoMomBlog Fab Holiday Finds Gold theme, I present a wee photo of our Christmas tree and some of its gold ornaments.

That ribbon has seen a lot of Christmases in our home because we had these for the last ten years.

Along with the gold ribbons that I made 10 years ago, are gold beads, stars and bell chains, gold stars and golden sparkles. The gold balls that hang on the wreath on the door. Our Advent Wreath has gold chains too.

So there goes our Christmas decorations bedecked in gold.

Tags: Christmas, Christmas decorations, Fab Holiday Finds, FilipinoMomBlog, gold, Purse Strings