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How To Sew Your Own Clothes and Save a Bundle

To start with: Get yourself cheap patterns. When patterns go for 99cents at the local Joann’s or Hancock Fabricks or wherever, I buy several. Patterns are regularly priced $3.95 and up, I’ve only gotten them once at 50% off. Check the size before you buy the pattern!
Get yourself cheap material, but [...]

Protected: Mini-EB Boston 2005

Naku, sens’ya na Stel and everyone super-late ‘to. Nag-b-break from mga batang may sakit — Bong took Migi to the hospital this morning kasi asthma attack — first time, dati hanggang bronchitis lang s’ya — eh for some reason hindi nag-wo-work ang nebulizer namin. So anyway, I’m here at home waiting for them [...]

Off again…. see ya in two-and-a-half weeks!

Gotta sew my dress for baby brother’s wedding, and start packing for the trip. Two weeks in Cincinnati for hubby’s job too. Will be back around the 15th. If I haven’t responded to e-mail/comments, I’m not ignoring you — just hectic, that’s all. I promise to answer the Childhood Food Memories [...]

Lasang Pinoy #2: Cooking Up A Storm

Celia Kusinera hosts this month’s Lasang Pinoy with the theme Cooking Up a Storm.

A timely theme for sure so I hope you don’t mind if I do a bit of public service here:

As some of you know, we are a family of homeschoolers. We have a homeschooling friend who lost their home due to [...]

IMBB #19 Part 2: “I Can’t Believe I Ate Vegan Brownies! Uhm, I mean… Almost-Flourless Chocolate Cake!”

It’s funny what these foodie events will do. My kids have been waiting for these brownies for a long time. As some of you know, my kids suffer from various allergies, eggs and dairy included. They’ve been clamoring for brownies and I promised I’d make them some but I just haven’t had [...]

IMBB #19: “I Can’t Believe I Ate Vegan”

Wow, I haven’t joined the IMBB in a couple of months — life has been hectic here! Luckily, we’ve been very “vegan” these days as we gather the fruits of the garden and prepare for more out-of-town trips, which more often than not involve days of eating out depending on how heavy hubby’s work [...]

Off to Boston

Off to Boston for the weekend and Monday….

Visiting museums with the kids. We’ve been here in the Northeast 4 years and have yet to set foot in Boston.

And wahoo! We get to meet Baby Rambutan and family! How cool is that? My first bloggers’ EB, albeit a mini-one. [...]

September Recipes!

A few years ago (before I had this blog), I started compiling some recipes, thinking I was going to put it into a binder by month, so I could have something to refer to yearly. I found the September folder while I was cleaning up, so I’m putting everything here. No pics though [...]

Make Your Own “Bread Spread” Using Your Mixer

July 11. Start out with organic heavy cream:

Whirl in the mixer

until the solid and liquid separate

Pour out the liquid (this is now BUTTERMILK, which you can use in other recipes like pancakes and scones, etc.)
Mix the solids with some organic expeller-pressed canola oil (to the consistency you desire) and a bit of salt (just [...]

Szechwan Chicken and Celery Stir-Fry

4 tablespoons canola oil
1 1/2 tablespoons minced ginger
2 tablespoons minced garlic
5 whole dried red peppers or 1 teaspoon (or to taste) red pepper flakes
2 bone-in chicken breasts, chopped into 1-inch pieces, skin optional
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons shiaohxing wine or sherry
2 scallions/green onions, chpped
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons water
4 [...]

Thyme from Stefoodie’s Kitchen Garden

July 9. thymus serpyllum
(creeping thyme)

Garlic from Stefoodie’s Kitchen Garden

Bragging. My very first homegrown garlic bulb. Planted November 2004, stock from The Garlic Store. Harvested July 9.

Chocolates from Germany

Chocolates from the hubby. Milkas and Nutella. July 3.

Chocolate Tasting Session

Finds from Mon Aimee in Pittsburgh. Valrhonas, some Guittard, some Cluizel. June 13.

Strawberries

Strawberries from the garden. Taken July 5th. We planted Tristar from Nourse Farms in March of this year. Harvest was very little this year but we expect runners and more fruit in succeeding years. They are so cute, red and sweet! I think no fruit is better just plucked off [...]