INSPIRATION

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
― Albert Einstein

My curiosity to explore my kitchen and my curiosity to some inspiring people gave me this talent of  cooking and preparing unique food for my family and friends.

“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.”
― C. JoyBell C. 

When I met this people, a small talk with them inspired me more of my dreams of having my own place where I could share with other people my love  for food, plants and trees. They are artist on their own right and they never stop their love for art and extend it for their love for food. 

Ugu Bigyan : Potters Garden

Augusto "Ugu" Bigyan is a ceramics artist. Ugu produces dinnerware sets, decorative tiles and accent pieces for finishing walls and flooring. He enjoys great patronage from well-known individuals, up-scale hotels and posh resorts such as Amanpulo, Campo Travieza, Casa Patricia, El Nido, Hidden Valley and Villa Escudero. His residence cum workshop is located at Lusacan, Tiaong, Quezon.. And now he offers some food to his place. Were collecting some of his beautiful pieces. This place is my inspiration in my home garden.

 Kulawo

 Halaan soup

Paco Salad

 Reimon Guitierrez - designer, artist now a farmer/owner of Prado Farm

It was mother's day when my husband surprise me with a visit at this wonderful place. He truly knew what will make me happy- country living, good food, relaxing place with plants, trees, old furniture specially wood everywhere. Its a wonderful experience, reminiscing my husband when he was managing their small piggery where our home is located now. I have learned so much from this visit with prado farm.

 

 

 Organic pig from Prado farm

 Jetro Rafael of Van gogh is bipolar, photographer, painter, artist, chef. Please see my other features of his place.
http://halinasaakingkusinajoinmeinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2013/11/van-gogh-is-bipolar-culinary-theraphy.html

Nanay Tetchie's Baon Ideas Part 2

Nanay Tetchie's Baon Ideas Part 2

As a mother I am very meticulous in preparing food for my family. I dont prepare pangbaon food from our breakfast leftover. I always prepare freshly cook/made food for them ( in a bulk). They were away from me during weekdays (dorm and condo).

Here's another recipe that I would like to share with you which I found in Yummy Magazine June 2014 issue

JAPANESE SIOMAI

 

Often served as dimsum, instead of preparing it the regular way with siomai wrapper I used NORI sheet instead.  The main ingredients here is ground pork and beef, Kani crab stick and Nori sheet, cooking procedure is the same with the regular siomai/dumpling, I steamed it. My children love japanese food, specially sushi. To make it more appealing to them i prepared it defferently and they love it..........

RAINBOW BRIGHT

 

I am proud to share that my children loves vegetable........Thanks to Yummy Magazine June 2014 they gave me an idea on how will I prepare this wonderful fruit/veggie salad.  I do not have an available MASON jar(now on my what to buy list this month) so I used disposable container instead. 

Its called Rainbow because you have to arranged it like the color of a rainbow. Eating by colors will help my kids get a variety of nutrients.

 

Nanay Tetchie's Baon Ideas

Nanay Tetchie's Baon Ideas

The month of JUNE is start of schooling for students/children but for mothers it means spending more time in the kitchen, cooking for pangbaon. I am always excited cooking and preparing food for my children because I knew even when I am not around then, whenever they eat the food I prepared for them my spirit is always there.

I will share two of my children's favorite:
- egg roll with longganisa
- fresh spring roll

EGG ROLL WITH LONGGANISA 

 

FRESH SPRING ROLL