Treasure Jar

I have written here that we love to go to Power Books TriNoma.

While the children are reading in the children’s section, I go over to an adjacent section and look at the recipe books while my eldest daughter browses shelves filled with books she is interested to read.

One time, I overhead a group of teenagers whispering and giggling about looking for books about skin care. One mentioned something that sounded unfamiliar. I searched for it when we got home and found out the name: accutane. Definitely sounds new to me.

Anyway, I would want to get a copy of a certain recipe book when we get back. I’m sure my eldest daughter would again ask me to get that other vampire book for her (rolls eyes).

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Hearty Meal Recipes from Dona Elena Cuisinera Club presented last January 30, 2010. Click here for more recipes.

Tilapia Fillets

For Tilapia Fillets:

• 150 – 200 g tilapia fillets (2 pieces)
• pinch of salt
• pinch of pepper
• pinch of paprika
• 1/4 c almonds, salted, crushed finely

Season tilapia fillet with salt, pepper and paprika. Coat with almonds and bake at 180C for 4 minutes.

Pasta

For pasta:

• 10 g butter
• 15ml Dona Elena Pure Olive Oil
• 30 g diced white onions
• 3 g minced garlic
• 50 g diced tomatoes
• 50 g (Dona Elena) capers
• 30 ml (Dona Elena) white wine
• 250 g spaghetti noodles

In a sauce pan, heat the olive oil and melt the butter. Saute the onions and garlic then add tomatoes and capers. Add the white wine and simmer. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss the spaghetti in the sauce.

Sauce:

• 30 ml garlic sauce, reduced until thick
• 15 ml balsamic vinegar, reduced to a syrup

Serve using medium pan. Place pasta on one side and the fillets on the other side. Drizzle the fillets with garlic sauce and balsamic sauce.

Enjoy.

UPDATE: I made this last night (Feb3, 2010) though I still have to write a post.

UPDATE 2: here is the post as promised 🙂

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I have been using Body Flavors Pure Virgin Coconut Oil with Gugo Bark as my facial wash for several days now. One time after using the soap, I asked my youngest daughter to touch my face and she remarked “Wow, soft (soft = smooth) walang dots (dots = pimples)”. Of course, this soap is a rich blend or pure virgin coconut oil and gugo bark which aims to restore a more youthful looking skin (youthful looking skin = anti-aging product).

I love the Pure VCO and gugo bark soap! It is the best soap for sensitive skin I have tried so far.

My eldest daughter, a teenager, is always on the lookout for a good soap for skin problems. She tends to have pimples every now and then.

We have tried other natural products as well and she approves of this Guava and Orange soap that is she currently using. Why not? guava is said to be a rich source of natural astringents and orange makes the skin glow, just the right combination to detoxify the skin and treat skin problems common with teenagers.

When my Pure VCO and Gugo Bark soap runs out, I will try the other soap I got: Seaweed and Molasses with  Tea Tree, an anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-bacterial soap to help tone and cleanse the skin.

I thought at first that the soaps can only be ordered online but when I went to their site, I found out that these can be purchased at HEALTH BUFF WELLNESS SHOP located at Unit 212 (2nd level) Doña Anita Building E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, Quezon City.

By the way, these soaps are wrapped in recycled paper.

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Spotted background.

This tiny yellow wildflower has a background of green grass with tiny yellow flowers. The background looks spotted with yellow dots.

Or maybe it’s just me 😉

A full moon hiding behind the clouds was spotted here.

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