Quick N Easy

I think a lot of you know that I'm such a huge foodie based on my IG photos. Haha. But because of my hectic schedule, I hardly ever get a chance to cook yummy healthy meals for myself. Thank goodness I discovered this new product by Del Monte that makes it way easier for me to prepare my own little dishes in just a matter of minutes! Del Monte Quick N Easy released so many mixes. (Check out my first blog post about it here)

  My first dish: Italian Pizza. Ingredients: 100g ground beef, 1 tsp oil, 1 pc small sliced green bell pepper, 3 tbsp canned sliced mushrooms, 100g quickmelt grated cheese, 1 pouch (115 g) Del Monte Italian Pizza Sauce, 8 pcs. loaf bread slices.

 Preparing for my yummy Italian Pizza. While waiting for the beef to be cooked, I toasted the bread first for two minutes so there's more time to be save. 

 Preparing to spread the sauce on the bread. I swear, it's so easy to make! I was also using their app so I can listen to music so it's more fun. Every recipe has a different song to fit in your cooking mood too. Don't you just love it?!

 So I already put everything on top of the bread. You just need to toast it for another 2 minutes and that's it!

 The finished product. YUM. 

 Second dish: Chicken Curry. I love chicken and I love curry. Perfect mix! 

 Ingredients: 1/2 kg potato chunks, 300g carrot chunks, 3 cloves crushed garlic, 1 pc medium sliced onion, 1 kg chicken thigh and leg (cut up), 2 tsp oil, 1 pouch (40g) Del Monte Quick n Easy curry mix, 1 cup thick coconut milk, 1 pc small red bell pepper cubes.

 You can also check out their website for more ingedientd and check out how fun the website is! 

 Say hello to my assistant Celyn Jaravata- she always takes my outfit shots and now she's helping me out with cutting the carrots and potatoes. 

 Yes, here I am asking how I can do it properly. Hahaha. 

For the entire process, click HERE.

The final dish. Yey!

Whoever said a fashion blogger can't blog about food? Once you've tried Quick N' Easy, you can't help but share the magic you can create in the kitchen! BMS.

Quick N Easy

I watched the commercial of Del Monte Quick n Easy and got pretty amazed about the product. I wanted to know more about it so I researched and found out through their website they have an application for your phone that gives you that much needed confidence to everyone who's just learning to cook or are still wary of approaching the kitchen (I'm one of them). Having a busy schedule, I'm thankful that I now have a guide on how to cook- and this isn't just any normal app, it's a "learn to cook with music" app. Yes, the mobile app provides a simple yet interactive way of preparing meals with Del Monte Quick N' Easy mixes. 

 The app has readily available recipes and catchy tunes that will surely get you in the zone while cooking. You can now prepare your favorite dishes without fear. Each recipe also comes with it's own song to match the dish you're cooking. Such a fantastic tool, right? Not only will not you be bored while cook your dish, but it also shows you how long you can actually prepare the food. Being the techie person that I am, I'm so excited to try this app! You can also see everything on their website but since I'm always on my phone, it's better I download the app (click HERE to download). 

 Del Monte Quick n' Easy meal mixes are available in eleven variants: Afritada, Caldereta, Mechado, Menudo, Curry, Gata, Kare-Kare, Sweet & Sour, Italian Pizza, Sweet Pizza and BBQ marinade but my top four choices are: barbecue, italian pizza, curry and mechado. 

For sure I'll be trying this out- I'll take photos of my dish so you'll see how good I am at cooking haha! 

For more information, you can visit their WEBSITE and subscribe to their youtube account HERE. BMS.

Sauce-y

Last Tuesday, I went to a secret restaurant place in The Fort area. It's a Filipino restaurant and they serve really good food. I know I don't normally blog about food, but this one's worth sharing.
Their torta is the so good! This one really caught the home-cooked feeling.

 Their juicy liempo will definitely have you craving for more. Best with toyo, calamansi and lots and lots of sili!

 Their best seller: chicken inasal (your choice if you want it original or spicy). The taste of the chicken is so authentic. It's actually an original recipe that the owner made. I heard that some people go there everyday to eat the chicken inasal. 

 And of course, it's not complete without their signature sauces. Chicken oil for the rice and vinegar that they get from a secret place and they ship it all the way here. My sauce is usually composed of three pieces of calamansi, then equal amount of toyo and suka.

 And my best bet- their sisig!!! When I tried it, I couldn't stop eating it. They also have a different twist about this dish that surprised me.. You mix it with mayonnaise. Yes. Mayo. It actually surprised me too, but the taste is amazing. I recommend everyone to try it. Also, another must-try dish is their chicharon monggo soup. Yum yum.

Now you'd probably think this restaurant is expensive, but you'll be surprised that the price range of this resto is just around P85.00-P150.00. So affordable!!!! You'll definitely get more than what you pay for. 
Introducing Big Bird's restaurant. It's located in Unit GF-B The Blue Sapphire Building, 30th st. corner 2nd ave, The Fort. It's right across Bubble Tea, easy to find. If you love Filipino food, try eating here. BMS.

Oreo Truffles

 Last week, I received a half dozen of these yummy low fat Oreo chocolate truffles by SweeTetite. When you look at it, it might look simple, but once you take a bite, I'm sure you wont stop eating one after the other. 

Why I like it:

1. It's low fat oreos so the less the calories the better.

2. It's affordable- half dozen: P185.00, one dozen: P350.00

3. I'm in love with chocolate and oreos. Combined, they're the bomb.

Their other truffle products are: no sugar chocolate truffles, belgian truffles, baileys truffles, almond chocolate truffles, mocha truffles and many many more. 

Visit SweeTetite to order or email them at SweeTetite@gmail.com. Thank you Marione for these. BMS.

Skinny Sweets

A few weeks ago, I got a package from Skinny Sweets. They deliver yummy but guilt-free desserts!  I didn't wanna believe that there can be desserts that are good and non fattening at the same time until I tried Skinny Sweets.

Yummy red velvet cake pops in white chocolate cover that they sent me. SO YUMMY. 

 Red velvet cake pops in dark chocolate coating. P50.00 per cake pop. It's for vegan people- no sugar added and it's so delish.

S'mores cupcakes. P75.00 per piece and it's for vegan too. 

"Because every girl dreams not of finding the perfect man, but of being able to eat whatever she wants without gaining weight."

Check their FACEBOOK and TWITTER to check their menu.

For orders and inquiries, email them at skinnysweetsdesserts@gmail.com.

BMS.

Lugang: Love at First Bite

 We had one basket of xiao long bao each. They were that good.

 Everything was delish.

 Their bubble milk tea is now my favorite.

Last Sunday, my family and I went to this taiwanese restaurant Lugang for the first time. Slap me in the head why I haven't been here before. Everything we ordered was so delicious. 

The interiors are amazing too, the service fast and exquisite (not the mention all the waiters were really nice too). 

Btw, they're always full, so it's better to reserve in advance. If you haven't been to Lugang yet, then you're definitely missing out.

Address: 116 Connecticut st, Northeast Greenhills, San Juan

(632) 721 9100/ (632) 570 9011

Sushi Haven

I was craving for japanese food at around 11:00pm and all the restaurants I know were closed already so I decided to be adventurous and look for a new japanese place when I stumbled upon Domo Maguro. 

The place was so nice and the owners were so friendly. Right when we sat down, they gave us complimentary miso soup, and when it was finished, they gave us another batch. I ordered my favorite salmon sashimi and right when I finished it, James (the owner), walked up, got my plate, gave me a fresh new batch and winked as if it was our secret. I fell in love with the place and the people there. And when we were about to leave, they gave us free dessert.

And to think they didn't even know I was a blogger.

Address: Tomas Morato Cor. Sct.Umbaga st. Sacred Heart Quezon.

Tel No:02-697-2220

Open from: 11:00am-5:00am

Comfort Food

It's amazing how Borough is a 24/7 resto bar. I love their food- everytime I'm there I feel like I wanna order everything. And it's not just the food that's absolutely mouth watering, it's the place that makes you want to stay there forever too. Oh, and you have to try their mom's milk and cookies- wow.

Borough is in G/F Unit 107A, The Podium Mall, Ortigas.