Christmas in our Hearts

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I really love this song..I love this song so much. It is beautiful and teared me up. If We always 'Christmas in our hearts' for everyday in our life I bet there is no hatred, poor, victims, and every surrounding is full of joy and laughter and Love, Peace

Whenever I see girls and boys
Selling lanterns on the streets,
I remember the Child
In the manger as He sleeps.

Wherever there are people
Giving gifts, exchanging cards,
I believe that Christmas
Is truly in their hearts.

Let's light our Christmas trees
For a bright tomorrow
Where nations are at peace
And all are one in God

Let's sing Merry Christmas
And a happy holiday,
This season may we never forget
The love we have for Jesus
Let Him be the One to guide us
As another new year starts



And may the spirit of Christmas
Be always in our hearts.

In every prayer and every song
The community unites,
Celebrating the birth
Of our Savior, Jesus Christ

Let love, like that starlight
On that first Christmas morn,
Lead us back to the manger
Where Christ the Child was born

So, come let us rejoice
Come and sing a Christmas carol
With one big joyful voice
Proclaim the name of the Lord!

Egg pie and Turkey Embutido

I sleep late last night for making this because I was craving eating embutido and Egg Pie..We have a lot of ground turkey so i made turkey embutido and it turns out good..
Those are my entry at food trip...yes it's friday again and next week is the Big day' Christmas Day'.When people ask me what I Miss in Philippines , there is no doubt that the answer will always be “the food”..Ohh I really miss the Philippines..aside from my family, I miss the foods and I love going to the Midnight Mass or Dawn Service

Macaroons

There are many recipes for Coconut Macaroons and technique.But mine I made it a bread flour, egg, granola condensed milk, sugar and grated coconut. It so easy to make it if you want something really sweet for dessert and I will upload my second macaroons recipe soon..

Feast of the Immaculate Conception Today December 8

Today is December 8 and it is the celebration for the feast of Immaculate Conception. According to Catholic doctrine, the Immaculate Conception of Mary is the conception of Virgin Mary without any stain of original sin. Catholics believe that every people born has already acquired the sin which originally came from Adam and Eve, the first man and woman created by God on Earth. Thus, each newly born baby needs to be baptized in order to remove the sin.

However, with Mary’s Immaculate Conception, from the very first moment of her existence, Mary was preserved by God from the original sin. On March 25, 1858, In the answer Bernadette Soubirous asked Mary who is she and Mary answered it by saying: “I am the Immaculate Conception.”


The Immaculate Conception was solemnly defined as a dogma by Pope Pius IX in his constitution Ineffabilis Deus on 8 December 1854 defining the mother of Jesus Christ as the “Blessed Virgin Mary in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved and exempt from all stain of original sin.”

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception does not pertain to Mary’s conception of Jesus as some believed since December 8 is just 17 days short before the celebration of Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary received the message from Angel Gabriel that she would conceive the son of God in the Annunciation which took place March 25. When you count in from March to December, that would be 9 months of conception, exactly the same thing as what an average human baby in the womb of the mother.

In celebration of today’s Feast of Immaculate Conception, let us salute Mary for her purity and say a prayer asking for her guidance and love. One prayer that we can utter says: “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you.”



Written by: Kenneth Lori. and posted under World on December 8, 2010 at 11:34 pm |

Refregerator Cake

We called it 'Refrigerator cake'. A layered of Graham Biscuit and toppings of fruit salad or mango. The deal here is that there's no butter in the cake, so it stays soft in the fridge, which is where you need to keep it since it is covered with condensed milk and whipped cream. (This is making me drool...)

What you gonna do for the Left Over Turkey

Okoy



Turkey soup


It's almost a week now after thanksgiving and yet we still have some left over from 'Turkey' and some stuff..I don't want to throw it or dump it if still good..I was thinking that if this a big turkey in our house in manila..I wondering that the' bones' will only left :)
So I make Turkey soup with veggies I'd recommend a cream-based or broth soup to add your turkey for a hearty soup meal. If you have leftover cornbread you can use that to dip into the soup as well to get rid of more of those Thanksgiving leftovers you may have.
One of the tastiest things you can do with your leftover turkey is make turkey salad. You can than use the turkey salad in sandwiches, or on top of toast. Add some cheese, and you'll have a wonderful lunch! This is a great way to stretch the leftover meat as well
Fried 'Okoy' is also one of my list..Just add some veggies,flour, Egg and some a little bit spices and to make a sauce for that is to grind the turkey and add soy sauce, brown sugar, flour, garlic and onion.

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Chocolate Mousse with Wafers

My husband loves it so much that I have to make it for him at home.When I want to make things special for him or show him I love him the best thing I can think to do is make a nice dinner..but last night he made me great dessert which the chocolate is really amazing taste..he made some chocolate and mix with a chocolate mousse and whip..It was so romantic for both of us..
I like the taste of it because it is very light-tasting and not very rich chocolate.
It is romantic for it’s romantic quality as a dessert but also for me because it has so romantic memories attached to it. It always makes me think of the love that my husband and I share.

Ginataang Tulingan

Friday Food Trip!!!

Food for Kid - Apple sauce

Homemade Apple Sauce...We went to the organic store and my husband bought a bunch of Apple..I'm not really fan of apple, but i like it when i bake it like Apple Crisp. My son loves apple sauce, And I made him everyday for his snack..and it's healthy food too. But you should pick the sweet one not green apple.

This is so easy for making a homemade applesauce for your kids!!

Wash and chop the apples..but first i peel off the skin of the apple. For one small bowl..

3-4 apples
Ground cinnamon
Agave nectar
purefied water

Just mixed all together and blend it ..enjoy!! Ohh by the way I'm not using sugar instead i used agave nectar

Food trip friday

Ciao !!!!Hi there..yes it's friday again and this is our dinner for tonight..I made fried rice with veggies and pork with honey sauce with Veggies salad too..that was great dinner for the two of us...yummy..well if you want to know bout this recipe just leave me a comment or and i will send it to you..

Suman

The Sweet rice is soaked, mixed with coconut milk and salt, wrapped in banana leaves

The Banana leaves give the aroma flavor and is widely used for wrapping ingredients before cooking


Ingredients

1 cups malagkit rice
pinch salt / 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 coconut milk

Cooking Instructions

Soak malagkit in water for an hour or until grains are swollen. Drain.

Add salt and coconut milk. Mix well.

Prepare Banana leaves then fill with rice mixture. Seal with strips of the banana leaves

Arrange the suman in a big saucepan and cover with water. Cover the pot and
let it boil or until cooked.

Serve with sugar ..enjoy..

Halloween 2010

Happy halloween to everyone..It was so nice to have this costume..first i was making costume to my son as ninja but he doesn't like it ..My son first halloween was tiger but now he like his costume as superman and he keep running to our kitchen back and forth and he love his cape..and my husband as egor or vampire..either..hehhehe and myself as cleopatra..It was so fun!!

Chicken Empanada

I Love eating Empanada and when i get a chance to make it through 'Panlasang Pinoy' Recipe. It taste good and even my husband loves it..Thank you for his website and inspire me a lot to make this kind of recipe..so yummy..try it too!!

Filling

1 1/2 lb boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes

1 piece medium-sized onion, minced

1 tbsp garlic, minced

1 cup potato, diced

1 cup carrot, diced

1 cup green peas

1/4 cup raisins

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

1 tsp sugar

1/2 piece chicken cube

2 tbsp cooking oil

Crust

3 cups flour

4 tbsp sugar

6 tbsp water, cold

1 piece raw egg

1 cup butter, cold

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Kutsinta

Kutsinta or cutchinta is made in a rice sweet flour and it's one of favorite 'Almusal (breakfast) in the Philippines.
It's a lot of work but you need to be patience if you want to make it at your home..just like me , I was craving for this kind of breakfast that's why i keep searching for this recipe but first don't know where can i buy ' lye water' until i found at the asian store and so excited to make it and bring it to my husband potluck and they love it!!


Ingredient:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup sweet rice flour

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup brown sugar

3 cups water

1 1/2 tsp lye water (at asian store)

2 tsp annatto seeds



Procedure:

1. In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients starting from the rice flour, all-purpose flour, and brown sugar then mix all the ingredients.

2. While mixing, add water gradually and continue to mix until all ingredients are completely distributed.

3. Add lye water and anatto water (soak the anatto seed in 3 tbsp water) then continue mixing.

4. Place the mixture into individual molds and steam for 40 minutes to an hour.

Serve with grated or shredder coconut




Rice Flour

Espasol

Espasol a cylinder-shaped Filipino rice cake originating from the province of Laguna. It is made from rice flour cooked in coconut milk and sweetened coconut strips, dusted with toasted rice flour.

Homestyle Siopao Sauce

Maruya/ Banana Fritters

Maruya or Banana fritters is one of my fave 'Mirienda' afternoon snack', it's simple and easy to make..
This is my homestyle miryenda
INGREDIENTS

3 pcs Banana (saba-plantain)
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 egg
1/2 cup fresh milk
sugar
Vegetable oil

PROCEDURE

1. Mix all together in a bowl except sugar
2. Peel the bananas and slice lengthwise into 4 pieces.
3. Dip in the batter and roll lightly in flour. Deep fry in cooking oil, browning evenly.
Drain and serve with powdered sugar if desired.. Enjoy!!

my new version of pansit

Pansit is a traditional filipino dish..In every occasion or gathering party, pansit is always there.
Everybody love this kind of dish, simple and easy to cook..as much as economy concern,I'm not the type of person that i always following all the ingredients that ive been searching online..instead I used whatever in my kitchen to create some foods that way i can save money plus i creating more what i expected
You can try my own ingredients..enjoy!!

Ingredients

1 pkg of noodles (excellent bihon)
5 pcs of bacon
onion
garlic
2 egg
3 sausage
carrots
spinach
soy sauce
pepper
1/2 cup of water

PROCEDURE

1. Soak noodles in warm water for 30 seconds minutes, drain

2. fry the bacon and used oil for frying sausage, onion, garlic.

3. make scramble egg and mix together, add the carrots

4. continue stirring, add spinach, soy sauce, and 1/2 cup of water

5. bring to a boil, then add pepper and noodles..stirring lightly until noodles are cooked..serve and enjoy with bread..

Siomai

Siomai is one of my fave foods..I still remember that before and after work, i used to drop by and eat at 'Siomai food cart located at LRT station in phil..It' really taste good. enough for my lunch or dinner. and now i'm here at usa.. need to make it on my own recipe

Ingredients:

2 ½ lbs ground beef

5 tbsp vegetable oil

1 tbsp ground black pepper

1 cup onion, minced

1 cup carrots, minced

1 pack won ton wrapper

¼ cup scallions, minced

2 tsp salt

1 piece raw egg

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp sugar


Procedure

1. Mix all the ingredients for the filling in a bowl.
2. Spoon 1 tablespoon of mixture into each wrapper. Fold and seal.
3. In another pot, boil water and brush steamer with oil.
4. When the water is starting to boil, arrange the siomai in the steamer and let stand for 15-20 minutes, longer for larger pieces.
5. Serve with soy sauce, calamansi and sesame oil.

How to make chili

5 tbs crushed red pepper
5 tbs soy sauce
garlic

method

first fry the garlic until it gets brown then mix soy sauce and crushed red pepper for about 10 minutes ..

Breaded Chicken with Mango Sauce

This recipe is similar to a sweet and sour chicken but I'm using my new version of Mango sauce instead..My husband loves mango juice so much and one time he picked up the wrong bottle that turned out to be a mango sauce. He quickly found out mango sauce is not for drinking. So I tried using in this recipe and we both love it!
(Makes approximately 4-6 servings)

Ingredients
1 egg white
3 large boneless chicken breasts, cut into one inch chunks
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 onion diced
A pinch of pepper and salt
1 cup all purpose flour
Vegetable oil (for deep fryer)
1 green or red bell pepper, cut into 1 inch slices
1 tsp of vinegar (optional)
green onion (optional)
Approximately 2 cups mango sauce
1 tbsp Worcestershire or soy sauce
1 pinch of garlic

Procedure
1. In a bowl, marinate chicken in salt, pepper, and soy sauce for 10 minutes. Add all purpose flour, cornstarch and eggs to marinating chicken.

2.Heat cooking oil in a pan and fry the chicken cubes until cooked through. Transfer the chicken onto a plate lined with paper towels to soak up excess oil.

3. Place diced onion in frying pan. Cook only long enough to heat; remove to retain crispness. Remove the onion and add green bell pepper to frying pan. Remove from pan before softening occurs to retain crispness.

4. Saute garlic, vinegar, and mango sauce. After a few quick stirs mix back in the onion and green bell pepper.

5. Stir fry until the aroma from sauce is fairly strong.

6. Toss in the chicken and some chopped green onion.

Serve hot with rice and enjoy!

My Own style bag

I've started collecting reusable clothing to cut down on ultimately eliminate my produce bag usage. This is one of my fave colors. A tote bag that you can use for shopping. I made this for one day and i was amaze that it turns out good combination. I love big purses most of the time and even a big tote bag..unfortunately I have to rock the diaper bag for a while. hehehehe..even before i spend a lot of money for those expensive bag but i always give it for a gift to my friend and my niece and sister
Actually there's a lot of bag, purse somewhere that you can buy cheap,you could still find a few on ebay but i found out that i could make a bag of my own and own colors and style ..anyway i keep on posted here my other latest style of bag..ciao!!

Lutong Pinoy

Tortang dulong is one of my favorite dish..I was really amazed when i found out this at the asian store. actually its not really the same color but for me it's almost perfect making tortang dulong

Here is the Recipe

1 box of Silver fish (asian store)
4 pcs egg
green onion
salt
ground pepper
1 tbs of all purpose flour
pinch of garlic
cooking oil
soy sauce (optional)

1. Combine eggs, salt, and ground black pepper then beat until everything is well incorporated.

2. Add-in the silverfish and soy sauce, all purpose flour, mix well

3. Heat a frying pan and pour-in cooking oil.

4. Once the oil heats-up, scoop about half a cup of the mixture using a kitchen ladle and gently pour it in the frying pan.

5. Cook the first side for about 3 to 5 minutes then flip to cook the other side.