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Yesterday, I received a surprise from Franco dearest, something I never expected to have from him, hahaha! Ok ok! It’s no fancy at all, he started to ask me what’s my shoe size, and I ended up answering with “40cm for closed shoes and 38cm for sandals, why you asked?” then he replied “just wait for Biggie to get home.”
Off I went to the kitchen and cooked our dinner while waiting for Biggie to arrive. Soon he came with a paper bag in his hand! See what I’ve got from F 
Charles & Keith Stiletto – 2.5 cm high
Sophy and Sina – 3.5 cm high
I was overwhelmed with my little surprises and immediately sent him a huge THANK YOU message for making me feel special! I love the shoes so much! Another sets to add in my shoes collection and will definitely keep them safe.
In return, I made kimchi for him as a gesture of sweetness. It’s my first time to make kimchi and the result is not bad.
Let’s keep it this way, hubby and the rest of the family liked it, especially when I turned it into kimchi jjigae or kimchi stew, so I think my friends and F will also like it.
Saturday is over, tomorrow is another paintball day…I dunno yet if I will play, but for now I just wanna rest. Good night everybody
Ang sarap talaga magluto every time na merong bisita na masarap kumain. Franco visited and joined us for dinner tonight, where I served chicken teriyaki, fried tofu with spicy sauce, doenjang jjigae and stir fried anchovies Korean style. Since he’s now vegetarian, he only focused on eating the dishes without the meat. Feeling ko pag ganun, magkakasakit ako, parang kulang pag walang meat ang pagkain, pero sabi nga ng iba, sanayan lang yan, di ba?
Anyway was very glad na nagustuhan nia yun luto lalo na yun tofu, the sauce is really interesting kasi wala syang vinegar tulad ng nakasanayan na nating kainin. This time manamis namis with a little bit of spice. Yun mga bata naman ginanahan sa chicken teriyaki, and yung natira, ulam naman namin bukas sa school ng mga kids 
Pan Fried Steak with Gravy, Steamed Veggies, and Aglia Olio
Doenjang Jjigae (Korean soup)
fried eggplants seasoned with sesame seeds, grated cheese, and garlic powder
when i have time, i try my best to cook something i love to eat, and today i craved for some fried pork and potatoes so i cooked it
best with mayo dip! yummy!
i promised my family that i will cook dinner for them tonight, so i have decided to prepare something that they love – beef caldereta joyce’s style. why my style? it’s because i add chunky peanut butter while cooking. it gives a nice flavour that i like plus it’s more tasty than the conventional one.
for those who wants to learn how to cook the Filipino style beef caldereta, follow the easy steps below bonne appetit!
Estimated cooking time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours
Beef Kaldereta Ingredients:
*1 kilo beef, cut into chunks
*1 big can (350g) liver spread or ground liver
*5 onions, minced
*5 cloves garlic, minced
*6 tomatoes, sliced
*1 cup tomato sauce
*3 green peppers, diced
*3 red peppers, diced
*4 pieces hot chilli peppers, minced
*3/4 cup grated cheese
*2 cups beef stock or water
*1/4 cup cooking or olive oil
Kaldereta Cooking Instructions:
*In a casserole, sauté: garlic and onions in oil. Then add tomatoes, red & green pepper and chilli peppers.
*Add in the beef, tomato sauce, liver spread and water or stock. Salt to taste and let simmer for at least 1 hour or until the beef is tender.
*Add cheese and olives (optional) and continue to simmer until the sauce thickens.
*Serve with plain rice
Cooking Tips:
*Instead of beef, goat’s meat (kambing) can be used. If goat’s meat is used, marinate the meat in vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper for at least 15 minutes.
*For a special kaldereta, do not use water or beef stock. Use an equivalent weight of onions to the beef (1 kg of onions : 1 kg of beef). The onions will serve as water to the dish.
It’s father’s day tomorrow and since we’re going to church I decided to give Nestle a treat today – CHICKEN MAMI! I don’t have any fancy gift for him so I really hope he will like this 
Before I cook, I browsed the net first for some easy to prepare chicken noodle soup so I won’t get lost when cooking. Luckily, it’s too easy to do and the next thing I did is hit the market to buy all the ingredients. And tadaaaannnn look at the finish product
the kids who enjoyed the cooking! Aaron even mentioned that I’m the best cook ever. Di ba heartwarming though I am not that good at all
If you want to cook ala Joyce’s style, you can follow the easy steps below 
Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
- 2 small chicken breasts
- 2 litres chicken and vegetable stock
- 1 small cabbage
- 3 medium carrots
- 1 large stalk celery
- 1 large onion
- 250 g Bihon noodles
- 3 pcs. cloves
- 2 laurel leaves (bay leaf)
- 1 tbsp. oregano
- salt to taste
Toppings and condiments:
- 3 hard-boiled eggs, sliced into 6 sections each
- 3 heads crushed fried garlic (approx)
- 2 stalks spring onion, thinly sliced or chopped
- calamansi slices
- ground black pepper
- fish sauce
Mami Cooking Instructions: |
Cooking will be a bit faster if you have chicken or vegetable stock but it is not necessary. Even it is available, the chicken breasts would still have to be parboiled and if it is not, then the water used to boil the chicken can be used as stock.
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