Spring Rolls

It’s my friend Helen who cooked this lumpia or spring rolls last week during her daughter’s party. It is one of the most popular traditional Filipino dishes for fiesta, birthday and any special occasion. It’s quick and easy to prepare. You can made it in advance, frozen and fried just before being served. Most Filipinos keep lumpia in the freezer not only for parties but just in case you have a visitors. Most people love to eat fried lumpia with their fingers or wrap them in a napkin and dip in a sauce like catchup.

Sinigang

Sinigang is one of the most popular dishes of all Filipino. There are many kinds of sinigang such as beef, pork, chicken, fish and the shrimp sinigang. Last week, it’s my friend Lilia who cooked and prepared this shrimp sinigang for me. She asked me if I’m allergy with shrimp and I said no. When I arrived in her place I smell her delicious sinigang. She adds a little kangkong and one pack of Knorr tamarind soup mix. Wow! I love it and we eat together with rice, other recipe and dessert.

Here’s the ingredients and Procedures:

1 lb. (16-20) shrimp
1 lg. onion, diced
3 lg. tomatoes, chopped
1 pkg. Knorr tamarind soup mix
1 kl fresh kangkong
6 cups water
1 tbsp. oil

Saute onion in oil, add tomatoes and cook. Add the tamarind soup mix and water then boil. Reduce heat and add shrimp, cook until shrimp turns to orange, about 2-3 minutes. Add kangkong half cook and remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes and serve with rice.

Beauty Tips For You

Hello friend! I hope you enjoy the day. I would like to share these important tips on how to apply your make up. First, you have to take a bath or wash your face thoroughly, removing any dirt and oil that may be trapped in your skin. Secondly, you have to use a toner to help the application of make up and to balance out skin. This works well if suffering from combination skin. Make sure any make up application brushes or pads are clean from any oil or dirt so as to not transfer them to your face. Once make up has been applied, do not adjust or smear by touching your face with your hands. This will only mess the make up and will transfer oils from your fingers to your face. Then mist face carefully after make up application to ensure that make up sets and lasts.

Good Morning

Hi! Good morning to everyone. How are you today? About me here, I’m fine and happy. The weather is not good today it’s rainy outside but my kids and I will plan to go to the mall this morning. According to them they wants to buy some gifts, stuff for decorations and more items for the preparation of my youngest birthday party. Well, I need to get ready now, take a shower, eat my breakfast and wear my favorite shirt and pants. I heard they are ready to go. Bye for now, got to go and have a nice day to everyone.

Grapes For My Kids

Every New Year we Filipinos like to prepare something that would give us prosperity and good luck. We tend to prepare 13 different kinds of circled-shape fruits and one them is grapes. It is round and sweet. Although its quite expensive but the taste of it is priceless that is why my kids love to eat this clustered sweet beads. Its juicy flesh is very pleasing to their tongues and throats. When they enjoy eating it, I remember the passage I’ve read before where young ATHENA and young VENUS festively ate the same fruit in their kingdom Olympus.

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My Favorite Fruits

Every individual has favorites especially things that would help our body healthy and strong. Just like me, I’m so obsessed with fruits like banana, orange, apple and others. It is recommended to eat the three kinds of food namely go, grow and glow every meal. Fruits belong to glow foods which likely good to our skin to become smooth,make us stronger,give us resistance so we can do lots of things without getting tired. Fruits also give us vitamin C to prevent from diseases and infections. So why spending your money to lots of vitamins and going to the doctor always, when you can find these things around you,in your backyard.  Just be wise. Start eating fruits now for HEALTH IS WEALTH.

Sweet Little Girl

This is my niece, our sweet little girl name Abby
She’s a bundle of sweetness and so smart
She’s adorable, charming and fun to play with
We share jokes, smile and laugh together
A precious gift and a treasure from above.

Benefits of Exercise

All of us needs regular exercise because it can help us lose our weight and maintain a healthy body. Its very important to have daily activities like walking, jogging, gardening, long bike rides, gym workouts, play tennis, swimming, dancing or yoga. Exercise promotes weight loss, improves cholesterol levels and lowers blood. Physical activity is good for the brain as well. It increases blood flow, improves sleep, lifts mood and energy level, heightens alertness and memory.

My Youngest Daughter Ade

This picture was taken last October, 2009 when we had our district meet held at MCES. With me was my youngest daughter ADE. As a teacher I deal with the children everyday, molding their innocent minds to become a good citizen in our society. Aside from developing their minds, we teachers also engage in sports. As a matter of fact I teach them physical education to know some basic information about sports. During our district meet I was the volleyball coach in our zone. I did my best giving all my support and my effort and perseverance had not put me into vain because on that very day we won as the champion in volleyball women. Thanks to all who inspired me a lot and to my players who persevered to play even on a rain or shine situation. To all of you congratulations!!!

Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:

* 1 1/4 cups pumpkin puree
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
* 2 eggs, lightly beaten
* 1 cup evaporated milk, undiluted
* 2 tablespoons water
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 9-inch pie crust, unbaked

Preparation:
In mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and flour. Add eggs; mix well. Add evaporated milk, water and vanilla; mix well. Pour pumpkin pie mixture into a 9-inch pastry lined pie pan. Preheat oven to 425°. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and bake pumpkin pie for about 35 minutes longer, until pumpkin pie is set.