Food Friday

The third Featured in Food Friday player is ....

Manang Kim of @ my tabletop with her post, Sun Tea.

This was the first time that I've heard of Sun Tea, and at first I thought it was a brand! Silly me! lol. Found out from this unique post of Manang Kim that she actually used the sun's 'power' to make this tea! I love drinking tea (usually the hot kind), so I just mght try this myself one of these days. What about you? If you want to learn something new today, then check her out!

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This week's Food Friday post is ...uhm, something. I guess this can be categorized under soup, so I'll call it Meatballs, Mushroom, and Corn Soup. :D

I had my first taste of this soupy dish when my father cooked it for lunch eons ago. He used fresh corn kernels (corn was plentiful that time), straight from the cob, mixed it with ground pork, some salt, spices, and added lots of water. Pretty simple, really. The simple procedure, coupled with the delicious taste, made an impression on me. Actually, I love how my father cooks: everything is usually fast, easy, and delicious! But we're straying away from the topic, lol.

My father didn't add mushrooms, but I got the idea when I worked at a farm and the boys cooked their corn soup, which had wild mushrooms and some type of veggies in it. I forgot the name of the plant, but it was growing wild at the farm, together with the mushrooms. I tell you, eating it straight from the pot was highly recommended...it didn't stay full for long!

My recipe, though, is a combination of both dishes. Shot below are the main ingredients used:

• mushrooms (you can use fresh or canned, and any type of mushroom will do), 
• meatballs (seasoned it with salt, pepper, soy sauce, mixed herbs {basil, rosemary, and thyme}, minced garlic, and spanish paprika), 
• ... and corn (fresh or canned, and any type will also do).

... i also added a carrot, but it was added late so it's not in the shot. :D

The procedure was fairly simple:

• dump the corn in a pot with a bit of water (it was a bit thick for me), together with the meatballs. let it boil for a bit, then when the meatballs starts floating on top it's cooked.
• i drained and sliced the straw mushrooms in half and then placed them in the pot together with the floating meatballs and corn.
• found a carrot and added that too (diced). adjusted the taste (i added fish sauce).
• after a couple of minutes it was done.

Fast, easy and am happy to say, we all loved it! :D

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Thank you!

Rules for these awards:

1. Link back and thank the person who tagged you.
2. Post seven things about yourself and answer the list of favorite questions.
3. Pass these awards to 15 bloggers.
4. Notify the lucky bloggers who got these awards.

I would love to thank Angelica Gomez of Telepathy for these overwhelming awards.
Maraming salamat po!

Seven Things:

1. I like taking pictures. Almost everybody does, I guess. lol
2. I have a twelve-year old, and a two-{soon-to-be-three}-year old.
3. I almost always go for the desserts section first in buffets.
4. I am a light sleeper.
5. I am biased towards Canon cameras. lol.
6. Am a self-confessed Scrooge. Except when it comes to food or my 'toys'. :D
7. Sometimes I worry too much.

...whew. revealing stuffs about me is harder than i thought it would be! LOL

The Favorite Questions:
Name your favorite colors: Blue, Brown, Purple 

Name your favorite song: ..too many to mention... 

Name your favorite dessert: frozen yoghurt with mochi, fruits, and nuts 

What pisses you off: slow internet and computer 

When you're upset you: surf the internet some more, listen to music, tweak my shots 

Favorite pet: ...not one, but lots (dog, cat, fish, mostly); would love a horse, but maintenance is expensive. lol 

Black or White: white 

Your biggest fear: not being there for my kids/family 

Best feature: ...do i have one? LOL 

Everyday Attitude: Do the best that you can, while you still can. :P 

What is perfection: GOD 

Guilty pleasures: lenses for my camera, computer, sweets, and buying online stuffs

... and now i am supposed to pass on these awards to other bloggers out there.
But I can't, for now. There are just too many awesome bloggers out there!


Many many thanks again, AG! ♥

Lety's

The other weekend my family and I visited SyenSaya (Science Exhibit) at UP Los Baňos (Laguna). I wanted my sons to experience science the fun way as well as show them their parent's Alma Mater (it was my youngest's first time, while the eldest had been there a couple of times before). Yup, hubby and I met (we were classmates in some subjects), and graduated there. But that's not the topic here. LOL :)

The first food that came to mind was this:

It was raining, and since we chose to buy from their stall near the university  (relatively near where they cook the pies, too), getting the pie meant you had to get wet. But I tell you, it was definitely worth it! I only took one shot of the packaging and the pie inside, and immediately grabbed a slice. Hubby did the same thing, too (grabbed a slice, i mean) ...and oh my goodness! Biting into that warm pie really brought back such an immense feeling of warmth, happiness, and just plain "this was one of those good ol' times" thing.

Studying in Laguna meant buko pie was relatively common, but honestly, nothing comes close to Lety's Buko Pie, specially if you get them warm. All those homemade goodness....YUMMY! :)

... and since we were going to be spending that weekend with hubby's family, we also bought another box of pie for them. :D

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Update 8/11/2011
...not totally satisfied with the result (I WANTED A RANDOM PIC IN THE HEADER!!!), but that has to do.

For now. :)

Soul Food

This was what we had last Saturday:

Fried Salted Fish and Squash with Malunggay in Coconut Milk

Nothing fancy, but that's soul food for me! Not for my sons and hubby, though, since I know they prefer meat with their veggies (except for the youngest, since he also likes salted fish). LOL

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Food Friday

This week's Featured in Food Friday player is:

Cooking with K

Cooking with K is an awesome food blog which is  filled with her family's tried and tested personal recipes. So if you're craving for one of those home-made goodies (like granny used to make), then do check out her site!

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This week's Food Friday post is: Fresh Mami Noodles (In Chicken Broth)

It has been raining here continuously for the past few days that I (not quite unexpectedly) had this craving for something hot, soothing, and it has to be prepared FAST. What else but noodle soup! It's a good thing that I decided to buy a pack of fresh mami noodles (flat type) and I still had some leftover chicken broth. Basically the only ingredients that I needed to get what I wanted. ;)

First I washed the fresh noodles twice since usually they are a bit salty. Then I heated up the chicken broth; once really hot I dumped in the noodles. When the noodles were almost cooked I managed to find some native cabbages and so I dumped them in, too. Yeah, just lots of dumping! lol. I no longer had to add salt since my broth was already seasoned, and the saltiness from the fresh noodles was just right. I couldn't resist adding chili flakes to my plate, though! The hotter the better! :D

I happily slurped and got my hot noodle soup fix that day! :D

You can put lots of other ingredients into that bowl (like boiled eggs, carrots, spring onions, chicken, fried garlic, pepper...etcetera! the list can be endless specially if you're adventurous with your food) but all I really wanted that day was a simple bowl of hot mami noodles in chicken broth. For me, the broth is just as important as the noodles. That's why sometimes I hesitate ordering a bowl of noodle soup in restaurants; sometimes the broth and noodles just don't taste good together. Or maybe it's just me...and my quirky tastebuds! lol

I wonder what everyone's going to be posting this week! Love love love the variety of food being posted! ♥

Thank you so much for playing! Much appreciated! ♥

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Salad time...again!

Having this on a weekend was a treat (usually my salad greens are gone by the time weekend starts, lol)! Good thing hubby bought a pack again!

Ingredients are: salad greens (arugula and lettuce), salted peanuts, cucumber, tomatoes, sauteed mungbean sprouts, crunchy garlic, and my lime-olive oil-dill-balsamic vinegar dressing.

I miss adding the avocados...

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