Treasure Jar

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

Whenever we go to our favorite supermarket’s aisle where the cereals are being sold, we always get two boxes: one big box of cereals for the kids and a box of Nestle Fitnesse cereals for me. I love it that I can have cereals that feel light, and yummy enough to munch on by itself.

Anyway, last Saturday, my friends (who are also blogging moms) and I met for a special occasion. We talked about Nestle Fitnesse 14 Days to Show Off Your Shape Contest. Based on the contest mechanics, we see that we have a chance to join this contest ourselves, haha!

Hmmm… should we join this contest and get the chance to wear fashionable and expensive clothes with labels that read Hermes, Rhett Eala, Michi Calica, Religioso, Kate Torralba, Jun Escario, Chanel or 7 for All Mankind?

Fat chance you say?

I say think slim and fit for this dress below:

So how can we and you and up to seven of your friends join the Nestle Fitnesse 14 Days to Show Off Your Shape contest?

• Gather your friends and form a team of 2 – 8 members. Everyone in the team has to shed off at least 2 pounds in 2 weeks.
• How do you and your friends lose 2 pounds in 2 weeks? By tweaking your diet and replacing breakfast and one of the main meals (your choice of either lunch or dinner) for two weeks.
• Exercise, going into a fitness program and eating more fruits, vegetable and low-fat, carbohydrate rich food will greatly help the 14-day Nestle Fitnesse diet regimen.
• To further challenge you and your friends to finish till the end of the 14 day challenge, chronicle your experiences through an online fitness diary.
• The Top 10 most popular Fitnesse 14-day diaries will make it to the finals.

The Nestle Fitnesse 14 Days to Show Off Your Shape will start on November 14, 2009, Saturday 9am. Voting period will last from November 15 till December 3, 2009.

Winners will be judged by style icons on December 10, 2009 in a fashion show.

Losing pounds and eating your way to a healthier you has never been this easy.

Call up your friends and take the Nestle Fitnesse 14 Days to Show Off Your Shape challenge.

Blogging moms of FilipinoMomBlog.com, are we up to the challenge? 😀

For more information about Nestle Fitnesse’s 14 Days to Show off Your Shape, please log on to www.fitnesse-14days.com.

Tags: food, health, healthy eating, Nestle Fitnesse, Philippines

Snacking turned differently when I re-learned how to bake stuff. We have not been buying the usual biscuits and cookies because the children (and hubby and I as well) have been eating home-baked goodies.

I baked every other day since a 9×9 baking pan of brownies or several batches of mini-loaves and muffins are gone before 48 hours.

Last Monday we had these in our lunchbox for our snacks:

More about it here

Tags: Filipino food, FilipinoMomBlog, food, Lunchbox Meme

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

For the third week of the What’s in your Lunchbox Meme entry over at the FilipinoMomBlog.com here is what Julian and Tania had for snacks yesterday:

Sliced apples and chocolate milk drink. I know these do not exactly “match” but they love both so that is what I give them.

The apples were washed using (I know this may sound weird) liquid dish washing soap to ensure that the skin is clean. The apple is then sliced thinly so that they can easily eat the pieces and not feel that have had too much of the fruit.

What was for lunch? Click here.

Tags: chocolate milk drink, FilipinoMomBlog, Lunchbox Meme, sliced apples, snacks

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