Good Morning

This morning I wake-up when I smell a very delicious food, I feel so hungry. I saw my husband wearing his apron while cooking. He cooked a scramble egg and tocino for our breakfast. I feel so sleepy, my eyes want to close but still I decided to wake-up. My husband said that I stay lay down because he want to prepared me a breakfast in bed, hehehe how sweet. We are more than 8 years with our relationship but still our love to each other is the same and I think its more than before. My husband stay sweet , thoughtful and of course loving. We face many struggle in our relationship but we still together and because of that our relationship makes more stronger. Now, we have 2 wonderful kids and we are so happy. I know GOD will always there to guide and love us.

FILLET OF FISH IN SANGRIA SAUCE

Ingredients :

12 white fish fillets

½ cup (125 ml) all purpose flour

salt and pepper, to taste

3 tbsp (45 ml) lemon juice

4 tbsp (60 ml) butter

juice of ½ orange

1 tbsp (15 ml) grated orange zest

¼ cup (60 ml) rose or white wine

2 eggyolks, beaten

cayenne pepper, to taste

¼ cup (60 ml) cream

1 tbsp (15 ml) chopped parsley

1 tsp (5 ml) extra butter

peel from 1 orange, cut in fine strips and blanched

Procedure :

Coat fish fillets in combined flour, salt and pepper. Combine half the lemon juice and half the butter in frying pan. Heat till butter melts, Fry 6 fish fillets, 2 minutes on each side. Set fish fillets aside on platter. Drain juices from pan. Heat remaining lemon juice and butter and fry remaining fish fillets. When cooked, place on serving platter, cover with aluminum foil and keep warm in oven.

Combine orange juice, zest and white wine in top of double boiler. Bring to boil, then reduce heat simmer. Add eggyolks and cayenne, stirring until thickened. Removed pan from heat.

Stir in cream, parsley and butter. Pour sauce over fish fillets and serve garnished with orange strips.

Adobong Manok

Adobong manok, often called "chicken adobo," is often considered the national dish of the Philippines. Its origins are with the Spanish colonizers--adobo is the Spanish word for a marinade--but Filipinos have happily adapted it as their own. The vinegar marinade makes a dish that stores very well in the Filipino heat. Endless varieties of adobo exist and each region has its own specialty. Besides chicken and pork, there is fish, squid, green bean and even eggplant adobo.

4-6 servings

• Chicken, cut into serving pieces -- 2 1/2 to 3 pound
• White vinegar -- 3/4 cup
• Soy sauce -- 1/4 cup
• Onion, thinly sliced -- 1/2
• Garlic, crushed -- 4-6 cloves
• Bay leaf -- 1-2
• Peppercorns -- 6-8
• Salt -- 1 teaspoon
• Water -- 1 cup
• Oil -- 1/4 cup

Method

1. Add the chicken pieces, vinegar, soy sauce, onion, garlic, bay leaf, peppercorns and salt to a large, non-reactive bowl and refrigerate for 1-4 hours to marinate.
2. Place the chicken and its marinade in a large pot. Add the water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30-45 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and tender. Add water as necessary to keep the chicken from drying out.
3. Remove the chicken from its sauce, reserving the sauce, and pat dry. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high flame and sauté the chicken pieces to brown them. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. Bring the remaining sauce to a boil over medium flame and cook until somewhat reduced and thickened.
5. Toss the browned chicken pieces with the reduced sauce and serve with rice.

Being a Mother

My mother and my aunt are sisters that's why they decided to spend time together. They go to market to buy foods for our dinner. I and my cousins Analyn since we had already kids while busy talking we also watching our kids playing outside. My cousins is now 6 months pregnant to her second baby that's why she really hard to move because of her big tummy heheheh:) I notice that her tummy is smaller than to her first baby that's why I ask her “she said that maybe because I didn't drink a softdrink or any drinks that can cause big tummy and eat nutritious food. I also did a daily exercise because my doctor's advisable”. She really want to have another baby girl. And I hoping also that someday I can have a cute niece like my beautiful daughter.

My Daughter's Birthday

My daugther's first birthday that's why I really prepared on it. I cooked foods for her's birthday are: barbeque, menudo, adobong manok w/ pork and the apetizer is buko salad. We buy also a cake so that she can blow a candle as a sign for being her first birthday. I though we don't have a visitors on that occasion but I glad that after an hour waiting my cousins Jiji, Neslyn and Jenny is come to join the celebration . Our neigorhood also join the party that's why the occasion is more enjoy. I didn't buy a balloon for this occasion because I didn't know that it will order first before you can buy but it's okey because the party will have a happy ending.