How to Cope with Emotional Eating

Ever been angry or upset one minute and then on your couch eating the next, unable to remember why you started eating or how long you had spent munching? If so, then you have entered the world of emotional eating. It’s something than can happen to anyone, and one of the most common dieting obstacles [...]

Lakwatsera Recipe: Pancakes, Steak and Guinataang Mais

Lakwatsera is a friend who is forever telling me to cook, Im swiping these off her blog.
PANCAKES RECIPE
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla (or more if you like alot of vanilla)
1 3/4 cups milk (more or less to make smooth consistency)
1/2 cup blueberries (blueberry pie filling with do the trick [...]

Healthy Carb, Fat and Protein Ranges

Based on years of research that examined the relationship between nutrient intake and disease prevention, generally-accepted ranges have been established for carbohydrates, fat and protein intake. These healthy ranges also help to ensure that a person is getting a sufficient intake of other essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. The recommendations are:
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Recipe: Pata Tim

Edil’s favorite – my mother-in-law’s famous dish as well. My MIL cooks this using tomato sauce and pineapples though.

Ingredients:
1½ kilo pork leg (chopped)
1 head of garlic (minced)
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon rice wine
1 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 cup pork or beef stock
2 tablespoons cornstarch in 4 tablespoons water
4 lettuce [...]

Beauty Secret: A Healthy Diet

Make a promise to your skin today to keep it nourished and rejuvenated from the inside out! Having healthy skin year-round begins with the foods you eat and drink. To get skin that you will be confident to show off every season of the year, devote some time each day to getting the necessary nutrients [...]

Recipe: Pochero

Mom’s favorite!

Ingredients:
½ kilo chicken (cut into parts)
½ kilo pork (cut into cubes)
½ kilo beef (for stewing, cut into chunk cubes)
4 pieces chorizo bilbao
8 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1 bundle onion leeks
6 cloves garlic (minced)
2 tablespoons oil
5 pieces Saba banana
5 pieces boiled potatoes (quartered)
5 pieces boiled sweet potatoes (quartered)
1 cup chickpeas
1 bundle cabbage (sliced)
1 Pinch salt & [...]

Types of Coffee

There are many coffee drink types. Here we look at the most well known types of coffee drinks, and one or two you may not know about.
Espresso – or Short Black, a 30ml (1 oz.) shot of rich, full bodied dark coffee with a silky layer of crema. The rich hazelnut brown crema is an [...]

Top 10 Restaurants in the Philippines

Source: Inquirer.Net
1. Kubli Springs @ Kinabuhayan Café, Dolores, Quezon
2. Antonio’s in Tagaytay
3. Ugu’s Pottery Garden Restaurant, Tiaong, Quezon
4. Isla Naburot, Guimaras
5. La Cocina de Tita Moning, Manila
6. Kusina Salud, San Pablo, Laguna
7. Vieux Chalet, Antipolo
8. Claude Tayag’s Bale Dutung, Pampanga
9. Charley’s in Lipa, Batangas
10. Entalula Island, El Nido, Palawan

Lessons from the Biggest Loser

1. You shouldn’t go it alone. Do you think that the contestants would be as successful if they went at it alone? In season five, for example, the Blue Team was a serious force to be reckoned with. Roger, Mark, Jay, and Dan seemed to never lose a challenge or a weigh-in. Did you notice [...]

Recipe: Callos

My Dad’s super duper favorite!

OX tripe usually requires long, slow cooking, and that is the secret of extremely tasty, thick, and tender callos.
This quintessential Spanish dish uses a combination of ox tripe and ox feet, boiled together in water for two hours or more to ensure a delicate, easily chewed meat.
The gentle cooking also makes [...]

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