One Sweet Day

One happy mom today on Mother's Day.
Served breakfast on bed by her youngest girl.

my chef wannabe _ kyla

my favorite pancake !

all cooked and prepared by 10 yr old kyla

comes with strawberry juice & sweet notes

A lot of lovin' goin on today !
Thank you so much bunso.
I love you so much !

**see my eldest Marla's gift here.

Homecooked Dinner

We had a send off home cooked dinner for kuya Vic & Remy's family. They are scheduled to fly back to Thailand today in the pm.

l-r : myka, troy, tricia , tyra & kyla

On the table were family's home cooked favorites :

porkchopsteak loaded w sweet onions

crispy boneless bangus

always present bacoor tahong & (not in the photo) fresh oysters

cheesy meatballs spagh, not for the kids only

Desserts :

I attempted to make banana split with my sweetened banana and scoops of bought icecream. . .

. . the product result was too sweet and too much !! stay with fresh banana if you're diy on the table.

We love the mango roll of RR, not too sweet and just light. hey Red Ribbon ! you're a favorite here! ! care to send some complimentary cakes here ! ! !

One sweet night ! ! ! See you soon family !!

Ice candies

I forgot Kyla has to bring/share anyfood today to her school. It's the last day of sy2009-2010. It has to be readied in an hour and a half.

Pressure@-@. I opened the fridge. Nothing in there. I didn't do much grocery this week in anticipation of the outside home activities this week. Graduation, recognition and the weekend getaway.

Luckily, last night I prepared a tuna salad spread. And yes, there was a huge loaf of slice bread on the table. I made them into cheese- tuna canape sandwiches and voila : !!

i don't even have party toothpicks, don't worry those are unused, hahaha!

With this tiny sandwiches came a bucket of super iced ice candies and iced jellies ace.Kids love them, no matter how hard parents remind them not to indulge so much. But hey this a party, the sun is hot !

come on, take one, don't be shy :D

Haaay , , ,I hope the kids are now happy chillin' with the frozen delis . Happy summer!!!

Salcedo Saturday Market

Last Saturday my daughter Marla had the earliest 7am college entrance exams in Makati. So after dropping her in the school, how do you think I should kill my time waiting? Malls?, nah, too early.

Up we went to Saturday market in Salcedo for breakfast and ofcourse to see what's new and to buy some organic stuff. Remember my post about Sunday market at Legaspi, Makati? see here . That's for Sunday shopper. This one for Saturday people.





My hotdog crazy Kyla went straight to the sausage booth. Me, I don't eat meat in am. It's like my stomach is not yet ready for heavy stuff on breakfast. I go for fruits and pastries.






Going around, I nibbled light piaya( originated from the province of Iloilo) from a 12pcs/box I bought to bring home. These are so good and being cooked right infont of your eyes. So you buy them fresh and hot.




I started going around and saw familiar stuff..




Like these ready-to-go dishes for lunch and dinner and the usual delicacies from different provinces of our country.

puto, rice cake

fresh carabao's milk

shrimp paste

green Philippine mangoes

different variants of dried fish and bottled of sweets : my favorite macapuno & nata which I bought a bottle of each

strawberry and lettuce from Baguio

jars of cookies and preserves

looking for something new...

giant mushrooms, imported

blackberries?, imported

alfalfa sprouts, imported

wheat grass fresh juices and other products from this healthy craze of the hour

Chinese dimsums cart, in time for CNY

Thai dishes from Thailand, whereelse?

Foreigners who stay in condos and villages in Makati, like the expats and their families frequent this market. That's why there are lots of different international booths/stalls around here. There's Greek, Thai, American, to name a few.

there are also handcrafted stuffs which are surely a hit for the foreigners and locals like me

plants for sale

and flowers too

I was little disappointed coz there's no nachos. I used to buy bags of it to stack in my pantry ready to get as cravings arise.

The following day was the Chinese New Year, that explained the dragon all set to roar.

The girl behind the lens, Kyla, my sweet girl who enjoyed the market with me. We were now ready to pick up her sis Marla who called to tell us she was done with the exams.