The first thing I do when I land in the U.S. for home leave is go to the grocery store. But it’s the last thing I do when I get back to Manila… I hate to admit that, but it’s true. After being spoiled all summer with my choice of 105 different organic l0w-sugar cereals, 18 brands …
Chickpea Pancakes with Avocado and Dried Chilies Read More »
Mabuhay!! I’ve been back for less than 48 hours and I realise I should have just called this post “Eat-Sleep-Repeat”… I can’t seem to stay awake more than 4 hours at a time, nor can I seem to stay asleep either. I’m sure those of you travelling between North America (or Europe) and Asia can …
I was looking over my blog posts of the past 8 weeks, and I was startled by how its colour scheme shifted abruptly from yellows & greens when I was in Manila, to blues and reds since I’ve been in the U.S. The difference between mangoes and berries, I guess! Get ready for the shift back …
Can we please have one last fling with the berries?? Summer (vacation) is almost over, and I haven’t yet made a berry pie. Usually I make blackberry pie when Mark arrives in the States for his 2-week holiday, but this year I was obsessed with peaches at the time of his arrival, so we welcomed him …
The mind is a terrible thing to waste. And the waist is a terrible thing to mind. Here is my current situation: I forgot to bring the flat of peaches up to Steamboat with us on our camping trip, thus derailing the Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler I had planned. Yum, right? But not so yum …
I promised you early on that my eating life is not all massaged kale salads, chia pudding, and homemade almond milk. That’s right, friends, there are days, sometimes several in a row, when my normal abundance of fresh fruits and raw veg are scarcely seen. Granted, it’s not often, but it happens. Usually on vacation! …
Well folks, I was scheduled to give you a “what-I-ate” post, but I had so much fun with this workout, I just had to post it instead! The more I work out with kettle bells, the more I love them. It’s a workout that doesn’t feel like a workout, but gives you major results in terms of …
Salad… oh the glorious salad… I ask myself: Why has my blog been active for 6 weeks and in all my 15 posts I have yet to give you a salad recipe, when I eat salad ALL the time?? Some things make no sense. I apologise, friends… I have been remiss. So many good salads, …
Peach Blueberry Salad with Goat Cheese, Pecans, & Pickled Onions Read More »
Well folks, I promised you I would tell you at some point “what I ate Friday night” that does not include a green smoothie or anything made with chia seeds… So here it is, “what I ate on vacation in San Francisco”… such a perfectly yummy day!! My day started with this view from our …
Don’t you hate it when you’re about to go on vacation and you still have perfectly good food in the fridge? I’m talking about fresh red cherries at their peak of ripeness that you would hate to see “go begging,” as my Pa would say.
