Blog Posts on food and occassions

Easter Dinner by Living the Healthy Life. on Apr 15, 2012From Palm Sunday until Easter Sunday, dear hubby and I went Pescetarian/Pesco-Vegetarian. I tried to limit my rice intake for only 1/3 cup a day while hubby has to limit his to 1 cup a day. We felt good that even during Easter Sunday when we were sup...

My Version of Callos (tripe, bilbao sausages, chickpeas) by Living the Healthy Life. on Mar 31, 2012Cooking Ox Tripe can take a lot of your patience and compassion from your neighbors haha! It would normally take me approximately between 3-5 hours to boil this and make it gelatinously-soft. Other than that, I change the water about 3-4 times too, j...

What I Cooked for Noche Buena by Living the Healthy Life. on Dec 29, 2011Lastly...yes definitely the very last entry of the year and before I check on these Resort Clerk Jobs. I am very happy to share with you that I cooked my very first ham last Christmas Eve Dinner/Noche Buena. I just marinated it with Brandy, Sprite, P...

For Him by Living the Healthy Life. on Jun 22, 2011Eversince DH tasted my mom's version of the Thai Noodle Salad, he would always asks me took cook one for him. But, I do not oblige because I do not cook it well as how my mom would prepare it. Last father's day however, I realized that instead of giv...

The Young at Heart by Living the Healthy Life. on Feb 20, 2011Dear hubby and I were practically together for a good 24 hours during Valentines. We know that we won't be celebrating it in a grand way because we were saving up for the glass mosaic tile for our humble abode.First off, we grabbed a quick sushi lunc...

CNY Dishes. by Living the Healthy Life. on Feb 4, 2011I almost forgot to send out positive jujus and greet you all a Happy Chinese New Year as I was too excited to check out these pet beds.So what dishes did you prepare last Thursday?We only had simple dishes prepared. Here they are:A Soupy Chopsuey for...

the last bite. by Living the Healthy Life. on Jan 10, 2011Hubby's Suman Latik is to die for. How many times will I say that??? :P.I am glad that the last serving of this Suman Latik is finished and guess what, I was the only one who finished the whole plate! Now, I dread that visit on our weighing scale. Ma...

Bring it on 2011. by Living the Healthy Life. on Dec 27, 2010This would probably be my last entry for 2010. If I fail to greet you a Happy Christmas last week, which I am pretty sure you had a good one, I will not pass this day to greet you all an Advance Happy New Year!So we decided to keep it low this New Ye...

LECHON, fail! by Living the Healthy Life. on Dec 23, 2010After almost 3 years of craving for lechon, I still could not have one on our Noche Buena, boo hoo. I should have used a spotting scope to find a supplier in our side of the woods because just when I saw one, they are not selling this time of the yea...

Give Thanks. by Living the Healthy Life. on Nov 29, 2010How was your Thanksgiving Feast?Originally, DH and I planned to eat out and take DS to his favorite hangout place, this nearby theme park. We wanted a quiet celebration so we declined invitation from our in-laws and some of DH's colleagues. All of a...