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Keeping your heart as open as the sky."

Beef Caldereta (Kalderetang Baka)

Hello everyone!

How is your weekend going?

After our trip last weekend we decided to just relax at home this weekend

I can say its a good decision,

I decided to make another Filipino dish.

Maybe, I'm getting homesick?

Or I just really miss this dish.

This is actually the first time I made this.

I have awesome friends that makes delicious Kaldereta.

But, I'm too far from them :(

So I need to learn to make them myself.

I think I did good. 

This was so delicious.

I will definitely make it again.

Let me know what you guys think! 

xo

Beef Caldereta (Kalderetang Baka)

Ingredients:

• 3 lbs beef (chuck roast), cubed
• 1 medium-sized onion, sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ cup tomato sauce
• ¼ cup banana ketchup
• 2 large potatoes, cubed
• ½ red bell pepper, cut into strips
• ½ green bell pepper, cut into strips
• ½ cup green olives
• 1 cup garbanzos (chickpeas)
• 1 small can liver paste (4oz.)
• ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 Tbsp pickle relish
• 2 pcs Thai chili, sliced and seeds removed (or more if you want it more spicy)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 3 Tbsp olive oil for sauteing

For Marinade:

• ½ cup pineapple juice
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pc bay leaf
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp salt

Directions: 

1. In a bowl, combine pineapple juice, garlic, bay leaf, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Marinate beef in mixture for at least one hour. Drain, saving the marinade.
2. In a large pan over medium heat, saute garlic and onion in olive oil until onion is translucent. 

3. Add beef and saute until juice starts to come out. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. 

4. Add saved marinade, tomato sauce, ketchup, liver spread, pickle relish and half of the bell pepper  Mix well. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer with occasional stirring for 30-45 minutes or until beef is almost tender.

5. Add peanut butter, potatoes and the rest of the bell pepper. Simmer until potatoes are almost tender. 

6. Add garbanzos, green olives and Thai chili. Mix well. Season with salt and pepper to suit your taste. Simmer for another 5 minutes.

7. Remove from heat. Serve with hot rice.

Pork Sinigang (Sinigang na Baboy)

All the kinds of delicious food I've been having these days was amazing.

But. Nothing beats Filipino food for me.

I crave it all the time. 

It just sucks I can't make it whenever I want to since it's hard to find ingredients here. 

I'm so glad I had the chance to make this dish.

One of my favorite Filipino dish!

Pork Sinigang (Sinigang na Baboy)

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs pork (belly, ribs, butt or shoulder roast)
• 1 bundle Bokchoy or kangkong
• 3 Tbsp fish sauce
• 10-12 pcs string beans or 20pcs green beans, cut in 2 inch length
• 2 pieces medium sized tomato, quartered
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 3 pcs White raddish, sliced
• 1 pack (0.71-oz) Knorr Sinigang Mix (you can use more if you want it more sour)

Directions:

  

1. Place pork in a large saucepan. Add enough water to cover the meat and bring to a boil over medium low heat until scum appears on the surface. Clear the scum off the broth.

2. Add garlic, onion, tomatoes, fish sauce and sinigang mix. Cover and simmer until pork is tender, approximately 1 hour.  Test for tenderness. Remember that tenderness varies depending on the pork cut you’re using. Add more water if necessary, i.e., if they have to be cooked much longer.

3. Add radish. When half cooked, add string or green beans. Simmer for 5 mins or until green beans are almost done.

4. Add salt to suit your taste. Add a pinch of black pepper.
5.Add Bokchoy and simmer for 5 more minutes.

6. Serve hot with rice!

Enjoy!

xo

Fly high.

"Let your dreams fly high."

Swiss Food.

For me, One of my favorite about travelling. 

..Is food!

It's so awesome when you get to try different food from different country. 

Our trip in Switzerland was amazing ( Here )

.. And of course we are not going to miss our chance of trying Swiss food!

This is my first time trying swiss food!

We had to try Fondue of course!

It maybe be too pricey but I swear it's really worth it.

Especially when you find a good restaurant that serves authentic swiss food.

Ok, I'm not really a beer drinker bur this one.. I like it!

Cheese fondue.

It was so good!

Bratwurst with potatoes. 

Everything on this plate was delicious!

Even though it was a little windy we decided to eat outside. 

Not a bad idea. :)

It was actually hard to find a good restaurant there especially when you are with kids. 

Most places are packed. 

But, if this one is a gem. 

It's not in the busy place of downtown.

I highly recommend. Just expect the high price.

But so worth it. 

xo 

Lucerne Switzerland

Our trip to Switzerland was amazing!!

I'm so grateful to be able to see this beautiful country.

We went there by bus. 

8 hour drive which was not bad. 

We got there morning and of course. 

Coffee stop is a must!

..And breakfast. :)

When we got there it was sunrise and Switzerland welcomed us with it's beautiful 

view of the alps. 

Just breathtaking.

A little windy.. well not really. 

It was really windy!

But, it was just so beautiful.

We drove to lucerne a little bit more and more beautiful views on the way!

I love how some houses is set up on the hills. 

Just beautiful.

One thing I learned about Switzerland though. 

That this is the land of luxury,

Everything here is expensive. 

So, If you are planning to visit don't be shocked about that. 

We got to Lucerne just before lunch time our first stop is the Lion monument, 

So much history and just amazing how you can feel it...
How much history it has when 

you see it yourself.

I don't even think taking selfies here is appropriate but everyone does it.

Oh well. that's just me. 

Some views on our way out.

We headed downtown and explore.

..And went to walk at the famous Chapel bridge.

They said you have to walk through it at least once. 

Full of history if you like that kind of stuff you will like it here.

How beautiful is this?!! 

It was such a beautiful day too.

I'll take a windy day than a rainy day. :)

View from the bridge.

Our tour guide.

She was such a nice lady. 

More views from downtown. 

Everywhere I look at here is just amazing. 

The clock tower.

We went for a walk more the rest of the day. 

So many interesting thing to see.

 We had an awesome lunch too just in downtown.

 Lucerne was awesome. 

Have you been there? 

xo