Theda and I have just returned from a 5-day jaunt to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the place we called home before moving to Manila. Although we only lived there for 3 years, going back to visit reminded us of what makes this fascinating city so uniquely attractive, and what makes us miss it still…
Hello friends, it’s pumpkin season! (At least it is in North America!) And actually, in Philippines, it’s pumpkin season all year long… Philippines has beautiful local pumpkins called kalabasa that are a bit softer and milder than “jack-o-lantern” pumpkins. I do everything with them, from roasting slices with cinnamon & curry powder, to cubing them …
You’re probably sitting down as you’re reading this, and I hate to tell you this, but you should really stand up. Too much sitting will kill you!! Ok, so I’m being dramatic, but recent studies over the past 2 years have linked prolonged sitting (more than 8 hours per day,) with a number of health …
This evening I channeled my mother by walking into my kitchen at 5:15pm without any idea what I was going to make for dinner. I opened the refrigerator door and stood perusing its Tupperwared contents, seeking inspiration. A few chunks of leftover roasted pumpkin… no. Newly made coconut kefir… good, but no. Half a box …
Maybe I’m imagining things, but I think it’s been a wee bit cooler here these past couple of days… as in, I had to put on a sweater whilst working in my air-conditioned kitchen! But hey, I’ll take what I can get, and go ahead and call it “fall.”. Fall is my favourite season, you know. …
Who’s ready for autumn?? (My hand is flying high…) Here in Philippines it’s not like the seasons never change… but all of them involve some variation of warm, humid weather, with either a lot of rain, or no rain. It is the tropics after all! But what we don’t get is that crisp, cool, …
Abs, abs, abs… all over social media I see umpteen million ways to get the abs of your dreams… “Just do this routine of 5 easy exercises,” they say, “and by bikini season you’ll have that 6-pack you’ve been waiting for all your life!” Except “they” forgot to tell you that no matter how great your …
It started out just like any other day… WAIT!!! NO IT DIDN’T!!! Because I didn’t have a green smoothie OR a banana oat cookie!!! Hold the phone… first my recipe thingamajig is having problems, and then I didn’t have my beloved tried-and-true-breakfast. Well, if the world is turning upside down, I might as well branch …
Some things are annoying, and beyond our control. For example: Traffic: in Manila we don’t say “traffic jams,” just “traffic,” and everyone just nods their head… People who say mean things… And blogs that break themselves even though you haven’t changed anything. Yes, #3 happened to me, and is still happening!! My recipe thingamajig just …
I’ve always had a thing against “appetisers”… I suppose it comes from all those years my mother refused to give me a snack in the 2-hour window before dinner, no matter how much I begged. “No, dear” she would say… “you’ll ruin your dinner.” Her words ring in my ear to this day. She’s right, …
