Saturday, October 31, 2015

Trick or treat!



Happy Halloween!!
I hope you guys are having a fun, relaxing weekend.

Last night me and my little man went trick or treating with friends.
We usually go trick or treating with hubby 
But this year was different, way different.
Little man had more fun and I can say that he's more into it.
Maybe because there's kids with him. 
Or maybe because he's in that age where doing things like this is really fun.


I let him picked what he wants to be, Well I showed him his options.
..And he picked spiderman.
I love it!





 I didn't plan it but my friend told me she can paint my face too
since she planned on doing it on her face.
...And why not? feels like these couple of 
halloween party's we went to I look pretty much the same
a change is good. 


Can you believe she did that for like 15 minutes?
she's so good!





It was a gorgeous day, The weather here has been so 
confusing so cold when you wake up but at night you would want to 
turn on your AC back on.
Sometimes I don't know what to do anymore.



But, It was such a good day. 
It got cold a little bit when we got done. 
But the colors of trees. 
just so relaxing.



I'm such a proud mom the whole time were trick or treating.
This is the first year he is like this.
So energetic, he knows what to do and he really looks like hes enjoying it.

Really though, the little things like this makes me cry 
My son is such a big boy already..


We were walking for almost couple of hours and he never complained at all.



Anyways.. I'm so impressed with some of the halloween decorations we saw.
Freaky, creepy. 
So awesome!


This is the 3rd time I went trick or treating here in the U.S.
...and I can say its the best so far.
Looking forward for more awesome ones with my kids in the future.

..And yeah lots of candies! 
Now, I need a lot of power to stay away a little bit from these. 



Xo

Friday, October 30, 2015

Listen.


"Listen to the wind, 
it talks.
Listen to the silence, 
it speaks.
Listen to your heart,
it knows."






Saturday, October 24, 2015

Weekend Things: 70's Disco Halloween Party





Hi everyone! How was your weekend?
I had a great time spending time with friends last weekend.
Remember when we went to a Masquerade ball last year? ( Here )
Last year was not planned at all, 
I'm so glad we went last year because I met these great people that I got to see again
last weekend.
Last year's theme was a Masquerade ball.
This year was 70's/80's Disco party.
So everyone was wearing a 70's or 80's outfit.
Sounds fun right?
Well. it was really fun!



This year is different because there was a band.
I wish hubby is home so he could come too.
Hopefully next year he will be home!


I had to refuel before we started dancing!
The meatballs and wings was so good.



I got my outfit a week online, One of the things I don't like 
about getting stuff online is that there's a big possibility that it won't fit.
I had to fix it, But I'm glad it worked.





Aside from having Filipino friends around,
The band were singing a lot of 80's music.
It definitely made me miss home. 
But it put a smile on my face, It didn't made me sad. 

I'm just happy that even though I'm thousand miles away from motherland.
I felt like I'm home even just for a night.


I'm looking forward for another halloween party with these great people.
Maybe next time I can get drunk again? 
I had to skip on that this year. haha!


Are you going to dress up for halloween??
xo

Dreams...


"Don't tell people your dreams,
          Show them."





Friday, October 23, 2015

Pininyahang Manok (Pineapple Chicken)




I love Sundays, It's usually the day of the week where I love
to have home cook meals.
Something fresh, and I usually prefer Asian food on Sundays,
But that depends... If we had American food on Saturday.

... And since I'm by myself I can cook whatever I want,
Put everything I want on the food I'm cooking.
That's probably only the good thing about being alone.

This dish is one of my favorite Filipino dish, I learned this from my mama.
If you guys haven't noticed I love anything with coconut or anything creamy 
over my rice. ( You can definitely tell I'm asian huh?) 

Anyways.. This dish is good even without rice!
I haven't tried to make this for hubby.
He said it looks good.
Maybe one of these days, I will.
I'll let you know what he thinks!


Pininyahang Manok (Pineapple Chicken)

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 lbs. chicken cut into pieces (Bone in chicken is much better)
  • 1 14 oz. can pineapple, chunks
  • 1 small red bell pepper
  • 1 small green bell pepper
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 small carrots, sliced diagonally
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 tsp. garlic, minced
  • 1/4 tsp. black pepper
  • 3 tbsp. cooking oil

Directions:
  • Marinate chicken in the pineapple juice from the canned pineapple chunks for 30 minutes to 2 hours.
  • Heat the cooking oil in a pan.
  • Saute onion, and garlic.
  • Add the chicken pieces one by one. Cook until the color turns light brown. Flip the chicken to cook the other side.
  • Pour the pineapple juice marinade in the pan. let it boil
  • Add the coconut milk. Stir and cover, and simmer for 30-40 minutes. until the chicken is tender.
  • Add the fish sauce, season with salt and pepper. Add the pineapple chunks and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add the carrots and bell peppers. Cook for 5 -10 minutes.
  • Serve over rice. Enjoy!




Let me know if it's good!
xo

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Do what makes you happy.






"You don't need a reason 
for doing everything in your life.
Do it because you want to.
Because it's fun. 
Because it makes you really happy."

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Halloween Party



Had a great time at a Halloween party last Saturday.
The second time I'm dressing up for halloween, 
You can call it the first time since last year was a themed Halloween party.

I decided to dress up as a Roman Goddess.
I thought about trying to look different, But I just can't decide what.

So i just went with this.
..And I loved it.



Before going to the party I made this Halloween themed dessert.
Everybody brought a dish/dessert for the Food contest
I know this is not too special to win, But I'm glad that at least they liked it.


Everybody's dish are so awesome, this is one them that caught my eye.
what do you think??


My eyes are always bigger than my stomach, But I had a lot of deviled eggs. 
So good!


Lots of pictures!


 The party was for wives, It was so nice to meet new people.




There's also a table where you can make halloween crafts which I loved the most.
..But, I'm obviously not crafty..
But I'm still proud of what I made! haha!


I think little man had a great night too!

How was your weekend??
xo

Spooky Boo Brownies





Last Saturday I went to a Halloween party,
It was fun! 
My second time dressing up for halloween here in the U.S.

Before going to the party, I had to make a halloween themed dish.
I usually feel pressured, stressed..
When I have to make something good for an occasion, Especially that they will judge this!
But..I'm so glad it turned out good!


I looked everywhere to find the perfect dish/dessert to make 
I was going to make an appetizer but since a friend of mine will make something similar to it
I decided to just make a dessert.

Found this on Betty Crocker site!! Recipe ( Here )

This was so easy!
I got nervous a little bit because the recipe calls for Frosting, 
I read the reviews that the frosting didn't work, Some tried white chocolate chips.
...And that didn't work for me either!
So i had to get really creative!
Whew! So glad it did.

Spooky Boo Brownies

Ingredients:
  • 1 Box Betty crocker Brownie Mix
  • Water, vegetable oil, and eggs called for on brownie mix box
  • 16 Large Marshmallows
  • Black decorating gel
  • Powdered sugar
  • Milk
Directions:
  • Bake Brownies according to the direction on the box.
  • Cool completely then cut into squares.
  • Mix powdered sugar in a bowl add 2 tbsp of milk. (Add more milk, or powdered sugar until you get the consistency you are looking for, not too thick or thin)
  • Top each brownie with 1 large marshmallow.
  • Spoon 1-2 tbsp. of frosting over each marshmallow to coat.
  • Let stand for about 30 minutes.
  • Use black gel to make eyes and mouths.


This was really easy!
Let me know what you think.

xo

Friday, October 16, 2015

Lots of Baking kind of week.


This past few weeks has been the busiest I've ever been
It's a good thing, I like to do more things outside of the house when I'm alone.

It was finally a good weather the whole week last week.


I started Monday with this delicious smoothie.
Food aversion is really starting and I didn't like this Smoothie as much I did before.
But, I know its temporary and I'm not going to stop drinking it.
This is the perfect time to have more smoothies!

Recipe ( Here )





Later that day, I decided to make some Homemade rolls.
I was craving for some soft, fluffy, hot rolls! :)



Recipe ( Here )
I love how perfect these rolls turned out!
Yummy!



For dinner, I had this awesome Salad.
Sometimes the meal that is not picture perfect is the best.
I'm back on the salad kick these days.
I need more ideas for Salads.





 The next day, I came over to my friend's house 
to help her with her Cupcake orders.
I was so scared to mess it up.
But I'm proud to say that I'm part of making these.
It's going to be on the top of Cupcake that she's making.
We had to make these first before the cupcakes.


It was fun!
Learned a lot that day. :)


Friday, We went to get costume for the Halloween party we went to Saturday!
It was so hard to pick, But after an hour or so I made my decision to be a 
Roman goddess! Will post it soon!

After looking for costume we stopped by at the restaurant close the store we 
went to, It was Friday.. So, why not! I had a cheeseburger. 
So good! One of my favorite Burger joint!


After dinner, I finally got to try this!
I couldn't stop laughing.
If you had this, You know what I'm talking about.
We did the challenge where both of us take a candy with the same color.
One will get the good flavor and other not so lucky one will get the nasty flavor.
The worst flavor I've got is the Baby wipes! ewww!
But it was really fun! Good thing I didn't get the Booger or Poop flavor. haha!




Later that night, We finished the Cupcake orders she had.
It needed to be ready for the next day.



 Isn't so cute?
It was sooo good too!!

xoxo