Silog (Garlic Rice and Egg)

Silog is a contraction of sinangag at itlog (garlic rice and egg) which is a very popular Filipino food. One can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. And one can do a lot with it - partner it with different viands and have some side dish and voila, you have one perfect meal. Its rich flavor satisfies the appetite and makes one crave for more.

Normally when our family goes malling we already have a restaurant on mind. We already know where we will go after a movie/shopping/grocery to rest our tired feet and feed our hungry stomach. But at times we get really indecisive. We don't want pasta, we don't want pizza or any elaborate concoctions. When these happens, we go for Filipino dishes - caldereta, sinigang, veggies, and yes, silog. Like what we had a few weeks ago at Razon's at the foodcourt of Trinoma.

Longsilog (longanisa + sinangag + garlic egg)

Bangusilog (bangus + sinangag + garlic egg)

Tocilog (tocino + sinangag + garlic egg)

While I am at it, let me share two more dishes we ordered. My husband loved the sisig. And I think the other one is chicken adobo. It completely slipped my mind.

Sizzling Sisig

Chicken/Pork Adobo

What we did not have was the famous Razon's halo-halo. With all that we had, there's no more room for anything else in our tummy. Next time, halo-halo will be included in our menu.

With all the pictures I posted, I definitely enjoyed Lasang Pinoy Sundays today. :)

Chill

My late post for Filipino Mom Blog's What's in Your Lunchbox? meme. My daughter wants some ChillBev in orange and lemonade so she grabbed them as soon as she saw them when he did our grocery last Sunday. She packed the orange flavor the following day together with her morning snack. Its transparent packaging never fails to attract attention. It's cute. I just feel anytime it would burst. :)

Horseradish Tree (Malunggay)

There is no doubt I love eating, I love food. But I used to shun away from the kitchen. I do not detest cooking but I am not at all happy with all the preparations - slicing, mincing, mixing, etcetera. I would rather do other things which I think are more productive. Oh yes, anything that has got to do with the kitchen I feel the help can very well do them. I'd rather review my take home work than sweat it out in the kitchen.

But it grew on me. Gone were the days that I cannot stay in the kitchen for even a few minutes. Now I love it! I really, really do. I may still be a mess but I take every opportunity to learn and actually do the cooking - from buying the ingredients myself to preparing everything. This is one of the activities I look forward to during weekends. It used to be a hit and miss but now I'm making good progress. The dishes I prepare for the past months actually taste like real food! Proof is the honest-to-goodness commendations of my husband and daughter. The more I get encourage to hone my latent cooking powers. :D

I also love browsing on food blogs especially those with great pictures attached to the post. It makes me marvel how they can do all these cooking so effortlessly, from simple to the elaborate dishes. And now I am participating in food memes. I would like to get to know more of what others share from their kitchen, what good finds they have which I can learn from.

For this week's Lasang Pinoy Sundays, I am sharing my own Green - malunggay (horseradish tree) which I used for ginisang monggo (mung bean stew with pork rind). Labeled as a poor man's dish, it proves to be very nutritious as the beans and malunggay are good sources of protein and vitamins. Go green!

That's Us!

We have identified all the characters in each movie poster mounted on the wall. We have scribbled on the table's paper mat and did some tic-tac-toe. I have checked incoming texts and replied to some. I checked my emails. My daughter played with her DS Lite for a few minutes. We did everything we can think of while waiting for our food. Almost twenty minutes has passed from the time we ordered and ten minutes from my first follow-up, still our food is "a minute to go m'aam, truly sorry for the delay."

What else is there to do but take our pictures. We thought of taking a picture of us looking at the mirror in front of us. So, there, we have our own reflection. And I thought I will have no use for this picture. :D

For other photo hunts on "reflection", please visit here. :) Another entry at Everything and then Some..... for a great sunset reflection. Happy weekend! :)

I'm At a Lost

Yes I am. What should it be this time?

Like what I have shared at the start of this year, I go nuts with planners and notebooks. I collect them. I have loads of them. Fully Booked and Power Books earn substantially from yours truly because of this compulsion to collect them. There's always one every year which I use as my journal - not really a diary - more like when a thought enters my mind and I don't want to lose it, especially if I have suddenly uttered a nice quote, I pull out my notebook and jot it down.

I also shared that I am a schedule freak. Never mind that I have a Treo which acts as my PDA, I need to have my planner! I should be planting trees in exchange of all the paper in my possession. I need to have a calendar on my desk. I need to have my trusty planner always within my reach. Ha! I feel naked without them.

But now, I don't know what planner I should use for 2009. Next year, as how it is yearly, will be loaded with meetings, plannings, client meet-ups and to-do lists, both personal and professional. After all these years I have learned that I should have a planner that provides a lot of writing space. My planner and my calendar are both full of post-it in different colors to accommodate all the schedules and everything else I need to put in together. The color coding is aligned with the calendar in my Treo - personal, work, school, church, etcetera, etcetera.

One thing's for sure, I have no intention of purchasing the Starbucks planner but the pen looks nice. I sort of got tired of it. Or should I just use the company planner. Or should I use Belle de Jour again. I used it this year but was not able to use any of the discount coupons.

BDJ sent an email a couple of weeks ago to everybody in their list showing their 2009 planner. I did not read much but tonight while at Power Books, I saw the BDJ 2009 Power Planner. Hmmm, looks good. More discounts. I'm still undecided though if I'll buy it.

I want something inspirational. I fancied buying The Power of Now planner but since the book did not make me feel what it is trying to espouse, that is definitely out of my list. I checked out a planner which contains Toltec teachings. Hmmm, nope, I don't like the design. I want a planner from The Secret but they don't have it.

My quest is still on for my perfect 2009 planner. I just might decide on a Bible planner. Nothing fancy but something that will really inspire me. That should make me reflect everyday and who knows, might make me more patient.

Hey, everyone has their obsessions. I'm entitled to my own. :)

Belated Happy Birthday Post

This is my first time to participate in Photo Story Friday. I would love to share my pictures taken during my husband's birthday a few weeks ago. This is a long over due post.


Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

There is no big celebration except that I prepared his favorite, or our favorite, seafood jambalaya. Normally we just order this from a restaurant. That was the first time I prepared one. So glad it was good. No left over.


I love cakes so it's a staple in any occasion (or even when there's no occasion) in our home. I'm not that adventurous though. I only have what I got used to having - chocolate or mocha. Boring I know. But husband thought of having Smores instead. It has caramel topping and chocolate everywhere. I did not complain. It was good. :)


We had dinner the night before his birthday at Fish and Co. There is not much people at this side of the dining area. I love the warm light and the wooden finish which dominates the restaurant.


I love their Marsala Pizza specifically the crust. It's croissant crust if I'm not mistaken. It does get messy sometimes but every bite is worth it. I'm an onion lover so the generous onion topping is a big plus for me.


My husband is a pasta lover so the best choice for him was fettucine in creamy mushroom sauce. Hmmm, love it too.


As always, my daughter had her chicken tenders with fries with a teeny weeny cupcake as dessert.


A belated birthday greeting post to Daddy! From me and our not-so-little-girl-anymore. :)

My Daughter's Favorite Things

...as of the moment that is. This is supposed to be my post for Thursday Thirteen, the first time this blog is going to participate. I asked my daughter what I can share. She readily thought of sharing her current favorites. But it won't stop at thirteen, thus the 13-A at the end of the list. Kids...they have a way of getting around. :)










There they are!
1. She loves Miley Cyrus. That was taken at the cinema lobby after watching Miley's 3D concert which I've shared in this blog already.

2. She loves doing collage. She has loads of collages!

3. Dancing is one of the ways she relax, true.

4. Among the Jonas Brothers, she likes Nick J a lot.

5. Singing and playing the guitar are two things she loves doing everyday.

6. Camp Rock is her current favorite. High School Musical was taken over.

7. Alyson Stoner from Camp Rock is one of her favorite young actress.

8. Total Girl Magazine is not just my daughter's favorite but mine too.

9. Shopping was included in her list of favorite things to do. We mostly shop for her clothes and school needs.

10. Going to happy places, that's how she termed it. She loves this place, Animaland where she can stuff her own toys.

11. She loves watching The Disney Channel Games!

12. The song "Please Be Mine" by, who else, The Jonas Brothers is always playing in the house.

13. Her favorite team at the Disney Game is the Comets because it includes Selena Gomez.

13-A. She loves her latest book find, "Spells and Sleeping Bags".

Whew! Haha, I enjoyed doing this with my daughter. :)