Avocado and Tuna Wrap

Since avocado is in season, I tried mixing it in my usual breakfast wrap.

No-bake Chocolate Almond Cheesecake

I decided to do choco-almond because we have almonds available. My guide is from Steph's No-bake Oreo Cheesecake, I modified it to my liking.

Ingredients:

Crust: 

1 ½ C crushed Grahams

¼ C Baker's margarine melted

Crushed/sliced almonds

Cookies (optional)

Filling:

1 pack cream cheese, softened
¼ C sugar

1 tbsp unflavored gelatin 
3 tbsp full cream milk 
1 C all purpose cream, chilled
1 C dark chocolate, melted
crushed almonds

Toppings (optional):
Almonds (sliced in half)
Crushed Grahams
Shaved dark chocolate

Pseudo Nachos Attempt

After making Dynamite, I attempted to make Pseudo Nachos from the left over cheese and lumpia wrapper. 

Pseudo Nachos inspiration, from Love Desserts

The ingredients needed are ripe mango, tomatoes, and onion (diced or sliced in small pieces); cheese, and fried lumpia wrapper. You also put meat like ground beef, but it's okay without it    for me.

Since I don't have mangoes during that time, I decided to replace it with some other fruit that is sour and sweet. I went for grapes because that's what we have. Also, since I don't like onions, I put lettuce instead. I thought it has the same crunchiness as onion, or I just really want to include it. Who knows?

The remaining ingredients are the same: tomatoes, cheese, and fried lumpia wrapper. So I just mixed them and that's it!!

SO, ARE YOU READY FOR MY OH-SO-GOOD PSEDUO NACHOS?

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Dynamite / Chili Cheese Sticks

In an attempt to contribute something this Christmas, I tried making Dynamite. Initially, my mother didn't want me to do so. I know why she's very hesitant at first. My previous cooking attempts are not very successful. Either something's missing or I put weird things on it. I do think they taste okay, though. Haha!

Anyway, I tried making this is because it's easy and cheap.

ingredients

Noriza's Birthday Celebration at Love Desserts!

Since Bekimom turned another year older, she NEEDS to feed her ghei friends to celebrate the event. Whether she felt obliged or not, we WON'T care. She looks very willing though. 

And so, we went to Love Desserts! YEY! It's desserts all you can for only Php199! Sharing and left overs are not allowed. The maximum time you can stay there is 2 hours. I assure you, that's more than enough. Keep diabetes at bay, dear friend.

WARNING: Picture heavy!

Yellow Halo Experience

As written on my previous blog, I won in a giveaway. I have 1k worth of GC that I can use when I dine at Yellow Halo. I finally got the chance to eat there together with a friend. It was such a fun experience! The food looks and tastes delicious! Totally guilt-free!! Try it!! My friend wrote a blog about the whole experience, do check it here. 

Yellow Halo Guilt Free Kitchen
22nd Flr Strata 100 Ortigas Center, Pasig

0906 356 0770

Maki, shalalala~

It's been years since I last made maki. I find it easy to do. You can find many tutorials out there as to how to do it, GIYF. :) This is how I do it. K? Haha!

For once, I wanted to just let the pictures speak. So I won't put any caption or description under it . . . but honestly, am just so lazy to think and type.

Mezza Norte Experience

L-R: Steph, me. Aileen

I went out eating after watching Idobidoobidoo with my college movie buddies. It was my first time at Mezza Norte. 

Photos by Stephanie Bermudez, except the last one.

The Iscreamist

The Iscreamist was introduced to me by my friends early this year. They've been talking about it, it's very intriguing    at least for me. Milk shake to ice cream using liquid nitrogen. I know it's possible, but I haven't tried it yet. So when we were there to try it, I got so excited! I feel like a kid. Noob. Haha! Since then, it has been the regular dessert place for us for the first quarter of the year.

Fresh Selections

I haven't been in the Maginhawa area and its nearby streets recently. When we passed by this area, my friends told me that Fresh Selections is newly opened. Actually, we were planning to eat there that time but since there's no seat available and we're too hungry to wait, we chose to dine at another place. Luckily, the Fresh Selections was not crowded the next time I passed by the place.

Forbidden Love

Because we missed each other and I am so lucky, I got treated!! OMG! My 'palibre tendencies' kicked in by dinner time and urged Chris to treat us, and to my shock and happiness, he agreed! Receiving the chocolate from Dang is too much already, but she treated us with burgers too! 

Bubba Lab Experience~!

When I read AllOverMarikina's blogpost about Bubba Lab, I felt the urge to try it out! Looking at the pictures she posted, the store is just so cool! I love it!

The Coffee Way experience

Last night we were supposed to eat at The Iscreamist along Magiting Street in Quezon City. Unfortunately the store's closed. :'( I love their ice creams! I've been there a couple of times with my college friends and we tried almost all of the flavors! OSM! b^^d I heard that they have new flavors, and I can't wait to try them. And hopefully the flavors that I haven't tried yet will be available. I guess I'll do a separate blog for The Iscreamist, yeah? :))

That store being closed for the moment made me discover a new eating place along Maginhawa St. and it's called The Coffee Way! Yey! This place was introduced by my high school friend, Noriza. I believe she told me about it before. I can't believe I didn't notice the cafe, I've passed that street many times. Well, their sign is a bit small and it seems like a typical house to me, especially the gate. But now I know about it. :)

Father's Day

17 June 2012

We had a late lunch out to celebrate father's day. Yey! Yesterday night, my dad brought home a cake already. It was an ultimate test of. . . patience? Haha! We're taking turns in convincing Papa to slice it already so that we can eat it. Gah! He didn't even budge. (>o<) It's so tempting every time we open the fridge! Oh well, it's his cake after all.