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23/10/2024

The eggs gotta be from Pateros, baby!

Creamy, white and orange, oily and pungently clean smelling, this salty and unctious exotic treat is my perfect pair for red, ripe, thin-skinned heirloom fresh and sweet tomatoes.

It's childhood in paddy-field Laguna re-lived. . Its the scent of my Lola's old Spanish house with coral stones, adobe walls and old, old bricks come to life! It's mornings under the Chesa tree at my Mom's ancestral home. So many memories wrapped in a shell of creamy salty, goodness 😋

19/10/2024

And just like that... I cooked again! 😄

Garlic Butter Shrimps and Sweet & Sour Pork 😋

Happy weekend!

18/10/2024

Day 40: October 17, Wednesday
*last day*

Finally, today is the day our cook will come home to us this evening so this is the last day I'd be cooking for the whole family, at least for this season 😅

Of course I will still be cooking and baking as usual but that would be after I've rested these tired hands and arms and neck of mine. Hello CTS & cervical spondylosis!

Will be missing these daily posts. Imagine it was for exactly 40 days! But do expect my usual random posts when I feel like giving in to my love for cooking and baking! Until next time! 😘

Breakfast
Tostadong Longanisang Tuguegarao Hubad
Scrambled Eggs
Garlic Fried Rice
Red Lady Papaya

Dinner
Mince Pork Miswa Patola Soup
Tortang Talong
Chicken Afritada
Beef Teriyaki
Fresh Bananas

15/10/2024

Day 39: October 15, Tuesday

Not feeling well today. Heard a few people I know are sick. Must be the weird weather.

Breakfast: (forgot to take pics again)
Longanisa
Spanish Sardines
Siomai

Dinner:
Salt n Pepper Pork
Sauteed Winged Beans (sigarilyas gisado)
Grilled Tamban

14/10/2024

Day 38: October 14, Monday

Just a few more days and our cook will be back! CTS pains have been persistent... But going low carb now to avoid inflammation. Fighting! 💪

Sorry that my food doesnt look as appetizing but I swear they are very good!

Breakfast
Pampanga's Best Tocino
Sauteed Eggs in garlic, onions and pureed tomatoes

Dinner
Creamy Chicken Gisantes
Broccoli Leaves in Oyster Sauce

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14/10/2024

Day 37: October 14, Sunday

Breakfast
Sweet Ham
Boiled Egg
Garlic Rice
Froot Loops + Strawberry Milk (how my kids like it 🥴)

Lunch (to dinner)
Yellowfin Tuna Steaks Ala Pobre
Nilagang Beef Bulalo

13/10/2024

My kind of cake!

12/10/2024

Day 36: October 12, Saturday

I love Saturdays because it's when I buy fresh seafood!

Breakfast (I forgot to take photos again😅)
Oatmeal & Fresh Milk
Tuna and Onions
Chicken Nuggets
Longanisa*
Garlic Fried Rice

Lunch / Dinner
Cajun Seafood Boil
Cheesy Baked Broccoli & Cauliflower
Fresh Bananas

12/10/2024

Day 35: October 11, Friday

Breakfast
My plate 😅
Homemade Pancake with Homade Caramel Sauce and Butter
Honeycured Bacon
Chomps Sausage
Sweet Ham
Kani Salad Sandwich
Sunny-side up Egg

Dinner (I forgot to take a photo😅)
Mushroom Beef Burger Steak
Menudo*
Lumpiang Toge*
Chicken Sopas*
*leftovers

12/10/2024

Day 34: October 10, Thursday

Oh my gosh one week to go and our cook is back! I'm running out of tramadol for my CTS! 🤣

Missing my mom so I made her Menudo and Chicken Sopas recipes 🥰❤

Breakfast (forgot to take pics 😅✌)
Baby Danggit + Papaya Atchara
Chomps Sausage
Egg Fried Rice

Dinner
Chicken Sopas
Menudo + Pickled Cucumber
Lumpiang Toge + Pinakurat

10/10/2024

Day 33: October 9, Wednesday

Breakfast
Calumpit Longganisang Tostado
Spam (again...)
Egg Fried Rice

Dinner
Chicken Inasal + Chix Oil + toyo, claamansi, sili
Ginisang Toge
Fried Salay Salay
FiddleHead Salad

09/10/2024

Day 32: October 8, Tuesday

Looking forward to that grilled belly. Always a favorite..

Breakfast (I forgot to take pictures, again 😅)
Daing na Bangus
Sauteed Tuna
Garlic Rice
Fresh Red Lady Papaya

Dinner
Grilled Pork Belly + Garlic Vinegar Dip
Sauteed Squash & Long Beans in Coconut Milk
Choco chip cookies (sounds weird😅)

One can never go wrong with Pork Belly! 😋

07/10/2024

Day 31: Oct 7, Monday

Manic Monday it is! Hectic 😁😁😁😁😅

Breakfast
Tinapang Bangus + Red Egg with Tomatoes
Egg-dipped Spam
Garlic Fried Rice

Dinner
Flank Steak
Baked Potatoes
Okonomiyaki
Miso Soup

😋

06/10/2024

Day 30: October 6 , Sunday

OMG! I've been cooking all our meals for the past month! Never have I ever cooked this many times nor this long! Though there were times it became difficult, j must say I enjoyed every bit of it! I truly love cooking! (And baking)

Sunday is SUNDAY FAMILY MASS DAY so I kept it simple I forgot to take a picture of breakfast but it's too straightforward it almost doesn't matter 😄

Breakfast
Purfoods Tender Juicy Jumbo Hotdog
Sauteed Eggs
Garlic Rice
Fresh Bananas

Lunch / Dinner
Rosemary Chicken with Potatoes and Carrots
Prawn Spaghetti Saganaki (with yummy feta)
Garlic Bread Baguette

06/10/2024

Day 29: October 5, Saturday

Saturday is a busy day. All. The. Time. A visit to the wet market, then to the supermarket. Then the rest for day marinating, packing, pre-prepping... Whew!

One thing I was excited about this day was that it's mu first time to make SINIGANG SA MISO NA SALMON. Too bad I forgot to take pictures! But we loved it! It was good! We enjoyed it a lot 😋

Breakfast
Crispy Baby Danggit + red egg with ripe red tomatoes
Libby's Vienna Sausage (my mom's fave 🙏😇)
Cicken Nuggets
Garlic Rice

Dinner
Sinigang na Salmon sa Miso
Sauteed Sayote & Carrots with beef mince and tofu
Southern Fried Chicken with Gravy
*leftovers

06/10/2024

Day 28: October 4, Friday

First Friday of the month! I love first Fridays. It's a prayerful day for me on first Fridays 🙏❤

Breakfast (I forgot to take pictures)
Pampanga's Best Original Tocino
Country Fried Eggs
Garlic Rice

Dinner
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Shepherd's Pie + sour cream + chives
Fresh Lanzones (new ctates of freshly harvested lanzones from the farm of hubby's family received!😋)

06/10/2024

Day 27: October 3, Thursday

I've been too busy to do postings and sometimes I forget to take pictures!

Breakfast
Tinapa Egg Fried Rice
Corned Beef Omelette
Chomps Breakfast Sausages

Dinner
Pinoy Bbq Pork Ribs (so yummy, I must say 😉)
Coleslaw

02/10/2024

Day 26: October 2, Wednesday

Okay so 15 more days and our cook will finally come back to us! I know because I booked her flight already! 😄 with my carpal tunnel syndrome making its presence felt, you know this is a great relief for me! (Thank gosh there's celecoxib and tramadol!😅)

Breakfast
Fried Smoked Milkfish
Crispy fried Tugegarao Longanisa Hubad
Sunny side up Eggs
Garlic Fried Rice

Lunch
Southern Style Boneless Thigh Crispy Fried Chicken with Gravy
Fried Paksiw na Galunggong
Upo Guisado*
P**o Maya with Mango and Coconut Ice Cream
Fresh Bananas

Dinner
Tinolang Manok
Fried Paksiw na Galunggong*
Southern Style Boneless Thigh Crispy Fried Chicken with Gravy
P**o Maya with Mango and Coconut Ice Cream
Fresh Bananas

*leftovers

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