No jollibee chicken joy?

I'm one of the many jollibee lovers. I love everything about jollibee. The first on my list, chicken joy, palabok, burger steak, french fries and the shanghai roll, jolly hotdog, the breakfast treats and a whole lot more.

Last week end, I went to Iligan and craved for Jollibee chicken joy and was so excited to have that snack of jolly spaghetti and one piece chicken. But to my surprise, the food attendant politely said they have no chicken. What? May I beg your pardon? No chicken joy? I ended up with a glass of soda and spaghetti. Even when I got home, cagayan de oro, my home away from my real home Cebu, still no chicken joy.

so sad...where is my jollibee chicken joy?

I craved for this.....

I got the chance and talked to one of the food attendants, he said that it has something to do with the chicken supply from their supplier nationwide. A price increase of chicken. I even heard no chicken at mang inasal.  

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Saging lang kay may time

my most loved food, comfort food while waiting for yolanda

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Banana cream

 my version of the banana cream recipe

Ingredients:

medium ripe bananas
cheese
condensed milk
all purpose cream
butter

Procedure:

Cook the bananas and then when cooked; peel and set aside.
Next, mix the all purpose cream and the condensed milk.
Then, on a pan melt the butter and then add the milk and cream mixture.
Then, add the peeled bananas and boil for 3 minutes.
Then place in a platter and add grated cheese on top.

Hope you will like this sweet treat.
Have a nice day and God bless!

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Easter sunday food trip

Its easter sunday. Praise God for the message that He prepared for us through His servants and praise God for the fellowship with new friends in Cebu, they are young and are sharing their lives in reaching out to others and spreading the good news to many. Indeed, im energized and challenged to see the kind of fire that's burning in their hearts, you can feel the passion for serving and getting involved in God's work. After the fellowship Wendy cherry and me went to our place and I toured them to my favorite place papakits, wahehehehe, I'll never grow tired going there, the place always reminds me of God's splendor with the creation like a painting changing before my very eyes.

round one

round two

round three....

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain. —Bennard

To escape sin’s curse, run to the cross.

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Pandesal and arroz caldo

Pandesal is a common part of the breakfast meal paired with scrambled egg or the common panawsaw sa cape sa umaga, its and extra treat when its served hot. I love the smell of freshly baked pandesal, reminds me of papa bringing pandesal or monay for us when we were still kids. Pandesal reminds me of papa, the smell and thought of pandesal brings back the time when papa was around, making me miss my papa.The arroz caldo on the other is  not the common treat, childhood memories of arroz caldo is associated with being sick, mother would prepare yummy arroz caldo, it was something special, it reminds me of a mother's pampering, a mother's care. Its the complete meal.

After sendong, I now have a whole new  meaning of pandesal and arroz caldo. Pandesal is the partner of the arroz caldo for feeding the evacuees in sendong evacuation centers. Its the complete meal for the kids, for the mothers and fathers who have new hopes and new vision for the future. As the start anew they face the new life with the hope in Jesus their savior. Their hearts have been touched by the Lord and have made them receptive and making them realize to cling unto that someone who can give them rest in these times and can strengthen them each passing day. I felt shame of my selfishness, shame with my self centeredness and shame with how I spent my time. I felt guilty with the concerns I have for myself, myself and myself. God opened my eyes to many truths, and Im not closing them now, Im trying to open it to I can see that I play a role to play in the great harvest. Time where we can invest in other people's lives, with eternal bearing.

Apart from the hunger for food, I saw in the faces of the children and even the young and the old, the once young and the young at heart, I saw their hunger for listening ears and hearts, am I ready for that? Am i willing? DO I have time?

This saturday is over and many saturdays will come to more pandesals and arroz caldos to share' I hope we can all take part in pandesal and arroz caldo filled days.

arroz caldo inside the caldero

pandesal

loving his arroz caldo

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Pancit canton for merienda

Got so hungry this afternoon, well I always get hungry every afternoon and really go to the canteen to eat something that I could satisfy my hunger, I though of eating scrambled egg and rice but there was no egg, I looked for bananas and salted fish but there was none, the only option was pancit canton and I have no other choice. Fair enough it was good even if it was somewhat spicy and hot but I love the combination it was enough to satisfy my hunger a glass of water completed it, but I want balut. That could wait later, there's a lot of balut on my way home.

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I have learned to eat balut

Wow!
It was an experience worth remembering and a learning I think im going to get addicted to. I started eating the pinoy with no balut but when I have tried the balut ( only 16 days old) I realized the balut is much yummy than the pinoy, coz the balut has this somewhat water substance that is good when its hot. The first lesson is to open a small part on the large part of the egg, slowly open it enough where you can place a little bit of salt and hot vinegar, then sip it (its really good) try this procedure and slowly open or expose some parts of the egg, then eat the yellow part, for a newbie like me I started out removing the dark part of the egg, hehehehe, until now I still dont have the courage to eat that part since Im still learning to appreciate that but soon, I'll have the courage to do it.'Eat everything with salt and the hot vinegar coz it goes well together and its good to finish it with ice cold coca-cola to complete the meal.

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Choco loading

Someone from a far away kingdom expressed his generosity and kindess that he sent these mouth watering and heart warming chocolate presents last three weeks ago. I did not touch it. It was too precious to eat. I felt satisfied just holding it indulged myself self in appreciating the intricate details, the color of the wrapper, the magnificence of the container. But, wait a minute, chocolates were sent to be eaten, not for aesthetic purposes only. So now.... Im choco loading, the milky chocolatey feeling that melts in you mouth not in our hands and the nutty rocky but exciting ferrero has been my all time favorite...i love it, super love it....its far more satisfying than the later. Im so in love, im so pleased and very grateful, many thanks to that knight in shinning armor from that  far away kingdom.

its a yummy mikly smooth chocolate that melts in your mouth...

my all time favorite ferrero rocher... the best

first time that I tasted this delicate looking chocolate

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Seawead gelatin from Cabadbaran

macapuno flavored seaweed strips (white color) and pandan flavor cubed seaweed ( green color)

      It was raining hard last saturday, and ororama superstore in cogon became my refuge. I went inside the grocery to buy some stuff for the week long budgeting ( i was the in charge for  meals for one week in charge for the menu making, marketing and all ). There were people inside the grocery with a lot of free stuff to enjoy, there were samples of soup, and noodles and a lot of yummy stuff, I tasted everything (hehehehe, the soup kept me warm and it was yummy, the juice was refreshing, the biscuit was great). Then there I met Ms. Anna Bel from Cabadbaran, who introduced me to her seaweeds strips, I thought it was coconut strips but I was amazed when she told me it was seaweed since it tasted great and fantastic. Im fond of salads and bought one pack of strips and the cubes. It was great and tasted fantastic and also very easy to prepare, no sweat and no cooking needed, just mixing and done.

 The Best Of Seaweeds/ Carrageanan

     Seaweeds grows on rocks, in rock in pools in the lower intertidal and shallow sub-tidal zones. This is famously known in the Philippines as "GUSO" in the market. Guso as seaweed vegetable was often boiled from which a nutritious jelly is made. There is wealth in the formation available about the health promoting and disease prevention properties of this wonderful vegetable and also a nutritional goldmine when ingested whole and or as food supplement which is very much available in the market.

Chemical Composition

     Oceanic herbs or sea vegetables contains more of the essentials elements of life, required for the normal body processes of animals, including humans than any other plants or herbs that grows on land. Therefore the seaweed vegetables when taken as part of a macrobiotic diet are extremely nutritious food stuff, essential for a healthy vitalized metabolism.

     Seaweed contains vitamin A, E, C, D, E and K, vitamins B1 and B2 and is one of the few vegetarian sources of B12. It also contains 15 of 18 essential elements of which the body is composed of. It contains a high content of Iodine, calcium, manganese, zinc, bromine, iron and protein and contains appreciable amount of calcium, magnesium and sodium phosphates.It is also low in fat with few calories, therefore ideal for body builders or those who are dieting, a helathy alternative to over the counter vitamins and mineral supplements.

Health Giving Benefits

Seaweeds or sea vegetables contribute to overall to General Health. Whats best of seaweeds?

      * It absorbs and concentrate the rich minerals and nutrients which abound in the oceans into their cell.

      * It helps eliminate the chemical waste we absorb everyday.

      * It has the ability to cure and abate the symptoms of cold and flu.

      * Contains several natural antimicrobial and anti- viral agents.

      * It exhibits activity against tuberculosis

      * Contains iodine, the thyroid gland exhibits a requirement  for this ion, thus iodine is required for proper gland function thus induce a change  in the grandular system from disease to health.

      * Iodine aids in the  release of tensions especially nervous tension which enhances the over all senses of well being.

      * It aids in the relief of rigors of the day after excessive alcohol consumption.

      * Effective against cancer and radiation poisoning.

      * Effective against halitosis: the formation of varicose vein inflammation.

      * Protects from fat and cholesterol build up.

Suggested preparation:

Ingredients:

          1 kilo seaweed strips ( washed and drained)

          1 can condensed milk ( big)

          1 box all purpose cream

          1 can fruit cocktail

          cheese (optional)

           raisin

          250 grams seaweed cubes

Procedure:

         mix all ingredients. Done in 15 minutes.

read more for seaweed info....

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Food Trip

Yakisoba

Shrimp

Spaghetti

Chicken

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Early birthday gift

Thank you maam Irma!

Its one of my many favorites.

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Wordless monday...

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I craved for durian ice cream got rocky road instead.

Its been days that craved for durian ice cream.I miss the energy giving scent of durian but the durian ice cream will suffice. Our manager granted our wish and gave us an ice cream treat. We asked our helpmat to buy ice cream for us. I waited patiently with good imagination of how to eat the ice cream. When itcame it was not durian ice cream but rocky road instead. It was good than having nothing but it would have been great if it was durian flavor.

My insight its that God uses people to grant our wishes but often times its really not what exactly what we craved for or hope for . While we were eating my officemate said that she wanted durian and she does not like the rocky road that much. I told her that its better than not having any ice cream at all. Its to appreciate what we have and thank God for the what we have than wishing for whats missing.

happy week end!

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Pizza, anyone?

Wow! sarap naman!

Kain tayo! Sa pizzahut....

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Food Trip...

I missed eating halo-halo, its rainy season but still crave for it

hope the picture could satisfy me coz I got cough.

Yummy grilled fish, hmmm.. Th picture would suffice.

Better than nothing at all. hehehehe

Shrimp rolls, fried chicken and sotanghon.....

My all time favorites.

Not so good to eat these days after the Princess of the Stars

incident. Maybe a few months from now I can eat

this kind of food.

Enjoy watching!!!

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